Book Review ~  The Costs of Open Learning: a handbook. Author: Thomas Hülsmann

dc.creator	Reviewed by Ricardo Vanella
dc.date	2003-04-01T00:00:00Z
dc.date.accessioned	2015-08-12T11:16:51Z
dc.date.available	2015-08-12T11:16:51Z
dc.identifier	1492-3831
dc.identifier	https://doaj.org/article/a246d2f6da414419a8fcf232e8cf1e90
dc.identifier.uri	http://evidence.thinkportal.org/handle/123456789/25911
dc.description	When I assumed the post as Director of the School of Distance Learning and Virtual Education in March 2000, my first task was to define a strategy to follow. In a context where trends indicated a dramatic increase in the application of new information and communication technologies used to support distance learning, there was a need for new institutional policies to provide a framework to support our activity. In short, I had to decide how to organize an academic unit to support distance learning. This task called for an analysis of all educational technologies available at the time, in order to develop the courses which were to be included in our educational offer. Costs were clearly an important consideration.By recalling this three-year-old experience, I am now in a position to assert that, as stated by Hilary Perraton in the Introduction, Thomas Hülsmann’s book is an effective tool for decision makers in the field of open and distance learning.
dc.language	English
dc.publisher	Athabasca University
dc.relation	http://www.irrodl.org/index.php/irrodl/article/view/127/207
dc.relation	https://doaj.org/toc/1492-3831
dc.rights	CC BY
dc.source	International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, Vol 4, Iss 1 (2003)
dc.subject	book review
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
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dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.title	Book Review ~ The Costs of Open Learning: a handbook. Author: Thomas Hülsmann
dc.type	article