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Download full textNazli, Kemal; Culha, Ali – Turkish Online Journal of Distance Education, 2023
This study was conducted to identify the problems faced by refugee students during COVID-19 pandemic in open and distance learning and the best examples of practices put into effect to cope with these problems cope and solutions recommended to eliminate these problems, in Turkiye. In the study, the phenomenological research design, which is one of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teacher Attitudes, Distance Education, Open Education
Direct linkOECD Publishing, 2023
This analytical report was prepared by the OECD Higher Education Policy Team as part of the Education and Innovation Practice Community (EIPC), an action of the European Union's New European Innovation Agenda, flagship 4 on "Fostering, attracting and retaining deep tech talent". EIPC seeks to bring together peers from policy and practice…
Descriptors: Educational Innovation, Higher Education, Curriculum Development, Secondary School Curriculum
Elias, Tanya – Journal of Interactive Media in Education, 2021
This short paper, analyzes "a situation of open education" using a relational map constructed in collaboration with a group of open educators as part of a larger study of the implications of scale within the field of open education. Applying situational analysis research methodology with its feminist and post-structural underpinnings,…
Descriptors: Open Education, Teacher Collaboration, Feminism, Teacher Attitudes
Kim, Sarang; Bindoff, Aidan; Farrow, Maree; McInerney, Fran; Borchard, Jay; Doherty, Kathleen – International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 2021
Most massive open online courses (MOOCs) are offered in English, including those offered by non-English speaking universities. The study investigated an identified English language dementia MOOC's accessibility and effectiveness in improving the dementia knowledge of non-native English speaker participants. A total of 6,389 enrolees (age range…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Open Education, Dementia, Health Education
Nampila, Tutaleni – African Educational Research Journal, 2021
The Namibian College of Open Learning (NAMCOL) conducted a dropout survey in order to determine why distance students studying with the College, drop out of the subjects they enrolled for. Information was collected from learners who dropped out of subjects they enrolled for, tutors and Head of Centres. Online and telephonic interviews were used…
Descriptors: Dropouts, Dropout Rate, Decision Making, Open Education
Brown, Mark – Asian Journal of Distance Education, 2021
The COVID-19 crisis has given rise to the question, what are the main trends in online learning? What might the future look like? While predicting the future is best left to those who appear to have a crystal ball, the need for big picture helicopter thinking has never been more apparent as online learning remains under the spotlight. This paper…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Distance Education, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education
Bozkurt, Aras; Zawacki-Richter, Olaf – International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 2021
The field of distance education (DE) is dynamic and constantly evolving; it reflects and adapts according to changes in socio-cultural, demographic, political, and technological domains. Thus, there is a need to understand past and present activities in the field, in order to better inform future research. The main purpose of this study was to…
Descriptors: Distance Education, Trend Analysis, Quality Assurance, Educational Quality
Xiao, Junhong – Asian Journal of Distance Education, 2021
The new normal in education has been in the spotlight since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic. The mainstream discourse is in favor of online education as the new normal during the pandemic crisis and even in the post-pandemic world. This reflection first examines education in its broad sense, i.e., in the context of the United Nations' 2030…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Distance Education, Role of Education
Al-Adwan, Ahmad Samed – Education and Information Technologies, 2020
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) are emerging as the new trend for modern higher education institutions. Student acceptance is viewed as the key determinant for the success of MOOCs. This study intends to examine factors influencing higher education students' behavioral intention to adopt MOOCs. Thus, this study proposes the use of a modified…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Open Education, Higher Education, Barriers
Zawacki-Richter, Olaf; Conrad, Dianne; Bozkurt, Aras; Aydin, Cengiz Hakan; Bedenlier, Svenja; Jung, Insung; Stöter, Joachim; Veletsianos, George; Blaschke, Lisa Marie; Bond, Melissa; Broens, Andrea; Bruhn, Elisa; Dolch, Carina; Kalz, Marco; Kerres, Michael; Kondakci, Yasar; Marin, Victoria; Mayrberger, Kerstin; Müskens, Wolfgang; Naidu, Som; Qayyum, Adnan; Roberts, Jennifer; Sangrà, Albert; Loglo, Frank Senyo; van Tryon, Patricia J. Slagter; Xiao, Junhong – International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 2020
This paper explores elements of open education within the context of higher education. After an introduction to the origins of open education and its theoretical foundations, the topics of open and distance learning, international education issues in open education, open educational practices and scholarship, open educational resources, MOOCs,…
Descriptors: Open Education, Distance Education, Open Educational Resources, Online Courses
Koseoglu, Suzan; Ozturk, Tugba; Ucar, Hasan; Karahan, Engin; Bozkurt, Aras – Journal of Interactive Media in Education, 2020
Gender inequality is a pressing issue on a global scale, yet studies on this important issue have stayed on the margins of open and distance learning (ODL) literature. In this study, we critically analyse a batch of ODL literature that is focused on gender inequality in post-secondary and higher education contexts. We use Therborn's social justice…
Descriptors: Gender Bias, Sex Fairness, Curriculum Design, Open Education
Baker, Fredrick W. – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2017
What is the nature of openness, and what role has it played in education over the years? The concept of openness has traditionally been very difficult to define, and its history in education has often been ignored, obscured, or misrepresented in the literature, media, and popular culture. This paper provides an operational definition of openness…
Descriptors: Educational History, Educational Strategies, Nontraditional Education, Role of Education
de Klerk, Edwin Darrell; Palmer, June Monica – Perspectives in Education, 2022
Technology-based platforms in higher education institutions (HEIs), including online learning, require innovative approaches to ensure inclusive and transformative educational spaces for students living with disabilities. Achieving social equality, technology access and inclusion may contribute to ensuring a seamless instructional design for…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Students with Disabilities, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education
Gerhardt, Heinz Peter – Educational Philosophy and Theory, 2022
This contribution to the special issue is an historical account of Paulo Freire's pedagogical and administrative praxis before his forced exile in 1964. It relies on interviews collected during a field trip in 1976, a conversation with Paulo Freire in Geneva one year later and on the secondary literature up to date. Being the head of the first…
Descriptors: Educational Theories, Educational Practices, Universities, Extension Education
Commonwealth of Learning, 2022
The Commonwealth of Learning's Strategic Plan 2015-2021 sought to leverage open and distance learning (ODL) and contribute to the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goal 4 by generating three long-term outcomes: better organisational capacity in ODL, increased opportunities for quality learning, and improved sustainable livelihoods. This…
Descriptors: Strategic Planning, Distance Education, Sustainable Development, Educational Opportunities
