The following is a list of essential resources drawn from the different parts of the Guide:
- NADEOSA (2005) Designing and Delivering Distance Education: Quality criteria and case studies from South Africa (190KB, 40 pages)
The NADEOSA quality criteria for distance education in South Africa. This resource lists 13 criteria for designing and delivering quality distance education: Policy and Planning, Learners, Programme Development, Course Design, Course Materials, Assessment, Learner Support, Human Resource Strategy, Management and Administration, Collaborative Relationships, Quality Assurance, Information Dissemination, and Results. - Commonwealth of Learning (2005) Creating Learning Materials for Open and Distance Learning: A handbook for authors and instructional designers (6.24 MB, 266 pages)
The Commonwealth of Learning (COL) handbook (2005) has been written for anyone who plans and writes learning materials for use in ODL. The handbook covers the areas of instructional design and ODL materials, adaption or creation of materials, planning, writing materials, assessment, study guides, language and style, drafting and reviewing, and quality assurance. - Randell C (2006) Resources for New Ways of Learning: A manual for developers of learning resources (1.94MB, 115 pages)
This is a manual to support educators and build capacity in course design and learning resource development. - JISC (2012) The Design Studio
The Design Studio is a developing toolkit that draws together a range of existing and emergent JISC resources that support the development of teaching and learning practice.