1st Edition

Distance and Blended Learning in Asia

By Colin Latchem, Insung Jung Copyright 2010
280 Pages
by Routledge

280 Pages
by Routledge

280 Pages
by Routledge

Distance and Blended Learning in Asia is a unique and comprehensive overview of open, distance learning (ODL) and information and communication technology (ICT) in Asian education and training. Broad in coverage, this book critically examines ODL and ICT experiences from Japan to Turkey and from Sri Lanka to Mongolia – drawing conclusions from the successes and failures, and recommending ways... Read more

Foreword

Preface

1. Technology, e-readiness and e-learning readiness

2. Open schooling, SchoolNets and ICT integration in classrooms

3. Higher education

4. Lifelong learning, workplace training, professional development and non-formal adult and community education

5. New providers and new markets

6. ICT integration in and beyond the school

7. Instructional design, learner support and assessment in e-learning

8. Leadership for educational change and innovation

9. Quality assurance and accreditation

10. Staff training and development

11. Research, publication and translating research into practice

12. Conclusions

Biography

Colin Latchem is an Australian-based consultant in open and distance learning

Insung Jung is Professor of Education, Media & Society at the International Christian University in Tokyo around the globe.

"This is one of the best books I have read recently on distance education…I strongly recommend this book to everyone with an interest in e-learning and distance education, and especially those in Asia, but it will also be of particular value to African institutions, as it provides some clear pointers for how e-learning and distance education can be, and has been, developed in less economically advanced countries…This will be a book I will constantly refer to over time."--Tony Bates, October 2009

"The book is a gold-mine of information, and the notes and references show the painstaking and meticulous work done by the authors…[it] is a starting point to understand the complex social, economic and educational contexts of distance education in Asia."--Sanjaya Mishra, British Journal of Educational Technology, 2009

"This is an important book. It will broaden the perspective of educators who may not often consider comparisons to the educational needs beyond their own national borders"--Teaching Theology and Religion