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Al-Naibi, Is'haq; Al-Jabri, Maryem; Al-Kalbani, Iman – Turkish Online Journal of Educational Technology - TOJET, 2018
This paper reports the findings of an action research that was carried out to measure the effectiveness of integrating a social networking website "Edmodo" in students' writing performance in an EFL classroom at Arab Open University (Oman Branch). The participants were 25 students studying English in the Foundation Programme. Along with…
Descriptors: Action Research, Writing Improvement, Paragraph Composition, Social Networks
Narita, Flávia Motoyama – Music Education Research, 2017
Green's informal learning pedagogy was adapted for a mixed-mode distance education of music teachers in Brazil. Designed as an 8-week module within the Open University of Brazil programme and implemented three times, this research involved 20 tutors and 73 student teachers, across a period of 2 years. Taking the form of a…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Informal Education, Questionnaires, Internet
Jilg, Timothy; Southgate, Margaret – Language Learning Journal, 2017
This study looks at the effectiveness of an intervention to improve student retention on a distance language course. Of the six beginners' language courses offered by the UK's Open University, the beginners' Welsh course has consistently had the lowest retention rates since it was first presented in 2008. In order to address this, a project was…
Descriptors: Distance Education, Second Language Learning, Vocabulary Development, Welsh
Bosmans, Daniel; Hurd, Stella – Distance Education, 2016
Learning a language through distance means is becoming increasingly widespread. The investigation reported in this paper was part of a large study (n = 590) carried out in 2011, which examined the experience of English-speaking students learning French pronunciation in a distance setting. This paper explores the hypothesis that there is a link…
Descriptors: Phonology, Second Language Learning, Anxiety, Questionnaires
Barberà, Elena; Gómez-Rey, Pilar; Fernández-Navarro, Francisco – Open Learning, 2016
This study examines success factors in online learning from the instructors' perspective. Academic success comprises not only student satisfaction and good grades, but also perception of learning and knowledge transfer. A systemic model of inputs-process-outputs of learning was used. A total of 322 online teachers from four different universities…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Online Courses, Academic Achievement, Open Universities
Sinclair, Stefanie – Open Learning, 2016
This case study critically evaluates benefits and challenges of a form of assessment included in a final year undergraduate Religious Studies Open University module, which combines a written essay task with a digital audio recording of a short oral presentation. Based on the analysis of student and tutor feedback and sample assignments, this study…
Descriptors: Audio Equipment, Undergraduate Study, Religious Education, Open Universities
Karunanayaka, Shironica P.; Naidu, Som; Rajendra, J. C. N.; Ratnayake, H. U. W. – Open Praxis, 2015
Like any other educational resource, the integration of OER in teaching and learning requires careful thought and support for the teaching staff. The Faculty of Education at the Open University of Sri Lanka approached this challenge with the help of a professional development course on OER-based e-Learning. Modules in the course incorporated the…
Descriptors: Educational Resources, Electronic Learning, Capacity Building, Open Universities
Khan, Shahinshah Babar; Chishti, Saeed-ul-Hasan – Quarterly Review of Distance Education, 2012
Quality education may be termed as the primary way that leads to development of nations and can play an exclusive role in maintaining the standards of education. It is understood that using conventional teaching methods, desired products cannot be achieved; making the need for modern approaches to be evolved for sound qualitative work. The target…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Faculty, Open Universities, Educational Quality
Chawinga, Winner Dominic; Zozie, Paxton Andrew – International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 2016
Slowly but surely, open and distance learning (ODL) programmes are being regarded as one of the most practical ways that universities across the world are increasingly adopting in order to increase access to university education. Likewise, Mzuzu University (MZUNI) set up the Centre for Open and Distance Learning (CODL) to oversee the running of…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Educational Quality, Open Universities, Distance Education
Bergamin, Per Bernard; Werlen, Egon; Siegenthaler, Eva; Ziska, Simone – International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, 2012
Flexibility in learning provides a student room for volitional control and an array of strategies and encourages persistence in the face of difficulties. Autonomy in and control over one's learning process can be seen as a condition for self-regulated learning. There are a number of categories and dimensions for flexible learning; following…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Teaching Methods, Learning Strategies, Cognitive Style
Castaño-Muñoz, Jonatan; Carnoy, Martin; Duart, Josep M. – Higher Education: The International Journal of Higher Education Research, 2016
There is surprisingly little analysis of the employment and earnings impact on students of taking and completing Internet-based programs and of how it compares with earnings outcomes for graduates of face-to-face universities. This paper analyzes a follow-up survey of students who began attending the virtual Internet-based Open University of…
Descriptors: Virtual Universities, Case Studies, Electronic Learning, Foreign Countries
Samkange, Wellington; Muranda, Augustine Zano – Turkish Online Journal of Distance Education, 2013
There have been concerns about the teaching and learning modes in both conventional and Open and Distance Learning (ODL) institutions globally. Such concerns emanate from issues of quality and standards in education. In view of such concerns, the study examined the teaching and learning modes in Open and Distance Learning (ODL). These were…
Descriptors: Open Universities, Educational Quality, Educational Administration, Student Attitudes
Akhter, Nasreen – Turkish Online Journal of Educational Technology - TOJET, 2011
This study was conducted to evaluate the effectiveness of educational television programs in distance learning system. Using the procedure of survey method, this study finds out the worth of educational television programs. Its results are based on the responses of the learners of distance teaching system. The views of students were collected by…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Developing Nations, Expertise, Content Validity
Bhukuvhani, Crispen; Mupa, Mathew; Mhishi, Misheck; Dziva, Daimond – International Journal of Education and Development using Information and Communication Technology, 2012
The practical work component offers unique challenges for university science courses. This is even more pertinent in an Open and Distance Learning (ODL) environment like the Bindura University of Science Education's Virtual and Open Distance Learning (VODL) programme. Effective ODL education should be flexible enough to accommodate science…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Distance Education, Teacher Education, Problem Solving
Gujjar, Aijaz Ahmed; Choudhry, Bushra Naoreen; Choudhry, Amtul Hafeez – Journal of Educational Technology, 2008
This paper attempts to compare the availability, quality, similarities and differences of students' support services in United Kingdom Open University (UKOU) and Sri Lanka Open University (SLOU) and also to identify and enlist the deficiencies that SLOU students are facing in the student support services. To get the desired end four hundred…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Student Personnel Services, Open Universities, Foreign Countries
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