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Kashora, Trust; van der Poll, Huibrecht M.; van der Poll, John A. – Africa Education Review, 2016
This research develops a knowledge acquisition and construction framework for e-learning for Management Accounting students at the University of South Africa, an Open Distance Learning institution which utilises e-learning. E-learning refers to the use of electronic applications and processes for learning, including the transfer of skills and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Electronic Learning, College Students, Distance Education
Hills, Laura; Hughes, Jonathan – Open Learning, 2016
Using the badged open course, "Taking your first steps into Higher Education", this case study examines how assessment on online open courses draws on concepts of assessment used within formal and informal learning. Our experience was that assessment used within open courses, such as massive open online courses, is primarily determined…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Case Studies, Mass Instruction, Instructional Design
Jayde Cahir; Margot McNeill; Agnes Bosanquet; Christa Jacenyik-Trawöger – International Journal of Educational Management, 2014
Purpose: Many universities are in the process of changing their learning management systems to Moodle yet there is limited empirical research available on the impact of this change. The purpose of this paper is to explore the results of an initial pilot, which was conducted as the first stage of implementing Moodle at an Australian university.…
Descriptors: Learning Management Systems, Foreign Countries, Educational Technology, Technology Integration
Olcott, Don, Jr.; Arnold, Deborah; Blaschke, Lisa Marie – European Journal of Open, Distance and E-Learning, 2023
This conceptual and descriptive study examines the critical issues, challenges and priorities for European higher education (HE) leaders, drawing upon the theory, practice and experience of leaders inside and outside the open and distance learning (ODL) field. Focussing on the emerging vantage points of the 4th Industrial Revolution (4IR), global…
Descriptors: Universities, College Administration, Futures (of Society), Trust (Psychology)
Li, Shuang; Zhang, Jingjing; Yu, Chen; Chen, Li – International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 2017
This study aims to identify the priority of the roles and competencies of tutors working in the e-learning environments where the tutors are experiencing the changes brought by reforming traditional TV and broadcasting university to open universities. The mixed methods, DACUM, non-participatory observation, and questionnaires were used to identify…
Descriptors: Teacher Role, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Open Universities
Stutchbury, Kris; Woodward, Clare – Journal of Learning for Development, 2017
YouTube now has more searches than Google, indicating that video is a motivating and, potentially, powerful learning tool. This paper investigates how we can embrace video to support improvements in teacher education. It will draw on innovative approaches to teacher education, developed by the Open University UK, in order to explore in more depth…
Descriptors: Social Media, Video Technology, Teaching Methods, Teacher Education Programs
Clifton, Grace – International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 2017
This paper evaluates the implementation of Learning Design on the production of a core FHEQ level 6 (QAA, 2008) unit of study at a UK distance learning institution. By comparing student (n = 656) and tutor (n = 42) survey data with questionnaire responses (n = 9) from the unit of study's core production team, this paper assesses the impact of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Distance Education, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education
Dodo-Balu, Andrea – Australian Universities' Review, 2017
Contemporary higher education has been affected by policy pressures built around "flexibility". The policies of widening student participation and expanding flexible online delivery combine to provide the opportunity for a university education to students hitherto largely excluded. Flexible employment policies have increasingly placed…
Descriptors: Tutors, Electronic Learning, Higher Education, Qualitative Research
Law, Patrina; Perryman, Leigh-Anne – Distance Education, 2017
In 2013, the Open University (OU) in the UK launched a large-scale survey of users of its OpenLearn platform for open educational resources. The survey results revealed that OpenLearn is functioning as a showcase and a taster for the OU, thereby offering informal learners a bridge to formal education. In 2014 and 2015, the OpenLearn survey was…
Descriptors: Resource Units, Computer Uses in Education, Shared Resources and Services, Open Universities
A Computational Method for Enabling Teaching-Learning Process in Huge Online Courses and Communities
Mora, Higinio; Ferrández, Antonio; Gil, David; Peral, Jesús – International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 2017
Massive Open Online Courses and e-learning represent the future of the teaching-learning processes through the development of Information and Communication Technologies. They are the response to the new education needs of society. However, this future also presents many challenges such as the processing of online forums when a huge number of…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Online Courses, Teaching Methods, Learning Processes
Fotiadou, Aggeliki; Angelaki, Christina; Mavroidis, Ilias – European Journal of Open, Distance and E-Learning, 2017
The present study aims to empirically examine the relation between learner autonomy and specific aspects of the learning process, such as student-student interaction and tutor-student interaction, in a distance learning environment in Greece. An empirical study was conducted at the Hellenic Open University (HOU) using data gathered via a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Personal Autonomy, Learning Processes, Distance Education
Emmanuel, Jasmine Selvarani; Bhandigadi, Phalachandra; Ch'ng, Lay Kee – Asian Journal of Distance Education, 2019
Wawasan Open University (WOU) provides working Malaysians access to quality higher education via Open Distance Learning (ODL). As admission of students involves students from diverse backgrounds, including diversity of ability, age groups and educational backgrounds, WOU faces the real challenge of effectively engaging and supporting these…
Descriptors: Learner Engagement, Academic Achievement, Blended Learning, Integrated Learning Systems
Rivera Vargas, Pablo; Lindín Soriano, Carles – Digital Education Review, 2019
Making universal access to education compatible with different paths of learning is one of the great challenges of the last century. Technology has provided solutions to access information, for communication and collaborative work. Blockchain emerges as a technology that can be useful for the development of an evaluation model of individualized…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Access to Information, Information Technology, Program Descriptions
Heller, Richard Frederick; Chilolo, Edward; Elliott, Jonny; Johnson, Brian; Lipman, David; Ononeze, Victoria; Richards, Justin – Open Praxis, 2019
Two free fully online courses were offered by Peoples-uni on its Open Online Courses site, both as self-paced courses available any time and as courses run over four weeks with tutor-led discussions. We tested the hypothesis that there are no measurable differences in outcomes between the two delivery methods. Similar numbers attended both…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Tutors, Teacher Student Relationship, Computer Mediated Communication
Comas-Quinn, Anna – Research-publishing.net, 2019
This paper reviews three attempts to incorporate technology-enabled online volunteer translation communities into language teaching in formal education. Through taking part in these communities, participants can develop many important skills, including digital, participatory, and information literacy, alongside improving their language skills and…
Descriptors: Translation, Second Languages, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction