Promoting Quality in Distance, Flexible and ICT-based Education: Reflections on the Meaning of Quality in Open and Distance Learning

This paper, whilst recognising the significance of the quality movement for ODL, makes the case that rather than quality in ODL programmes being addressed in terms of inputs best practices and procedures quality should be determined by outcomes e.g. did this ODL programme achieve its objectives? The paper argues that if we did this we might have a more relevant approach and one which enabled us to explore different models of implementing sustainable ODL.