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Faiza Gani; Geesje Van Den Berg – Open Praxis, 2024
Distance education institutions worldwide are adopting online learning to take advantage of its benefits. However, online learning is often seen as a mode of delivery that will work for any distance education institution in any context. The increased relevance of online learning during and after the COVID-19 pandemic has further exaggerated the…
Descriptors: Distance Education, Open Education, Electronic Learning, COVID-19
Gülfem 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
Smangele Mkhwanazi; Alet Moll – Educational Review, 2024
The article presents the narratives of two academics with mobility impairments who work in the largest open distance learning higher education institution in South Africa. We share our experiences as we navigate through the COVID-19 pandemic and reflect on this phase. For many people, life will never be the same after this pandemic; people have…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Physical Disabilities, Distance Education, Open Education
E. A. J. Terblanche; Annelien Adriana van Rooyen; P. C. Enwereji – Discover Education, 2024
The COVID-19 pandemic accelerated the implementation of online assessments at an unprecedented pace. The pandemic required most higher education institutions worldwide to implement online assessments almost overnight. The study aimed to gain an understanding of auditing students' perceptions of online assessments and e-proctoring systems during…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Testing, Supervision, Student Attitudes, Electronic Learning
Janice K. Moodley-Marie; Bianca R. Parry; Itumeleng Masisi – Journal of Student Affairs in Africa, 2024
The devastation and aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic continue to pervade almost every sphere of human existence, albeit arguably increasingly nuanced. As we move into the post-pandemic world, it is essential to reflect on the lessons learned and forge transformed, decolonised ways of knowledge production in higher education. To ensure the…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Student Attitudes, Foreign Countries, Open Education
Rebecca E. Heiser – International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 2023
In higher education, international research collaboration functions as a visible mechanism of cooperation and competition, serving as a proxy for quality and academic excellence. Open universities use revolutionary education models but are not often associated with quality or academic excellence. To investigate the impact of international research…
Descriptors: Educational Research, International Cooperation, Open Education, Open Universities
Jaroslaw Pawel Adamiak – Open Praxis, 2024
The academic success of first-year students' learning in science faculties is by no means assured, especially in an Open Distance Learning setting with its limited number of face-to-face encounters between students and lecturers or tutors. Therefore, such encounters should be highly efficient in view of the considerable amount of knowledge…
Descriptors: Fundamental Concepts, Teaching Methods, Computer Science Education, Open Education
Student Teachers' Experiences in Using Open Education Resource in the Open Distance Learning Context
Makokotlela, Matlala V. – Turkish Online Journal of Distance Education, 2022
Open education resource (OER) has become an increasingly important topic for consideration in the open distance learning (ODL) context. ODL students' education should be learner-centered based on intrinsic motivation and OER usage. The purpose of this study was to explore the student teachers' experiences in using open education resource in ODL.…
Descriptors: Student Teachers, Student Experience, Open Educational Resources, Open Education
Snyman, Marici; van den Berg, Geesje – Journal of Continuing Higher Education, 2022
The purpose of this study is to report on the recognition of prior learning (RPL) experiences of students and academics in a graduate context at an open distance learning (ODL) institution. Although students and academics are the key participants in the RPL process for access to graduate studies, their experiences regarding the process,…
Descriptors: Nontraditional Students, Prior Learning, Recognition (Achievement), College Admission
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
Su-Ming Khoo – Journal of Social Science Education, 2024
Purpose: This article responds to the topic of 'postcolonial social science education' by exploring strategies for decolonizing the social science 'archive'. Design/methodology/approach: The paper takes a decolonial-critical social science approach to explore the limit and test cases for decolonizing social science education, using two examples: a…
Descriptors: Social Sciences, Decolonization, Educational Strategies, Teaching Methods
Kgati, Noziphiwo Cleopatra; de Beer, Zacharias L. – Bulgarian Comparative Education Society, 2023
South Africa requires an educated population to sustain her economic development. Higher education institutions are under pressure to produce graduates with skills and competencies to fulfil such an aspiration. Distance education is an essential avenue through which more South Africans can have the much-needed education without necessarily…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Distance Education, Higher Education, Educational Technology
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
Venturino, Marielle; Hsu, Yu-Chang – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2022
Open distance e-learning (ODeL) is an essential form of e-learning for students in South Africa. It allows expanded access to higher education for students from rural or socioeconomically disadvantaged backgrounds. One of the key features of ODeL is that students can complete coursework modules virtually, without the need to step onto a physical…
Descriptors: Computer Mediated Communication, Technology Uses in Education, Distance Education, Foreign Countries
Mogamat Noor Davids; Michael Van Wyk; Zingiswa Jojo; Matshidiso Joyce Taole; Mantsose Sethusha; Karel Prins – International Journal of Information and Communication Technology Education, 2023
With the closure of educational institutions during COVID-19, some leadership and management teams resorted to technology for online teaching. However, for the teaching practicum (TP) module, the move to online required specially designed interventions, resulting in a variety of different TP COVID-19 configurations. Fortuitously, at the outbreak…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Technology Uses in Education, Computer Oriented Programs