Globalising Education: Trends and Applications

Top of the pops – CD-ROM and DVDs in dental education

“…' It is this combination of func tions together with its ability to store text, audio, images and video that has enabled the CD-ROM to be seen as a stimulating learning resource. 5 Its attraction as an education and training resource has been increased by integrat ing it with the updating and interactive capabilities of telecommunications. 5 The impact of CD-ROMs has been helped considerably by subsequent integration into PCs and laptops, lead ing to the claim that its 'develop ment was the event that opened up the world of interactive media… adding the video and audio to computer-mediated instruction.'…”

“…5 Its attraction as an education and training resource has been increased by integrat ing it with the updating and interactive capabilities of telecommunications. 5 The impact of CD-ROMs has been helped considerably by subsequent integration into PCs and laptops, lead ing to the claim that its 'develop ment was the event that opened up the world of interactive media… adding the video and audio to computer-mediated instruction.' 6 CD-ROMs were seen as having narra tive, interactive and participative func tions.…”

The ethical foundation of critical pedagogy in contemporary academia: (self)‐reflection and complicity in the process of teaching

“…A small minority of colleges have not made use of employers or external practitioners to develop or enhance their curricula, resulting in less evidence of currency in curriculum content. (QAA 2008b) Lying within the compass of liberalism and the free market, the differentiation of disciplines, views, practices, ethics and forms of academic conduct do not surpass the circle of essentialist methodology but rather neutralises frictions between antagonistic forces (van der Marijk 1999;Jongbloed, Maasen, and Neave 1999;Mason 1998). It is the universality of knowledge produced under the umbrella of quality standardisation, validating consistency, quality as fitness for purpose, and quality as value for money (Harvey and Knight 1996), which has been formally accepted as 'the essential and identifying feature of academia' (Mori 2000, 14).…”

The search for learning community in learner paced distance education: Or, 'Having your cake and eating it, too!'

“…Students in a web based environment who are required to work collaboratively must commit increased time and develop new strategies to get to know each other, plan work together, and maintain effective communication (Mason, 1998).…”