PERSPECTIVES ON DISTANCE EDUCATION Teacher Education through Open and Distance Learning Patrick Alan Danaher and Abdurrahman Umar, Editors Published by Commonwealth of Learning, Vancouver, 2010 The Commonwealth of Learning (COL) is an intergovernmental organisation created by Commonwealth Heads of Government to encourage the development and sharing of open learning and distance education knowledge, resources and technologies. CC-BY-SA, Commonwealth of Learning, 2010 PERSPECTIVES ON DISTANCE EDUCATION: Teacher Education through Open and Distance Learning Patrick Alan Danaher and Abdurrahman Umar, Editors ISBN 978-1-894975-39-1 Published by: 1055 West Hastings, Suite 1200 Vancouver, British Columbia Canada V6E 2E9 Telephone: +1 604 775 8200 Fax: +1 604 775 8210 Web: www.col.org E-mail:
[email protected] Contents Preface.............................................................................................................. v Contributors...................................................................................................... vii Acknowledgements . ....................................................................................... xii Chapter 1 Setting the Scene for Interrogating Teacher Education through Open and Distance Learning...................................................................... 1 Abdurrahman Umar and Patrick Alan Danaher Chapter 2 Contemporary Research on Open and Distance Learning in Teacher Education...................................................................................... 7 Patrick Alan Danaher and Abdurrahman Umar Chapter 3 Educational Principles and Policies Framing Teacher Education through Open and Distance Learning......................................................... 23 Mary Simpson and Benjamin Kehrwald Chapter 4 Open and Distance Learning for Initial Teacher Education......................... 35 Ann Shelton Mayes and Hilary Burgess Chapter 5 A Capability Approach to Open and Distance Learning for In-Service Teacher Education..................................................................... 47 R.E. (Bobby) Harreveld Chapter 6 Learning and Teaching Strategies and Practices in Teacher Education through Open and Distance Learning........................................ 61 Glen Postle and Mark A. Tyler Chapter 7 Using ICT to Train Teachers in ICT.............................................................. 75 Colin Latchem Chapter 8 The Use of Media in Teacher Education through Open and Distance Learning....................................................................................... 93 Ken Stevens iii Chapter 9 Using the New Information and Communication Technologies for the Continuing Professional Development of Teachers through Open and Distance Learning...................................................................... 105 Sólveig Jakobsdóttir, Lindy McKeown and Debra Hoven Chapter 10 Creating New Forms of Teacher Education: Open Educational Resources (OERs) and the Teacher Education in Sub-Saharan Africa (TESSA) Programme......................................................................... 121 Bob Moon Chapter 11 The Cost-Effectiveness of Using Open and Distance Learning in Teacher Education...................................................................................... 143 Bruce Thompson Chapter 12 Quality Assurance in Distance Teacher Education: The Experience of Universitas Terbuka................................................................................ 159 Tian Belawati and I.G.A.K. Wardani Chapter 13 Creating New Perspectives on Teacher Education through Open and Distance Learning................................