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Download full textRoss, Jen; Gallagher, Michael Sean; Macleod, Hamish – International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, 2013
Online distance learners are in a particularly complex relationship with the educational institutions they belong to (Bayne, Gallagher, & Lamb, 2012). For part-time distance students, arrivals and departures can be multiple and invisible as students take courses, take breaks, move into independent study phases of a programme, find work or…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Distance Education, Part Time Students, Proximity
van Zyl, J. Marinda; Els, Christoffel Johannes; Blignaut, Anita Seugnet – International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, 2013
A large number of unqualified and under-qualified in-service teachers are holding back socio-economical development in South Africa, a newly industrialized country. Open and distance learning (ODL) provides an innovative strategy and praxis for developing and newly industrialized countries to reach their educational and socio-economical objectives…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Teacher Qualifications, Barriers
Gorsky, Paul; Caspi, Avner; Blau, Ina; Vine, Yodfat; Billet, Amit – International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, 2012
The goal of this study is to further corroborate a hypothesized population parameter for the frequencies of social presence versus the sum of teaching presence and cognitive presence as defined by the community of inquiry model in higher education asynchronous course forums. This parameter has been found across five variables: academic institution…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Open Universities, Inquiry, Communities of Practice
Baggaley, Jon; Batpurev, Batchuluun – International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, 2007
Two studies are reported, comparing the browser loading times of webpages created using common Web development techniques. The loading speeds were estimated in 12 Asian countries by members of the "PANdora" network, funded by the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) to conduct collaborative research in the development of…
Descriptors: Web Sites, Time, Surveys, Distance Education
Macdonald, Ian S.; Bullen, Mark; Kozak, R. A. – International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, 2007
This study investigated appropriate pedagogical techniques for workplace e-learning programs in the South African wood products (furniture) manufacturing sector. The study found that learners responded favourably to constructivist teaching approaches, such as asynchronous discussions, open-ended task-based activities, and assignments incorporating…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teaching Methods, Job Training, Distance Education
