The Open University

Author : Daniel Weinbren
Publisher : Manchester University Press
ISBN 13 : 1526101459
Total Pages : 468 pages
Book Rating : 4.57/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Open University written by Daniel Weinbren and published by Manchester University Press. This book was released on 2015-11-01 with total page 468 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This historical perspective on The Open University, founded in 1969, frames its ethos (to be open to people, places, methods and ideas) within the traditions of correspondence courses, commercial television, adult education, the post-war social democratic settlement and the Cold War. A critical assessment of its engagement with teaching, assessment and support for adult learners offers an understanding as to how it came to dominate the market for part-time studies. It also indicates how, as the funding and status of higher education shifted, it became a loved brand and a model for universities around the world. Drawing on previously ignored or unavailable records, personal testimony and recently digitised broadcast teaching materials, it recognises the importance of students to the maintenance of the university and places the development of learning and the uses of technology for education over the course of half a century within a wider social and economic perspective.

Author : Jeremy Tunstall
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1003862608
Total Pages : 214 pages
Book Rating : 4.04/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Open University Opens written by Jeremy Tunstall and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2024-04-01 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Still going strong today, The Open University, Britain’s national correspondence – TV – radio University, excited much controversy when it first opened and in 1973 awarded its first degrees. With its adult, part-time students, its freedom from formal entrance qualifications, it deliberately questioned many orthodoxies of higher education at the time. Yet the OU differed so much from other universities that few outsiders grasped quite how complex, quite how revolutionary, quite how downright infuriating the OU was, or could be.Originally published in 1974, this book gives a first-hand account of what the OU was about and what it felt like to be an OU student or lecturer. The articles in the collection – edited by Jeremy Tunstall, himself on the OU staff – include contributions from outside observers, from OU staff, and from OU students. This is an unofficial yet informed and lively account of what it felt like in 1974, and what it felt like in the early days, to be part of a project so controversial and progressive.

Author : J. K. Prasanth
Publisher : Discovery Publishing House
ISBN 13 : 9788171415502
Total Pages : 108 pages
Book Rating : 4.04/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Open University - Student Support Services written by J. K. Prasanth and published by Discovery Publishing House. This book was released on 2003 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contents: Introduction, Review of Related Literature, Methods of Investigation, Data, Conclusions and Suggestions, Summary.

Author : Walter Perry
Publisher : Jossey-Bass
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 328 pages
Book Rating : 4.45/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Open University written by Walter Perry and published by Jossey-Bass. This book was released on 1977 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Two audiotape catalogues for courses: Peter Leyden presents The Open University for Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific Area [undated]

Author : John Daniel
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1136354360
Total Pages : 231 pages
Book Rating : 4.66/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Mega-universities and Knowledge Media written by John Daniel and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-05-13 with total page 231 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A discussion of how the knowledge media can contribute to the renewal of universities, particularly through the development of distance education. It looks at universities which have risen to the challenges of cost and accessibility using technology.

Author : Jane Yeh
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317797027
Total Pages : 668 pages
Book Rating : 4.29/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Creative Writing written by Jane Yeh and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-12-19 with total page 668 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Creative Writing is a complete writing course that will jump-start your writing and guide you through your first steps towards publication. Suitable for use by students, tutors, writers’ groups or writers working alone, this book offers: a practical and inspiring section on the creative process, showing you how to stimulate your creativity and use your memory and experience in inventive ways in-depth coverage of the most popular forms of writing, in extended sections on fiction, poetry and life writing, including biography and autobiography, giving you practice in all three forms so that you might discover and develop your particular strengths a sensible, up-to-date guide to going public, to help you to edit your work to a professional standard and to identify and approach suitable publishers a distinctive collection of exciting exercises, spread throughout the workbook to spark your imagination and increase your technical flexibility and control a substantial array of illuminating readings, bringing together extracts from contemporary and classic writings in order to demonstrate a range of techniques that you can use or adapt in your own work. Creative Writing: A Workbook with Readings presents a unique opportunity to benefit from the advice and experience of a team of published authors who have also taught successful writing courses at a wide range of institutions, helping large numbers of new writers to develop their talents as well as their abilities to evaluate and polish their work to professional standards. These institutions include Lancaster University and the University of East Anglia, renowned as consistent producers of published writers.

