Flexible pedagogy, flexible practice : : notes from the trenches of distance education / / edited by Elizabeth Burge, Chère Campbell 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 series |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Edmonton : : Athabasca University Press,, 2011. |
| Year of Publication: | 2011 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Issues in distance education series.
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xi, 348 pages). |
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Table of Contents:
- 1. Flexibility in the twenty-first century: the challenge of Web 2.0 / Denis Kirkpatrick
- 2. Students' perceptions: flexing pedagogy and practice / Julie Willems
- 3. Structured flexible learning: making informed design choices / Der-thanq Chen, Rose Liang, and Yu-mei Wang
- 4. Flexible distance education for social transformation / Milly Daweti and Jean Mitchell
- 5. Politics, pedagogy, and productivity as drivers of flexible learning / Cathy Gunn
- 6. Cultural perceptions of flexibility in Asian higher education / Colin Latchem and Insung Jung
- 7. Openness and flexibility in New Zealand: victories and challenges / Mary Simpson and Bill Anderson
- 8. Before the fall: breaking rules and changing minds / Darcy W. Hardy
- 9. Implementing an online system: voices of experience / Andrew Higgins and Mark Northover
- 10. Adding flexibility to higher education using OERS: lessons from the open university / Andy Lane
- 11. From "here" to "there": the rocky road to flexibilty / Kay Mackeogh and Seamus Fox
- 12. Where has the effort gone?: the quest to sustain momentum / Darien Rossiter
- 13. An elephant's lifetime, the patience of Job / Yoni Ryan
- 14. The garden of learning delights: the librarian's tale / Non Scantlebury and Gill Needham
- 15. Reflecting on swamp life / Arthur L. Wilson
- 16. Mapping the driving and restraining forces on flexibility in higher education / Chere Campbell Gibson and Terry Gibson
- 17. The fog of flexibility: the riskiness of flexible post-secondary education in Australia / Terry Evans and Peter Smith
- 18. Flexible costs and reflecting on methods / Grenville Rumble
- 19."Which is to be master"?: reflections on ethical decision making / Melody M. Thompson and Lorna Kearns
- 20. The paradoxes of flexible learning / David Harris
- 21. Transformational technologies: exploring myth and realities / Adrian Kirkwood
- 22. "Plenty of saps" / Alan Woodley
- 23. What happens in the stretch of flexibility? / Katherine Nicoll
- Conclusion: The challenge of weaving principles with practice / Elizabeth Burger, Chère Campbell Gibson, and Terry Gibson.