Open and Distance Non-formal Education in Developing Countries - Brossura

Latchem, Colin

Brossura

ISBN 10: 9811067406 ISBN 13: 9789811067402

Casa editrice: Springer, 2018

Riassunto

Fills an enormous gap in the literature of open and distance education for international development

Describes how open and distance non-formal education is helping to achieve the UN sustainable development goals

Provides case studies of the methods and technologies being used for individual, community and socio-economic development 

Provides conclusions and lessons learned on best practice and how to improve and extend such applications

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Informazioni sull'autore

Colin Latchem was formerly the Head of the Teaching Learning Group at Curtin University, Perth, Western Australia, where he was responsible for academic staff development, open and distance education and educational technology support services. He is also a former National President of the Open and Distance Learning Association of Australia (ODLAA) and an Associate Editor of the journal Distance Education. Since retiring from Curtin, he has been a visiting professor / researcher at a number of Asia and European universities, has consulted for such organisations as the Commonwealth Secretariat, Commonwealth of Learning and AusAID and has been a keynote speaker and workshop organiser at international conferences in Australia, Asia, the Middle East, the USA and the Caribbean. His books include Leadership for 21st Century Learning (with Donald E Hanna); Distance and Blended Learning in Asia (with Insung Jung); Quality Assurance and Accreditation in Distance Education and E-learning (with Insung Jung); A Quality Assurance Toolkit for Open and Distance Non-formal Education; Open and Distance Learning Quality Assurance in Commonwealth Universities; and Using ICTs and Blended Learning in Transforming TVET. He has also written numerous book chapters and journal articles on open and distance education and is Co-editor of the Springerbriefs in Open and Distance Education series.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Springer
• Data di pubblicazione: 2018
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 9811067406
• ISBN 13: 9789811067402
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 200
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