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Flexible Learning Guidebook

Flexibility, when incorporated into curriculum design enables people more choice in their learning.

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Let's get flexible...? Photo by Finsec

The tertiary education sector is highly competitive, and now that funding is shrinking even further organisations are scrabbling for a slice of the pie. Is Flexible Learning the answer? What strategies are working well and give organisations the edge? In this topic we will explore and justify some approaches to providing flexible learning environments in tertiary organisations. The Horizon report is worth a look each year to see what technologies are being predicted in the educational sector. 2011 Horizon report.

Activity

Activity Ten - How do your ideas and strategies for flexible learning fit with your organisation? Post a response to your blog once you have explored your organisation's policies and strategies. Locate your educational organisation's strategic plan, charter or profile (or equivalent). It is usually a public document with mission statements, aims and objectives, and performance indicators. For example, the 2008 - 2012 Strategy for Otago Polytechnic. The Otago Polytechnic Charter. Other Otago Polytechnic strategic documents. Highlight statements that refer to or relate to flexible learning. Explore blogs of Otago Polytechnic staff who publish notes on their efforts.

Reading

Fisher, K.(2010). Technology-enabled active learning environments: an appraisal. CELE Exchange 2010/7. OECD. Listen to or read the article: Annand, D. (2007). Re-organizing Universities for the Information Age. The International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, Vol 8, (3), 1-9. Getting Results in Literacy and Numeracy report. Tertiary Education Commission, New Zealand. An update of what has been achieved to date and next steps for the tertiary education sector. Read the article - The edgeless university.