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Brandes, Gabriella Minnes; Boskic, Natasha – International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, 2008
In recent years, different professional and academic settings have been increasingly utilizing ePortfolios to serve multiple purposes from recruitment to evaluation. This paper analyzes ePortfolios created by graduate students at a Canadian university. Demonstrated is how students' constructions can, and should, be more than a simple compilation…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Portfolios (Background Materials), Foreign Countries, Graduate Students
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Rao, Kavita; Giuli, Charles – International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, 2010
Access to higher education in the U.S-affiliated Pacific Islands is limited. The island nations and territories in this Pacific region are geographically dispersed and separated by thousands of miles of ocean. Although local and regional colleges offer undergraduate degrees (associate's and bachelor's levels), islanders who seek graduate-level…
Descriptors: Program Evaluation, Distance Education, Adult Learning, Adult Students
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Pierrakeas, Christos; Xenos, Michalis; Panagiotakopoulos, Christos; Vergidis, Dimitris – International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, 2004
This paper reports the results of a survey conducted to examine the root causes leading to student dropout at a Greek distance education university. Data was gathered from two different courses--an undergraduate course leading to a Bachelors degree in Informatics (characterized by high dropout rates), and a postgraduate course leading to a Masters…
Descriptors: Education Courses, Distance Education, Dropout Rate, Dropouts