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Download full textAhmadi, Golchehreh; Mohammadi, Aeen; Asadzandi, Shadi; Shah, Mahsood; Mojtahedzadeh, Rita – International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 2023
Student engagement has an important role in academic achievement in all learning contexts, including e-learning environments. The extent of monitoring and promoting student engagement in e-learning affects the quality of education and is a determining factor for ensuring student's success. Log data of students' activities recorded in a learning…
Descriptors: Educational Indicators, Learner Engagement, Learning Management Systems, Literature Reviews
Chang, Ben; Shih, Yen-An; Lu, Fang-Chen – International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 2018
Today's learners can easily share their thoughts on their social networks, and this movement, undoubtedly, has been affecting their learning. However, learners in such an ad hoc social network environment need a deliberate design to support their idea sharing and concept exchange. Gaining insights into how to stimulate concept sharing in a social…
Descriptors: Social Media, Web Sites, Information Management, Information Dissemination
Kreijns, Karel; Vermeulen, Marjan; van Buuren, Hans; Van Acker, Frederik – International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 2017
Do perceptions of success in using digital learning materials (DLMs) "regularly" (i.e., several times a week) strengthen (or weaken) teachers' behavioural intentions to use DLMs again? And which psychological factors have a relationship with the intention to use DLMs again? These questions are important in light of stimulating teachers'…
Descriptors: Instructional Materials, Computer Assisted Instruction, Use Studies, Intention
Prasad, Deepak; Totaram, Rajneel; Usagawa, Tsuyoshi – International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 2016
Textbook costs have skyrocketed in recent years, putting them beyond the reach of many students, but there are options which can mitigate this problem. Open textbooks, an open educational resource, have proven capable of making textbooks affordable to students. There have been few educational development as promising as the development of open…
Descriptors: Textbooks, Shared Resources and Services, Data Collection, Data Analysis
Jhangiani, Rajiv; Jhangiani, Surita – International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 2017
Unrelenting increases in the price of college textbooks have prompted the development and adoption of open textbooks, educational resources that are openly licensed and available to students free of cost. Although several studies have investigated U.S. students' perceptions and use of open textbooks, there are no published studies of this kind in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Textbooks, Shared Resources and Services, Student Surveys
Sheu, Feng-Ru; Shih, Meilun – International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 2017
As freely adoptable digital resources, OpenCourseWare (OCW) have become a prominent form of Open Educational Resources (OER). More than 275 institutions in the worldwide OCW consortium have committed to creating free access open course materials. Despite the resources and efforts to create OCW worldwide, little understanding of its use exists.…
Descriptors: Shared Resources and Services, Courseware, Use Studies, Foreign Countries
Meishar-Tal, Hagit; Pieterse, Efrat – International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 2017
Academic social-networking sites (ASNS) such as Academia.edu and ResearchGate are becoming very popular among academics. These sites allow uploading academic articles, abstracts, and links to published articles; track demand for published articles, and engage in professional interaction. This study investigates the nature of the use and the…
Descriptors: Social Media, Social Networks, Electronic Publishing, Use Studies
Nagy, Judit T. – International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 2018
The aim of the study was to examine the determining factors of students' video usage and their learning satisfaction relating to the supplementary application of educational videos, accessible in a Moodle environment in a Business Mathematics Course. The research model is based on the extension of "Technology Acceptance Model" (TAM), in…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Electronic Learning, Multimedia Materials, Mathematics Activities
Jung, Eulho; Bauer, Christine; Heaps, Allan – International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 2017
The high cost of tuition and textbooks can have a negative impact on potential students from lower socioeconomic backgrounds. Open Educational Resources (OER) offers students a way to save educational costs while utilizing high-quality open textbooks. Up until now, there have been few studies focused on a specific provider of open textbooks. This…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Teacher Attitudes, Textbooks, Shared Resources and Services
Amiel, Tel; Soares, Tiago Chagas – International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 2016
We present an analysis of 50 repositories for educational content conducted through an "audit system" that helped us classify these repositories, their software systems, promoters, and how they communicated their licensing practices. We randomly accessed five resources from each repository to investigate the alignment of licensing…
Descriptors: Audits (Verification), Educational Resources, Certification, Conflict
Makokha, George L.; Mutisya, Dorothy N. – International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 2016
The purpose of this study was to assess the status of e-learning in public universities in Kenya. Data were collected using questionnaires administered to both students and lecturers randomly sampled from seven public universities. Questionnaire responses were triangulated with interviews from key informants and focus group discussions (FGDs).…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Electronic Learning, Public Colleges, Universities
Sopu, Hans T.; Chisaki, Yoshifumi; Usagawa, Tsuyoshi – International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 2016
The Kingdom of Tonga is an isolated least developing country located on the northeast of New Zealand with a population of 103,252 (2011 census) and with a gross domestic product per capita of USD $2,545.20. Before educational systems in a least developing country like the Kingdom of Tonga begin employing e-learning, an assessment of the current…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Developing Nations, Use Studies, Social Media
Vojtech, Gabrielle; Grissett, Judy – International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 2017
Research indicates that students find open educational resources (OER) favorable, but there is no research regarding students' perceptions of faculty who use open textbooks. In the present study we examined this topic experimentally with two undergraduate psychology courses at a small public university. Participants read two passages--one about an…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Student Attitudes, College Faculty, Textbooks
Czerkawski, Betül C. – International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 2016
With the emergence of social software and the advance of web-based technologies, online learning networks provide invaluable opportunities for learning, whether formal or informal. Unlike top-down, instructor-centered, and carefully planned formal learning settings, informal learning networks offer more bottom-up, student-centered participatory…
Descriptors: Blended Learning, Informal Education, Conventional Instruction, Electronic Learning
Sahin, Sami; Uluyol, Çelebi – International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 2016
Personal learning environments (PLEs) are Web 2.0 tools and services by which users' access, construct, manage, and share educational contents in order to meet their learning needs. These environments enable users to manage their learning according to their own personal preferences. They further promote socialization and collaboration with their…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preservice Teachers, Student Teacher Attitudes, Technology Uses in Education
