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Baggaley, Jon; Batpurev, Batchuluun; Klaas, Jim – International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, 2007
In the previous report in this series, Web browser loading times were measured in 12 Asian countries, and were found to be up to four times slower than commonly prescribed as acceptable. Failure of webpages to load at all was frequent. The current follow-up study compares these loading times with the complexity of the Internet routes linking the…
Descriptors: Distance Education, Foreign Countries, Internet, Computer Software
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Singh, Michael; Han, Jinghe – International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, 2005
Contemporary transitions in political and economic globalization are being used to press universities into becoming "transnational businesses," seemingly driven by a primary concern for marketing educational commodities. The neo-liberal politics driving these currents in universities are increasing the multiple online and offline…
Descriptors: Global Approach, Information Technology, Foreign Countries, Internet
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Wang, Tong – International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, 2005
Based on the findings of a national survey conducted in 2004 designed to examine the support systems for both learners and tutors engaged in tertiary-level Web-based English education in mainland China, this paper reports the findings of secondary analysis by identifying the tensions in the current learner and tutor support systems. For…
Descriptors: Distance Education, Foreign Countries, Internet, National Surveys