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Jingyu Xiao; Goudarz Alibakhshi; Alireza Zamanpour; Mohammad Amin Zarei; Shapour Sherafat; Seyyed-Fouad Behzadpoor – International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 2024
Artificial intelligence (AI) has contributed to various facets of human lives for decades. Teachers and students must have competency in AI and AI-empowered applications, particularly when using online electronic platforms such as learning management systems (LMS). This study investigates the structural relationship between AI literacy, academic…
Descriptors: Artificial Intelligence, Technological Literacy, Educational Attainment, Electronic Learning
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Innab, Adnan; Albloushi, Monirah; Alruwaili, Mohammed; Alqahtani, Naji; Alenazi, Latifah; Alkathiri, Alwah – International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 2022
The COVID-19 pandemic has caused a sudden shift to distance learning. For many nursing students, distance learning is a new experience and an essential requirement if they hope to complete their programs. Two challenges that nursing students could face during e-learning are the lack of social presence and low satisfaction. This study aimed to…
Descriptors: Nursing Students, Electronic Learning, Distance Education, Sense of Community
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Datt, Gopal; Singh, Gagan – International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 2021
This paper explores learners' awareness of and satisfaction with the e-services that an open university provides its learners through its Website. The paper further highlights the influence of age, gender, and education levels on learners' awareness and satisfaction levels. A case-study approach was adopted and an online survey was used to collect…
Descriptors: Student Satisfaction, College Students, Open Universities, Distance Education
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Williams, Peter E.; Wall, Natalie; Fish, Wade W. – International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 2019
Adult professionals enroll in online graduate programs and rely on social support and on their ability to self-regulate to be successful. The literature on academic self-regulation among emerging adults (traditional college age) is ample, but we do not know how social support interacts with academic self-regulation among adult graduate students at…
Descriptors: Adult Students, Social Support Groups, Doctoral Programs, Online Courses
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Li, Fengliang; Wang, Liang – International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 2021
Few empirical studies have analyzed the return to distance higher education in different academic disciplines. This study used quantitative methods, data from a nationwide survey, and Mincerian earnings function to analyze the return to distance higher education among different disciplines in China's labor market. Results were compared with the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Distance Education, Intellectual Disciplines, Labor Market
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Shea, Peter; Bidjerano, Temi – International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 2018
Recent research indicates that certain students are at risk of lower levels of academic performance in online settings when compared to peers who study only in the classroom. Community college students have been a population of particular concern. In this paper, we hypothesize that online course load and institutional quality may impact outcomes…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Enrollment, Community Colleges, Graduation
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Martínez-Cerdá, Juan-Francisco; Torrent-Sellens, Joan – International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 2017
In recent decades, international organizations have developed initiatives that incorporate lifelong learning as a tool to increase the employability of citizens. In this context, the goal of this research is to test the influence of formal e-learning on estimating employment status. The research made use of a sample of 595 citizens in 2007 and…
Descriptors: Lifelong Learning, Electronic Learning, Employment Potential, Adult Education
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Ferreiro-Lago, Emilio; Osuna-Acedo, Sara – International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 2017
Today the digital divide is measured not so much by access to the internet but by people's ability to interact in cyberspace, which calls for specific digital communication skills. These skills are also required for participation in e-learning, bearing in mind that the deaf and hard of hearing have certain characteristics related to their…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Student Participation, Hearing Impairments, Deafness
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Gil-Jaurena, Inés; Callejo, Javier; Agudo, Yolanda – International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 2017
The paper is a study about the MOOC experience at the Spanish National University of Distance Education (UNED), where we have collected initial and final information about learners' profiles and opinions, as well as enrolment, completion and certification rates. It is a survey-based study covering 17 MOOCs offered in UNED's own platform, and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Large Group Instruction, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education