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Chen, Julian; Bogachenko, Tatiana – Educational Technology & Society, 2022
Establishment of online communities in distance education has been linked to improved engagement, retention, and learning outcomes. This study investigates how online community building was fostered in the text-based Discussion Board (DB) and multimodal VoiceThread (VT) in one of the postgraduate units offered by Open Universities Australia.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Communities of Practice, Distance Education, Computer Mediated Communication
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Kinoshita, Yuko – Language Learning Journal, 2020
This paper presents a case study of the cross-institutional arrangements for Japanese language education between two universities in Canberra, Australia (University of Canberra and The Australian National University), investigating the effects of replacing on-campus course delivery with cross-institutional arrangements. It closely follows the…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Japanese, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Wilks, Judith; Kennedy, Gillian; Drew, Neil; Wilson, Katie – Australian Universities' Review, 2018
In the Australian higher education sector, the challenges to successful engagement and retention experienced by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander students and communities are considerable. They persist despite many well-intentioned attempts to address this issue and to strengthen equity in participation in the sector. Implicated in this is…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Indigenous Populations, Academic Persistence, Higher Education
Mageean, Pauline – 1991
A project examined the interface between schools and technical and further education (TAFE) in Australia and between schools and post-school vocational education in other countries. It focused on the effect of increased retention to year 12 on TAFE curricula. Information was gathered through a literature search, interviews with curriculum staff,…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Articulation (Education), College School Cooperation, Comparative Analysis
International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2012
The IADIS CELDA 2012 Conference intention was to address the main issues concerned with evolving learning processes and supporting pedagogies and applications in the digital age. There had been advances in both cognitive psychology and computing that have affected the educational arena. The convergence of these two disciplines is increasing at a…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, Academic Support Services, Access to Computers