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Direct linkLaw, Patrina – Open Learning, 2015
Awarding badges to recognise achievement is not a new development. Digital badging now offers new ways to recognise learning and motivate learners, providing evidence of skills and achievements in a variety of formal and informal settings. Badged open courses (BOCs) were piloted in various forms by the Open University (OU) in 2013 to provide a…
Descriptors: Open Universities, Foreign Countries, Informal Education, Recognition (Achievement)
Elf, Marie; Ossiannilsson, Ebba; Neljesjö, Maria; Jansson, Monika – Open Learning, 2015
The IMPOER project (implementation of open educational resources, OER) aimed to implement OER in a nursing programme at Dalarna University, Sweden. The university and its nursing programme have long engaged in e-learning, and the nursing programme has recently been awarded the European Association of Distance Teaching Universities E-xcellence…
Descriptors: Resource Units, Computer Uses in Education, Shared Resources and Services, Multimedia Materials
Olakulehin, Felix Kayode – Open Learning, 2008
The development of human capital has been identified as the most important component of all the factors employed in production economics. Since independence in 1960, Nigeria has placed great emphasis on training and education for human capital formation. However, the education process as the primary means of developing human resource has failed,…
Descriptors: Human Capital, Distance Education, Foreign Countries, Human Resources
Stickler, Ursula; Hampel, Regine – Open Learning, 2007
In 2003-04 the Open University offered its first German beginners' course with a dual tuition strand: tutorials were delivered either face-to-face or online using synchronous, audio-graphic, Internet-based conferencing software. For the new online tutors, a special training programme was designed and delivered. We evaluated the benefits of our…
Descriptors: Faculty Development, Higher Education, Educational Methods, Open Universities
Peer reviewedHerrmann, Allan; Fox, Robert; Boyd, Anna – Open Learning, 1999
Uses Tenner's framework of unintended consequences of the introduction and use of technology and applies it to a case study in educational technology change at Curtin University (Western Australia). Discusses distance education, computer-mediated communication based on the World Wide Web, and revenge as a framework for identifying unintended…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Computer Mediated Communication, Computer Uses in Education, Distance Education
Peer reviewedSalmon, Gilly – Open Learning, 1999
Discusses the history, principles, culture, and teaching approaches of the United Kingdom Open University and its Business School (OUBS). Focuses on management students and the OUBS's position in a dynamic and competitive MBA market place. Discusses computer-mediated conferencing (CMC) and the role of OUBS tutors. Reports key findings from a study…
Descriptors: Administrator Education, Business Administration Education, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Mediated Communication
