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Download full textFarrus, Mireia; Costa-jussa, Marta R. – International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, 2013
Assessment in education allows for obtaining, organizing, and presenting information about how much and how well the student is learning. The current paper aims at analysing and discussing some of the most state-of-the-art assessment systems in education. Later, this work presents a specific use case developed for the Universitat Oberta de…
Descriptors: Semantics, Electronic Learning, Feedback (Response), Evaluation
Chang, Chiungsui; Shen, Hun-Yi; Liu, Eric Zhi-Feng – International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, 2014
Despite the rapid use of e-Learning in higher education, the beliefs of instructors about and their practices during online instruction have been seldom addressed. This study explores the role perceptions of e-instructors in higher education. In total, 106 instructors from 20 Taiwanese universities filled out a questionnaire. Analytical results…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Teacher Attitudes, Electronic Learning, Online Courses
Mbatha, Blessing – International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, 2014
This article reports on the pedagogical value of Web 2.0 tools at Unisa (i.e., whether these tools can improve teaching and learning). A quantitative approach was used to conduct the study, with a questionnaire as a data collection instrument. The sample size was 301 lecturers drawn using stratified sampling, with proportional allocation drawn…
Descriptors: Web 2.0 Technologies, Computer Uses in Education, Web Based Instruction, Distance Education
Simon, Jesse; Burton, Kevin; Lockhart, Emily; O'Donnell, Susan – International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, 2014
Post-secondary distance education gives students and their families living in remote and rural regions the option to stay in their communities while they study instead of moving closer to the universities in cities. Post-secondary distance education is an option in many rural and remote First Nation (Indigenous) communities in Canada; however…
Descriptors: Distance Education, Postsecondary Education, Higher Education, Rural Areas
Jowallah, Rohan – International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, 2014
This research evaluates the strategies implemented to support the research activities of postgraduate students pursuing online master's programs in the University of the West Indies Open Campus, as well as the activities of their supervisors. The three main strategies employed were (1) the use of a web-based "teaching-learning space" to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Case Studies, Graduate Students, Masters Programs
Ching, Yu-Hui – International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, 2014
This study explored the impact of role-playing on the quality of peer feedback and learners' perception of this strategy in a case-based learning activity with VoiceThread in an online course. The findings revealed potential positive impact of role-playing on learners' generation of constructive feedback as role-playing was associated with higher…
Descriptors: Role Playing, Peer Evaluation, Feedback (Response), Electronic Learning
Pukkaew, Chadchadaporn – International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, 2013
This study assesses the effectiveness of internet-based distance learning (IBDL) through the VClass live e-education platform. The research examines (1) the effectiveness of IBDL for regular and distance students and (2) the distance students' experience of VClass in the IBDL course entitled Computer Programming 1. The study employed the common…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Distance Education, Electronic Learning, Instructional Effectiveness
Cunningham, Una – International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, 2011
The aim of this paper is to bring theoretical concepts from other areas of scholarly research to bear on synchronous online education in a cross-disciplinary effort to shed light on what is going on by introducing systems of thought from other areas. The liminality and associated communitas which are found in synchronous online learning…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Computer Mediated Communication, Online Courses, Educational Technology
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
Bolliger, Doris U.; Inan, Fethi A. – International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, 2012
With the growth of online courses and programs in higher education, considerable concerns emerge about student feelings of isolation and disconnectedness in the online learning environment. A research study was conducted to develop and validate an instrument that can be used to measure perceptions of connectedness of students enrolled in online…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Online Courses, Computer Science Education, Online Surveys
Power, Michael; Gould-Morven, Anthony – International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, 2011
Although online learning (OL) is becoming widely accessible and is often viewed as cutting-edge, the actual number of regular faculty participating in this form of teaching remains small. Moreover, OL, despite its growing recognition, is often associated with high rates of student dissatisfaction and isolation, withdrawal, and attrition.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Electronic Learning, Distance Education, Online Courses
Jahng, Namsook – International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, 2012
This study investigated communication patterns and behavior in problem-solving groups in a graduate online course. An inductive qualitative analysis method was employed to analyze 732 messages that were retrieved from small group forums. The current study identified a temporal pattern of group development was in comparison with existing…
Descriptors: Learning Activities, Problem Solving, Models, Group Behavior
Baxter, Jacqueline – International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, 2012
Student retention and progression has exercised the HE sector for some time now, and there has been much research into the reasons why students drop out of Higher Education courses. (Allen, 2006; Buglear, 2009;). More recently the Higher Education Academy Grants Programme Briefing (HEFCE, 2010), outlined a number of areas that emergent project…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, School Holding Power, Open Universities
Zhang, Weiyuan; Cheng, Y. L. – International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, 2012
E-learning has become an increasingly important teaching and learning mode in educational institutions and corporate training. The evaluation of e-learning, however, is essential for the quality assurance of e-learning courses. This paper constructs a four-phase evaluation model for e-learning courses, which includes planning, development,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Electronic Learning, Instructional Design, Technical Support
Babu, Suresh Chandra; Ferguson, Jenna; Parsai, Nilam; Almoguera, Rose – International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, 2013
This paper documents the experience and lessons from implementing an e-learning program aimed at creating research capacity for gender, crisis prevention, and recovery. It presents a case study of bringing together a multidisciplinary group of women professionals through both online and face-to-face interactions to learn the skills needed to be a…
Descriptors: Distance Education, Educational Technology, Females, Research Skills
