Flexible Learning in Action: Case Study in Higher Education

First Published in 1997. Pressures to find ways of delivering courses to new markets, lifelong learners and part-time students have all contributed to the growth in finding ways of delivering flexible learning. This book provides case studies to illustrate the diversity of approaches and gives advice on good practice. The case studies paint a broad picture of flexible learning developments in higher education in the United Kingdom, Australia and the United States of America. Several trends concerning the introduction of flexible learning have emerged, and the contributors examine strategies that have been developed at an institutional or departmental level for supporting flexible learning initiatives.

Rachel Hudson is Open Learning Facilitator, Faculty of the Built Environment, University of the West of England, Bristol. Sian Maslin-Prothero is a lecturer in the Department of Nursing and Midwifery Studies, Nottingham University. Lyn Oates is Learning and Teaching Support Manager, Cheltenham and Gloucester College of Higher Education.