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Download full textGülfem Gürses; Berrin Özkanal; Müjgan Yazici – Turkish Online Journal of Educational Technology - TOJET, 2023
The primary objective of this research is to ascertain the manner in which higher education institutions offering open and distance education incorporate the concept of openness into their vision, mission, core values, and tactics. This study employs a descriptive research design to ascertain the current state of affairs. The research methodology…
Descriptors: Open Education, Distance Education, Institutional Mission, Values
Christine Ofulue; Johnson Opateye; Samuel Awolumate; Felix Kayode Olakulehin; Adewale Adesina; Armiya’u M. Yabo; Bibian Ugoala; Oluwaseun Oluyide; Solomon Ojedeji – Journal of Learning for Development, 2024
The COVID-19 pandemic exposed significant weaknesses in education systems globally, with many African countries, including Nigeria, struggling to respond swiftly to its impact. In Nigeria, the challenge was compounded by ongoing insurgency and insecurity, leading to extended school closures. To mitigate these disruptions, educational institutions…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Research Needs, Resilience (Psychology), Educational Innovation
Sindile Amina Ngubane; Olufemi Timothy Adigun – Turkish Online Journal of Distance Education, 2024
In line with the philosophy of inclusion and various legislative instruments which encourage 'education for all', ODL institutions have made provision for sign language interpreters (SLIs) to facilitate participation for deaf students. Although, some studies have examined issues of virtual learning and the ODL programme; a paucity of studies…
Descriptors: Sign Language, Foreign Countries, Video Technology, Visual Aids
Direct linkBubou, Gordon Monday; Job, Gabriel Chibuzor – Journal of Research in Innovative Teaching & Learning, 2022
Purpose: The purpose of this study is to explore the role individual innovativeness along with e-learning self-efficacy play in predicting the e-learning readiness of first- and second-year students of an open and distance education institutions in an African context. Design/methodology/approach: Therefore, building on previous related research in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Innovation, Self Efficacy, Electronic Learning
Rexwhite Tega Enakrire – Education and Information Technologies, 2024
This study reports on the usefulness of computer skills for enhanced teaching and learning among lecturers in an open-distance e-learning (ODEL) environment. Computer skills have become fundamental due to increasing new technological tools of web-based management systems, laptops, digital tablets, learning management systems, webinars, and the…
Descriptors: Computer Literacy, Open Education, Distance Education, Learning Management Systems
Makoe, Mpine – Open Praxis, 2022
The aim of this study is to evaluate the extent to which open, and distance education universities are fulfilling their stated purpose as higher education institutions in SubSaharan countries. The starting point of understanding the purpose of an institutions is to analyse the content of mission statements and the context in which the universities…
Descriptors: Content Analysis, Institutional Mission, Open Education, Distance Education
Ofoegbu, Onyema Theresa; Asogwa, Uche Donatus; Ogbonna, Chimaobi Samuel – Educational Technology Research and Development, 2021
With increased emphasis on accessibility and quality education in tertiary institutions, open and distance learning (ODL) is occupying the center stage in Nigeria. Open educational resources (OERs) is becoming a valuable alternative to improving access to high-quality educational content released under open licenses by outstanding universities…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Distance Education, Open Education
Stracke, Christian M.; Sharma, Ramesh Chander; Bozkurt, Aras; Burgos, Daniel; Cassafieres, Cécile Swiatek; dos Santos, Andreia Inamorato; Mason, Jon; Ossiannilsson, Ebba; Santos-Hermosa, Gema; Shon, Jin Gon; Wan, Marian; Agbu, Jane-Frances Obiageli; Farrow, Robert; Karakaya, Özlem; Nerantzi, Chrissi; Ramírez-Montoya, María Soledad; Conole, Grainne; Cox, Glenda; Truong, Vi – International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 2022
In terms of scale, shock, and disenfranchisement, the disruption to formal education arising from COVID-19 has been unprecedented. Anecdotally, responses from teachers and educators around the world range from heightened caution to being inspired by distance education as the "new normal." Of all the challenges, face-to-face and formal…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Open Education, Distance Education
Olofin, Samuel Oluwaseyi; Falebita, Oluwanife Segun – Online Submission, 2020
The focus of this paper is on the problem of appropriate teaching in the open/distance education and the need to practically employ effective evaluative tools for improving the academic achievement of learners involved in these modes of education. This paper introduced KPS method that was formulated on the basis of well stated assumptions as a…
Descriptors: Problem Solving, Teaching Methods, Educational Quality, Evaluation Methods
Commonwealth of Learning, 2022
This publication on out-of-school children (OOSC) in Commonwealth Africa is already informing priorities in COL's work in open schooling. The report provides an overview of key indicators for all nineteen Commonwealth Africa countries as well as contextual case studies of eight countries for which representatives were available to verify or update…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Out of School Youth, Open Education, Barriers
Itasanmi, Sunday Abidemi; Oni, Mathew Taiwo – Pakistan Journal of Distance and Online Learning, 2020
This study focuses on examining the relationship, and contribution of teaching and learning experiences, educational resources, technical support service, and infrastructure to the determination of learners' satisfaction in Open Distance Learning programmes in Nigeria. The study is guided with four research questions, and a descriptive research…
Descriptors: Student Satisfaction, Student Characteristics, Learning Experience, Predictor Variables
Adeyeye, Biliamin Adekunle; Mason, Jon – Open Praxis, 2020
This paper highlights some key historical perspectives and antecedents of African Indigenous knowledge (AIK) and practices while identifying 'open' futures and opportunities for the application of digital technologies for educational opportunities that build on this cultural base. The role and negative impact of colonialism in the…
Descriptors: Educational Trends, Futures (of Society), Educational Technology, Indigenous Knowledge
Amini, Clifford; Oluyide, Oluwaseun – Open Praxis, 2016
The paper posits the Regional Training and Research Institute for Distance and Open Learning (RETRIDAL) as an institution established for the purpose of enhancing Open and Distance Learning in the West African sub-region. The institute has pursued this mandate with an unparalleled vigour since its establishment in 2003--a partnership of the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Capacity Building, Open Education, Distance Education
Kwasu, Isaac Ali; Yalams, Simon Madugu; Ema, Ema – Journal of Education and Practice, 2016
This paper presents an outline on how teachers can use "The Design Process and Animation Techniques to produce animated instructional resources (AIR) which, can be used to facilitate Open Distance Learning in especially Science and Technology Education. A model of the Animated Instructional Resource was developed for the teaching of Human…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Design, Animation, Instructional Materials
