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Open/Technology in Education Society and Scholarship Association – OTESSA Journal, 2021
Governments have the opportunity to influence policy in education and to facilitate funding to support its implementation. This document contains seven recommendations made to the Government of Canada as part of its public consultation in developing its federal budget. It was developed with input from both members and public contributors involved…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Policy, School Funds, Educational Finance
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Morgan, Tannis – Open Praxis, 2019
In their role as support to faculty in the course development process, Instructional Designers (IDs) can play an important part in alleviating some of the well-known barriers of open education practices (OEP): faculty time, institutional or faculty resistance to change, and institutional support for faculty (Annand & Jensen, 2017; Barker et…
Descriptors: Instructional Design, Open Education, Barriers, Curriculum Development
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Mohamed Riyath, Mohamed Ismail; Muhammed Rijah, Uthuma Lebbe – Asian Association of Open Universities Journal, 2022
Purpose: The study investigates the factors that impact the adoption of learning management systems (LMSs) among educators for effective implementation of open and distance learning (ODL) environment in advanced technological institutes (ATIs). Design/methodology/approach: This study uses the extended technology acceptance model (TAM) and analyses…
Descriptors: Integrated Learning Systems, Technology Integration, Program Implementation, Open Education
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Crosslin, Matt; Wakefield, Jenny S. – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2016
During several panel presentations at the AECT Annual Convention in Indianapolis in November 2015, concerns with MOOCs were raised. In this paper the authors discuss a few of those concerns of extra interest, and explain the relatively new customizable dual-layer MOOC course design. This new paradigm of MOOC design holds promise to alleviate some…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Instructional Design, Models, Open Education
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Ossiannilsson, Ebba – Asian Journal of Distance Education, 2018
The rethinking of leadership at all levels is required to reach the goals of learning and education in 2030 when learners will take the lead in orchestrating the process and manner of their own learning and in choosing their personal learning journeys. The style and focus of leadership must change in order to prepare learners for a dynamic world…
Descriptors: Leadership, Open Education, Lifelong Learning, Influence of Technology
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Maritim, Ezra Kiprono – Distance Learning, 2018
The focus of this study was to find out the preferred future mode of learning of graduates of a conventional mode of learning. The objective of the study was twofold: (1) to identify the aspects of distance learning the on-campus students perceive as attractive; and (2) the aspects of distance learning they perceive as repulsive. This study was…
Descriptors: On Campus Students, Student Attitudes, Distance Education, Foreign Countries
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Rowe, Michael – Curriculum and Teaching, 2018
The experiences of course facilitators in connectivist-type MOOCs are poorly reported. Yet there is evidence that the values and beliefs of facilitators have an important impact on the learning experiences of participants, and that reducing their interactions with students may also reduce the effectiveness of the course. This study aimed to…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Facilitators (Individuals), Online Courses, Open Education
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Wiley, David; Hilton, John – International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 2018
The term "open pedagogy" has been used in a variety of different ways over the past several decades. In recent years, its use has also become associated with Open Educational Resources (OER). The wide range of competing definitions of open pedagogy, together with its semantic overlap with another underspecified term, open educational…
Descriptors: Educational Resources, Computer Uses in Education, Open Education, Shared Resources and Services
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Cao, Yonghui; Kirilova, Galiya I.; Grunis, Maxim L. – EURASIA Journal of Mathematics, Science & Technology Education, 2017
Relevance of the research problem stems from the need to meet the challenges of personal growth of each participant of the educational process, a productive exchange of information and personalized contribution to the overall result of the conducted educational research. The aim of this paper is to improve joint training activities as the basis…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Masters Programs, Research Projects, Student Research
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Hood, Nina; Littlejohn, Allison – Educational Technology Research and Development, 2017
Open education resources (OER) and accompanying open education practices (OEP), are changing the education landscape. For educators to take full advantage of the opportunities OER offer they must engage in learning activities to facilitate the extension and adaption of their practice. This paper forms part of a larger study exploring how adult…
Descriptors: Shared Resources and Services, Open Education, Educational Practices, Teacher Educators
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Cerón-Figueroa, Sergio; López-Yáñez, Itzamá; Villuendas-Rey, Yenny; Camacho-Nieto, Oscar; Aldape-Pérez, Mario; Yáñez-Márquez, Cornelio – International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 2017
The present work describes an original associative model of pattern classification and its application to align different ontologies containing Learning Objects (LOs), which are in turn related to Open and Distance Learning (ODL) educative content. The problem of aligning ontologies is known as Ontology Matching Problem (OMP), whose solution is…
Descriptors: Open Education, Distance Education, Classification, Metadata
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Srivastava, Manjulika; Mishra, Bijayalaxmi; Rao, Dev Kant; Abrol, Navita; Varma, Vandana; Bhushan, Bharat – Asian Association of Open Universities Journal, 2020
Purpose: The purpose of this paper was to analyse the research trends on the Indian Open and Distance Education (ODE) system as reflected in the articles published in the prominent journals of distance education across the world. Design/methodology/approach: A study was undertaken to review the research articles on ODE in India published in 11…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Open Education, Distance Education, Journal Articles
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Nayak, Subash Ranjan; Kant, Nikhil; Anjali, Kumari – Asian Association of Open Universities Journal, 2020
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to make an assessment of the challenges in disseminating higher education to the learners in tribal communities, and problems solving capacity of Open and Distance Learning (ODL) by strategically making use of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) taking a case of Madhya Pradesh (MP), which is the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Barriers, Access to Education
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Heck, Tamara; Peters, Isabella; Mazarakis, Athanasios; Scherp, Ansgar; Blümel, Ina – Education for Information, 2020
Aspects of open science and scholarly practices are often discussed with a focus on research and research dissemination processes. There is currently less discussion on open science and its influence on learning and teaching in higher education, and reversely. This paper discusses open science in relation to educational practices and resources and…
Descriptors: Open Educational Resources, Open Education, Higher Education, Science Education
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Luik, Piret; Lepp, Marina; Feklistova, Lidia; Säde, Merilin; Rõõm, Marili; Palts, Tauno; Suviste, Reelika; Tõnisson, Eno – International Journal of Lifelong Education, 2020
MOOCs for learning the basics of programming have become popular among people with a diverse range of backgrounds, interests and learning contexts. Studies show that learners who enrol in MOOCs tend to have different motivation from learners in traditional courses, but it is not known how motivation differs for people with different backgrounds.…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Open Education, Programming, Learning Motivation
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