FDOL resources

K Clay (kc58@tutor.open.ac.uk) The Open University, UK

Hi all, this is a really interstig report from the European Commission about the need to open-up HE across Euripe and enable learners and teachers to learn together.

This is an account of the authors own theory of engagement aiming to explain how engagement can be acheived within and programme of distance PBL.

A meta analysis of of other research papers in the field. One of the points raised that particularly interested me was around evaluating the 'success' of TEL. With institutions seeing DL as an efficient, potentially profitable approach to education, the way we assess how we meet the learners' needs and the benefits of adopting this approach as opposed to other methods is key/ v interesting.

I've become aware of this through a Google search and the attractive title of the second chapter "Understanding Problem Based Learning". I've reflected on it a little in my CPD Portfolio (http://cpdrichardbaker.wordpress.com/)

came across this and thought it may be useful

This is useful reading and will help us gain an insight into distance education looking into the past and linking it with the present. What can we learn from the past?