Foreword / Frits Pannekoek
Introduction: Why Look at Flexibility? - ElizabethBurge
ONE › Clarifying the Concept
Introduction
1 › Flexibility in the Twenty-First Century: The Challenge ofWeb 2.0 - Denise Kirkpatrick
2 › Students’ Perceptions: Flexing Pedagogy and Practice- Julie Willems
3 › Structured Flexible Learning: Making Informed DesignChoices - Der-Thanq Chen, Rose Liang, and Yu-mei Wang
TWO › Identifying Driving and RestrainingForces
Introduction
4 › Flexible Distance Education for Social Transformation -Milly Daweti and Jean Mitchell
5 › Politics, Pedagogy, and Productivity as Drivers ofFlexible Learning - Cathy Gunn
6 › Cultural Perceptions of Flexibility in Asian HigherEducation - Colin Latchem and Insung Jung
7 › Openness and Flexibility in New Zealand: Victories andChallenges - Mary Simpson and Bill Anderson
THREE › Surviving the Swamps of EverydayPractice
Introduction
8 › Before the Fall: Breaking Rules and Changing Minds -Darcy W. Hardy
9 › Implementing an Online System: Voices of Experience -Andrew Higgins and Mark Northover
10 › Adding Flexibility to Higher Education Using OERs:Lessons from the Open University - Andy Lane
11 › From “Here” to “There”: The RockyRoad to Flexibility - Kay MacKeogh and Seamus Fox
12 › Where Has the Effort Gone?: The Quest to Sustain Momentum- Darien Rossiter
13 › An Elephant’s Lifetime, the Patience of Job -Yoni Ryan
14 › The Garden of Learning Delights: The Librarian’sTale - Non Scantlebury and Gill Needham
15 › Reflecting on Swamp Life - Arthur L. Wilson
16 › Mapping the Driving and Restraining Forces on Flexibilityin Higher Education - Chère Campbell Gibson and TerryGibson
FOUR › Admitting Compromises
Introduction
17 › The Fog of Flexibility: The Riskiness of FlexiblePost-secondary Education in Australia - Terry Evans and PeterSmith
18 › Flexing Costs and Reflecting on Methods - GrevilleRumble
19 › “Which Is to Be Master”?: Reflections onEthical Decision Making - Melody M. Thompson and LornaKearns
FIVE › Voicing Contrarian Opinions
Introduction
20 › The Paradoxes of Flexible Learning - DavidHarris
21 › Transformational Technologies: Exploring Myths andRealities - Adrian Kirkwood
22 › “Plenty of Saps” - Alan Woodley
23 › What Happens in the Stretch to Flexibility? -Katherine Nicoll
Conclusion: The Challenge of Weaving Principles with Practice -Elizabeth Burge, Chere Campbell Gibson, and Terry Gibson
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