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Download full textKelly, Andrew P. – Bellwether Education Partners, 2014
The creation of the massive open online course (MOOC), a new form of digital learning, has enthralled some, infuriated others, and changed the conversation about higher education in the United States and abroad. To some, MOOCs herald the dawn of a new era in human capital, one that will mean the end of college as we know it. Enthusiastic observers…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Electronic Learning, Educational Policy, Policy Formation
Cox, Eva; Leonard, Helen – 1994
The material in this monograph is part of the study materials for the one-semester distance education unit, Non-Formal Learning, in the Open Campus Program at Deakin University (Australia). It is designed to raise issues relating to skill definition. "Choosing a Worker or How Good Are Your Job Descriptions?" explores why interpersonal or…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Females, Foreign Countries, Industrial Education
Butler, Elaine, Ed.; Brown, Mike, Ed. – 1993
These 12 papers are part of the study materials for the one-semester distance education unit, Project Development Plan 2, in the Open Campus Program at Deakin University (Australia). They examine the breadth and depth of the actions and debates around the social construction of skill and the critical role played by the concept of skill in the…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Employed Women, Employer Attitudes, Employment Practices
Jennings, Leonie – 1993
This issues primer is structured around a series of 20 contemporary concerns in the changing world of work and training in Australia in the early 1990s. It is part of the study materials for the one-semester distance education unit, Negotiated Study Program, in the Open Campus Program at Deakin University (Australia). Information on each issue is…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Competency Based Education, Costs, Emerging Occupations
Watkins, Peter – 1991
This publication is part of the study materials for the distance education course, The Changing Workplace: Part B, in the Open Campus Program at Deakin University. The first part of the document examines current thinking regarding knowledge and control in workplaces emphasizing flexible production systems, flexible technology, and a flexible work…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Annotated Bibliographies, Education Work Relationship, Educational Needs
Bernard, Elaine – 1991
This publication is part of the study materials for the distance education course, Adults Learning: The Changing Workplace A, in the Open Campus Program at Deakin University. The first part of the document examines the relationship between technological change and skills development. The following topics are discussed: the new technological…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Annotated Bibliographies, Education Work Relationship, Educational Needs
Jackson, Nancy – 1991
This publication is part of the study materials for the distance education course, Adults Learning: The Changing Workplace B, in the Open Campus Program at Deakin University. Section 1 looks mostly at male-dominated trades work and at some historical modes of the flexing of political muscle in struggles over the definition of work and skill. It…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Education, Annotated Bibliographies, Clerical Occupations
