David Kember’s scientific contributions

... However, although widely cited, it is often criticized (e.g. Kember & Murphy, 1990;Rumble, 1989) as being somewhat aspirational as opposed to realistic as institutions practicing open learning at the time rarely practiced more than a handful of these elements. Instead the design of the Open University incorporated three key elements of openness, which were radically different to that of conventional universities at the time: open entry; modes of teaching and learning which permitted study offcampus at locations which suited the student; and, asynchronous modes of study which permitted a degree of flexibility over when study took place (although, it should be noted that there were restrictions on timeframes for study in the form of deadlines for assignments and some other activities). ...

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