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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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Malik, Sangeeta – Turkish Online Journal of Distance Education, 2014
Students' course completion rate in distance education is getting attention of the researchers throughout the globe. Many factors responsible for high non completion rate of students in distance education are job responsibilities, domestic pressure and complexity of course content. Some researchers reported psychological reasons for dropout…
Descriptors: Distance Education, Academic Persistence, Student Motivation, Models
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Malik, Sangeeta – Turkish Online Journal of Distance Education, 2013
When we talk about a distance educator and a conventional educator the difference we found about both of them is that a distance educator needs to play multiple roles as compared to a conventional educator. They require more skills and knowledge to cater to the needs of the learner. In this article we will cover all the responsible areas of a…
Descriptors: Personality Traits, Teacher Characteristics, Distance Education, Teacher Role
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Malik, Sangeeta – Turkish Online Journal of Distance Education, 2012
Distance learning as the name indicates is a learning, learner gets from distant places. In this learning system, learner and educators are separated by space & time. Lots of distance learning organizations are spreading to meet the increased demand of current & future needs of adult education. The rapid spread of these organizations doesn't mean…
Descriptors: Distance Education, Adult Education, Delivery Systems, Online Courses