ABSTRACT

This chapter is meant to be read as an exposition outlining the main features of what is known about flexible learning. It aims to present a new model of flexible learning which allows the people to present a view about creating flexible learning opportunities. The chapter sketches out the large picture of flexible learning that negotiating its numerous challenges can become a rational and efficient process. It outlines facts of flexible learning and set out indicators for flexible learning in practice. Arising from these considerations, a new model for developing flexible learning was introduced. Drawing on cultural-historical activity theory, this model supersedes other models, and also provides a set of tools for further development of the flexible learning curriculum. The chapter concludes with a discussion of the learning and teaching principles underpinning the flexible learning model in particular and flexible learning efforts in general.