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Daniel, J. S.; Smith, W. A. S. – Canadian Journal of Higher Education, 1979
Two open universities created in Canada in the 1970's--Athabasca and Teleuniversite--are examined from an administrative/management perspective. A study reveals that effective planning requires balanced attention to means and ends, new management structures are required, and committed leadership is needed. (Author/MLW)
Descriptors: Adult Education, College Administration, College Planning, Educational Change

Waks, Leonard J. – Journal of Curriculum Studies, 1997
Reviews the decades-old debate about the efficacy of student projects and learner controlled instruction and the role they play in authentic assessment. Argues that the shift to a postindustrial economy has given these methods renewed creditably and relevance. Discusses the impact that technological advancements have made. (MJP)
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Educational Change, Educational History, Educational Philosophy
Elliot, Ian – Teaching Pre K-8, 1997
Examines the operation of the Downtown Open School in Minneapolis, which serves children of parents who work downtown. Describes how the school follows the structure of a Basic School, focusing on effectively connecting classrooms and resources to enrich the curriculum. Details school characteristics, including mixed-grade classrooms, grade-level…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Case Studies, Educational Improvement, Educational Quality

Brown, Elsa Barkley – Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society, 1989
Describes the qualities of African-American quilts. Explains how to organize a classroom to reflect the polyrhythmic structure of the African-American culture and its quilts. This allows students to experience a different culture and therefore judge it by its own standards rather than by the norms of White middle-class America. (JS)
Descriptors: Aesthetic Values, Black Culture, Black Education, Black History

Warren, Karen – Journal of Experiential Education, 1988
Describes student-directed class model at Hampshire College, Massachusetts. Describes students' role as planning syllabus, regulating commitment, facilitating sessions, and evaluating course. Describes teacher's role as balancing intervention with non-involvement. Recommends model as way of integrating experiential learning into mainstream…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Experiential Learning, Higher Education, Nonauthoritarian Classes

McDonald, Helen; Ingvarson, Lawrence – Journal of Curriculum Studies, 1997
Examines whether the use of computers has changed the context of teachers' work in such a way that the goals of constructionism and independent learning are more attainable. Focuses on a private school in Australia where the relationships among goals, structures, and resources were integrated in support of independent learning. (MJP)
Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Constructivism (Learning), Educational Change, Educational Objectives
McWilliam, Erica; Palmer, Patrick – Australian Universities' Review, 1995
The emergence of open education at the level of graduate study, characterized by more individualized study, distance education, and increased use of technology, is changing the roles and relationship of teacher and student. It will become increasingly important to acknowledge these changed physical boundaries and adjust teaching accordingly. (MSE)
Descriptors: Change Strategies, College Faculty, Distance Education, Educational Change

Pridmore, Pat; Yates, Chris – Comparative Education Review, 2005
This article examines the potential for open, distance, and flexible learning (ODFL) to mitigate the impact of HIV and AIDS on young people. Based on experience from a field study in Mozambique and South Africa, the authors show how ODFL can support and extend the work of existing infrastructures supporting vulnerable youth. As neighboring…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Open Education, Communicable Diseases
Holt, Gill – 1995
SOCRATES is the European Community's new education program for the member states of the European Union (EU) (Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Sweden and the United Kingdom) and the European Economic Area (EU plus Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway). Its aims…
Descriptors: Computer Networks, Distance Education, Educational Quality, Educational Research
Clinchy, Evans; Kolb, Frances Arick, Ed. – 1992
This publication describes schools of choice that are nontraditional in structure, including continuous-progress, open, and Montessori-type schools. It describes the philosophy, curriculum, teaching methods, school organizations, and grading methods of several different kinds of nontraditional schools: two continuous-progress schools, a Montessori…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Continuous Progress Plan, Educational Innovation, Educational Philosophy
Slade, Alexander L.; Kascus, Marie A. – 1996
This book provides a record of the literature on library issues pertaining to distance and open learning. It also covers library services for part-time students and remote access to electronic library resources. The bibliography contains references to 518 articles, papers, reports, book chapters, theses, and dissertations, most published after…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Access to Information, Annotated Bibliographies, Case Studies
Samson, Elizabeth, Ed.; Wright, Andrew T., Ed. – Hongkong Papers in Linguistics and Language Teaching, 1992
This issue contains five articles, including reports of activities of the University of Hong Kong's English Center, five action research reports, reflections on various conferences, and a book review by Ray Mackay of "Asian Voices in English." The five articles are: "Cultural Syntonicity: Co-operative Relationships between the ESP Unit and Other…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Classroom Research, English, Foreign Countries
Caucutt, Allen, Ed. – 1975
This collection of writings addresses the issue of developing a generation of aesthetically aware and involved individuals. Each of the 19 articles emphasizes art education as an indispensable force in the total school program. Together these writings form sources of inspiration and ideas for the elementary art teacher. Divided into four…
Descriptors: Aesthetic Education, Art Education, Childrens Art, Creative Activities
National Centre for Vocational Education Research, Leabrook (Australia). – 1993
These five papers prepared for the annual Technical and Further Education (TAFE) Senior Executives' Conference emphasize policy implications. "Does Research Influence Policy?" (W. Hall) makes the point that some important policy decisions have been taken on nonexistent or flimsy research evidence. The next four papers are research…
Descriptors: College School Cooperation, Competency Based Education, Educational Cooperation, Educational Policy
Hodgson, Vivien, Ed.; And Others – 1988
The 18 papers presented at the conference reported in this document are grouped into four major sections. The first section, on the nature of open learning, includes "How Open Is Open Learning?" (H. Temple); "Open Learning and Community" (I. Cunningham); "Are We Really Open--With Our Learners and Ourselves?" (W. J. K.…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Administrator Education, Adult Education, Bureaucracy