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Oladokun, Olugbade; Aina, Lenrie – International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, 2011
Open and distance learning (ODL) has created room for the emergence of virtual education. Not only are students found everywhere and anywhere undertaking their studies and earning their degrees, but geographical boundaries between nations no longer appear to have much relevance. As the new education paradigm irretrievably alters the way teaching…
Descriptors: Information Needs, Distance Education, Economically Disadvantaged, Foreign Countries
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Chen, Yau Jane – International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, 2002
Open and distance education in Taiwan has evolved into cyberlearning. Over half (56 percent) of the conventional universities and colleges have been upgraded to dual-mode institutions offering real-time multicast instructional systems using videoconferencing, cable television, virtual classrooms, and curriculum-on-demand systems. The Ministry of…
Descriptors: Distance Education, Educational Change, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
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Singh, Michael; Han, Jinghe – International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, 2005
Contemporary transitions in political and economic globalization are being used to press universities into becoming "transnational businesses," seemingly driven by a primary concern for marketing educational commodities. The neo-liberal politics driving these currents in universities are increasing the multiple online and offline…
Descriptors: Global Approach, Information Technology, Foreign Countries, Internet
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McConachie, Jeanne; Danaher, Patrick Alan; Luck, Jo; Jones, David – International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, 2005
Central Queensland University (CQU) is a highly complex institution, combining campuses in Central Queensland and distance education programs for Australian domestic students with Australian metropolitan sites for international students and a number of overseas centres, also for international students. In common with many other universities, CQU…
Descriptors: Distance Education, Online Courses, Systems Approach, Foreign Countries