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Modern Customers and Open Universities: Can Open Universities Develop a Course Model in Which Students Become the Co-Creators of Value?
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Moerkerke, George – Open Learning, 2015
Marketing specialists have recently redefined the roles customers and enterprises play in the economy. Modern customers are connected, informed, mobile, educated and internationally oriented. They seek enterprises that empower them to co-construct personalised experiences. This view of the customer-enterprise relationship has a great impact on the…
Descriptors: Open Universities, Foreign Countries, Masters Programs, Individualized Instruction
How Are Teachers Teaching? A Nonparametric Approach
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De Witte, Kristof; Van Klaveren, Chris – Education Economics, 2014
This paper examines which configuration of teaching activities maximizes student performance. For this purpose a nonparametric efficiency model is formulated that accounts for (1) self-selection of students and teachers in better schools and (2) complementary teaching activities. The analysis distinguishes both individual teaching (i.e., a…
Descriptors: Nonparametric Statistics, Models, Teaching Styles, Individualized Instruction
The Use and Effects of Embedded Support Devices in Independent Learning.
Martens, Rob – 1998
This book examines embedded support in course material. The focus is on self-study and associated concepts such as independent learning, distance education, and open education, and the general context is adult and higher education. The seven chapters cover: (1) general introductory material, including a description of the future, distance…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Computer Assisted Instruction, Course Content, Distance Education