Contents

• Towards a lifelong learning system for all from the perspective of self-directed learning: basic
  strategies and nature
• Modern distance education policy: development contexts and problems
• An analysis of public awareness of and attitude to online higher education
• Towards an online training model of instructional design for STEM teachers
• Towards a model of online teaching competencies: a practical knowledge perspective
• Partner recommendation based on negotiation: the social development direction of adaptive learning
• Moving the Hackathon online: reimagining pedagogy for the Digital Age
• Book review: Addressing the Learning Needs of Out-of-School Children and Youths through the
  Expansion of Open Schooling
• Abstracts