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Hockridge, Diane; Bower, Matt – Distance Education, 2023
A longstanding area of disagreement among theological educators has been whether the holistic formational goals of theological education can be adequately addressed through non-face-to-face learning modes. This study explored student perceptions of how their experience of studying theology in an asynchronous online context contributed to their…
Descriptors: Theological Education, Distance Education, Holistic Approach, Electronic Learning
Zhu, Meina – Distance Education, 2021
The management of self-directed learning is especially critical for massive open online course (MOOC) learners. This mixed-method study investigated MOOC instructors' strategies to facilitate learners' self-management skills for SDL. The study used three data sources: (a) an online survey with 198 MOOC instructors; (b) semi-structured interviews…
Descriptors: Independent Study, Distance Education, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education
Zawacki-Richter, Olaf; Buntins, Katja – Distance Education, 2019
On the occasion of the 40th anniversary of the journal "Distance Education" (DE), this study explores the position of this journal in a network of open and distance education, educational technology and learning design publications. A citation network analysis was undertaken to explore the scholarly communication network of distance…
Descriptors: Distance Education, Periodicals, Citation Analysis, Open Education
Waterhouse, Philippa; Samra, Rajvinder; Lucassen, Mathijs – Distance Education, 2022
The perceived flexibility of distance education, whereby students can juggle their multiple life roles, is often cited as the predominant reason for enrolling in this mode of study. Nonetheless, for distance learners their multiple roles often have a significant impact on their study experience. This study had three objectives: (1) to explore…
Descriptors: Distance Education, Student Satisfaction, Student Attitudes, Student Employment
Ng, Clarence – Distance Education, 2019
This article reviews motivation research published in "Distance Education" since 1980, highlighting the major foci of investigation and reflecting on past findings. A major trend was that past research has focused predominantly on learners' motivational attributes using sociocognitive models of motivation. We therefore have developed a…
Descriptors: Distance Education, Periodicals, Educational History, Educational Research
Remedios, Richard; Richardson, John T. E. – Distance Education, 2013
Achievement goals predict learning in children and young adults, but it is unclear whether they apply to older adults and how they are related to approaches to studying. An online survey examined achievement goals, approaches to studying and academic attainment in distance learners. The Achievement Goals Questionnaire-Revised and the Approaches to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Distance Education, Adult Students, Online Surveys
Tweedie, M. Gregory; Clark, Sheila; Johnson, Robert C.; Kay, D. William – Distance Education, 2013
Participation in "communities of practice" is often depicted as a central feature of various theoretical understandings of the social nature of learning. How are such communities of practice to be enacted in distance education, which, by definition, implies spatial detachment? This article reflects on the dimensions of communities of…
Descriptors: Communities of Practice, Distance Education, Doctoral Dissertations, Blended Learning
Bernard, Robert M.; Borokhovski, Eugene; Tamim, Rana M. – Distance Education, 2014
This article has two interrelated purposes. The first is to explain how various forms of bias, if introduced during any stage of a meta-analysis, can provide the consumer with a misimpression of the state of a research literature. Five of the most important bias-producing aspects of a meta-analysis are presented and discussed. Second, armed with…
Descriptors: Distance Education, Educational Research, Bias, Meta Analysis
Ramos, Fernando; Taju, Gulamo; Canuto, Louisette – Distance Education, 2011
Over the past six years, the authors have been project leaders for three distance education initiatives in Cape Verde and Mozambique: (1) a blended learning master's degree in multimedia in education for faculty in Cape Verdean public higher education institutions (2005-2008); (2) a teacher training programme for 1375 elementary teachers provided…
Descriptors: Blended Learning, Higher Education, Distance Education, Foreign Countries
Borokhovski, Eugene; Tamim, Rana; Bernard, Robert M.; Abrami, Philip C.; Sokolovskaya, Anna – Distance Education, 2012
This systematic review draws from and builds upon the results of a meta-analysis of the achievement effects of three types of interaction treatments in distance education: student-student, student-teacher, and student-content (Bernard et al., "Review of Educational Research," 79(3), 1243-1289, 2009). This follow-up study considers two forms of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Interaction, Electronic Learning, Distance Education
Whelan, Robert – Distance Education, 2008
The Pacific eLearning Observatory at the University of the South Pacific (USP) conducted an online survey of educational technologists (n = 60) to assess levels of access to information and communication technologies (ICT) in education and identify ways of lowering the barriers to ICT in the Pacific region. Almost half of USP's 22,000 students are…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Access to Information, Foreign Countries, Educational Technology
Hockings, Christine; Brett, Paul; Terentjevs, Mat – Distance Education, 2012
Recently there has been growing concern about the ways in which professional values such as "acknowledging diversity and promoting equality of opportunity" (Higher Education Academy (HEA), 2006, p. 4) have been understood and evidenced in higher education. In this article, we outline how the Learning to Teach Inclusively open educational…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Curriculum Design, Distance Education, Values
Hall, David; Knox, John – Distance Education, 2009
Language teacher education by distance (LTED) has become a widespread and important practice in the preservice and in-service education of teachers, and in language education internationally. The advent of the Internet has combined with developments in other information communication technologies, the globalisation of English, and the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English, Official Languages, Global Approach
Green, Nicole C.; Edwards, Helen; Wolodko, Brenda; Stewart, Cherry; Brooks, Margaret; Littledyke, Ros – Distance Education, 2010
The purpose of this collaborative inquiry project was to examine teacher education practices in two early childhood degree programmes in a school of education at a regional university in Australia. All students are enrolled in these online courses as distance learners. The reconceptualised online pedagogy immersed students, peers and their…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Online Courses, Foreign Countries, Educational Practices
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Roberts, David – Distance Education, 1996
Describes research conducted in the United Kingdom that asked Open University distance education students what type of assignment feedback they would like to receive. Interviews with 22 students are discussed that ascertained their views regarding feedback on tutor-marked assignments and computer-marked assignments. (Author/LRW)
Descriptors: Assignments, College Students, Computer Assisted Testing, Distance Education
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