Flexible Learning in an Information Society

Flexible Learning in an Information Society

Badrul H. Khan
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Release Date: August, 2006|Copyright: © 2007 |Pages: 374
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-59904-325-8
ISBN13: 9781599043258|ISBN10: 1599043254|EISBN13: 9781599043272
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The information age has brought about many ways for educators to help their students learn, creating an atmosphere where the learners desire flexibility in the way they learn. Modern students expect on-demand, high-quality learning environments that allow them to have more say in what and how they learn.

Flexible Learning in an Information Society uses a flexible learning framework to explain the best ways of creating a meaningful learning environment. This framework consists of eight factors – institutional, management, technological, pedagogical, ethical, interface design, resource support, and evaluation – and a systematic understanding of these factors can create successful flexible learning environments. Gathering the knowledge of leading researchers from around the world, Flexible Learning in an Information Society presents a broad understanding of the emerging field of flexible learning and provides guidance in creating these environments.

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"Dr. Khan deserves compliments to have presented us a list of readings written by those who have seen and re-shaped the developments. These experiential and practical guidelines in the chapters shall be highly useful to all those who are designing, developing and delivering distance, online and flexible learning opportunities."

– Sanjaya Mishra, Indira Gandhi National Open University, New Delhi

This book is definitely a useful information source for web-based course designers and trainers offering a broad analysis of all aspects of this emerging field.

– Luisa Doldi, Online Information Review, Vienna
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Badrul H. Khan is an international speaker, author, educator, and consultant in the field of e-learning and educational technology. Dr. Khan authored the following books: Web-Based Instruction (1997), Web-Based Training (2001), E-Learning Strategies (2004), E-Learning QUICK Checklist (2005), Managing E-Learning (2005), and Flexible Learning in an Information Society (2006). As author of five books, more than 100 papers and a keynote speaker in more than 40 international learning conferences, he has become an international leading expert in blended learning design and implementation. His work addressing current and emerging technologies that revolutionize the way we learn and conduct training in open and distributed environments across diverse populations of learners has established him as a visionary in the field of e-learning. His 1997 Web-Based Instruction book defines the critical dimensions of e-learning and made him a pioneer in Web-based instruction. The book has become a bestseller and has been adopted by more than 350 colleges and universities worldwide. His Managing ELearning book further matures e-learning processes and practices and has been translated into 14 languages.

A sought-after keynote speaker on e-learning, Dr. Khan is past president of the International Division of the Association for Educational and Communication Technology (AECT). He served as a consultant/advisor to distance education-related projects at the World Bank, various U.S. federal government departments, the ministry of education in several countries, and academic institutions and corporations in the United States and abroad. Dr. Khan served as founding director of the Educational Technology Leadership cohort program at The George Washington University and the educational technology graduate program at the University of Texas. He also served as instructional developer and evaluation specialist in the School of Medicine at Indiana University. He is founder of BooksToRead.com, a recommended readings site on the Internet. He is currently exploring the possibility of establishing the Asian Virtual University (www.BadrulKhan.com/AsianVU) as a hub for excellence in online education. For more information, visit his Web site at www.BadrulKhan.com/khan.

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