Flexible pedagogy, flexible practice : : notes from the trenches of distance education / / edited by Elizabeth Burge, Chère Gibson, Terry Gibson.
Flexibility has become a watchword in modern education, but its implementation is by no means a straightforward matter. Flexible Pedagogy, Flexible Practice sheds light on the often taken-for-granted assumptions that inform daily practice and examines the institutional dynamics that help and hinder...
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| Superior document: | Issues in Distance Education |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Edmonton, [Alberta] : : AU Press,, 2011. ©2011 |
| Year of Publication: | 2011 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Issues in distance education series.
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (361 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Cover; Contents; Foreword; Introduction: Why Look at Flexibility?; ONE: CLARIFYING THE CONCEPT; Introduction; 1 Flexibility in the Twenty-First Century: The Challenge of Web 2.0; 2 Students' Perceptions: Flexing Pedagogy and Practice; 3 Structured Flexible Learning: Making Informed Design Choices; TWO: IDENTIFYING DRIVING AND RESTRAINING FORCES; Introduction; 4 Flexible Distance Education for Social Transformation; 5 Politics, Pedagogy, and Productivity as Drivers of Flexible Learning; 6 Cultural Perceptions of Flexibility in Asian Higher Education
- 7 Openness and Flexibility in New Zealand: Victories and ChallengesTHREE: SURVIVING THE SWAMPS OF EVERYDAY PRACTICE; Introduction; 8 Before the Fall: Breaking Rules and Changing Minds; 9 Implementing an Online System: Voices of Experience; 10 Adding Flexibility to Higher Education Using OERS: Lessons from the Open University; 11 From "Here" to "There": The Rocky Road to Flexibility; 12 Where Has the Effort Gone?: The Quest to Sustain Momentum; 13 An Elephant's Lifetime, the Patience of Job; 14 The Garden of Learning Delights: The Librarian's Tale; 15 Reflecting on Swamp Life
- 16 Mapping the Driving and Restraining Forces on Flexibility in Higher EducationFOUR: ADMITTING COMPROMISES; Introduction; 17 The Fog of Flexibility: The Riskiness of Flexible Post-secondary Education in Australia; 18 Flexing Costs and Reflecting on Methods; 19 "Which Is to Be Master"?: Reflections on Ethical Decision Making; FIVE: VOICING CONTRARIAN OPINIONS; Introduction; 20 The Paradoxes of Flexible Learning; 21 Transformational Technologies: Exploring Myths and Realities; 22 "Plenty of Saps"; 23 What Happens in the Stretch to Flexibility?
- Conclusion: The Challenge of Weaving Principles with PracticeIndex; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Z