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Affordances, Challenges, and Impact of Open Pedagogy: Examining Students' Voices
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Baran, Evrim; AlZoubi, Dana – Distance Education, 2020
Open pedagogy has emerged as an important teaching and learning practice while the current global open education resources movement has developed. The present research addresses the need to develop and conceptualize open pedagogy models in higher education contexts. This case study examined student perspectives on the affordances, challenges, and…
Descriptors: Affordances, Barriers, Open Educational Resources, College Students
Video Use in Online and Blended Courses: A Qualitative Synthesis
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Belt, Eric S.; Lowenthal, Patrick R. – Distance Education, 2021
The use of video has become commonplace in education today. Educators are engaging students with video communication technology more frequently than ever before, given COVID-19. However, questions remain on how instructors use video as a communication and teaching tool in online and blended courses. The purpose of this literature review was to…
Descriptors: Video Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Teaching Methods, Online Courses
Embracing Distance Education in a Blended Learning Model: Challenges and Prospects
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Fresen, Jill W. – Distance Education, 2018
Distance education reaches out to non-traditional students in geographically dispersed locations, who are unable to attend face-to-face classes. Contact institutions have been quick to realise the many advantages of distance (online) learning, such as easy access to learning materials, interactive activities, assessment and communication tools.…
Descriptors: Blended Learning, Distance Education, Models, Case Studies
Academic Workload: The Silent Barrier to the Implementation of Technology-Enhanced Learning Strategies in Higher Education
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Gregory, Mary Sarah-Jane; Lodge, Jason Michael – Distance Education, 2015
The effect of technology-enhanced learning (TEL) strategies in higher education has arguably been transformative despite the not-insignificant barriers existing in this context. Throughout the discourse very little attention has been paid to those primarily responsible for this implementation--academic teaching staff. This paper aims to highlight…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Faculty Workload, Technology Uses in Education, Technology Integration
The "Dissertation Marathon" in Doctoral Distance Education
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Tweedie, M. Gregory; Clark, Sheila; Johnson, Robert C.; Kay, D. William – Distance Education, 2013
Participation in "communities of practice" is often depicted as a central feature of various theoretical understandings of the social nature of learning. How are such communities of practice to be enacted in distance education, which, by definition, implies spatial detachment? This article reflects on the dimensions of communities of…
Descriptors: Communities of Practice, Distance Education, Doctoral Dissertations, Blended Learning
Promoting Distance Education in Higher Education in Cape Verde and Mozambique
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Ramos, Fernando; Taju, Gulamo; Canuto, Louisette – Distance Education, 2011
Over the past six years, the authors have been project leaders for three distance education initiatives in Cape Verde and Mozambique: (1) a blended learning master's degree in multimedia in education for faculty in Cape Verdean public higher education institutions (2005-2008); (2) a teacher training programme for 1375 elementary teachers provided…
Descriptors: Blended Learning, Higher Education, Distance Education, Foreign Countries