Reconsidering Open and Distance Learning in the Developing World: Meeting Students' Learning Needs

✍ Scribed by David Kember

Publisher: Routledge
Year: 2007
Tongue: English
Leaves: 221
Series: The Open and Flexible Learning Series
Edition: 1
Category: Library

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✦ Synopsis

Distance learning is now more prevalent in the developing world than ever before. This book reconsiders the suitability and success of established modes of distance learning for current contexts in the developing world.В It examines what adaptations are necessary to suit shifting needs including:

the move from elite to mass higher education
increased emphasis on knowledge base economies
greater demand for lifelong learning and professional development
the effects ofВ technical and societal changes
demand for post-secondary education.

Drawing upon research into students' conceptions of, and approaches to learning, this critical analysis of the state of open and flexible learning examinesВ the characteristics, needs and learning approaches of students, considering whether or not current provision is successful, what changes are necessary, and, crucially, how student retention can be improved.

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