Abstract:

The term of “flexible learning” means that the learner’s any time and any place involvement of the learning process without limitations on time and location. It can be said that flexible learning opportunities are provided for the learners via digital environments as open and distance learning environments. By this means, the learners can reach the learning contents without having to be in a particular location. Therefore, it can be seen that learning environments having flexible structures are important points for efficiently learning. The book “Flexible Pedagogy and Flexible Practice” are especially distance learning centered, and contain compilations of worldwide instructor’s essays about flexible learning. The theme of the book and the twenty three articles in it are about the subject of flexibility in education and learning. Every presented essay provides different points of view about flexible learning like positive-negative and philosophic-practical points of view. This book, which is a compilation of different essays, also discusses the effects of the interactions between technology and learning environments and concentrates on learning technologies.

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