Skills Development through Distance Education

Published in 2002, this 134-page book explores skills training through open and distance learning. It provides a picture of the stakeholders, the learners, and the curriculum; the design, development, and delivering of the courses; and the establishment of methods for supporting the students, training the staff, accrediting the results, and assuring the quality of training. It also looks at ways of teaching practical skills. The final chapter considers management of these processes from an institutional context.

The writers and case studies are drawn from Africa, Australia, Canada, the Caribbean, India, and the United Kingdom. The book, which is part of the Commonwealth of Learning (COL)'s Perspectives on Distance Education Series, is designed for managers, policy-makers, and government officials, but also applies to organisations that train staff in any sector of employment.

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The book may also be ordered in hard copy form. Government agencies and institutions in developing Commonwealth countries may receive copies at no charge. Other orders must be accompanied by a pre-payment of CDN $12.00, plus shipping, or charged to VISA or MasterCard accounts.