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Download full textMakoe, 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
Direct linkOfoegbu, Onyema Theresa; Asogwa, Uche Donatus; Ogbonna, Chimaobi Samuel – Educational Technology Research and Development, 2021
With increased emphasis on accessibility and quality education in tertiary institutions, open and distance learning (ODL) is occupying the center stage in Nigeria. Open educational resources (OERs) is becoming a valuable alternative to improving access to high-quality educational content released under open licenses by outstanding universities…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Distance Education, Open Education
Stracke, 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
Adeyeye, Biliamin Adekunle; Mason, Jon – Open Praxis, 2020
This paper highlights some key historical perspectives and antecedents of African Indigenous knowledge (AIK) and practices while identifying 'open' futures and opportunities for the application of digital technologies for educational opportunities that build on this cultural base. The role and negative impact of colonialism in the…
Descriptors: Educational Trends, Futures (of Society), Educational Technology, Indigenous Knowledge
Olakulehin, Felix Kayode; Singh, Gurmit – Open Praxis, 2013
Bourdieu has argued that higher education is a field that reproduces social inequality, thus complicating how openness widens access to higher education in the developing world. Drawing on the experiences of the National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN), this paper critically analyses and evaluates the rationale, approach, difficulties,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Developing Nations, Access to Education
Ibara, Emmanuel Chisa – Online Submission, 2008
Nigeria no doubt is at the threshold of transformation in information and communication technology (ICT), a development that should be utilized to meet the demand of time, especially in the education sector. One area in which ICT has made enormous impact is in open and distance learning. Undoubtedly, the demand on the conventional higher education…
Descriptors: Delivery Systems, Higher Education, Distance Education, Foreign Countries
Ojo, Olugbenga David; Olakulehin, Felix Kayode – Online Submission, 2006
This paper examined the nature of open and distance learning institutions as organizations where synergy of efforts of all personnel is required in order to achieve the aims and objectives of the institution. It explored the huge infrastructural and personnel requirements of distance learning institutions, especially at inception, and the…
Descriptors: Distance Education, Multiple Intelligences, Open Education, Teamwork
Ojo, David Olugbenga; Olakulehin, Felix Kayode – International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, 2006
In the West African Region of Africa, the National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN) is the first full fledged university that operates in an exclusively open and distance learning (ODL) mode of education. NOUN focuses mainly on open and distance teaching and learning system, and delivers its courses materials via print in conjunction with…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Open Education, Open Universities, Student Attitudes
Popov, Nikolay, Ed.; Wolhuter, Charl, Ed.; Ermenc, Klara Skubic, Ed.; Hilton, Gillian, Ed; Ogunleye, James, Ed.; Chigisheva, Oksana, Ed. – Bulgarian Comparative Education Society, 2014
This volume contains papers submitted to the 12th Annual International Conference of the Bulgarian Comparative Education Society (BCES), held in Sofia and Nessebar, Bulgaria, in June 2014, and papers submitted to the 2nd International Partner Conference, organized by the International Research Centre 'Scientific Cooperation,' Rostov-on-Don,…
Descriptors: Role of Education, Global Approach, Competence, Comparative Education
Burge, Elizabeth J., Ed.; Haughey, Margaret, Ed. – 2001
This collection of 14 first-hand accounts from experienced and accomplished learning technology practitioners highlights issues in using learning technologies for flexible, distance, and open learning. The papers are as follows: "Using Learning Technologies: An Introduction" (Margaret Haughey); "Naming the Learning Technology Issues…
Descriptors: Access to Computers, Access to Education, Adult Education, Developed Nations
