International Journal of Education and Development using ICT

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Flexible Learning in an Open and Distributed Environment

Badrul H Khan, The George Washington University, USA

Abstract
With the increasing use of a variety of approaches for learning in the information age, learners' preferences are changing from wanting to be taught mostly in lectures or direct training sessions to wanting increased flexibility. Learners expect on-demand, anytime/anywhere high-quality learning environments with good support services. They want increased flexibility in learning�they want to have more say in what they learn, when they learn, and where and how they learn. Since 1997 the author has studied the critical issues of flexible learning; and clustered his findings of critical issues into eight categories: institutional, management, technological, pedagogical, ethical, interface design, resource support, and evaluation. Based on these eight categories of issues, A Framework for Flexible Learning has been developed to serve as a guide to plan, develop, deliver, manage, and evaluate flexible learning programs.

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