Books in the Open & Flexible Learning Series series

Designed to help those who are planning to produce open or flexible learning materials, particularly trainers who must work on their own with little support or encouragement. All aspects of the design and production of materials is examined, including the role of audio and video cassettes.

This volume draws together experiences in the application of technology to distributed learning. It offers an appraisal of the strategies and processes for managing change in open and distance learning and presents a progressive vision for all those involved in this widespread discipline.

Aims to define e-learning as a field of research, highlighting the complex issues, activities and tensions that characterize the area. This book examines topics such as access and inclusion; the social-cultural contexts of e-learning; organisational structures, processes and identities; technical aspects of learning research; and, more.

Aims to define e-learning as a field of research, highlighting the complex issues, activities and tensions that characterize the area. This book examines topics such as access and inclusion; the social-cultural contexts of e-learning; organisational structures, processes and identities; technical aspects of learning research; and, more.

Behind the hype of the "virtual university" lies real change in the way practitioners approach university teaching. This book focuses on the changes to teaching both on and off campus that have either come from, or themselves influenced the development of educational technologies.

This groundbreaking study into the quality of interactivity in online learning covers both theory and the practical implications of all the issues and includes a collection of research and innovative case material drawn from international experts.

Exploring the creative opportunities opened up by ICT in the modern classroom, this text presents a survey of ICT's impact upon core teaching functions, and draws from the experiences of practitioners leading progress in the field.

First Published in 1999. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

It is widely recognized that online and e-learning are no longer exclusive approaches used only in distance education and in isolation from traditional education programmes. This text addresses the difficulties facing educators and trainers in how to integrate these new learning methods.