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Does Assessment in Open Learning Support Students?
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Gibbs, Graham – Open Learning, 2010
In England there is a national survey of all students just before they graduate from bachelor's programmes called the National Student Survey (NSS). This produces a very influential ranking of all universities and colleges in England in terms of how the education they provide is perceived by their students. Top of this ranking every year is the…
Descriptors: Open Universities, Distance Education, Educational Principles, Foreign Countries
The Reflections of a Distance Learner 1977-1997.
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Cochrane, Clive – Open Learning, 2000
Explores one student's personal experience of the evolution of distance learning in the United Kingdom between 1977 and 1997. Discusses changes in learning materials; differences in assessment strategies and learner support; increasing consumerism; changes in the nature of distance learners; and the increasing role of information and communication…
Descriptors: Distance Education, Educational Change, Educational Technology, Evaluation Methods
Accrediting Prior Learning at a Distance.
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Butterworth, Christine; Edwards, Richard – Open Learning, 1993
Discusses the Assessment of Prior Learning (APL) and describes a pilot project at the Open University (United Kingdom) that introduced credit for APL in one course. Steps in the assessment process are outlined, including constructing a student portfolio; and workload, staff development, and costs are considered. (LRW)
Descriptors: College Credits, Costs, Distance Education, Evaluation Methods