Issues in Distance Education Flexible Pedagogy, Flexible Practice: Notes from the Trenches of Distance Education (Issues in Distance Education)
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2011
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Education, Online, Pedagogy
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E-book link: https://www.aupress.ca/books/120203-flexible-pedagogy-flexible-practice/
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 efforts toward flexibility. The collection in international in scope, drawing on the experience of specialists in distance education from North America, the United Kingdom, Australia and New Zealand, South Africa, Singapore, and Japan. Contributors to the volume were asked to reflect candidly and critically on a series of questions, including: What precisely is flexible learning? Who or what is driving the flexibility agenda, and for whose benefit? And who or what is resisting it? What challenges must be overcome in order to achieve flexibility, and what are some of the compromises it can entail?
Essentially, the book is about what happens when the canonical concept collides with the ‘rough terrains of practice,’ and in addressing this question, it succeeds admirably. … Your thinking will be both challenged and informed.
David Murphy
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 efforts toward flexibility. The collection in international in scope, drawing on the experience of specialists in distance education from North America, the United Kingdom, Australia and New Zealand, South Africa, Singapore, and Japan. Contributors to the volume were asked to reflect candidly and critically on a series of questions, including: What precisely is flexible learning? Who or what is driving the flexibility agenda, and for whose benefit? And who or what is resisting it? What challenges must be overcome in order to achieve flexibility, and what are some of the compromises it can entail?
Essentially, the book is about what happens when the canonical concept collides with the ‘rough terrains of practice,’ and in addressing this question, it succeeds admirably. … Your thinking will be both challenged and informed.
David Murphy
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About the Editors
Elizabeth (Liz) Burge is professor of adult education at the University of New Brunswick. She is a past president of the Canadian Association for Distance Education/Association canadienne de l’éducation à distance. Chère Campbell Gibson is professor emeritus of adult education at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. She established the Certificate of Professional Development in Distance Education and has served on numerous editorial boards. Terry Gibson is professor emeritus of adult education at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. His research has focused on instructional settings in the home, in the workplace, and at educational institutions.
Elizabeth (Liz) Burge is professor of adult education at the University of New Brunswick. She is a past president of the Canadian Association for Distance Education/Association canadienne de l’éducation à distance. Chère Campbell Gibson is professor emeritus of adult education at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. She established the Certificate of Professional Development in Distance Education and has served on numerous editorial boards. Terry Gibson is professor emeritus of adult education at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. His research has focused on instructional settings in the home, in the workplace, and at educational institutions.
Biblio Notes
Table of Contents
Foreword / Frits Pannekoek
Introduction: Why Look at Flexibility? / Elizabeth Burge
Part I. Clarifying the Concept
Introduction
1. Flexibility in the Twenty-First Century: The Challenge of Web 2.0 / Denise Kirkpatrick
2. Students’ Perceptions: Flexing Pedagogy and Practice / Julie Willems
3. Structured Flexible Learning: Making Informed Design Choices / Der-Thanq (Victor) Chen, Rose Liang, and Yu-mei Wang
Part II. Identifying Driving and Restraining Forces
Introduction
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
Part III. Surviving the Swamps of Everyday Practice
Introduction
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 Flexibility / 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 / Chère Campbell Gibson and Terry Gibson
Part IV. Admitting Compromises
Introduction
17. The Fog of Flexibility: The Riskiness of Flexible Post-secondary Education in Australia / Terry Evans and Peter Smith
18. Flexing Costs and Reflecting on Methods / Greville Rumble
19. “Which Is to Be Master”?: Reflections on Ethical Decision Making / Melody M. Thompson and Lorna Kearns
Part V. Voicing Contrarian Opinions
Introduction
20. The Paradoxes of Flexible Learning / David Harris
21. Transformational Technologies: Exploring Myths and Realities / Adrian Kirkwood
22. “Plenty of Saps” / Alan Woodley
23. What Happens in the Stretch to Flexibility? / Katherine Nicoll
Conclusion: The Challenge of Weaving Principles with Practice / Elizabeth Burge, Chère Campbell Gibson, and Terry Gibson
Index
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons License (CC BY-NC-ND 2.5 CA). It may be reproduced for non-commercial purposes, provided that the original author is credited.
Foreword / Frits Pannekoek
Introduction: Why Look at Flexibility? / Elizabeth Burge
Part I. Clarifying the Concept
Introduction
1. Flexibility in the Twenty-First Century: The Challenge of Web 2.0 / Denise Kirkpatrick
2. Students’ Perceptions: Flexing Pedagogy and Practice / Julie Willems
3. Structured Flexible Learning: Making Informed Design Choices / Der-Thanq (Victor) Chen, Rose Liang, and Yu-mei Wang
Part II. Identifying Driving and Restraining Forces
Introduction
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
Part III. Surviving the Swamps of Everyday Practice
Introduction
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 Flexibility / 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 / Chère Campbell Gibson and Terry Gibson
Part IV. Admitting Compromises
Introduction
17. The Fog of Flexibility: The Riskiness of Flexible Post-secondary Education in Australia / Terry Evans and Peter Smith
18. Flexing Costs and Reflecting on Methods / Greville Rumble
19. “Which Is to Be Master”?: Reflections on Ethical Decision Making / Melody M. Thompson and Lorna Kearns
Part V. Voicing Contrarian Opinions
Introduction
20. The Paradoxes of Flexible Learning / David Harris
21. Transformational Technologies: Exploring Myths and Realities / Adrian Kirkwood
22. “Plenty of Saps” / Alan Woodley
23. What Happens in the Stretch to Flexibility? / Katherine Nicoll
Conclusion: The Challenge of Weaving Principles with Practice / Elizabeth Burge, Chère Campbell Gibson, and Terry Gibson
Index
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons License (CC BY-NC-ND 2.5 CA). It may be reproduced for non-commercial purposes, provided that the original author is credited.
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