Getting Started with Open and Distance Learning |
Contents
Preface | 7 |
what why and for whom? | 9 |
Moving beyond the introduction | 15 |
Bibliography | 16 |
How to get started in ODL | 17 |
Differences between Traditional and Open and Distance Learning | 18 |
Information objects and learning objects modularity at a new level | 19 |
SCORM | 20 |
The ODL Kitchen | 33 |
The ODL experience | 34 |
What to look for in a good learning experience | 35 |
5+1 Cs | 37 |
The final choice | 39 |
Pedagogical issues in ODL | 41 |
Instructional Approaches | 46 |
Pedagogical models | 48 |
Modules | 21 |
How to get started | 22 |
ODL for whom | 24 |
Design of work packages | 25 |
Creating work packages | 26 |
Visual Aids | 27 |
Handson approaches | 28 |
Content suitable for ODL | 29 |
traditional distance learning or blended learning | 30 |
Bibliography | 31 |
The teachers role | 49 |
Pedagogical Tips for successful ODL programmes | 52 |
Bibliography | 53 |
Didactic issues in ODL | 55 |
Learning in ODL | 67 |
Marketing of ODL | 81 |
Quality in ODL | 93 |
Conclusion | 101 |
Common terms and phrases
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