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Download full textBaldwin, Sally; Ching, Yu-Hui – International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 2019
The evaluation of online courses is an important step in providing quality online courses. There are a variety of national and statewide evaluation tools used to help guide instructors and course designers of online courses (e.g., Quality Matters, OSCQR). This paper discusses a newly released course evaluation instrument from Canvas, the second…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Course Evaluation, Curriculum Design, Check Lists
Zawacki-Richter, Olaf; Conrad, Dianne; Bozkurt, Aras; Aydin, Cengiz Hakan; Bedenlier, Svenja; Jung, Insung; Stöter, Joachim; Veletsianos, George; Blaschke, Lisa Marie; Bond, Melissa; Broens, Andrea; Bruhn, Elisa; Dolch, Carina; Kalz, Marco; Kerres, Michael; Kondakci, Yasar; Marin, Victoria; Mayrberger, Kerstin; Müskens, Wolfgang; Naidu, Som; Qayyum, Adnan; Roberts, Jennifer; Sangrà, Albert; Loglo, Frank Senyo; van Tryon, Patricia J. Slagter; Xiao, Junhong – International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 2020
This paper explores elements of open education within the context of higher education. After an introduction to the origins of open education and its theoretical foundations, the topics of open and distance learning, international education issues in open education, open educational practices and scholarship, open educational resources, MOOCs,…
Descriptors: Open Education, Distance Education, Open Educational Resources, Online Courses
Çakiroglu, Ünal; Kokoç, Mehmet; Gökoglu, Seyfullah; Öztürk, Mücahit; Erdogdu, Fatih – International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 2019
In an effort to understand trends in open and distance education more comprehensively, this study aims to identify the research trends, major concepts, and cutoff points in the articles published between 2009 and 2016. From five major peer-reviewed journals, a total of 989 articles were analyzed through a systematic literature review process using…
Descriptors: Open Education, Distance Education, Content Analysis, Educational Research
Daniel, John S. – International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 2019
We begin by summarising Prasad's (2018) work on the disconnect between the social purposes of open universities and their achievement. Next, we will revisit the concept of the iron triangle from the 1990s, which explores the three topics access, cost, and quality. How does it apply to distance education conducted with today's technologies? A…
Descriptors: Open Universities, Distance Education, Higher Education, Access to Education
Mavropoulos, Azarias A.; Sipitanou, Aikaterini K.; Pampouri, Anastasia A. – International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 2019
This article presents the implementation and the evaluation of the blended learning program "Training of Lifelong Learning Adult Trainers," which was organized by the Center of Training and Lifelong Learning of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki in Greece, during the last two years (2016-2017). The aim of the training program was…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Blended Learning, Adult Educators, Lifelong Learning
Guri-Rosenblit, Sarah – International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 2019
This article examines the innovative past of the large-scale, single-mode open universities that follow the model of the UK Open University (UKOU), analyzes the main challenges which they are currently facing in the digital era, and concludes with highlighting leading prospects for their future operation. The establishment of the UKOU in 1969…
Descriptors: Open Universities, Educational History, Educational Trends, Distance Education
Pasha, Aamna; Abidi, Syed Hani; Ali, Syed – International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 2016
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) were initiated in the early 2000s by certain leading American and European universities. An integral part of the MOOC philosophy has been to provide open access to online learning. Despite their potential advantages to local audiences, faculty and institutions, the number of MOOCs offered from low and middle…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Delivery Systems, Barriers, Performance Factors
Loeckx, Johan – International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 2016
The opinions on MOOCs go to extremes, covering a wide variety of topics, affecting economy, pedagogy, and computer science which makes it hard to keep oversight. Despite the many excellent research reports and articles, an overview of the bigger picture, providing a holistic qualitative summary of the different opinions, is still very welcome.…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Computer Science, Teaching Methods, Social Environment
Brown, Tom H.; Mbati, Lydia S. – International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 2015
Mobile learning (mLearning) in the open and distance learning landscape, holds promise and provides exciting new opportunities. In order to understand and embrace these opportunities within various contexts and circumstances it is imperative to understand the essence of the phenomenon. In this regard, we first need to understand the core…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Electronic Learning, Open Education, Distance Education
Fynn, Angelo – International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 2016
The prediction and classification of student performance has always been a central concern within higher education institutions. It is therefore natural for higher education institutions to harvest and analyse student data to inform decisions on education provision in resource constrained South African environments. One of the drivers for the use…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Higher Education, Foreign Countries, Data Collection
Brown, Tom H. – International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 2015
Barber, Donnelly & Rizvi (2013): "An avalanche is coming: Higher education and the revolution ahead" addresses some significant issues in higher education and poses some challenging questions to open and distance learning (ODL) administrators, policy makers, and of course to ODL faculty in general. Barber et al.'s paper does not…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Distance Education, Open Education, Educational Change
