Open and Distance Learning Today

I: Trends and Directions; 1: The Big Bang Theory in Distance Education; 2: A Practical Agenda for Theorists of Distance Education; 3: Trends, Directions and Needs; 4: American Distance Education; 5: Creating the Future; II: The Student Experience; 6: Student Learning and Students' Experiences; 7: The Potential of Research with Students to Inform Development; 8: Still Seeking the Audience?; III: Information Technology; 9: Information Technology and Disabled Students; 10: See What i Mean?; 11: Teaching and Learning by Satellite in a European Virtual Classroom; 12: A Dimension of Image Types in Educational Multimedia Materials; IV: Learner Use of Media; 13: Over the Threshold; 14: The Empathy Templates; 15: Electronic Highway or Weaving Loom?; 16: Use of Hypermedia and Telecommunications for Case-Study Discussions in Distance Education; V: Course Design and Assessment; 17: The Challenge Facing Course Design; 18: A Model-Based Design Approach for the Flexibilisation of Courses; 19: Students' Perception of, and Response to, Formative and Summative Assessment Material; 20: Using Electronic Networking for Assessment; VI: Learner Support and Management; 21: Research and Pragmatism in Learner Support; 22: Student Support in Open and Distance Learning; 23: Support for the In-Company Learner; 24: Implementing Experiences From Small-Scale Courses to Large Education Systems; 25: Managing Learning Support; VII: Textual Materials; VII 26: The Layout and Design of Textual Materials for Distance Learning; VII 27: Using Instructional Illustrations for Distance Education; VII 28: The Development of Printed Materials; VII 29: Contemporary Developments in the Typographical Design of Instructional Texts for open and Distance Learning; VII 30: Electronic Layout and Design Visions of the Future; VIII: Evaluation and Quality; VIII 31: Building Good Quality in, Rather than Inspecting Bad Quality out; VIII 32: Course Evaluation and Academic Quality; VIII 33: A String of Pearls? A Broader Approach to Course Evaluation; VIII 34: Evaluation and Self-improving Systems