ABSTRACT
Intended outcomes of this chapter
This chapter is intended to help you to:
● decide what forms of resource-based learning relate best to your students’ learning needs (for example, print-based, computer-based, online, and so on);
● set terms such as ‘open learning’, ‘distance learning’ and ‘flexible learning’ in context; ● choose good reasons for developing resource-based learning components in your teaching; ● decide whether to adopt existing materials, or adapt them to your purposes, or compose new
resource-based or online learning materials; ● choose an effective and efficient strategy for developing your own resource-based learning
materials; ● interrogate print-based or computer-based learning resource materials using a checklist to
check how well they deliver learning payoff for your students.
