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50 Years of ERIC
50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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Jelfs, Anne; Richardson, John T. E. – British Journal of Educational Technology, 2013
In June 2010, a survey was carried out to explore access to digital technology, attitudes to digital technology and approaches to studying across the adult life span in students taking courses with the UK Open University. In total, 7000 people were surveyed, of whom more than 4000 responded. Nearly all these students had access to a computer and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Student Surveys, Questionnaires
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Richardson, John T. E. – British Journal of Educational Technology, 2012
Attainment in higher education tends to be poorer in ethnic minority students than in white students. This study examined whether this attainment gap was affected by the introduction of online tuition. Data were obtained from students who had taken courses in either arts or management with the UK Open University and had opted for either…
Descriptors: Open Universities, Distance Education, Minority Group Students, White Students
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Godwin, Stephen J.; Thorpe, Mary S.; Richardson, John T. E. – British Journal of Educational Technology, 2008
Distance-learning courses were classified with regard to their use of computer-mediated interaction and the degree to which such interaction was integrated into the curriculum and the assessment regime. This produced four groups of courses varying according to their use of interaction and integration. The impact of interaction and integration was…
Descriptors: Distance Education, Interaction, Computer Mediated Communication, Educational Technology
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Richardson, John T. E. – British Journal of Educational Technology, 2003
Discussion of approaches to studying used by students in higher education focuses on a study at the Open University (United Kingdom) that administered the Course Experience Questionnaire and the Revised Approaches to Studying Inventory to students taking a Web-based course in computing. Discusses student perceptions of academic quality associated…
Descriptors: Distance Education, Educational Quality, Higher Education, Individual Differences
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Richardson, John T. E.; Price, Linda – British Journal of Educational Technology, 2003
Describes use of the Course Experience Questionnaire (CEQ) and a short form of the Approaches to Studying Inventory (ASI) to students at the Open University (United Kingdom) who were taking online courses in computer science. Results showed approaches to studying in online courses are strongly associated with students' perceptions of the course…
Descriptors: Computer Science Education, Distance Education, Foreign Countries, Higher Education