Open and distance learning today / edited by Fred Lockwood - London, United Kingdom : Routledge, c1995 - xv, 377 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. The Big Bang Theory in Distance Education -- 2. A Practical Agenda for Theorists of Distance Education -- 3. Trends, Directions and Needs: A View from Developing Countries -- 4. American Distance Education: A Short Literature Review -- 5. Creating the Future: Developing Vision in Open and Distance Learning -- 6. Student Learning and Students' Experiences: Research, Theory and Practice -- 7. The Potential of Research with Students to Inform Development -- 8. Still Seeking the Audience? -- 9. Information Technology and Disabled Students: Overcoming Barriers to Learning -- 10. See What I Mean? Where Compressed Digital Videoconferencing Works -- 11. Teaching and Learning by Satellite in a European Virtual Classroom.

This work presents an account of research and development activities in open, distance and flexible learning.

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ADULT EDUCATION

LC 5805 .O6 1995