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Kelly, Hope – International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, 2014
Open educational resources (OER) are making their way into a variety of educational contexts from formal lesson planning to just in time learning. Educators and training professionals have been recognized as an important audience for these materials. The concepts of "self-efficacy" and "outcome judgment" from social cognitive…
Descriptors: Path Analysis, Self Efficacy, Open Education, Teacher Attitudes
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Abbad, Muneer Mahmood; Morris, David; de Nahlik, Carmel – International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, 2009
The primary questions addressed in this paper are the following: what are the factors that affect students' adoption of an e-learning system and what are the relationships among these factors? This paper investigates and identifies some of the major factors affecting students' adoption of an e-learning system in a university in Jordan. E-learning…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Open Universities, Information Systems, Foreign Countries
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Beyth-Marom, Ruth; Harpaz-Gorodeisky, Gal; Bar-Haim, Aviad; Godder, Eti – International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, 2006
Tutors working for The Open University of Israel (OUI), a distance learning institution, are often the only academic staff who have direct contact with students. Their performance is therefore crucial for the university. The nature of their job, however, might hinder optimal performance: they are temporary and part time employees, and thus have…
Descriptors: Open Universities, Academic Freedom, Job Satisfaction, Distance Education