Getting started with open and distance learning

Research throughout Europe indicates that adult education providers face the need but also the difficulty of introducing Open and Distance Learning (ODL) in the context of Life Long Learning.
Traditional classroom teaching proves insufficient to deal with factors such as the geographic dispersal of the target groups, the need for just-in-time learning and the difficulties of juggling work, family and learning. ODL is part of the answer.
I AM L3 – short for Introducing Appropriate Methodologies for Life Long Learning – focuses on introducing Open and Distance Learning (ODL) in Adult Education. This Grundtvig 1-project ran between October 2002 and October 2005 with a grant from the Socrates programme of the European Commission. I AM L3 offers adult education providers this book with essential insights in the different aspects of ODL as well as seminars, in-service training, and a database with examples of good practice and ODL solutions and resources.

The book Getting Started in ODL introduces essential concepts and appropriate methodologies on ODL.