Authors: Winnie Wade (Editor), Alison Smith (Editor), Keith Hodgkinson
ISBN-13: 9780749414184, ISBN-10: 0749414189
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Taylor & Francis, Inc.
Date Published: December 1994
Edition: (Non-applicable)
This book presents the collective experience of the staff from the range of departments and support services within a single university the Loughborough University of Technology, U.K. offering flexible learning. The contributors cover the full spectrum of issues, including: the student view of flexible learning; information technology for flexible learning; modularization across campus; coping with large classes; conventional lectures to guide self-study; and off-site support for flexible learners.
The Contributors | 7 | |
Foreword | 10 | |
Introduction | 12 | |
Ch. 1 | Flexible Provision for Student Diversity | 19 |
Ch. 2 | Flexibility in Course Structures | 26 |
Ch. 3 | Flexible Learning and Information Technology in Higher Education | 35 |
Ch. 4 | Off-site Support for Flexible Learners: Learning in No Man's Land | 46 |
Ch. 5 | Course Guides for Flexible Learning | 57 |
Ch. 6 | Flexible Learning and the Library | 68 |
Ch. 7 | Coping with Larger Classes: Flexible Learning in Geography | 81 |
Ch. 8 | A Flexible Learning Strategy for Design and Technology Students | 89 |
Ch. 9 | A Flexible Learning Scheme for a First-year Mathematics Module | 99 |
Ch. 10 | A Self-guided Information Technology Profile for Student Teachers in Primary Schools | 106 |
Ch. 11 | A Business School Approach to Flexibility in Course Provision | 112 |
Ch. 12 | A Distance Learning Programme for Design Engineers | 119 |
Ch. 13 | Flexible Learning in English | 127 |
Ch. 14 | Student Opinion of Flexible Teaching and Learning in Higher Education | 135 |
Index | 151 |