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How can open and distance learning and information and communications technology (ICT) provide us with more - and better - teachers? Open and distance learning is increasingly used in teacher education in developing and developed countries. It has the potential to strengthen and expand the teaching ...

How can open and distance learning and information and communications technology (ICT) provide us with more - and better - teachers? Open and distance learning is increasingly used in teacher education in developing and developed countries. It has the potential to strengthen and expand the teaching profession of the twenty-first century and to help achieve the target of education for all by 2015. Teacher Education Through Open and Distance Learning examines the case for using open and distance learning and ICT to train our educators. It describes and analyses the ways in which these methods and technologies are used for: *initial teacher training and continuing professional development *training principals and school managers *training those who provide non-formal adult and community education *communities of practice and sharing of knowledge and ideas within the teaching profession It also discusses the policy-making, management, technology, costing, evaluation and quality assurance aspects of this work. The contributors are outstanding practitioners in the field. The first review in over a decade, Teacher Education Through Open and Distance Learning draws on wide-ranging and international experience to summarise the strengths and weaknesses of new approaches to the education of teachers. It offers invaluable guidance to policymakers, planners, headteachers and teachers.

(Originally announced with the title "E-Learning")The use of information and communications technology (ICT) in education, teaching and learning is having a profound effect on educational practice in higher education. As ICT becomes more accepted as a way of life for teachers, so the subject is ...

(Originally announced with the title "E-Learning")The use of information and communications technology (ICT) in education, teaching and learning is having a profound effect on educational practice in higher education. As ICT becomes more accepted as a way of life for teachers, so the subject is moving out of the "technological closet"; however, there is still a considerable level of uncertainty, if not mystique, about what e-learning actually means, and what its impacts are in terms of real teaching and student learning. Written for educators rather than technology specialists, this crucial book for the digital age will consider just how far the e-revolution has gone, and its effects.Wide ranging and international in scope, "Learning and Teaching with Technology" looks at how far online learning has influenced -- and will influence -- teaching, and at the implications for students' learning. Much has been written about the technology of e-learning; as the technology becomes simpler, it is important for teachers to understand just how technology-enhanced teaching and learning is influencing educational practice and pedagogy, and what t

This book explores in detail the options available to potential students wishing to study through distance methods, presenting a fascinating picture of a world's educational culture in transition. It includes reviews of higher education in a range of countries, a study of the impact of the new ...

This book explores in detail the options available to potential students wishing to study through distance methods, presenting a fascinating picture of a world's educational culture in transition. It includes reviews of higher education in a range of countries, a study of the impact of the new technologies, an examination of the trend towards lifelong learning, and the uses of distance education by developing economies.

Policy for Open and Distance Learning considers the questions that planners and policy makers in open and distance learning need to address at any level of education. Starting by analysing the range of purposes for which open and distance learning is used, the book places the issues in context and ...

Policy for Open and Distance Learning considers the questions that planners and policy makers in open and distance learning need to address at any level of education. Starting by analysing the range of purposes for which open and distance learning is used, the book places the issues in context and examines experience in both the public and private sector. As well as discussing in detail new agenda set by new information and communication technologies, the book covers: * Inputs * Processes * Outcomes. The editors, Hilary Perraton and Helen Lentell, have drawn together an international team of contributors who have examined the varied roles of the new technologies as well as low-technology approaches to open and distance learning throughout the world. This book will be invaluable to policy makers in education and those planning or managing open and distance learning programmes. It will also be of interest to students and teachers of education and anyone concerned with comparative education.