Guest Editorial ~ Introduction to Special Theme Issue: Strategic Enterprises Down Under

Like all fields and forms of education, open and distance learning is complex, contextualized, and contingent (Harreveld and Danaher, in press; Nouwens, Erdinc and Danaher, 2004) – and is attended by a particular and peculiar ambivalence (see also Stronach and MacLure, 1997). On the one hand, open a...

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Autores principales:	Jeanne McConachie, Patrick Alan Danaher
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Publicado:	Athabasca University Press 2005
Materias:	distance education Australia Regional Focus Issue Special aspects of education LC8-6691
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:68ffeeb8bbcc4f608a397f22960555d62021-12-02T11:19:49ZGuest Editorial ~ Introduction to Special Theme Issue: Strategic Enterprises Down Under1492-3831https://doaj.org/article/68ffeeb8bbcc4f608a397f22960555d62005-03-01T00:00:00Zhttp://www.irrodl.org/index.php/irrodl/article/view/225/308https://doaj.org/toc/1492-3831Like all fields and forms of education, open and distance learning is complex, contextualized, and contingent (Harreveld and Danaher, in press; Nouwens, Erdinc and Danaher, 2004) – and is attended by a particular and peculiar ambivalence (see also Stronach and MacLure, 1997). On the one hand, open and distance learning is often accompanied by commentaries about access, equity, and social justice, whereby the empowering and liberatory potential of learning in one’s own place/ space and at one’s own pace/ timescale is highlighted and lauded. On the other hand, open and distance learning is as subject as any other form of educational provision to the influence of forces associated with late capitalism and globalization, at least some of which are linked with the potential destruction of family, workplace, and community relationships and social capital (Rowan, Bartlett and Evans, 1997).Jeanne McConachiePatrick Alan DanaherAthabasca University Pressarticledistance educationAustraliaRegional Focus IssueSpecial aspects of educationLC8-6691ENInternational Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, Vol 6, Iss 1 (2005)
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description	Like all fields and forms of education, open and distance learning is complex, contextualized, and contingent (Harreveld and Danaher, in press; Nouwens, Erdinc and Danaher, 2004) – and is attended by a particular and peculiar ambivalence (see also Stronach and MacLure, 1997). On the one hand, open and distance learning is often accompanied by commentaries about access, equity, and social justice, whereby the empowering and liberatory potential of learning in one’s own place/ space and at one’s own pace/ timescale is highlighted and lauded. On the other hand, open and distance learning is as subject as any other form of educational provision to the influence of forces associated with late capitalism and globalization, at least some of which are linked with the potential destruction of family, workplace, and community relationships and social capital (Rowan, Bartlett and Evans, 1997).
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Guest Editorial ~ Introduction to Special Theme Issue: Strategic Enterprises Down Under

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