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Watts, Jacqueline H. – Open Learning, 2010
The provision of education that is both effective and relevant to the needs of students within prison is challenging on a number of levels. The uniqueness of prison culture with a regime characterised by a focus on security measures such as lock-downs and head counts constrains the possibilities for learning. The absence of a supportive learning…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Distance Education, Correctional Institutions, Teaching Conditions
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Mishra, Sanjaya – Open Learning, 2005
Academic counsellors or tutors are engaged as a link between learners and distance teaching institutions. They perform various roles such as facilitating learning of subject matter content, assessing assignments, providing motivation and encouragement, and supervising research/term papers/project work. Each of these roles requires specific…
Descriptors: Open Universities, Distance Education, Tutors, Teacher Competencies
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Kelly, Patrick; Mills, Roger – Open Learning, 2007
Open, distance and elearning institutions of higher education often face ethical issues relating to their distinctive mission, especially where the core role is to open educational opportunities to under-represented groups while maintaining academic standards. Openness is surely a "good thing"; and yet there are often tensions relating…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Colleges, Academic Standards, Open Universities
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Tait, Jo – Open Learning, 2004
Open and distance learning provide particular (and sometimes overlapping) contexts for discussions of student retention. This paper argues that the environment for learning created by distance learning tutors is a key factor in student retention, whether retention is taken to refer to student completion of a single course or student persistence…
Descriptors: Persistence, Learning Experience, Tutors, Open Universities
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Dence, Roger; O'Toole, John – Open Learning, 1999
Describes the experiences of delivering an MBA (Master in Business Administration) program in Eritrea (North East Africa) through the United Kingdom's Open University. Discusses tutoring teams that travel to Eritrea, localizing case examples and assignments, sensitivity to local cultural contexts, writing assignments, student assessment, and…
Descriptors: Assignments, Cultural Context, Distance Education, Feedback
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Poon, Anita Y. K. – Open Learning, 2003
It is argued that language learning ought to be interactive. The traditional language classroom provides a favourable interactive situation for language learners. By contrast, the distance education mode is limited in some ways regarding language learning. Necessarily, distance education involves, primarily, self-learning. Face-to-face learning…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teaching Methods, Oral Language, Open Universities