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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
Singh, Rajiv Kumar; Mahapatra, Sukanta Kumar – Asian Journal of Distance Education, 2019
The main challenges for education of disabled learners are identifying and serving these learners in India and raising the quality of education for them. While inclusion of children with disabilities into mainstream education has been challenging due to various policy constraints and gaps in implementation, the paper discusses how National…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Students with Disabilities, Inclusion, Deafness
Direct linkSharma, Ramesh C. – Open Learning, 2005
Distance education has a history of over four decades in India. There has been a vast growth in the number of learners who need education and thus also the corresponding channels of providing education. Due to the constraints of the traditional educational sector, open and distance learning has been found to be a workable alternative strategy in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Open Education, Distance Education, Access to Education
Dogra, Seema; Gulati, Anjali – Educational Research and Reviews, 2006
In this paper, the authors discuss about the Indian learning traditions and the role played by teachers in imparting education. They discuss the efforts played by government in enhancing education, Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) contribution in spreading literacy, various learning traditions from past to present such as "Gurukula,…
Descriptors: Open Education, Nongovernmental Organizations, Foreign Countries, Educational Technology
Peer reviewedSinha, Neelam – Indian Journal of Open Learning, 1997
There is a need for a flexible education program with structured curriculum comparable to the formal system designed to meet the needs of children with disabilities. Flexibility in the open learning system in the selection of subject, selection of study center, credit accumulation, evaluation, and certification will encourage children with…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Disabilities, Educational Development, Educational Needs
Milton, Penny – Education Canada, 2002
A private alternative school in the slums of New Delhi (India) is committed to ending female child labor and ensuring that its students don't grow up poor. The school was able to enroll girls in its all-female afternoon classes by getting their mothers involved in income-generating cooperatives. The students often outperform their peers in state…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged Youth, Educational Innovation, Elementary Secondary Education, Entrepreneurship
Anzalone, Steve, Ed. – 1995
Drafted for the Learning Technologies for Basic Education project, this document assembles case studies which provide an overview of multichannel learning, or reinforce learning through the use of several instructional paths and various media including print, broadcast, and online. Through the cases, multichannel learning is depicted as an…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Case Studies, Computer Assisted Instruction, Developing Nations
Bradley, Jo, Ed. – 2003
This collection of essays, which is separated into 4 sections, concerns open and distance learning at school level, or grades K-12. The first section, "The Knowledge Society," includes the following chapters: "Classroom Open Learning: A Case of Old Wine in New Bottles?" (Jenkins); "Living and Learning in the Information…
Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Correspondence Schools, Distance Education, Educational Finance
