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Download full textStracke, Christian M.; Sharma, Ramesh Chander; Bozkurt, Aras; Burgos, Daniel; Cassafieres, Cécile Swiatek; dos Santos, Andreia Inamorato; Mason, Jon; Ossiannilsson, Ebba; Santos-Hermosa, Gema; Shon, Jin Gon; Wan, Marian; Agbu, Jane-Frances Obiageli; Farrow, Robert; Karakaya, Özlem; Nerantzi, Chrissi; Ramírez-Montoya, María Soledad; Conole, Grainne; Cox, Glenda; Truong, Vi – International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 2022
In terms of scale, shock, and disenfranchisement, the disruption to formal education arising from COVID-19 has been unprecedented. Anecdotally, responses from teachers and educators around the world range from heightened caution to being inspired by distance education as the "new normal." Of all the challenges, face-to-face and formal…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Open Education, Distance Education
Mphahlele, Ramashego Shila Shorty; Makokotlela, Matlala Violet – Journal of Educational Technology and Online Learning, 2020
The concepts Open Distance (ODL) and the Open Educational Resources (OER) are central to Higher Education around the globe. Although the OER are understood to be freely available online material that anyone can use for teaching and learning purposes, there is some evidence to suggest that majority of students in the African continent do not use…
Descriptors: Student Participation, Open Educational Resources, Distance Education, Open Education
Direct linkAdhya, Debolina; Panda, Santosh – Educational Media International, 2022
This paper reports the findings of a research study on the attitude of Indian teacher educators towards technology-enabled learning (TEL); if any age, gender, teaching position, and mode of teaching differences existed in their attitude; and their attitude to TEL post-pandemic when the imposed remote teaching may cease to exist. An online survey…
Descriptors: Teacher Education, Teacher Educators, Technology Uses in Education, Distance Education
Panda, Santosh; Santosh, Sujata – International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 2017
In the past decade, the educational scenario world over has significantly been impacted by open access and open education movements. The philosophy of openness and sharing forms the cornerstone of the open education movement. The distance education approaches, together with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs),…
Descriptors: Open Universities, Questionnaires, Teacher Attitudes, Distance Education
Hamad, Wahid Bakar – Journal of Educational Technology and Online Learning, 2022
The study aims to understand the foremost challenges in the transition to online teaching and learning during the COVID-19 pandemic. The study adopts the PRISMA approach to screening the selection of journal articles and review papers according to the research aims and the inclusion criteria. The journal articles and review papers were extracted…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Web Based Instruction, Electronic Learning, Distance Education
Lynch, Maggie – Asian Journal of Distance Education, 2020
The onset of the COVID-19 virus has tested education, social, and economic structures as the pandemic has spread around the world. UNESCOs monitoring indicates that over 181 countries have implemented nationwide school closures, impacting more than 1.5 billion students. Though many universities have some experience in online learning, they are not…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Learning Readiness, Distance Education, Technology Integration
Abou-Khalil, Victoria; Helou, Samar; Khalifé, Eliane; Chen, MeiRong Alice; Majumdar, Rwitajit; Ogata, Hiroaki – Education Sciences, 2021
We aim to identify the engagement strategies that higher education students, engaging in emergency online learning in low-resource settings, perceive to be effective. We conducted a sequential mixed-methods study based on Moore's interaction framework for distance education. We administered a questionnaire to 313 students engaging in emergency…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Online Courses, Distance Education, COVID-19
Panda, Santosh – Commonwealth of Learning, 2022
The major objectives of this study were to review the current policy on and status of open and distance learning (ODL) and technology-enabled learning (TEL) in India; address the wider questions of access, equity and quality vis-à-vis ODL; analyse cost-effectiveness in relation to student success and attrition; and make recommendations for how ODL…
Descriptors: Distance Education, Educational Policy, Equal Education, Access to Education
Pushpanadham, Karanam – UNESCO International Institute for Educational Planning, 2019
This paper examines the digital revolution taking place in the Indian higher education sector, by (i) highlighting the drivers for change in the higher education landscape; (ii) reviewing the major initiatives undertaken by Indian authorities to facilitate lifelong learning for teachers, students, and those in employment that are in pursuit of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, MOOCs, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education
Orr, Dominic; Weller, Martin; Farrow, Rob – Journal of Interactive Media in Education, 2019
The adoption of open, online, flexible and technology-enhanced modes of learning (in short: of OOFAT) differs by higher education institution, despite the general cries of revolution and disruption due to digitalisation. This paper presents a new conceptual model for framing difference in three key educational processes (content, delivery and…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Global Approach, Distance Education, Access to Education
Ganapathi, Janani – International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 2018
Education is a fundamental human right, yet one fifth of the world's population lives with poor literacy. India is home to the largest number of illiterate people, with infrastructural, cultural, and socio-economic factors hindering equitable access to quality education. Due to the rapidly growing technology and Internet usage in the country, open…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Shared Resources and Services, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education
Santosh, Sujata; Dikshit, Jyotsna – Asian Journal of Distance Education, 2018
Electronic Governance (E-governance) in Open and Distance Learning (ODL) System is the utilization of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) for the governance and management of the ODL institutions. This includes planning, implementation, and monitoring of university programs, projects, and activities. Interest in e-governance is…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Governance, Distance Education, Educational Technology
OECD Publishing, 2021
The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has led to the frequent closure of school buildings in most countries in the world and has interrupted the school attendance of at least 1.2 billion students in 2020 and 2021. Although many education systems are adapting to varying degrees, the pandemic is showing that countries' current learning infrastructures…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Educational Practices, School Closing
Kanwar, Asha; Daniel, John – Commonwealth of Learning, 2020
This brief to Ministers of Education provides examples of how governments and institutions made it possible for people to continue their education during the COVID-19 pandemic and identifies factors that contributed to success.
Descriptors: COVID-19, School Closing, Pandemics, Access to Education
Bertling, Jonas; Rojas, Nathaniel; Alegre, Jan; Faherty, Katie – OECD Publishing, 2020
The global spread of COVID-19 has led to unprecedented disruptions in schooling around the world that have animated increased interest among policymakers, educators, researchers and the general public in knowing about how education systems have responded to the pandemic and how students' learning experiences have changed. The PISA Global Crises…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, School Closing, Teaching Methods
