Reconsidering open and distance learning in the developing world : meeting students' learning needs /
David Kember.
- London ; New York : Routledge, 2007.
- xvi, 204 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
- Open and flexible learning series .
- Open & flexible learning series. .
Includes bibliographical references (p. [187]-198) and index.
Modes of learning in post-secondary education -- Major themes in student learning -- The Open University of the United Kingdom : a British eccentricity or a model for the world? / Alan Woodley -- Need for open entry in developing countries -- Other elements of openness -- Pedagogy and andragogy -- Open universities expect andragogy -- Appropriateness of the UKOU model for the developing countries -- Dual-mode universities -- North American model of distance education -- The loneliness of the distance learner -- E-learning / Carmel McNaught -- Flexible learning : but how flexible?