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Direct linkMohammed Ali K. Al-Belushi; Nawal Ahmed Al-Hooti – Open Learning, 2025
The global knowledge, technological, and communication revolutions underway today have affected education systems in the Arab world and prompted these countries to reconsider strategies and policies related to distance learning. The responses from Arab educational institutions after the outbreak of COVID-19 have also created the need to…
Descriptors: Arabs, Distance Education, COVID-19, Pandemics
Download full textAnnand, David – International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 2015
Financial issues regarding the sustainable production, dissemination, and use of Open Educational Resources (OER) in higher education are reviewed and proposed solutions critiqued. Use of OER produce demonstrable cost savings for students. Yet OER development continues to rely almost completely on government and philanthropic funding. This…
Descriptors: Sustainability, Higher Education, Educational Resources, Open Education
Du Vivier, Ed – Commonwealth of Learning, 2008
These self-instructional resources have their origins in a workshop on the Costs and Financing of Open & Distance Learning which took place from 6-10 August 2007 in Gabarone, Botswana. The workshop was sponsored by the Commonwealth of Learning (COL) with the overall aim of building capacity to plan, negotiate and manage appropriate financial…
Descriptors: Distance Education, Workshops, Foreign Countries, Cost Effectiveness
Ellis, Justin – Commonwealth of Learning, 2009
This study was carried out at the request of the Ministry of Education, Zambia. The Commonwealth of Learning contracted Turning Points Consultancy CC, a Namibian company, who provided the services of the author, to "carry out an evaluation of the Zambia College of Distance Education (ZACODE) and submit recommendations to the Ministry of…
Descriptors: Open Education, Distance Education, Focus Groups, Foreign Countries
Armsby, Allen; And Others – Coombe Lodge Report, 1987
The seven papers that make up this report focus on the impact of new information technology on curriculum and resource management at the college level in England and Wales. A brief preface, an introduction, and a foreword provide background information on the report and introduce the following papers: (1) "Curriculum Developments in Further…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Computer Assisted Instruction, Curriculum Development, Educational Resources
McBride, Jack G. – 1975
Described are the investigatory procedures, research and development, and achievements and conclusions for each of 12 work assignments for the 13-month period from January 1, 1974 through January 31, 1975 relating to the University of Mid-America (UMA). UMA is a regional consortium, comprised of the University of Kansas, Kansas State University,…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Budgeting, Consortia, Costs
Peer reviewedSuriya, M. – Indian Journal of Open Learning, 1997
Provides a comparative analysis of 30 countries with regard to efforts in integrating the information technology (IT) infrastructure into manpower development activities. Examines investment in education and IT; growth patterns in information/communication infrastructure; extent of achievement of literacy; interaction of IT with education; status…
Descriptors: Comparative Education, Developed Nations, Developing Nations, Distance Education
Harper, Barry; Hedberg, John; Bennett, Susan; Lockyer, Lori – 2000
The state of Australian online education and training practices was examined through a literature review and interviews. Special attention was paid to the following aspects of online vocational and technical education (VET) and technical and further education (TAFE): current online implementations; online teaching strategies; issues for online…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adjustment (to Environment), College Programs, Computer Uses in Education
