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Download full textOlivier, Marty – International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, 2014
A field enquiry in French distance education allows us to analyze the evolution of a specific institution towards new public management: Parallel to a trend of free courseware and open education, there is a paradoxical reality of distance education monetization. Whereas history shows how traditional French education is a state controlled public…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Distance Education, Business Administration, Models
Jung, Insung; Seongyoun, Hong – International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, 2014
Research indicates that distance education (DE) students regard learner support systems as the key element in quality provision. This study sought to identify the key concerns of Asian DE students regarding support provision in different types of DE and dual-mode providers and formulate a student support model which took account of gender issues.…
Descriptors: Distance Education, Asians, Student Attitudes, Online Surveys
Wang, Zhijun; Chen, Li; Anderson, Terry – International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, 2014
Interaction has always been highly valued in education, especially in distance education (Moore, 1989; Anderson, 2003; Chen, 2004a; Woo & Reeves, 2007; Wang, 2013; Conrad, in press). It has been associated with motivation (Mahle, 2011; Wen-chi, et al., 2011), persistence (Tello, 2007; Joo, Lim, & Kim, 2011), deep learning (Offir, et al.,…
Descriptors: Open Education, Learner Engagement, Learning Processes, Technology Integration
Malinovski, Toni; Vasileva, Marina; Vasileva-Stojanovska, Tatjana; Trajkovik, Vladimir – International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, 2014
Early identification of relevant factors that influence students' experiences is vitally important to the educational process since they play an important role in learning outcomes. The purpose of this study is to determine underlying constructs that predict high school students' subjective experience and quality expectations during…
Descriptors: Asynchronous Communication, Synchronous Communication, Distance Education, Identification
Çakiroglu, Ünal – International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, 2014
This study examined the relationships among learning styles, study habits, and learning performances in an online programming language course. Sixty-two sophomore students who enrolled in an online introductory programming course participated in the study. Kolb's Learning Style Inventory (LSI) was used to measure the students' learning…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Study Habits, Distance Education, Academic Achievement
Jowallah, Rohan – International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, 2014
This research evaluates the strategies implemented to support the research activities of postgraduate students pursuing online master's programs in the University of the West Indies Open Campus, as well as the activities of their supervisors. The three main strategies employed were (1) the use of a web-based "teaching-learning…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Case Studies, Graduate Students, Masters Programs
Stanišic Stojic, Svetlana M.; Dobrijevic, Gordana; Stanišic, Nemanja; Stanic, Nenad – International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, 2014
This paper presents an analysis of teachers' ratings on distance learning undergraduate study programs: 7,156 students enrolled in traditional and 528 students enrolled in distance learning studies took part in the evaluation questionnaire, assessing 71 teachers. The data were collected from the Moodle platform and from the Singidunum…
Descriptors: Distance Education, Teacher Characteristics, Undergraduate Study, Student Evaluation of Teacher Performance
Prinsloo, Paul; Slade, Sharon – International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, 2014
Higher education, and more specifically, distance education, is in the midst of a rapidly changing environment. Higher education institutions increasingly rely on the harvesting and analyses of student data to inform key strategic decisions across a wide range of issues, including marketing, enrolment, curriculum development, the appointment of…
Descriptors: Distance Education, Educational Technology, Colleges, Higher Education
Özmen, Büsra; Atici, Bünyamin – International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, 2014
In this study, it was aimed to examine the use of learning management systems supported by social networking sites in distance education and to determine the views of learners regarding these platforms. The study group of this study, which uses a qualitative research approach, consists of 15 undergraduate students who resumed their education in…
Descriptors: Distance Education, Social Networks, Database Management Systems, Courseware
Tustin, Deon Harold – International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, 2014
Outside an academic setting, telecommuting has become fairly popular in recent years. However, research on telecommuting practices within a higher education environment is fairly sparse, especially within the higher distance education sphere. Drawing on existing literature on telecommuting and the outcome of a valuation study on the success of an…
Descriptors: Distance Education, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Teleworking
Mbatha, Blessing – International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, 2014
This article reports on the pedagogical value of Web 2.0 tools at Unisa (i.e., whether these tools can improve teaching and learning). A quantitative approach was used to conduct the study, with a questionnaire as a data collection instrument. The sample size was 301 lecturers drawn using stratified sampling, with proportional allocation drawn…
Descriptors: Web 2.0 Technologies, Computer Uses in Education, Web Based Instruction, Distance Education
Rivers, Bethany Alden; Richardson, John T. E.; Price, Linda – International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, 2014
Increasingly, universities are embedding reflective activities into the curriculum. With the growth in online tertiary education, how effectively is reflection being promoted or used in online learning spaces? Based on the notion that teachers' beliefs will influence their approaches to teaching, this research sought to understand how a group…
Descriptors: Reflection, Asynchronous Communication, Online Courses, Electronic Learning
Simon, Jesse; Burton, Kevin; Lockhart, Emily; O'Donnell, Susan – International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, 2014
Post-secondary distance education gives students and their families living in remote and rural regions the option to stay in their communities while they study instead of moving closer to the universities in cities. Post-secondary distance education is an option in many rural and remote First Nation (Indigenous) communities in Canada; however…
Descriptors: Distance Education, Postsecondary Education, Higher Education, Rural Areas
Baxter, Jacqueline Aundree; Haycock, Jo – International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, 2014
The use of large online discussion forums within online and distance learning continues to grow. Recent innovations in online learning such as the MOOC (massive open online course) and concomitant growth in the use of online media for the delivery of courses in traditional campus based universities provide both opportunity and challenge for online…
Descriptors: Group Discussion, Online Courses, Computer Mediated Communication, Distance Education
Joo, K. P. – International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, 2014
Drawing upon cultural-historical activity theory, this research analyzed the structural contradictions existing in a variety of educational activities among a group of alienated adult students in Korea National Open University (KNOU). Despite KNOU's quantitative development in student enrollment, the contradictions shed light on how the…
Descriptors: Distance Education, Alienation, Role, Foreign Countries
