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Collaboration in Distance Education

International Case Studies

Ian Mugridge editor Louise Moran editor

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd

Published:21st Oct '93

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As inter-institutional collaboration has become a key policy issue in distance and higher education, strategic alliances for course development, teaching and credit transfer have become a central feature of institutional culture and policy-making. Distance educators are leading higher education around the world in overcoming the many problems involved in collaboration to forge exciting new institutional links with significant benefits for students and institutions. Through Canadian, Australian, American and Malaysian case studies, this ground-breaking book identifies and analyses the key factors enhancing and inhibiting collaboration. The high incidence of failed collaborative ventures indicates that the dynamics and strategies for success are poorly understood. This book seeks to redress that lack of understanding, and to assist in future policy-making, in distance education and throughout the higher education field. The authors conclude that a culture of `collaborative individualism' is emerging which is playing a significant part in the profound changes occurring in the nature and practice of higher education. The authors are internationally well-known and highly regarded distance educators, with first-hand knowledge of the difficulties and benefits of collaborative ventures.

`Technology for learning, supported by tutoring and counselling, those are the themes of the book. Covering five continents, it all makes good reading, ...' - Times Educational Supplement

ISBN: 9780415100984

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 385g

194 pages