03669oam 22006734a 450 991095364820332120240506022706.0978152610145715261014599781526101464152610146710.7765/9781526101464(CKB)3710000000529350(MiAaPQ)EBC4921320(OCoLC)981861391(MdBmJHUP)muse59471(DE-B1597)659446(DE-B1597)9781526101464(Perlego)1525989(EXLCZ)99371000000052935020150512h20152015 uy 0engurcnu||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierThe Open UniversityA history /Daniel Weinbren1st ed.Manchester, England :Manchester University Press, in association with The Open University,2015.©20151 online resource (387 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates) illustrations (some color), maps9780719096266 071909626X 9780719096273 0719096278 Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-276) and index.Cover -- The Open University -- Contents -- List of illustrations -- List of colour plates -- Foreword by Martin Bean, Vice-Chancellor of The Open University -- Preface -- Part I Creating a university of the air -- 1 The challenge of The Open University -- 2 Opening a castle of the air -- Part IIThe first two decades -- 3 Growth and acceptance, 1969-89 -- 4 Sensemaking and sociability: the first two decades of learning -- Part IIIThe OU since the 1990s -- 5 Convergence and divergence -- 6 Pedagogies promoting participation -- Part IVHalf a century of learning -- 7 Open to people -- Select bibliography -- Notes -- Index.This historical perspective on The Open University, founded in 1969, frames its ethos (to be open to people, places, methods and ideas) within the traditions of correspondence courses, commercial television, adult education, the post-war social democratic settlement and the Cold War. A critical assessment of its engagement with teaching, assessment and support for adult learners offers an understanding as to how it came to dominate the market for part-time studies. It also indicates how, as the funding and status of higher education shifted, it became a loved brand and a model for universities around the world. Drawing on previously ignored or unavailable records, personal testimony and recently digitised broadcast teaching materials, it recognises the importance of students to the maintenance of the university and places the development of learning and the uses of technology for education over the course of half a century within a wider social and economic perspective.EDUCATION / Educational Policy & Reform / GeneralbisacshHistory.Harold Wilson.Open University.business model.higher education system.political framework.politics.socio-economic development.student-centred learning.students' participation.teaching methods.EDUCATION / Educational Policy & Reform / General.378.1/750941Weinbren Daniel1806841MdBmJHUPMdBmJHUPBOOK9910953648203321The Open University4356237UNINA