Contents

Foreword

FRITS PANNEKOEK

Introduction: Why Look at Flexibility?

ELIZABETH BURGE

ONE›CLARIFYING THE CONCEPT

Introduction

1›Flexibility in the Twenty-First Century: The Challenge of Web 2.0

DENISE KIRKPATRICK

2›Students’ Perceptions: Flexing Pedagogy and Practice

JULIE WILLEMS

3›Structured Flexible Learning: Making Informed Design Choices

DER-THANQ CHEN, ROSE LIANG, AND YU-MEI WANG

TWO › IDENTIFYING DRIVING AND RESTRAINING FORCES

Introduction

4›Flexible Distance Education for Social Transformation

MILLY DAWETI AND JEAN MITCHELL

5›Politics, Pedagogy, and Productivity as Drivers of Flexible Learning

CATHY GUNN

6›Cultural Perceptions of Flexibility in Asian Higher Education

COLIN LATCHEM AND INSUNG JUNG

7›Openness and Flexibility in New Zealand: Victories and Challenges

MARY SIMPSON AND BILL ANDERSON

THREE › SURVIVING THE SWAMPS OF EVERYDAY PRACTICE

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 Rocky Road 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’s Tale

NON SCANTLEBURY AND GILL NEEDHAM

15›Reflecting on Swamp Life

ARTHUR L. WILSON

16›Mapping the Driving and Restraining Forces on Flexibility in Higher Education

CHÈRE CAMPBELL GIBSON AND TERRY GIBSON

FOUR›ADMITTING COMPROMISES

Introduction

17›The Fog of Flexibility: The Riskiness of Flexible Post-secondary Education in Australia

TERRY EVANS AND PETER SMITH

18›Flexing Costs and Reflecting on Methods

GREVILLE RUMBLE

19›“Which Is to Be Master”?: Reflections on Ethical Decision Making

MELODY M. THOMPSON AND LORNA KEARNS

FIVE›VOICING CONTRARIAN OPINIONS

Introduction

20›The Paradoxes of Flexible Learning

DAVID HARRIS

21›Transformational Technologies: Exploring Myths and Realities

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, CHÈRE CAMPBELL GIBSON, AND TERRY GIBSON

Index