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Direct linkGemmell, Isla; Harrison, Roger – Open Learning, 2023
The gender and ethnicity attainment gap among undergraduate students in UK higher education is well documented. However, there is very little research examining the international attainment gap despite many universities acknowledging that international students achieve lower grades than home students. Furthermore, evidence for international…
Descriptors: Foreign Students, Achievement Gap, Online Courses, Graduate Students
Gemmell, Isla; Harrison, Roger – Open Learning, 2017
Online distance learning (ODL) is now recognised as a mainstream teaching method for undergraduate and postgraduate students around the world. However, differences in learner characteristics such as help-seeking behaviour between transnational students and home students may impact on student attainment. 64 students undertaking an online master of…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Electronic Learning, Distance Education, Masters Programs
Gemmell, Isla; Harrison, Roger; Clegg, Judith; Reed, Katie – Innovations in Education and Teaching International, 2015
Internationalisation in higher education has been shown to provide both intellectual and cultural benefits to students which can help in their future employment. This case study describes student views on learning alongside students from different countries in an online distance learning environment. Seventy-three students undertaking the online…
Descriptors: Distance Education, Student Attitudes, Learning Strategies, Case Studies
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
Download full textHarrison, Roger; Gemmell, Isla; Reed, Katie – International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, 2014
Introduction: Online distance learning (e-learning) is now an established method for providing higher education, in the UK and across the world. The focus has largely been on developing the technology, and less attention has been given to developing evidence-informed course provision. Thus the effectiveness of this teaching approach, and its…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Distance Education, Graduate Students, Student Attitudes
