Planning and Developing Open and Distance Learning: A Quality Assurance Approach

This book is aimed at those who are considering, or just starting to plan open and distance learning courses. It offers practical advice on how to find your students, expand your audience and become cost-effective without compromising quality. The main areas covered are:

• basic principles and different approaches to ODL
• different types of self-study materials, media, and student support from your institution
• building quality assurance into the development process

With a wide range of practical, tried-and-tested examples and case studies, the book provides a complete guide to setting up ODL courses.

Reg Melton is Senior Lecturer in Educational Technology at The Open University, where he has been advising course teams on the design and development of institutional materials for over 25 years