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Download full textNsamba, Asteria – International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 2019
The University of South Africa (UNISA) is one of the distance education universities that is shifting from open distance learning (ODL) to open distance e-learning (ODeL). UNISA started as a correspondence institution in the 1950s and it has since evolved into an ODeL university. The aim of this research was to assess and determine the maturity…
Descriptors: Open Universities, Distance Education, College Students, Foreign Countries
Direct linkHewings, Ann; Coffin, Caroline – Journal of English for Academic Purposes, 2007
The increasing use of computers to enable or replace face-to-face tutorial discussion groups in higher education is creating a new form of academic writing. This small-scale study of 43 students and three tutors identifies ways in which students present their opinions in a forum which allows greater time for reflection, but also creates a…
Descriptors: Academic Discourse, Discourse Communities, Writing (Composition), Opinions
