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Download full textFaiza Gani; Geesje Van Den Berg – Open Praxis, 2024
Distance education institutions worldwide are adopting online learning to take advantage of its benefits. However, online learning is often seen as a mode of delivery that will work for any distance education institution in any context. The increased relevance of online learning during and after the COVID-19 pandemic has further exaggerated the…
Descriptors: Distance Education, Open Education, Electronic Learning, COVID-19
Ayse Bagriacik Yilmaz – Open Praxis, 2023
In this study, the relationship between students' e-learning readiness, perceptions of interaction in online learning environments, satisfaction, and academic achievement was examined. The research was conducted according to correlational study principles. The academic achievement variable of the study was determined based on the final exam grades…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Student Satisfaction, Interaction, Learning Readiness
Meri-Yilan, Serpil – Open Praxis, 2022
Motivational scaffolding is of key importance in online learning since online learners are isolated alone. Recently, this need has doubled with the educational disruption because of the COVID-19 pandemic, which moved classroom learning to entirely online. However, little research has been particularly conducted to explore the perceptions of online…
Descriptors: Student Motivation, Student Attitudes, Online Courses, COVID-19
Faize, Fayyaz Ahmad; Nawaz, Muhammad – Open Praxis, 2020
With the closure of educational institutions due to COVID-19, the biggest challenge with the universities and the instructors was engaging students in virtual learning. This research aimed at supporting university students in Islamabad (Pakistan) for online learning through a collaborative approach. The university started online learning during…
Descriptors: Student Satisfaction, Undergraduate Students, Public Colleges, Electronic Learning
Ilgaz, Hale; Gülbahar, Yasemin – Open Praxis, 2020
Over the past several years, online learning has become an extremely popular research topic. Nevertheless, there continues to be a need for a holistic approach when examining online learning. To examine issues related to online learning as well as the effects caused to online learners; researchers in this study developed and tested a model that…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Preferences, Learning Readiness, Distance Education
Scheepers, Liesl; van den Berg, Geesje – Open Praxis, 2022
In addition to academic support, the provision of dedicated affective support during a student's online learning journey has a significant impact on their emotional wellbeing and ability to remain engaged with their studies. This kind of support is even more essential during times of crisis, such as the COVID-19 pandemic, during which students may…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Well Being, COVID-19, Pandemics
Madhok, Rajan; Frank, Erica; Heller, Richard Frederick – Open Praxis, 2018
Rising disease burden and health inequalities remain global concerns, highlighting the need for health systems strengthening with a sufficient and appropriately trained workforce. The current models for developing such a workforce are inadequate and newer approaches are needed. In this paper we describe a model for public health capacity building…
Descriptors: Public Health, Global Approach, Online Courses, Capacity Building
Torun, Emel Dikbas – Open Praxis, 2020
The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between e-learning readiness and academic achievement in an online course in higher-level education. The survey method was employed when collecting the study data, and the data-collection instrument used was the E-Learning Readiness Scale. The scale comprises 33 items and six…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Distance Education, Higher Education, Learning Readiness
Small, Janet; Deacon, Andrew; Walji, Sukaina; Jaffer, Tasneem; Jawitz, Jeff – Open Praxis, 2019
Our research explores the experience of adults looking for flexible online learning opportunities that intersect with university study. We interviewed 58 people living in 14 African countries who have taken a Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) developed by the University of Cape Town. The interview data reveals diverse uses of MOOCs in workplace…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Adult Education, Adult Students, Foreign Countries
Perry, Beth; Edwards, Margaret – Open Praxis, 2019
Online learning continues to evolve from computer-based learning to more focus on mobile learning. With this evolution comes the need to develop (and evaluate) instructional strategies effective in mobile learning. This work-in-progress features a description of four innovative instructional strategies adapted from approaches we developed, used,…
Descriptors: Art Education, Electronic Learning, Instructional Innovation, College Instruction
Ustaog?lu, Mehmet Ali; Kukul, Volkan – Open Praxis, 2022
MOOCs can be considered as a powerful alternative in extraordinary situations where people cannot reach formal education. In recent years, the widespread use of the internet worldwide and especially the COVID-19 has increased the need of people for MOOCs. However, in order to increase the effectiveness of MOOCs, and to provide a better learning…
Descriptors: Students, MOOCs, Student Satisfaction, Electronic Publishing
Nasir, M. Khalid M. – Open Praxis, 2020
Students' satisfaction plays a vital role in ensuring effective online learning. This study investigated the association between social presence and students' satisfaction toward online discussions in Learning Management System (LMS) platform conducted at a private university in Malaysia. Both correlation and two-step hierarchical linear…
Descriptors: Student Satisfaction, Online Courses, Electronic Learning, Correlation
Heller, Richard Frederick; Barrett, Alan; Oaiya, Omo; Heller, Jane; Madhok, Rajan – Open Praxis, 2022
The People's Open Access Education Initiative (Peoples-uni) was established as an educational charity to help reduce inequalities in access to the higher education required to build Public Health capacity through workforce development for health professionals in low- to middle-income countries (LMICs). Online learning, using open source software,…
Descriptors: Low Income, Public Health, Capacity Building, Equal Education
Hussein, Mohammed Juned; Yusuf, Javed; Deb, Arpana Sandhya; Fong, Letila; Naidu, Som – Open Praxis, 2020
COVID-19 is hastening the adoption of online learning and teaching worldwide, and across all levels of education. While many of the typical learning and teaching transactions such as lecturing and communicating are easily handled by contemporary online learning technologies, others, such as assessment of learning outcomes with closed book…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Testing, Computer Software Evaluation, Supervision, Distance Education
Ergün, Esin; Adibatmaz, Fatma Betül Kurnaz – Open Praxis, 2020
The aim of this study was to determine the factors predicting student engagement. The sample of the study consisted of 527 students from Karabuk University Distance Education Center. Independent variables of the study were e-learning style and online learning readiness. The data were analyzed using the stepwise multiple regression analysis. The…
Descriptors: Predictor Variables, Electronic Learning, Readiness, Learner Engagement
