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Direct linkKhanal, Jeevan; Gaulee, Uttam; Simpson, Ormond – Open Learning, 2023
The purpose of this article is to present the challenges faced in implementing open and online learning by the recently established Open University of Nepal (NOU), which has been offering limited courses in graduate study, all blended since 2018. University leaders, faculty members, technical staff, and students at Nepal Open University…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Open Universities, Open Education, Electronic Learning
Zaid, Yetunde A.; Alabi, Adefunke O. – Open Learning, 2021
Open educational resources (OERs) have increased in popularity and are becoming an important method of providing access to, and enhancing, the teaching and learning experience for both lecturers and students. Despite their popularity, approaches that may work best for sustaining OER initiatives in Nigerian universities are still evolving in…
Descriptors: Universities, Open Educational Resources, Program Implementation, Sustainability
Mohammed Ali K. Al-Belushi; Nawal Ahmed Al-Hooti – Open Learning, 2025
The global knowledge, technological, and communication revolutions underway today have affected education systems in the Arab world and prompted these countries to reconsider strategies and policies related to distance learning. The responses from Arab educational institutions after the outbreak of COVID-19 have also created the need to…
Descriptors: Arabs, Distance Education, COVID-19, Pandemics
Herodotou, Christothea; Heiser, Sarah; Rienties, Bart – Open Learning, 2017
Randomised control trials (RCTs) are an evidence-based research approach which has not yet been adopted and widely used in open and distance education to inform educational policy and practice. Despite the challenges entailed in their application, RCTs hold the power to robustly evaluate the effects of educational interventions in distance…
Descriptors: Randomized Controlled Trials, Open Education, Distance Education, Feasibility Studies
Pinchbeck, Jessica; Heaney, Caroline – Open Learning, 2017
Student retention and success are key performance indicators within higher education. One of the key opportunities to address both of these lies with the support offered to students who fail a module but are entitled to resubmit. This study investigates the value of implementing a resubmission intervention to improve the quantity and quality of…
Descriptors: Distance Education, Intervention, Assignments, Program Implementation
Elf, Marie; Ossiannilsson, Ebba; Neljesjö, Maria; Jansson, Monika – Open Learning, 2015
The IMPOER project (implementation of open educational resources, OER) aimed to implement OER in a nursing programme at Dalarna University, Sweden. The university and its nursing programme have long engaged in e-learning, and the nursing programme has recently been awarded the European Association of Distance Teaching Universities E-xcellence…
Descriptors: Resource Units, Computer Uses in Education, Shared Resources and Services, Multimedia Materials
Peer reviewedFriedrich, Felix – Open Learning, 1997
Reports on an evaluation of European Union-funded initiatives within the DELTA Program carried out by five EuroStudyCentres (ESCs). Concludes that (1) the decision about implementing educational technologies should be a result of a close examination of the match between technology and educational conditions; (2) for the optimal technology/user…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Decision Making, Educational Practices, Educational Technology
