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Devayani Tirthali; Yumiko Murai – Open Learning, 2024
Creating an online learning environment that engages learners beyond the given course period is challenging. Open, participant-driven discussion forums, where participants are provided with greater agency on what to learn, how to learn, and whom to learn with, have a unique potential to help learners engage in learning experiences based on their…
Descriptors: Discussion, Learner Engagement, MOOCs, Communication (Thought Transfer)
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Makoe, Mpine – Open Learning, 2010
The aim of this paper is to investigate the pedagogical suitability of using cell phones to enhance learning through social interaction in distance education. Social interaction was used as a conceptual framework to explore the potential for using "MXit"--a cell-phone instant messaging system--to support and enhance learning for distance…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Interpersonal Relationship, Interaction, College Students
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Kabonoki, S. K. – Open Learning, 2008
This case study involved 429 distance education diploma students at the University of Botswana. The aim of the study was to find out whether these students had access to MP3 players and other technologies essential in distance learning. Findings show that, contrary to expectations, learners did not have access to MP3 digital audio devices.…
Descriptors: Distance Education, Access to Computers, Foreign Countries, Educational Technology
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Ronan, Nessan J. – Open Learning, 1997
Describes a distance mentoring relationship between a student in a master's program at a United Kingdom university and her professor at the University of Botswana (Africa). Highlights include reading/interpreting the course material; tackling assignments; handling feedback; formulating the dissertation topic; indigenizing the theoretical…
Descriptors: Assignments, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Mediated Communication, Developing Nations
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Hall, Dai – Open Learning, 1997
The School of Post-Compulsory Education and Training (PCET) of the University of Greenwich (London), whose main purpose is to provide initial training and professional development for teachers, trainers, and lectures, provides a distance-learning program. This article discusses the program and the piloting of a groupware product that permits…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Mediated Communication, Computer Software, Distance Education
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Salmon, Gilly – Open Learning, 1999
Discusses the history, principles, culture, and teaching approaches of the United Kingdom Open University and its Business School (OUBS). Focuses on management students and the OUBS's position in a dynamic and competitive MBA market place. Discusses computer-mediated conferencing (CMC) and the role of OUBS tutors. Reports key findings from a study…
Descriptors: Administrator Education, Business Administration Education, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Mediated Communication
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Macdonald, Janet; Mason, Robin – Open Learning, 1998
Discusses the results of an interview survey of 21 students enrolled in an Open University (Great Britain) course with a resource-based structure. The study examined use of CD-ROM materials, use of computer-mediated-communication as an information source, use of the Internet, and attitudes toward resource-based learning. (PEN)
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Mediated Communication, Distance Education, Foreign Countries