The End of Innocence: Critical Approaches to Open and Distance Learning.

Tait, Alan

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ERIC Number: EJ493428

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Publication Date: 1994

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The End of Innocence: Critical Approaches to Open and Distance Learning.

Tait, Alan

Open Learning, v9 n3 p27-36 Nov 1994

Presents critical approaches to open and distance learning (ODL) and its role in modern societies based on experiences in the United Kingdom. Topics discussed include a history of correspondence education; industrial and Post-Fordist analysis of ODL; late modernity, the market, and consumerism; feminist approaches; and media and cultural studies. (44 references) (LRW)

Descriptors: Criticism, Distance Education, Feminism, Foreign Countries, Marketing, Mass Media

Publication Type: Opinion Papers; Historical Materials; Information Analyses; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: United Kingdom

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