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Chen, Julian; Bogachenko, Tatiana – Educational Technology & Society, 2022
Establishment of online communities in distance education has been linked to improved engagement, retention, and learning outcomes. This study investigates how online community building was fostered in the text-based Discussion Board (DB) and multimodal VoiceThread (VT) in one of the postgraduate units offered by Open Universities Australia.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Communities of Practice, Distance Education, Computer Mediated Communication
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Dawkins, Roger – Australian Universities' Review, 2022
The COVID-19 pandemic has had broad ranging impacts on the delivery of education at universities. In this context, hybrid-flexible teaching, or HyFlex (HF), has been offered at my university as a mode of delivery ostensibly suitable to what is ultimately a disrupted teaching environment. HF involves the delivery of a subject simultaneously in…
Descriptors: Blended Learning, Educational Technology, In Person Learning, Online Courses
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Johnsson, Genevieve; Lincoln, Michelle; Bundy, Anita C.; Costley, Debra; Bulkeley, Kim – Health Education, 2022
Purpose: The rollout of individualised disability funding in Australia resulted in an increased demand for services for people with a disability, particularly support for the high percentage of Australians with autism spectrum disorder. Continuing professional development is one way to grow and maintain a skilled workforce; however, face-to-face…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Foreign Countries, Allied Health Personnel
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Johnsson, Genevieve; Lincoln, Michelle; Bundy, Anita; Bulkeley, Kim – Open Learning, 2023
Training and support will be vital in developing and maintaining a skilled disability workforce in the roll-out of individualised disability funding across Australia. Technology has the potential to deliver training and support that is more accessible and cost-efficient in geographically isolated regions. The current qualitative study explored…
Descriptors: Autism Spectrum Disorders, Faculty Development, Students with Disabilities, Educational Technology
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Babacan, Alperhan – Turkish Online Journal of Distance Education, 2011
This paper discusses the online Juris Doctor Program (JD Program) at RMIT University. The first part of the paper provides a brief overview of the JD Program, the graduate capabilities of the Program and key principles associated with the teaching of law to online postgraduate students. In line with the literature in the area of online teaching…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Learner Engagement, Law Students, Online Courses
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Lynch, Grace; Paasuke, Philip – Australasian Journal of Educational Technology, 2011
In response to an exponential growth in enrolments the "Tutorial Support Management" (TSM) model has been adopted by Open Universities Australia (OUA) after a two-year project on the provision of online tutor support in first year, online undergraduate units. The essential focus of the TSM model was the development of a systemic approach…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Open Universities, School Holding Power, Undergraduate Study