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Facebook or LMS in Distance Education? Why University Students Prefer to Interact in Facebook Groups
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Download full textVázquez-Cano, Esteban; Díez-Arcón, Paz – International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 2021
This article describes an investigation into the level of satisfaction among students at Spain's National Distance Education University (UNED) regarding use of Facebook groups as an environment for learning. Based on a structural equation methodology, the research analyzed the most relevant personal and socio-educational factors that affect…
Descriptors: Social Media, Integrated Learning Systems, Student Satisfaction, Preferences
A Scoping Review on Open Educational Resources to Support Interactions of Learners with Disabilities
Moon, Jewoong; Park, Yujin – International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 2021
This scoping review explored the trends in open educational resources (OER) that support the interactions of learners with disabilities and the challenges of supporting these interactions in such environments. Emerging OER and open educational practices allow learners to interact with digital learning resources in self-regulated learning. Since…
Descriptors: Open Educational Resources, Interaction, Students with Disabilities, Learner Engagement
Lei, Jun; Lin, Teng – International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 2022
This study investigated the effects of interactional, motivational, self-regulatory, and situational factors on university students' online learning outcomes and continuation intentions during the COVID-19 pandemic. Data were collected from 255 students taking a business course at a university in southern China. Hierarchical multiple regression…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, School Closing, Online Courses
Bidarra, José; Sousa, Nuno – International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 2020
This article presents a case-study of two distance learning courses, in order to address the question of universal adoption of mobile devices and applications by students, and the impact of these devices in personal learning environments (PLEs). First, a critical discussion of the value of these concepts in the current technological context was…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Electronic Learning, Individualized Instruction, Distance Education
Oh, Yunjin; Lee, Soon Min – International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 2016
This study explored whether learning-related anxiety would negatively affect intention to persist with e-learning among students with visual impairment, and examined the roles of three online interactions in the relationship between learning-related anxiety and intention to persist with e-learning. For this study, a convenience sample of…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Online Systems, Visual Impairments, Foreign Countries
Mbatha, Blessing – International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 2015
The aim of this article is to shed some light on patterns of and major motives for the adoption of different types of disruptive learning innovations by Unisa academics. To realise the aim of the study, the following questions were addressed: What are the reasons for adopting disruptive learning innovations? What is the level of interaction with…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Innovation, Qualitative Research, Focus Groups
Czerkawski, Betül C. – International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 2016
With the emergence of social software and the advance of web-based technologies, online learning networks provide invaluable opportunities for learning, whether formal or informal. Unlike top-down, instructor-centered, and carefully planned formal learning settings, informal learning networks offer more bottom-up, student-centered participatory…
Descriptors: Blended Learning, Informal Education, Conventional Instruction, Electronic Learning
Borup, Jered – International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 2016
Distance education has historically contained little or no learner-learner interactions. Currently the Internet allows for unprecedented levels of learner-learner interaction and has the potential to transform how students learn online. However, many courses offered online focus more on flexibility and independence than on interaction and…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Learner Engagement, Cooperative Learning, Virtual Classrooms
Chang, Chi-Cheng; Liang, Chaoyun; Shu, Kuen-Ming; Chiu, Yi-Chun – International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 2015
The purpose of the present study was to investigate the variation of influencing factors of e-learning continuance intention for different degrees of participation and to examine moderating effects of degrees of participation on influencing factors of e-learning continuance intention. Participants included 670 learners from an adult professional…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Educational Technology, Electronic Learning, Intention
