Open learning in Australia: Government intervention and institutional response

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Bruce King

In this article, Bruce King, Director of the Distance Education Centre and Associate Professor at the University of South Australia, provides a comprehensive and critical overview of recent developments in that country. He sets out the background to the establishment of the Open Learning Agency of Australia in terms of government objectives and institutional response, and examines the range of positive and negative outcomes which are likely. National economic needs and higher education policy provide the overall framework, with Fordist, Neo‐Fordist and Post‐Fordist concepts acting as explanatory themes