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Direct linkMichael Paskevicius; Valerie Irvine – OTESSA Journal, 2021
To date, the phenomenon associated with open education in relation to teaching and learning practices remains under-theorized in the literature, which represents both a challenge and opportunity for further research (Bulfin et al., 2013; Howard & Maton, 2011; Knox, 2013; Veletsianos, 2015). There exists an opportunity to develop new theory, as…
Descriptors: Open Educational Resources, Research Methodology, Educational Research, Online Courses
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
Gerhardt, Heinz Peter – Educational Philosophy and Theory, 2022
This contribution to the special issue is an historical account of Paulo Freire's pedagogical and administrative praxis before his forced exile in 1964. It relies on interviews collected during a field trip in 1976, a conversation with Paulo Freire in Geneva one year later and on the secondary literature up to date. Being the head of the first…
Descriptors: Educational Theories, Educational Practices, Universities, Extension 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
Al-Adwan, Ahmad Samed – Education and Information Technologies, 2020
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) are emerging as the new trend for modern higher education institutions. Student acceptance is viewed as the key determinant for the success of MOOCs. This study intends to examine factors influencing higher education students' behavioral intention to adopt MOOCs. Thus, this study proposes the use of a modified…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Open Education, Higher Education, Barriers
Download full textZawacki-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
Alexandra Okada – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2024
National governments are concerned about the disconnection of young people from science, which hampers the development of a scientifically literate society promoting sustainable development, wellbeing, equity, and a green economy. Introduced in 2015 alongside Agenda 2030, the "open schooling" approach aims at enhancing students' science…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Secondary School Students, Secondary School Teachers, Secondary School Science
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
Nizami, Urooj; Shambaugh, Adam – Open Praxis, 2019
This paper reports on the establishment of an open pedagogy initiative between community organisations and students, facilitated by the Temple University Libraries (TUL) and faculty in the Philadelphia area. The Community-University Research Exchange (CURE) produces community-driven social justice research. Library facilitators solicit research…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Open Education, Community Organizations, Universities
Duzenli, Hulya; Ozdamar, Nilgun; Bozkurt, Aras – Online Submission, 2019
Being a complex social process, open and distance learning includes many different dynamics and interaction elements. Activity theory provides a comprehensive framework for understanding complex human interactions and the lack of appropriate methods to address the complexity of online learning environments. The main purpose of this study is to…
Descriptors: Distance Education, Open Education, Online Courses, Electronic Learning
Baker, Fredrick W. – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2017
What is the nature of openness, and what role has it played in education over the years? The concept of openness has traditionally been very difficult to define, and its history in education has often been ignored, obscured, or misrepresented in the literature, media, and popular culture. This paper provides an operational definition of openness…
Descriptors: Educational History, Educational Strategies, Nontraditional Education, Role of Education
Lambert, Sarah R. – Journal of Learning for Development, 2018
This paper investigates the degree to which recent digital Open Education literature is aligned to social justice principles, starting with the first UNESCO definition of Open Educational Resources (OER). A critical analysis of 19 texts was undertaken to track dominant and alternative ideas shaping the development of Open Education since 2002 as…
Descriptors: Social Justice, Open Education, Shared Resources and Services, Educational Practices
