Learning and teaching in a changing world

Authors

  • Fred Lockwood Manchester Metropolitan University

Keywords:

online learning, distance education, e-learning, distance learning, technology-enhanced learning, flexible learning, flexible delivery, open learning, open education, open educational resources,

Abstract

In early 1995, thirty-seven scholars from around the world pooled their ideas and assembled the book Open and Distance Learning Today (Lockwood, 1995); it was the basis for a pre-conference workshop at the International Council for Distance Education World Conference, Birmingham, 1995 (Sewart, 1995). Eight of the contributors, key figures in the field of Open and Distance Learning, each considered the content of the book and, drawing upon their own insights, assembled an initial agenda (on audio tape) for discussion, one that would develop during the workshop. The first agenda offered, Trends and Directions, was provided by David Hawkridge (1995), in which he speculated on likely developments in the field. He identified five topics as worthy of consideration and termed them globalisation, electronification, commodification, domination, and liberation. Seven years later these topics are revisited and an assessment made as to what changes have occurred and what new trends and directions can be identified.

Author Biography

Fred Lockwood, Manchester Metropolitan University

Director of the Learning and Teaching Unit.

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Published

2023-09-23

How to Cite

Lockwood, F. (2023). Learning and teaching in a changing world. Journal of Open, Flexible and Distance Learning, 7(1), 30–39. Retrieved from https://jofdl.nz/index.php/JOFDL/article/view/137