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Evaluating RBL: good practice VARIES

In 2001 I wrote Teaching for learning , a self-published eBook considering good practice in resource-based learning (RBL) design. I had just finished my Open University MAODE, and was inspired by the readings related to how the internet might reshape distance education. The book received good reviews [ one ], [ two ]... and, reflecting some 15 years later, its principles still seem contemporary (unlike my dress code at the time) and relevant to TEL. Some of the examples and suggestions are now passe, such as digitising and editing raw tape footage onto a CD-ROM(!) to accompany a printed workbook... but, hey, Moore's Law spread over a 15 year time-frame was bound to change the context! Here's a free link to the book, you're welcome to a copy: Teaching for learning PDF . I'm now a wee bit embarrassed by the 'best practice' stuff, so let's pretend the book was concerned with what was 'good', So, the elements of the good practice in RBL model from th...