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Fyle, Clifford Omodele; Moseley, Alexander; Hayes, Nichola – Open Learning, 2012
Reduced higher education funding and other austerity measures imposed by governments and institutions have resulted in cascading cuts in resources for programme design, delivery and revision. The instructional design function is often the first casualty of these cuts in many universities. This paper considers the roles and functions of…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Instructional Design, Distance Education, College Students
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Graber, Mark; Bolt, Susan – Open Learning, 2011
In this case study the delivery of business courses as a result of the partnership between the African Virtual University (AVU) and Curtin University in Western Australia is described. From 2004 to 2008, degree and diploma business courses were delivered using WebCT in the four AVU partner locations: Addis Ababa University (Ethiopia), Kigali…
Descriptors: Virtual Universities, Foreign Countries, Case Studies, Higher Education
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Duranton, Helene; Mason, Adrienne – Open Learning, 2012
Using the translation programme at the University of Bristol as a case study, we shall argue in this paper that distance delivery can have a very positive impact on recruitment but that the quality of the students' experience depends upon the capacity of the organisation to support course development and delivery, both in terms of instructional…
Descriptors: Instructional Design, Distance Education, Translation, Psychological Patterns