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Individual and Collaborative Technology-Mediated Learning Using Question & Answer Online Discussion Forums--Perceptions of Public Health Learners in Dubai, UAE
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Awofeso, Niyi; Hassan, Moustafa; Hamidi, Samer – Open Learning, 2016
This case study provides evidence-based suggestions for the use of Question and Answer discussion forums for improving quality and assessment of online learning. General online discussion forums are accessible at any time to all subscribers, making it possible for some learners to update, concur with or paraphrase discussions posted earlier by…
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Public Health, Foreign Countries, Case Studies
"I Understood the Words but I Didn't Know What They Meant": Japanese Online MBA Students' Experiences of British Assessment Practices
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Fenton-O'Creevy, Mark; van Mourik, Carien – Open Learning, 2016
We report on a case study of high Japanese student failure rates in an online MBA programme. Drawing on interviews, and reviews of exam and assignment scripts we frame the problems faced by these students in terms of a "language as social practice" approach and highlight the students' failure to understand the specific language games…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Business Administration Education, Distance Education, Case Studies
The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Learner: Social Networking and Student Support. A Case Study of the Distance-Learning MA in Translation at Bristol University
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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