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Transitioning the Team: Supporting Distance Supervised Doctor of Business Administration Students through Collaborative Online Workshops
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Carr, Sarah – Journal of Open, Flexible and Distance Learning, 2021
Educational transitions are widely recognised as being key points that can influence a student's later success. Transitions are not limited to the beginning of a period of study; they can occur at any stage. The adjustments that come with transitioning can be unsettling and isolating. These feelings can be compounded by the nature of the studies…
Descriptors: Teamwork, Meetings, Distance Education, Electronic Learning
A Tool to Capture Learning Experiences during COVID-19: The PISA Global Crises Questionnaire Module. OECD Education Working Papers, No. 232
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Bertling, Jonas; Rojas, Nathaniel; Alegre, Jan; Faherty, Katie – OECD Publishing, 2020
The global spread of COVID-19 has led to unprecedented disruptions in schooling around the world that have animated increased interest among policymakers, educators, researchers and the general public in knowing about how education systems have responded to the pandemic and how students' learning experiences have changed. The PISA Global Crises…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, School Closing, Teaching Methods
Designing Knowledge Building Communities in Secondary Schools
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Lai, Kwok-Wing – Teaching and Learning Research Initiative, 2014
In 2012-2013, sixteen senior secondary classes participated in this study, with eight of them being distance classes. Approximately 220 Year 11-13 students and 8 teachers took part in this study. This project aimed at designing and evaluating a computer-supported knowledge building community in senior secondary classes. Researchers sought to…
Descriptors: Secondary Education, Secondary School Students, Foreign Countries, Academic Achievement
Foreign Language Learning Conceptualisations of Distance Learners in New Zealand: Goals, Challenges and Responses
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Walker, Ute; Haddon, Rosemary – Language Learning Journal, 2011
This article reports on a collaborative research project which involved first-year distance learners of Chinese, French, German, Japanese and Spanish at a New Zealand university. Drawing on the principles of Allwright's exploratory practice, the study aimed to gain an insight into the learners' experiences and conceptualisations in terms of their…
Descriptors: Role Models, Independent Study, Student Attitudes, Quality of Life
Autonomy and Strategy Use in Distance Foreign Language Learning: Research Findings.
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White, Cynthia – System, 1995
Examines results from a comparative study of the strategies of distance and classroom foreign language learners (French, German, Japanese, and Chinese) enrolled in a dual-mode institution. Data on strategy use was collected through a questionnaire and the yoked subject technique. Results indicate that mode of study is the predominant influence on…
Descriptors: Chinese, Comparative Analysis, Data Collection, Distance Education
E-Learning and the Professional Development of Trainers and Vocational Teachers.
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European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training, Thessaloniki (Greece). – 2001
The professional development activities in which trainers and vocational teachers are engaging to acquire new expertise in e-learning were examined through a survey that was completed by 446 individuals. Nearly 80% of the respondents were from within the European Union (EU). The rest came from other European countries, North American, Australia,…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Conventional Instruction, Delivery Systems, Distance Education