... business school models. Building on the importance of technology impacts, James Fleck illustrates how the Open University Business School (OUBS), the leader and pioneer in blended and distance learning in management education, has focused on further developing models of blended learning which...

... 2012 United Kingdom Distance learning Learning methods Teaching methods Business studies Open University Blended learning The term “blended learning” usually refers to a mix of conventional face‐to‐face elements combined with on‐line elements. However, this is at too general...

...Lori K. Long; Robert D. Smith Advances in computer technology facilitate innovative methods for delivering training in organizations. The Internet enables the delivery of computer‐based training across time and distance. This medium, known as Web‐based distance learning, provides opportunities...

... to develop clear and precise instructions for the students who are undertaking the process of collaboration and co‐operation online. These instructions should be presented to decrease the students’ uncertainty, to save instructional time and to support academic focus (Nunn, 1998b). Distance learning...

...Hayley J. Davis Surveys and evaluates the existing literature on open and distance learning, with particular emphasis on the management development field. Aspects of open learning terminology are clarified by reference to previous literature and by a diagrammatic synthesis of the different terms...

...David Hussey An empirically based perspective of current trends and issues in executive training in the UK is provided. Executive development used to build competitive advantage, increasing formal qualifications, the growth in tailored programmes, trans‐country training and distance learning...

... and organisation structures found in that area. © MCB UP Limited 1985 Distance Learning Management Development Management Education "Management by Satellite" Management Education in the South Pacific by John M. Hailey University of the South Pacific Those products of Western mythology, the island...