| Description |
xvii, 269 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm. |
| Series |
Open & distance learning series |
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Open and distance learning series.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-252) and index. |
| Contents |
1. Open and flexible learning: an environmental scan / Colin Latchem and Donald E. Hanna -- 2. Changes, challenges and choices / Colin Latchem and Donald E. Hanna -- 3. Developing an entrepreneurial culture / Colin Latchem and Donald E. Hanna -- 4. Processes of organizational change / Colin Latchem and Donald E. Hanna -- 5. Leadership in open and flexible learning / Colin Latchem and Donald E. Hanna -- 6. The University of South Australia: providing leadership in flexible learning / Denise Bradley -- 7. The University of the South Pacific: leading change in a multinational, multimodal university / Rajesh Chandra -- 8. Alverno College: transforming the institution to an ability-based curriculum and flexible learning / Sister Joel Read -- 9. Leading and managing innovation in UK university contexts / Roger Lewis -- 10. The University of Twente: leading and managing change via a Web-based course-management system / Betty Collis -- 11. Washington State University: a US rural land-grant university responds to its changing environment / Muriel Oaks -- 12. Western Governors University: a competency-based virtual university / Robert C. Albrecht -- 13. The American Distance Education Consortium: from rural provision to virtual organization / Janet Poley -- 14. The UK Open University: managing success and leading change in a mega-university / Sir John Daniel -- 15. Indira Gandhi National Open University and the Distance Education Council: institution and system building in India / Abdul Khan -- 16. Athabasca University: change management in a non-traditional university setting / Dominique Abrioux -- 17. University of Wisconsin-Extension: exercising leadership in complex organizations / Donald E. Hanna -- 18. Partnerships for change / Dato' Gajaraj Dhanarajan -- 19. Leading change in the expanded K-12 classroom / Brian Talbott -- 20. Leadership in institution building: the National Open School of India / Marmar Mukhopadhyay -- 21. Treading a fine line: consultancy in open and distance learning / Bernadette Robinson -- 22. The International Extension College: leadership beyond the mainstream / Barbara Spronk -- 23. Jones International University: converging marketplace entrepreneurship and education / Glenn R. Jones -- 24. Lessons for the future / Colin Latchem and Donald E. Hanna. |
| Summary |
Critically examines global developments and trends in open and flexible education and training; the changes, challenges and choices confronting all educators and trainers, the development of an entrepreneurial culture and the process of organizational change and of successful leadership. |
| Subject |
Universities and colleges -- Administration.
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Educational leadership.
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Educational technology.
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Education, Higher -- Effect of technological innovations on.
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Education, Higher -- Effect of technological innovations on.
(OCoLC)fst00903051
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Educational leadership. (OCoLC)fst00903527
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Educational technology. (OCoLC)fst00903623
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Universities and colleges -- Administration. (OCoLC)fst01161604
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| Added Author |
Latchem, C. R. (Colin R.)
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Hanna, Donald E., 1947-
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| ISBN |
0749432047 (pbk.) |
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9780749432041 (pbk.) |
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0749432055 (hard) |
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9780749432058 (hard) |
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