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Download full textJung, Insung; Wong, Tat Meng; Li, Chen; Baigaltugs, Sanjaa; Belawati, Tian – International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, 2011
With the phenomenal expansion of distance education in Asia during the past three decades, there has been growing public demand for quality and accountability in distance education. This study investigates the national quality assurance systems for distance education at the higher education level in Asia with the aim of contributing to a better…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Distance Education, Prior Learning, Quality Control
Leiste, Sara M.; Jensen, Kathryn – International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, 2011
A prior learning assessment (PLA) can be an intimidating process for adult learners. Capella University's PLA team has developed best practices, resources, and tools to foster a positive experience and to remove barriers in PLA and uses three criteria to determine how to best administer the assessment. First, a PLA must be motivating, as described…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Adult Education, Prior Learning, Adult Learning
Dwell in Possibility: PLAR and e-Portfolios in the Age of Information and Communication Technologies
Brown, Judith O. – International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, 2011
Emily Dickinson wrote, "I dwell in Possibility--A fairer House than Prose--More Numerous of Windows--Superior--for Doors" (p. 657). Dickinson's simple yet profound reference to the expansive nature of poetry over prose may be taken as a metaphor for the possibilities of information and communication technologies (ICTs) over written modes…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Adult Students, Higher Education, Undergraduate Students
