Distance and e-learning, social justice, and development: The relevance of capability approaches to the mission of open universities

This article reviews the discourse of mission in large distance teaching and open universities, in order to analyse the theories of development and social justice that are claimed or may be inherent in them. It is suggested that in a number of cases the claims are unsupported or naive. The article...

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Autor principal:	Alan Tait
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Lenguaje:	EN
Publicado:	Athabasca University Press 2013
Materias:	distance education open learning distance universities higher education online learning e-learning Special aspects of education LC8-6691
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:0d094f3e88aa41ed8f77aef073a9ab812021-12-02T19:20:07ZDistance and e-learning, social justice, and development: The relevance of capability approaches to the mission of open universities10.19173/irrodl.v14i4.15261492-3831https://doaj.org/article/0d094f3e88aa41ed8f77aef073a9ab812013-08-01T00:00:00Zhttp://www.irrodl.org/index.php/irrodl/article/view/1526https://doaj.org/toc/1492-3831 This article reviews the discourse of mission in large distance teaching and open universities, in order to analyse the theories of development and social justice that are claimed or may be inherent in them. It is suggested that in a number of cases the claims are unsupported or naive. The article goes on to set out the nature of Amartya Sen’s capability approach for development, and to identify its potential for reviewing distance and e-learning more widely as a contributor to development and social justice. Alan TaitAthabasca University Pressarticledistance educationopen learningdistance universitieshigher educationonline learninge-learningSpecial aspects of educationLC8-6691ENInternational Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, Vol 14, Iss 4 (2013)
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description	This article reviews the discourse of mission in large distance teaching and open universities, in order to analyse the theories of development and social justice that are claimed or may be inherent in them. It is suggested that in a number of cases the claims are unsupported or naive. The article goes on to set out the nature of Amartya Sen’s capability approach for development, and to identify its potential for reviewing distance and e-learning more widely as a contributor to development and social justice.
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Distance and e-learning, social justice, and development: The relevance of capability approaches to the mission of open universities

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