Add to ORKGAbstract: Online learning is now achieving recognition as offering a way for learning to scale. However we need to learn from the experiences in distance learning institutions. The Open University was established over 40 years ago and offers a unique experience in building a distance learning organisation on innovative use of media, originally through broadcast, then technologies such as video and DVD, to the current use of online as an integrating element. This paper draws together lessons from how the OU has made use of media and the way it can build learning journeys. Analysis then relates this history to an ecological model that has enabled a resilient and innovative approach that can apply more widely to other organisations seeking to...
The paper aims at providing providers of open and distance learning with infor-mation on what is nee...
There is considerable potential for teaching and learning in Higher Education - particularly that un...
Digital culture and the remix culture it has generated have changed the way in which knowledge and ...
Online learning is now achieving recognition as offering a way for learning to scale. However we nee...
This paper draws together my experience of online learning at The Open University. It documents chan...
Founded in 1970, the Open University UK (OU) is now Europe’s largest university with around 200,000 ...
The central theme of this paper is the current interest in most educational institutions in moving f...
This paper sets out the ways in which technologies for learning have been at the heart of education ...
This article describes the approaches that the Library at the Open University has taken to ensure th...
The Open University is exploring the development of pathways between more open and informal learning...
Since the 1970s, the Open University (OU) has pioneered the concept of supported open learning in wh...
This paper discusses learning at scale from the perspective of two UK Universities engaging in techn...
This paper notes the move towards resource-based and distance learning within higher education insti...
At a time of clear governance framework reporting, education needs to demonstrate ways in which lear...
Open Distance Learning (ODL) institutions around the world have realized that effective pedagogies a...
The paper aims at providing providers of open and distance learning with infor-mation on what is nee...
There is considerable potential for teaching and learning in Higher Education - particularly that un...
Digital culture and the remix culture it has generated have changed the way in which knowledge and ...
Online learning is now achieving recognition as offering a way for learning to scale. However we nee...
This paper draws together my experience of online learning at The Open University. It documents chan...
Founded in 1970, the Open University UK (OU) is now Europe’s largest university with around 200,000 ...
The central theme of this paper is the current interest in most educational institutions in moving f...
This paper sets out the ways in which technologies for learning have been at the heart of education ...
This article describes the approaches that the Library at the Open University has taken to ensure th...
The Open University is exploring the development of pathways between more open and informal learning...
Since the 1970s, the Open University (OU) has pioneered the concept of supported open learning in wh...
This paper discusses learning at scale from the perspective of two UK Universities engaging in techn...
This paper notes the move towards resource-based and distance learning within higher education insti...
At a time of clear governance framework reporting, education needs to demonstrate ways in which lear...
Open Distance Learning (ODL) institutions around the world have realized that effective pedagogies a...
The paper aims at providing providers of open and distance learning with infor-mation on what is nee...
There is considerable potential for teaching and learning in Higher Education - particularly that un...
Digital culture and the remix culture it has generated have changed the way in which knowledge and ...