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Tarek Shal; Norma Ghamrawi; Najah A. R. Ghamrawi – Open Learning, 2025
This study explores the significance of webinars as tools for supporting teachers' professional development and growth beyond the COVID-19 pandemic, as perceived by the teachers themselves. The study employs a mixed methods approach, involving 394 teachers registered on a popular virtual community of practice (vCoP) who completed a survey, with…
Descriptors: Seminars, Communities of Practice, Faculty Development, Teacher Attitudes
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Griffin, Lynda; Roy, James – Open Learning, 2022
A range of studies into the efficacy of online discussion forums is available, and this study seeks to add to the body of evidence around students' experiences of using online discussion forums within a distance learning context. The Open University (OU) is still the UK's largest provider of distance higher education. OU distance learners are…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Group Discussion, Open Universities, Distance Education
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Chen, Julian Chengchiang; Dobinson, Toni; Kent, Sarah – Open Learning, 2020
Australian tertiary institutions offer online units to provide flexibility for students unable to attend classes on campus due to the constraints of distance and scheduling. While lecture materials and discussions can be accessed asynchronously, a synchronous element allows lecturers and students to interact in real time. Blackboard Collaborate,…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, College Faculty, Open Universities, Distance Education
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Fathelrahman, Adil – Open Learning, 2019
Past research has considered the reflective practices of the teacher as an important activity in the learning cycle. Some of it has introduced the term 'reflective teacher', showing that such practice has become increasingly important. This paper discusses literature related to various means of collecting feedback from students, the…
Descriptors: Reflective Teaching, Instructional Improvement, Management Information Systems, Distance Education
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Warburton, Steven; Mor, Yishay – Open Learning, 2015
A design pattern approach, in the form of participatory pattern workshops, has been used to explore the design approaches that experts in the field of online learning have used to develop and deliver Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs). Over the course of 3 intensive workshops a total of 20 design patterns were developed from shared narratives of…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Workshops, Expertise, Electronic Learning
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Hamdi, Tahrir; Abu Qudais, Mohammed – Open Learning, 2018
This paper will offer some insights into possible ways to optimise the blended learning environment based on experience with this modality of teaching at Arab Open University/Jordan branch and also by reflecting upon the results of several meta-analytical studies, which have shown blended learning environments to be more effective than their face…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Open Universities, Blended Learning, Educational Technology
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Hills, Laura; Clarke, Anactoria; Hughes, Jonathan; Butcher, John; Shelton, Isobel; McPherson, Elaine – Open Learning, 2018
Ensuring the fairness of assessment is important in all areas of higher education. It is particularly so in distance education, where the communication around assessment and feedback is a principal method of supporting learning, and even more so when the students are at the entry point into higher education. This research explores the nature of…
Descriptors: Distance Education, Open Universities, Foreign Countries, Feedback (Response)
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Callaghan, George; Fribbance, Ian – Open Learning, 2016
Social media platforms such as Facebook are commonplace throughout society. However, within higher education institutions such networking environments are still in the developmental stage. This paper describes and discusses case study data from the Open University's Faculty of Social Science Facebook page. It starts by giving an overview of the…
Descriptors: Social Media, Communities of Practice, Distance Education, Case Studies
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Rumble, Greville – Open Learning, 2012
Dual-mode universities operating in a tough economic environment need to be able to answer a range of questions concerning their use of different teaching modes accurately and with confidence. Only an activity-based costing approach will provide them with this tool. Cost studies of other distance learning projects may provide benchmarks against…
Descriptors: Distance Education, Money Management, Costs, Foreign Countries
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de Langen, Frank – Open Learning, 2011
The economic proverb "There is no such thing such as a free lunch" applies also to open educational resources (OER). In recent years, several authors have used revenue models and business models to analyse the different sources of possible funding for OER. In this article the business models of Osterwalder and Chesbrough are combined…
Descriptors: Computer Mediated Communication, Schools, Educational Resources, Models
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Rebmann, Kristen – Open Learning, 2012
This case study reports on patterns of participation in a virtual collaboratory organised around goals associated with the involvement of graduate students in research and writing projects. Traditionally, distance learning classrooms have been devoted to teaching content matter (in a virtual context) yet this case study reports on the use of…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Distance Education, Case Studies, Writing (Composition)
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Stevens, Charlotte; Kelly, Patrick – Open Learning, 2012
How do open and distance learning institutions review and renew themselves to ensure their continued fitness for purpose? Here we report on the work of a change team in the UK Open University, a Centre for Excellence in Teaching and Learning created to examine, innovate and improve student support. The existence of the Centre for five years from…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Open Universities, Teamwork, Change Strategies
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Hopkins, Joseph; Gibson, Will; Ros i. Sole, Cristina; Savvides, Nicola; Starkey, Hugh – Open Learning, 2008
This paper reviews research on learner and tutor interaction in asynchronous computer-mediated (ACM) conferences used in distance learning. The authors note claims made for the potential of ACM conferences to promote higher-order critical inquiry and the social construction of knowledge, and argue that there is a general lack of evidence regarding…
Descriptors: Computer Mediated Communication, Distance Education, Interaction, Tutors
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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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Conole, Grainne – Open Learning, 2010
When asked what they would find most helpful to enable them to use technologies more in their teaching, most teachers say "give me examples, in my subject area" and "point me to relevant people I can discuss these issues with". Web 2.0 technologies--with their emphasis on sharing, networking and user production--seem to offer a…
Descriptors: Learning Strategies, Educational Resources, Teaching Methods, Educational Needs
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