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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
Mittelmeier, Jenna; Long, Dianne; Cin, Firdevs Melis; Reedy, Katharine; Gunter, Ashley; Raghuram, Parvati; Rienties, Bart – Open Learning, 2018
Learning design approaches, such as those adopted by the Open University, provide a set of tools and resources for purposefully-designing modules with a focus on student experiences. However, many of the current learning design strategies have been situated within specific institutions in Europe and North America. This means that there are several…
Descriptors: Cultural Context, Open Universities, Instructional Design, Culturally Relevant Education
Karunanayaka, Shironica P.; Naidu, Som – Distance Education, 2018
While there is growing recognition and acceptance of Open Educational Resources (OER) and Open Educational Practices (OEP) in teaching and learning, designing for their integration remains very challenging for educators. Adopting OER and OEP in their profession requires significant changes in practitioners' pedagogical thinking and practices,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Open Universities, Resource Units, Shared Resources and Services
Spector, Michael, Ed.; Kumar, Vivekanandan, Ed.; Essa, Alfred, Ed.; Huang, Yueh-Min, Ed.; Koper, Rob, Ed.; Tortorella, Richard A. W., Ed.; Chang, Ting-Wen, Ed.; Li, Yanyan, Ed.; Zhang, Zhizhen, Ed. – Lecture Notes in Educational Technology, 2018
This book demonstrates teachers' and learners' experiences with big data in education; education and cloud computing; and new technologies for teacher support. It also discusses the advantages of using these frontier technologies in teaching and learning and predicts the future challenges. As such, it enables readers to better understand how…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Technological Advancement, Data Use, Technology Uses in Education
Haider, Syed Imran; Ali, Muhammad – Pakistan Journal of Distance and Online Learning, 2019
The usage of various media methods in distance education shows its historical development path. It is said that AIOU has been using radio and television broadcasts, special textbooks and reading materials for distance education. To assess the level of technology usage and its role in AIOU model, Non-Random, Purposive Sampling, technique was used…
Descriptors: Barriers, Foreign Countries, Distance Education, Information Technology
Herodotou, Christothea; Rienties, Bart; Verdin, Barry; Boroowa, Avinash – Journal of Learning Analytics, 2019
Predictive Learning Analytics (PLA) aim to improve learning by identifying students at risk of failing their studies. Yet, little is known about how best to integrate and scaffold PLA initiatives into higher education institutions. Towards this end, it becomes essential to capture and analyze the perceptions of relevant educational stakeholders…
Descriptors: Prediction, Data Analysis, Higher Education, Distance Education
Beaven, Tita – Research-publishing.net, 2019
The first module of the online Master of Arts (MA) in Translation at the Open University, Introduction to Translation Theory and Practice, includes a language development strand which encourages students to diagnose their own language development needs and introduces them to tools, resources, strategies, and learning communities that will enable…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Communities of Practice, Professional Development
Mishra, Sanjaya – Commonwealth of Learning, 2017
In the absence of comparative data about open universities, the current impact of ODL institutions is not clear. To develop a database of open universities in the Commonwealth, COL initiated a survey. The present report is based on the responses of 27 open universities that responded to our questionnaire.
Descriptors: Open Universities, Databases, Governance, Learning Management Systems
Paken Pandiangan; I Gusti Made Sanjaya; Budi Jatmiko – Journal of Baltic Science Education, 2017
The Physics Independent Learning (PIL) model is an authentic problem-based model designed teaching guide for improving self-directed learning and problem-solving skills in open and distance education. This research is aimed to analyze the validity and effectiveness of PIL model. This research was conducted using focus group discussions of experts…
Descriptors: Lesson Plans, Teaching Methods, Science Instruction, Physics
Sharma, Kapil Dev – Asian Journal of Distance Education, 2018
Management education market has expanded enormously across the world. Business Schools in general and Open University Management Schools in particular have been at the forefront of introducing the use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) into knowledge dissemination. Technology enabled management education facilitates change in the…
Descriptors: Management Development, Educational Quality, Multimedia Instruction, Online Courses
Hamdi, Tahrir; Abu Qudais, Mohammed – Open Learning, 2018
This paper will offer some insights into possible ways to optimise the blended learning environment based on experience with this modality of teaching at Arab Open University/Jordan branch and also by reflecting upon the results of several meta-analytical studies, which have shown blended learning environments to be more effective than their face…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Open Universities, Blended Learning, Educational Technology
Hills, Laura; Clarke, Anactoria; Hughes, Jonathan; Butcher, John; Shelton, Isobel; McPherson, Elaine – Open Learning, 2018
Ensuring the fairness of assessment is important in all areas of higher education. It is particularly so in distance education, where the communication around assessment and feedback is a principal method of supporting learning, and even more so when the students are at the entry point into higher education. This research explores the nature of…
Descriptors: Distance Education, Open Universities, Foreign Countries, Feedback (Response)
El-Zayaty, Nady – International Journal on E-Learning, 2018
Open and Distance Learning (ODL) has become an increasingly popular platform for delivering education the world over. The acceptance of ODL as a viable alternative to traditional brick and mortar educational institutes has been a topic of debate however. Furthermore, many questions have been raised about the different levels of interest…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Foreign Countries, Electronic Learning, Online Courses
Kocdar, Serpil; Karadeniz, Abdulkadir; Bozkurt, Aras; Buyuk, Koksal – International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 2018
Previous studies have described many scales for measuring self-regulation; however, no scale has been developed specifically for self-paced open and distance learning environments. Therefore, the aim of this study is to develop a scale for determining the self-regulated learning skills of distance learners in selfpaced open and distance learning…
Descriptors: Help Seeking, Goal Orientation, Reliability, Self Management
Toetenel, Lisette; Rienties, Bart – Open Learning, 2016
The focus on quality improvements by institutions for better online and blended teaching can be delivered in different ways. This article reports on the implementation of this process and the approaches taken first, in terms of the design of new learning materials, and second, when reviewing the existing curriculum. The study aims to ascertain…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Instructional Design, Instructional Improvement, Instructional Materials