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Direct linkWatkins, Caren; Treviranus, Jutta; Roberts, Vera – Commonwealth of Learning, 2020
Globally, children with disabilities are disadvantaged in the school environment. They are also disproportionately represented among out-of-school children. Inclusive Design for Learning provides a means to address this crisis of exclusion of persons with identified and unidentified disabilities, which may be permanent or episodic. This Knowledge…
Descriptors: Inclusion, Access to Education, Curriculum Development, Distance Education
Peer reviewedJung, Insung, Ed. – SpringerBriefs in Open and Distance Education, 2019
This book explores foundational theories that have been applied in open and distance education (ODE) research and refined to reflect advances in research and practice. In addition, it develops new theories emerging from recent developments in ODE. The book provides a unique and up-to-date source of information for ODE scholars and graduate…
Descriptors: Open Education, Distance Education, Educational Research, Educational Theories
Download full textBozkurt, Aras; Zawacki-Richter, Olaf; Aydin, Cengiz Hakan – Online Submission, 2019
This study presents a social network analysis of the keywords attached to articles published in the "Turkish Online Journal of Distance Education" ("TOJDE"), a prominent journal in the field of open and distance learning. The social network analysis applied was based on a data mining and analytics approach. A total of 1120…
Descriptors: Social Networks, Network Analysis, Learning Analytics, Open Education
Nazli, Kemal; Culha, Ali – Turkish Online Journal of Distance Education, 2023
This study was conducted to identify the problems faced by refugee students during COVID-19 pandemic in open and distance learning and the best examples of practices put into effect to cope with these problems cope and solutions recommended to eliminate these problems, in Turkiye. In the study, the phenomenological research design, which is one of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teacher Attitudes, Distance Education, Open Education
Nampila, Tutaleni – African Educational Research Journal, 2021
The Namibian College of Open Learning (NAMCOL) conducted a dropout survey in order to determine why distance students studying with the College, drop out of the subjects they enrolled for. Information was collected from learners who dropped out of subjects they enrolled for, tutors and Head of Centres. Online and telephonic interviews were used…
Descriptors: Dropouts, Dropout Rate, Decision Making, Open Education
Brown, Mark – Asian Journal of Distance Education, 2021
The COVID-19 crisis has given rise to the question, what are the main trends in online learning? What might the future look like? While predicting the future is best left to those who appear to have a crystal ball, the need for big picture helicopter thinking has never been more apparent as online learning remains under the spotlight. This paper…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Distance Education, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education
Bozkurt, Aras; Zawacki-Richter, Olaf – International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 2021
The field of distance education (DE) is dynamic and constantly evolving; it reflects and adapts according to changes in socio-cultural, demographic, political, and technological domains. Thus, there is a need to understand past and present activities in the field, in order to better inform future research. The main purpose of this study was to…
Descriptors: Distance Education, Trend Analysis, Quality Assurance, Educational Quality
Xiao, Junhong – Asian Journal of Distance Education, 2021
The new normal in education has been in the spotlight since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic. The mainstream discourse is in favor of online education as the new normal during the pandemic crisis and even in the post-pandemic world. This reflection first examines education in its broad sense, i.e., in the context of the United Nations' 2030…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Distance Education, Role of Education
de Klerk, Edwin Darrell; Palmer, June Monica – Perspectives in Education, 2022
Technology-based platforms in higher education institutions (HEIs), including online learning, require innovative approaches to ensure inclusive and transformative educational spaces for students living with disabilities. Achieving social equality, technology access and inclusion may contribute to ensuring a seamless instructional design for…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Students with Disabilities, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education
Commonwealth of Learning, 2022
The Commonwealth of Learning's Strategic Plan 2015-2021 sought to leverage open and distance learning (ODL) and contribute to the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goal 4 by generating three long-term outcomes: better organisational capacity in ODL, increased opportunities for quality learning, and improved sustainable livelihoods. This…
Descriptors: Strategic Planning, Distance Education, Sustainable Development, Educational Opportunities
Zawacki-Richter, Olaf; Conrad, Dianne; Bozkurt, Aras; Aydin, Cengiz Hakan; Bedenlier, Svenja; Jung, Insung; Stöter, Joachim; Veletsianos, George; Blaschke, Lisa Marie; Bond, Melissa; Broens, Andrea; Bruhn, Elisa; Dolch, Carina; Kalz, Marco; Kerres, Michael; Kondakci, Yasar; Marin, Victoria; Mayrberger, Kerstin; Müskens, Wolfgang; Naidu, Som; Qayyum, Adnan; Roberts, Jennifer; Sangrà, Albert; Loglo, Frank Senyo; van Tryon, Patricia J. Slagter; Xiao, Junhong – International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 2020
This paper explores elements of open education within the context of higher education. After an introduction to the origins of open education and its theoretical foundations, the topics of open and distance learning, international education issues in open education, open educational practices and scholarship, open educational resources, MOOCs,…
Descriptors: Open Education, Distance Education, Open Educational Resources, Online Courses
Koseoglu, Suzan; Ozturk, Tugba; Ucar, Hasan; Karahan, Engin; Bozkurt, Aras – Journal of Interactive Media in Education, 2020
Gender inequality is a pressing issue on a global scale, yet studies on this important issue have stayed on the margins of open and distance learning (ODL) literature. In this study, we critically analyse a batch of ODL literature that is focused on gender inequality in post-secondary and higher education contexts. We use Therborn's social justice…
Descriptors: Gender Bias, Sex Fairness, Curriculum Design, Open Education
Singh, Nisha – Asian Journal of Distance Education, 2019
Information and Communication Technology (ICT) is being increasingly explored and used in enhancing the reach to learners in ODL who are physically separated from teachers. ICT has helped in their inclusion into the education system. One of the most handy tools for communicating and interacting among the open and distance education learners and…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Open Education, Distance Education, Handheld Devices
Firat, Mehmet; Öztürk, Aylin; Günes, Ihsan; Çolak, Esra; Beyaz, Melda; Büyük, Köksal – Open Praxis, 2019
The literature is considerably rich about engagement and academic achievement in the context of open and distance learning. However, there is limited research that investigates these variables with large scale participants. In this regard, the aim of this research was to investigate causal correlations between e-learning engagement time and…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Learner Engagement, Academic Achievement, Distance Education
Cervantes-Perez, Francisco; Vadillo, Guadalupe; Bucio, Jackeline; Herrera, Alma – International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 2019
Mexico's national university (UNAM) is a public mega university with a 46-year history in open education. This article presents an analysis based on the open, online, flexible provision of technology-enhanced higher education (OOFAT) model, developed by Orr and his colleagues (2018). The aim of this analysis was to characterize UNAM's open and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Open Universities, Open Education, Distance Education
