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Ahmed Awouda; Emiliano Traini; Mansur Asranov; Paolo Chiabert – Education and Information Technologies, 2024
In the rapidly evolving landscape of Industry 4.0, the demand for skilled professionals well-versed in Internet of Things (IoT) technologies is escalating. However, a significant challenge faced in educational settings is the lack of comprehensive and effective methodologies for imparting practical knowledge and skills in IoT. This paper presents…
Descriptors: Taxonomy, Internet, Open Source Technology, Technology Uses in Education
Giannoulis, Athanasios; Theodorakopoulos, Leonidas; Antonopoulou, Hera – Online Submission, 2022
In this research paper we focus on the problems concerning inmates' access to education through Second Chance Schools operating within penitentiaries due to the COVID-19 pandemic. A specially encrypted platform has been created through open-source software that can provide distance learning and does not allow access to any part of the internet…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Correctional Education, Correctional Institutions, Institutionalized Persons
Onorato, Pasquale; Rosi, Tommaso; Tufino, Eugenio; Caprara, Caterina; Malgieri, Massimiliano – Physics Education, 2021
In times of the explosion of distance learning, because of emergency due to the pandemic, smartphone sensors and cameras are extremely valuable for teachers as they allow students to perform significant experimental activities in their own homes. The open-source software Tracker can be used in combination with the smartphone camera to perform…
Descriptors: Photography, Handheld Devices, Telecommunications, Light
Mayerhofer, Patrick; Carter, James; Donelan, J. Maxwell – Advances in Physiology Education, 2022
To help educators deliver their physiology laboratory courses remotely, we developed an inexpensive, customizable hardware kit along with freely available teaching resources. We based the course design on four principles that should allow students to conduct insightful experiments on different physiological systems. First, the experimental setup…
Descriptors: Laboratory Experiments, Science Instruction, Physiology, Cost Effectiveness
Kant, Nikhil; Prasad, K. D.; Anjali, Kumari – Asian Association of Open Universities Journal, 2021
Purpose: This paper aims to derive criteria for a strategic selection of learning management system (LMS) after making an analysis of the feedback data collected from learners and academic counselors in open and distance learning (ODL) to evaluate their perceptions. This analysis hints at the need to implement a learning management system (LMS) in…
Descriptors: Integrated Learning Systems, Distance Education, Strategic Planning, Competition
Hussein, Mohammed Juned; Yusuf, Javed; Deb, Arpana Sandhya; Fong, Letila; Naidu, Som – Open Praxis, 2020
COVID-19 is hastening the adoption of online learning and teaching worldwide, and across all levels of education. While many of the typical learning and teaching transactions such as lecturing and communicating are easily handled by contemporary online learning technologies, others, such as assessment of learning outcomes with closed book…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Testing, Computer Software Evaluation, Supervision, Distance Education
Sun, Jerry Chih-Yuan; Wu, Yu-Ting; Lee, Wei-I – British Journal of Educational Technology, 2017
The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of the flipped classroom approach to OpenCourseWare instruction on students' self-regulation. OpenCourseWare was integrated into the flipped classroom model (experimental group) and distance learning (control group). Overall, 181 freshmen taking a physics course were allowed to choose their…
Descriptors: Experimental Groups, Control Groups, Electronic Learning, Distance Education
Jordan, Katy – International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, 2014
The past two years have seen rapid development of massive open online courses (MOOCs) with the rise of a number of MOOC platforms. The scale of enrolment and participation in the earliest mainstream MOOC courses has garnered a good deal of media attention. However, data about how the enrolment and completion figures have changed since the early…
Descriptors: Enrollment Trends, Open Universities, Open Source Technology, Enrollment Influences
Harsasi, Meirani – Turkish Online Journal of Distance Education, 2015
Universitas Terbuka (UT) is Indonesia's higher education institution which implements distance education system. The term distance implies that learning is not performed face-to-face but there is geographically separation between students and teacher. Therefore, UT must provide many kinds of learning modes and learning support. To facilitate…
Descriptors: Educational Resources, Open Source Technology, Online Courses, Electronic Learning
Silva, Juarez Bento; Nardi Silva, Isabela; Bilessimo, Simone – Journal of Information Technology Education: Research, 2020
Aim/Purpose: This paper presented the framework for the integration of digital technologies in education, implemented in InTecEdu Program, developed by Remote Experimentation Laboratory (RExLab), Federal University of Santa Catarina (UFSC), Brazil. Background: The main objective of the model presented is to arouse interest in science and…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Information Technology, Technology Integration, STEM Education
Ossiannilsson, Ebba; Williams, Keith; Camilleri, Anthony F.; Brown, Mark – Online Submission, 2015
This report is written for: (1) institutional leaders responsible for quality in online, open and flexible higher education; (2) faculty wanting to have an overview of the field; (3) newcomers that want to develop quality schemes; (4) policy makers in governments, agencies and organisations; and (5) major educational stakeholders in the…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Electronic Learning, Open Education, Open Source Technology
Ponti, Marisa – Learning, Media and Technology, 2014
Digital media and open educational resources (OER) are said to redraw the boundaries between learners and teachers, by weakening the centralization of expertise and the distribution of subject-matter authority. This paper presents the findings of an ethnographic study of how the use of OER mediates the relations between self-directed learners and…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Ethnography, Open Source Technology, Online Courses
Ackovska, Nevena; Ristov, Sasko – IEEE Transactions on Education, 2014
Hardware-based courses in computer science studies require much effort from both students and teachers. The most important part of students' learning is attending in person and actively working on laboratory exercises on hardware equipment. This paper deals with a specific group of students, those who are marginalized by not being able to…
Descriptors: Computer Science Education, Open Source Technology, College Students, Nontraditional Students
Tung, Lai Cheng – Contemporary Educational Technology, 2013
Given the rising popularity of both open and distance learning (ODL) and social networking tools, it seems logical to merge and harness these two popular technologies with the goal of improving student educational experience. The integration seems to hold tremendous promise for the open and distance learning mode. To reduce the gap in the…
Descriptors: Educational Experience, Open Education, Distance Education, Social Media
Tynan, Belinda; James, Rosalind – Open Praxis, 2013
This paper reports in brief the pilot study, Distance Education Regulatory Frameworks, undertaken by the International Council for Open and Distance Education (ICDE) in 2010-2012 and the implications for openness for higher education in Southwest Pacific/South East Asia region nations. The project developed a methodological approach to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Distance Education, Readiness, Pilot Projects