As the importance of life-long learrning grows, not only are more people desiring to study beyond basic formal education, but education providers also have to provide high quality courses that are made as accessible as possible. This issue of CDTL Brief examines some of the issues surrounding Continuing Education/Distance Learning.
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| Distance and Distributed Learning in Continuing Education: Notes from the Front Lines | ||
| Professor Thomas P. Keenan, I.S.P. | ||
| Dean, Faculty of Continuing Education University of Calgary Alberta, Canada |
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| Many of the principles for using technology to enhance education have been well covered elsewhere, including in CDTL Brief. I would therefore like to focus my discussion on some of the factors that make the Continuing Education audience somewhat unique. Continue reading | ||
| Continuing Education through the Online Graduate Programme at the University of Calgary | ||
| Associate Professor Jo-Anne H. Willment | ||
| Faculty of Continuing Education University of Calgary |
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| The need for learning experiences while remaining at the workplace is a goal of many continuing education services in Canada. The Faculty of Continuing Education at the University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada, is no exception. Continue reading | ||
| Life-long Learning: What Does It Mean for Us? | ||
| Mr Dennis Sale | ||
| Section Head, Educational & Staff Development Department Singapore Polytechnic |
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| With the emergence of the so-called knowledge-based economy and ‘learning society’ (Dunne, 1999), the term ‘life-long learning’ is now rivalling ‘thinking’ and ‘quality’ as educational buzzwords. But what does life-long learning really entail and what are the implications for us as teaching professionals? Continue reading | ||
| Continuous Education/Distance Learning: GSMS Graduate Diploma Programmes | ||
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| Continuous education plays a fundamental role in the life-long professional development of physicians. It allows medical professionals to increase their knowledge, improve their skills and keep abreast with the latest developments in clinical management. Continue reading | ||
| Continuing Education in Dentistry | ||
| Professor Chew Chong Lin | ||
| Director, Graduate School of Dental Studies Faculty of Dentistry, National University of Singapore |
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| ‘Thinking Schools, Learning Nation’: this is what Singapore is striving for. It also means that learning is a continual process and that we do not stop learning or slow down our learning when we graduate with our first degree. In clinical dentistry, it is vital that we keep ourselves up-to-date with the latest technologies, materials and knowledge that are being developed to help dentists provide the best treatment for our patients. Continue reading | ||
| Learning to Go the Distance: A Decade of Expanding Opportunities for Distance Learning in Thailand | ||
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| The value of distance learning for rural development has been well known for some time (e.g. Parker and Hudson; Saunders, Warford, and Wellenius; Williams; Hudson; and Pool). Starting a programme of distance learning in a nation requires a synergistic critical mass of private and public infrastructure investment including electricity, telecommunications, television, and computers. Continue reading | ||