{{Short description|Student-centered education}} '''Flexible learning''' is a principle of practice in formal education, concerned with increasing flexibility in the requirements, time and location of study, teaching, assessment and certification <ref>ANTA (2003). [https://web.archive.org/web/20050617051947/http://flexiblelearning.net.au/busmodels/flbpf.pdf Flexible Learning Business Planning Framework]. ''Australian Flexible Learning framework''</ref>

==History== Flexible learning saw significant development in New Zealand and Australia throughout the late 90s and early 2000s, along with investments in online learning.<ref>Shurville et al. (2008). [http://www.emeraldinsight.com/10.1108/10650740810866576 Educational and institutional flexibility of Australian educational software]. ''Campus-Wide Information Systems Volume 25, Issue 2''</ref>

== See also == * Blended learning * Flipped learning * M-learning * Networked learning * Distance education * Virtual education * Virtual university

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==External links== {{Education-stub}}{{wikiversity}} * [http://www.emeraldinsight.com/10.1108/10650740810866576 Educational and Institutional Flexibility of Australian Educational Software ] * [http://wikieducator.org/Flexible_learning Wikieducator course on flexible learning]

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