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Letseka, Moeketsi – Open Learning, 2021
This paper offers insights into the establishment of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) Chair of Open Distance Learning (ODL) at the University of South Africa (UNISA). The aim of the UNESCO Chair is to stimulate ODL research at UNISA. The paper briefly describes UNISA, which is the largest dedicated…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Open Universities, Distance Education, International Organizations
Hilliam, Rachel; Calvert, Carol – Open Learning, 2019
Students from many different subject areas are required to study statistics as part of their qualification. The Open University developed a statistics module which could simultaneously be studied by students from a variety of different disciplines, by engaging them with topics which are of interest to everyone, namely money, education and health,…
Descriptors: Interdisciplinary Approach, Statistics, Student Diversity, Learning Modules
Simonova, Ivana – Open Learning, 2018
This paper introduces and discusses a tourism and management study programme at the Faculty of Informatics and Management (FIM), University of Hradec Králové. It begins with description of the programme, along with a summary of its history and is considered in the light of changes in accreditation requirements. Students' interest in the programme…
Descriptors: Tourism, Administrator Education, Blended Learning, Program Descriptions
Chipere, Ngoni – Open Learning, 2017
A framework was created at the University of the West Indies to guide the development of 18 e-learning programmes. The framework is based on three principles for sustainable e-learning design: (1) stakeholder-centredness; (2) cost-effectiveness and (3) high operational efficiency. These principles give rise to nine framework elements: (1) a labour…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Cost Effectiveness, Quality Assurance, Program Design
Bidarra, José; Rusman, Ellen – Open Learning, 2017
This paper proposes a design framework to support science education through blended learning, based on a participatory and interactive approach supported by ICT-based tools, called "Science Learning Activities Model" (SLAM). The development of this design framework started as a response to complex changes in society and education (e.g.…
Descriptors: Science Education, Blended Learning, Electronic Learning, Informal Education
Khanna, Pankaj – Open Learning, 2017
This paper describes a good governance architecture framework that would bring significant improvements in the overall working of open and distance learning institutions in a well-structured and systematic way. The good governance framework is articulated with seven basic principles which are performance, transparency, accountability,…
Descriptors: Governance, Decision Making, Distance Education, Foreign Countries
Rumble, Greville – Open Learning, 2012
Dual-mode universities operating in a tough economic environment need to be able to answer a range of questions concerning their use of different teaching modes accurately and with confidence. Only an activity-based costing approach will provide them with this tool. Cost studies of other distance learning projects may provide benchmarks against…
Descriptors: Distance Education, Money Management, Costs, Foreign Countries
Shillington, Sandi; Brown, Mark; MacKay, Andrea; Paewai, Shelley; Suddaby, Gordon; White, Frances – Open Learning, 2012
Not many universities provide both distance and on-campus study options for study. Massey University has been delivering both for more than 50 years. In this time there has been a significant change from paper-based to increasingly online delivery (both on-campus and at a distance). Services provided to students have also changed and adapted to…
Descriptors: Distance Education, Foreign Countries, Student Personnel Services, Graduation Rate
Stevens, Charlotte; Kelly, Patrick – Open Learning, 2012
How do open and distance learning institutions review and renew themselves to ensure their continued fitness for purpose? Here we report on the work of a change team in the UK Open University, a Centre for Excellence in Teaching and Learning created to examine, innovate and improve student support. The existence of the Centre for five years from…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Open Universities, Teamwork, Change Strategies
Morpeth, Ros; Creed, Charlotte – Open Learning, 2012
Inclusion has traditionally been conceptualised as integrating children into the formal schooling system. Recent research conducted in South Asia, however, adds to evidence that the huge number of children out of school and the diversity of their needs can only be met by a diversity of provision, formal and non-formal; that because many state…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Access to Education, Disadvantaged, Elementary School Students
Nikoi, Samuel K.; Rowlett, Tania; Armellini, Alejandro; Witthaus, Gabi – Open Learning, 2011
Open education resources (OER) are taking centre-stage in many higher educational institutions globally, driven by the need to raise institutional profiles, improve the effectiveness of teaching and learning and achieve universal access to education. Many academics attracted to the idea of turning teaching materials into OER have, however, found…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Access to Education, Educational Resources, Instructional Material Evaluation
Magnier-Watanabe, Remy; Benton, Caroline; Herrig, Harald; Aba, Olivier – Open Learning, 2011
e-Learning has entered the mainstream in higher education and many institutions are implementing technology-mediated learning at some level. This paper outlines the case of a course taught jointly in 2010 over three months by two graduate programmes in management at the University of Tsukuba in Japan and the Grenoble Ecole de Management in France…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Blended Learning, Video Technology, Distance Education
Gemmell, Isla; Sandars, John; Taylor, Stewart; Reed, Katie – Open Learning, 2011
This paper describes the development and teaching of a biostatistics module within a fully online distance learning Master of Public Health (MPH) programme at the University of Manchester. The MPH programme caters for students from over 40 countries worldwide and all materials are delivered via the Blackboard virtual learning environment. In this…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Distance Education, Public Health, Online Courses
Whalley, Peter; Kelley, Simon; Tindle, Andrew – Open Learning, 2011
Screen-based microscopes allow for a shared visualisation and task-directed conversations that offer significant pedagogic advantages for the science disciplines involving observation of natural samples such as the geosciences and biosciences, and particularly for distance education in these disciplines. The role and development of a virtual…
Descriptors: Open Universities, Distance Education, Earth Science, Laboratory Equipment
Wei, Runfang – Open Learning, 2010
Distance education and open learning are western innovations, representing the educational concepts, cultures and societies of western countries. The introduction of distance education and the adoption of open learning in China's radio and TV universities are by no means an indication that they will and can be copied wholesale. Open and distance…
Descriptors: Open Education, Open Universities, Distance Education, Foreign Countries