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Download full textNketekete, Malefetsane; Mojalefa, Mamoeletsi Limakatso – International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 2021
This study investigated how open and distance learning (ODL) reform was managed within the Institute of Extramural Studies (IEMS), at the National University of Lesotho (NUL). The reform was introduced during the 2017/18 academic year with first-year programmes in three departments: (a) Adult Education; (b) Business and Management Development; and…
Descriptors: Open Education, Distance Education, Educational Change, Universities
Kanwar, Asha; Mohee, Romeela; Carr, Alexis; Ortlieb, Kayla; Sukon, Kaviraj – International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 2019
In recent years, quality assurance (QA) in higher education has received increasing attention by academics, learners, institutions, and governments alike. Many open universities (OUs) have taken steps to re-define or re-orient their systems and practices to integrate quality. While there is a growing body of literature on QA best practices, there…
Descriptors: Quality Assurance, Educational Quality, Open Education, Distance Education
Zhang, Weiyuan; Li, Wei – International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 2019
Open and distance education has been playing an important role in China's development of higher education and lifelong learning. In 2012, the Chinese government approved six large-scale radio and television universities (RTVUs) to become open universities (OUs), including the Open University of China (OUC), Beijing Open University (BJOU), Shanghai…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Open Education, Distance Education, Educational Technology
Lee, Kyungmee – International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 2019
This article reports eight distance teachers' stories about teaching at two open universities over the past two decades with a focus on their perceptions and feelings about the changes in their teaching practice. This qualitative study employed a methodological approach called the autoethnographic interview, aiming to document more realistic…
Descriptors: Open Universities, Distance Education, Teacher Attitudes, Personal Narratives
Schuwer, Robert; Gil-Jaurena, Inés; Aydin, Cengiz Hakan; Costello, Eamon; Dalsgaard, Christian; Brown, Mark; Jansen, Darco; Teixeira, Antonio – International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 2015
The Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) movement is the latest "big thing" in Open and Distance Learning (ODL) which threatens to transform Higher Education. Both opportunities and threats are extensively discussed in literature, comprising issues on opening up education for the whole world, pedagogy and online versus campus education.…
Descriptors: Educational Opportunities, Mass Instruction, Open Universities, Higher Education
