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Hakan Genç; Mehmet Kesim – International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 2023
In critical situations caused by crises such as a pandemic, emergency remote teaching (ERT) practices might not be effective because they depend mostly on on-the-spot decision-making. On the other hand, open and distance learning (ODL) has its own dynamics and is a well-planned system. In order to put quality ODL plans into practice in crisis…
Descriptors: Distance Education, Foreign Countries, Pandemics, Open Education
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Wei, Huei-Chuan; Chou, Chien – International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 2021
This study aimed to address the teaching readiness issues of OpenCourseWare (OCW). Specifically, the research goal was to examine Taiwanese college faculty members' level of teaching readiness for OCW via a questionnaire named "Teaching Readiness Scale for OCW" (TRS-OCW). A total of 142 Taiwanese college faculty members both with and…
Descriptors: Open Education, Open Educational Resources, Online Courses, Courseware
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Risquez, Angelica; McAvinia, Claire; Desmond, Yvonne; Bruen, Catherine; Ryan, Deirdre; Coughlan, Ann – International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 2020
This paper reports on the research findings from a national project examining the issues in creating, sharing, using, and reusing open educational resources (OER) in the context of the development of open education in Ireland. One important aspect of the research was to investigate the potential for using existing institutional research repository…
Descriptors: Open Educational Resources, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Open Education
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Affouneh, Saida; Wimpenny, Katherine; Ghodieh, Ahmed Ra'fat; Alsaud, Loay Abu; Obaid, Arij Abu – International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 2018
This paper will share Discover Palestine, an interdisciplinary Massive Online Open Course (MOOC) and the first MOOC to be created in Palestine, by the E-Learning Centre, Faculty from the Department of Geography, and Department of Tourism and Archaeology from An-Najah National University in Palestine. The paper traces the process of development of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Online Courses, Large Group Instruction, Interdisciplinary Approach
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Nascimbeni, Fabio; Burgos, Daniel – International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 2016
The paper explores the change process that university teachers need to go through in order to become fluent with Open Education approaches. Based on a literature review and a set of interviews with a number of leading experts in the field of Open Educational Resources and Open Education, the paper puts forward an original definition of Open…
Descriptors: Adoption (Ideas), College Faculty, Open Education, Interviews
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de Hart, Kerry; Chetty, Yuraisha; Archer, Elizabeth – International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 2015
Open Educational Resources (OER) emerged within the context of open education which is typically characterized by the sharing of knowledge and resources and the exchange of ideas. Unisa as a mega open distance learning (ODL) university has publicly communicated its intention to take part in the use and creation of OER. As global and local…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Distance Education, Educational Resources, Resource Units