Author : Walter Leal Filho
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3319094742
Total Pages : 617 pages
Book Rating : 4.48/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Integrating Sustainability Thinking in Science and Engineering Curricula written by Walter Leal Filho and published by Springer. This book was released on 2014-09-13 with total page 617 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Including considerations of sustainability in universities’ activities has long since become mainstream. However, there is still much to be done with regard to the full integration of sustainability thinking into science and engineering curricula. Among the problems that hinder progress in this field, the lack of sound information on how to actually implement it is prominent. Created in order to address this need, this book presents a wealth of information on innovative approaches, methods and tools that may be helpful in translating sustainability principles into practice.

Author : Masaaki Kurosu
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 3642028063
Total Pages : 1125 pages
Book Rating : 4.69/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Human Centered Design written by Masaaki Kurosu and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2009-07-14 with total page 1125 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 13th International Conference on Human–Computer Interaction, HCI Inter- tional 2009, was held in San Diego, California, USA, July 19–24, 2009, jointly with the Symposium on Human Interface (Japan) 2009, the 8th International Conference on Engineering Psychology and Cognitive Ergonomics, the 5th International Conference on Universal Access in Human–Computer Interaction, the Third International Conf- ence on Virtual and Mixed Reality, the Third International Conference on Internati- alization, Design and Global Development, the Third International Conference on Online Communities and Social Computing, the 5th International Conference on Augmented Cognition, the Second International Conference on Digital Human Mod- ing, and the First International Conference on Human Centered Design. A total of 4,348 individuals from academia, research institutes, industry and gove- mental agencies from 73 countries submitted contributions, and 1,397 papers that were judged to be of high scientific quality were included in the program. These papers - dress the latest research and development efforts and highlight the human aspects of the design and use of computing systems. The papers accepted for presentation thoroughly cover the entire field of human–computer interaction, addressing major advances in knowledge and effective use of computers in a variety of application areas.

Author : M. Taylor
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1137392592
Total Pages : 450 pages
Book Rating : 4.96/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Age of Asa written by M. Taylor and published by Springer. This book was released on 2014-11-25 with total page 450 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Asa Briggs has been a prominent figure in post-war cultural life - as a pioneering historian, a far-sighted educational reformer, and a sensitive chronicler of the way in which broadcasting and communication more generally have shaped modern society. He has also been a devoted servant of the public good, involved in many inquiries, boards and trusts. Yet few accounts of public life in Britain since the Second World War include a discussion or appreciation of his influential role. This collection of essays provides the first critical assessment of Asa Briggs' career, using fresh research and new perspectives to analyse his contribution and impact on scholarship, the expansion of higher education at home and overseas, and his support and leadership for the arts and media more generally. The online bibliography of Asa Briggs' publications which accompanies the book is available on the The Institute of Historical Research website here.

Author : Andrew Ravenscroft
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3642332633
Total Pages : 563 pages
Book Rating : 4.30/5 ( download)

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Download or read book 21st Century Learning for 21st Century Skills written by Andrew Ravenscroft and published by Springer. This book was released on 2012-09-18 with total page 563 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 7th European Conference on Technology Enhanced Learning, EC-TEL 2012, held in Saarbrücken, Germany, in September 2012. The 26 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 130 submissions. The book also includes 12 short papers, 16 demonstration papers, 11 poster papers, and 1 invited paper. Specifically, the programme and organizing structure was formed through the themes: mobile learning and context; serious and educational games; collaborative learning; organisational and workplace learning; learning analytics and retrieval; personalised and adaptive learning; learning environments; academic learning and context; and, learning facilitation by semantic means.