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Direct linkDaniel, John – Open Learning, 2012
In the title the author asked whether dual-mode institutions were a stable "final" model for higher education or a step on the way to something else. Only a few institutions seem able to function in dual mode (i.e. with distinct groups of distance and classroom students) in a successful and sustainable way. Some institutions now claim…
Descriptors: Blended Learning, Higher Education, Open Universities, Universities
Rumble, Greville – Open Learning, 2007
In the 1960s and 1970s distance education was seen as a way of increasing access to education, and hence as something the state should fund. Libertarian thinking has weakened support for the nation-state as a provider of social welfare. This article argues that libertarian policies are "vicious" in their effects. By subscribing to such…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Educational Needs, Justice, Distance Education
Peer reviewedEvans, Terry; Nation, Daryl – Open Learning, 1996
Responds to a critique by Alistair Inglis of a previous article dealing with instructional industrialism and educational technology in open learning and distance education. Topics include paradigm shifts; instructional design; behaviorism and cognitive psychology; the relationship between practice, research, and theory; and possibilities for…
Descriptors: Behaviorism, Cognitive Psychology, Distance Education, Educational Technology
Peer reviewedEvans, Terry; Nation, Daryl – Open Learning, 1992
Reviews critiques of the authors' previous work, and examines the traditional theories regarding open and distance education. The role of educational technology is discussed; the impacts of social, economic, and political changes in a postindustrial world are considered; and distinctions between behaviorists and humanists are examined. (45…
Descriptors: Behaviorism, Criticism, Distance Education, Economic Change
Peer reviewedCochrane, Clive – Open Learning, 2000
Explores one student's personal experience of the evolution of distance learning in the United Kingdom between 1977 and 1997. Discusses changes in learning materials; differences in assessment strategies and learner support; increasing consumerism; changes in the nature of distance learners; and the increasing role of information and communication…
Descriptors: Distance Education, Educational Change, Educational Technology, Evaluation Methods
Conrad, Dianne – Open Learning, 2003
In this paper, I take the position that the recently increased "e-talk" permeating our language potentially compromises our field's professionalism by "one-minutizing" learning that uses computer-mediated technologies. In so doing, I discuss historical aspects of adult education, the importance of language as a naming function, the evolution of…
Descriptors: Language Usage, Distance Education, Educational Technology, Adult Education
