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Direct linkPiera Biccard; Phumza Makgato-Khunou – Open Learning, 2024
In this paper, we set out a collaborative autoethnographic account of our reflective journey to deeper understandings of open, distance and e-learning (ODeL) through enrolling, participating and completing the first module in a course on technology-enhanced learning (TEL). As authors, we both enrolled for the course for different reasons. The…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Cooperation, Ethnography, Case Studies
Download full textStracke, 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
Makina, Blandina – Africa Education Review, 2019
This article explores the findings of a qualitative case study of journal entries by 10 final-year English pre-service teachers during their five-week practicum in disadvantaged schools in South Africa's Gauteng province. The study sought to investigate the nature and depth of reflection as well as student teachers' perceptions regarding the…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Journal Writing, Reflection, Foreign Countries
Ramdass, Kemlall; Nemavhola, Fulufhelo – Turkish Online Journal of Distance Education, 2018
Global transformation in higher education over the past two decades has led to the implementation of national policies in order to measure the performance of institutions in South Africa. The Higher Education Quality Council (HEQC) adopted the quality assurance (QA) model for the purposes of accountability and governance in South African Higher…
Descriptors: Open Education, Distance Education, Educational Quality, Educational Practices
Nyaruwata, Leonorah Tendayi – Distance Education, 2018
This paper presents the successes and challenges faced in implementing the dual-mode strategy in higher education in the context of feminist theory. Worldwide, women's universities have been established by governments and private organisations to involve women more fully in the country's economic, political and social activities. The establishment…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Success, Barriers, Mixed Methods Research
Núñez, José Luis Martín – IEEE Transactions on Education, 2017
Open education has revolutionized the educational environment. Massive open online courses have become the main showcase for open educational resources, but the competition to establish a position in this movement has led to the rapid publication of many courses of arguable quality. This paper presents and analyzes the process of creating a small…
Descriptors: Open Education, Online Courses, Barriers, Educational Change
Brunton, James; Brown, Mark; Costello, Eamon; Walsh, Elaine – Open Learning, 2016
This case study describes the process that the Humanities Programme Team, in Dublin City University's Open Education Unit, has undertaken with regard to developing a systematic, programme-focused assessment strategy. It charts the development of an Assessment Matrix that facilitated the enhancement of programme coherence in the context of a…
Descriptors: Program Design, Case Studies, Educational Quality, Quality Assurance
Comparative Analysis of Pedagogical Strategies across Disciplines in Open Distance Learning at Unisa
Ramdass, Kemlall; Masithulela, Fulufhelo – International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 2016
Re-engineering technological strategies in teaching and learning in an open distance learning (ODL) environment is paramount as the demand for access to quality higher education escalates drastically on a year to year basis. The organisational framework requires change in order to accommodate the increasing number of students. In view of the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Comparative Analysis, Educational Strategies, Intellectual Disciplines
Hatzipanagos, Stylianos; Gregson, Jon – Electronic Journal of e-Learning, 2015
The paper explores the role of Open Access (in licensing, publishing and sharing research data) and Open Educational Resources within Distance Education, with a focus on the context of the University of London International Programmes. We report on a case study where data were gathered from librarians and programme directors relating to existing…
Descriptors: Open Education, Educational Resources, Access to Education, Consciousness Raising
Xu, Jingjing; Rees, Terri – American Journal of Distance Education, 2016
This article provides insight into different expectations between Chinese and British academic culture for distance learning. The article is based on a pedagogic research project, a case study, and is centered on a distance learning course in maritime law proposed by a British university for a university in China. Some important commonalities and…
Descriptors: Distance Education, Cultural Differences, Foreign Countries, Case Studies
Gous, Ignatius G. P.; Roberts, Jennifer J. – Distance Education, 2015
Management of time and workload is influenced by the quality of awareness of impacting factors. Faculty has to attend to many responsibilities, with technology in teaching a recent but game-changing impacting factor. This article is a case study which explores the metacognitive awareness of the impact of technology on teaching, learning and…
Descriptors: Metacognition, Technological Advancement, Faculty Workload, Decision Making
Vázquez-Cano, Esteban; Martín-Monje, Elena; Castrillo de Larreta-Azelain, María Dolores – Digital Education Review, 2016
This paper shows some research which analysed the didactic functionality of Personal Learning Environments (PLEs) and Open Educational Resources (OERs). They were created by students from the Master's Degree in Information and Communication Technologies applied to language teaching and processing, at Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia…
Descriptors: Open Education, Educational Resources, Information Technology, Masters Degrees
Toprak, Elif; Genc-Kumtepe, Evrim – European Journal of Open, Distance and E-Learning, 2014
Communication is an indispensable part of international cooperation and it requires managing different cultures. Being prepared to see and understand different values, trying to understand contrasting views in a consortium, can decrease the potential of misperception which otherwise may act as a real barrier to cooperation. This is why…
Descriptors: Intercultural Communication, Electronic Learning, Distance Education, Open Education
Butcher, John; Rose-Adams, John – Open Learning, 2015
In this article, we argue that, if open learning seeks to (re)assert a social justice mission, issues of openness and flexibility are more critical than ever. Drawing on qualitative data from a National Union of Students Wales/Open University study, which explored, in the voices of Welsh students, the identity, motivation and barriers faced by…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Open Education, Distance Education, Part Time Students
Ponti, Marisa – Learning, Media and Technology, 2014
Digital media and open educational resources (OER) are said to redraw the boundaries between learners and teachers, by weakening the centralization of expertise and the distribution of subject-matter authority. This paper presents the findings of an ethnographic study of how the use of OER mediates the relations between self-directed learners and…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Ethnography, Open Source Technology, Online Courses
