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Flexible Pedagogy, Flexible Practice: Notes from the Trenches of Distance Education
Posted on 25 June 2014 by Shahril Effendi Bin Ibrahim (Senior Librarian)
Authorship Details
Elizabeth Burge (Ed.)
Chère Campbell Gibson (Ed.)
Terry Gibson (Ed.)
Publication Details
Language: 
English
Resource Type: 
Book
Publication Date: 
Dec 2011
Publisher: 
Athabasca University
ISBN / ISSN: 
9781926836218 (pdf)
Summary
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 towards flexibility. The collection is 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 questions that include: 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? In addressing these and other issues, the authors offer a wealth of theoretical insights and a frank assessment of their practical experience. Their report from the trenches will be invaluable to anyone seeking to broaden the reach of higher education.
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    Flexible Pedagogy, Flexible Practice examines the institutional dynamics that help and hinder efforts toward flexibility. International in scope, the collection draws on the experience of specialists in distance education from across the globe. [Summary from Syndetic Solutions]

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