MIXED-MODE EDUCATION LEARNING AND THE USE OF TEXTUAL RESOURCES

Economic and market forces, as well as beliefs about sound educational practice, are prompting faculty to adopt mixed mode education, drawin g upon both established and in-house material production, There is muc h to be gained, both from the student, purchaser and provider (institu tion and tutor) point of view, but implementation of such programmes r equires careful planning. This paper stems from the 1994 Nurse Educati on Tomorrow Conference (Durham) and discusses pragmatic considerations when textual resources are used to fuel education innovation, It argu es that the use of 'study guides' may free precious tutor resources fo r higher taxonomy roles, and afford opportunities to review the ways i n which the management of effective learning can assist in the develop ment of quality assurance criteria.