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Download full textJeong, Hanmo – International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 2019
This paper considers the current state of the United Kingdom Open University (UKOU) and the implications for the evolution of higher education, whether through open or traditional institutions. Although 50 years have passed since the establishment of UKOU, the first open university, such institutions seem to be losing their ground, notably because…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Open Universities, Educational History, Educational Development
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
DeVries, Irwin – International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 2019
The purpose of this study is to provide an overview of how open universities depict their current institutional engagement in open educational practices. In view of the growth of programming for nontraditional students by conventional universities, particularly through online learning and increasing interest in open educational practices, the…
Descriptors: Educational Practices, Open Universities, Web Sites, Nontraditional Students
Heller, Richard F.; Strobl, Judith; Madhok, Rajan – International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 2019
People's Open Access Education Initiative (Peoples-uni, http://peoples-uni.org) aims to contribute to improvements in the health of populations in low- to middle-income countries by building public health capacity via e-learning at affordable cost. We describe experience over nine years of the initiative, including the development and delivery of…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Online Courses, Public Health, Health Education
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
Chawinga, Winner Dominic; Zozie, Paxton Andrew – International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 2016
Slowly but surely, open and distance learning (ODL) programmes are being regarded as one of the most practical ways that universities across the world are increasingly adopting in order to increase access to university education. Likewise, Mzuzu University (MZUNI) set up the Centre for Open and Distance Learning (CODL) to oversee the running of…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Educational Quality, Open Universities, Distance Education
