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Direct linkHoward Scott; Matthew Smith – Open Learning, 2024
This paper outlines how digital technologies support innovation in teaching and learning the English language across Palestinian Higher Education Institutes. A European project collaborated to build staff capacity in knowledge and skills, shown here through the redesign of curricula, pedagogical training, the design and implementation of…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Digital Literacy, English Language Learners, English (Second Language)
Kirkwood, Adrian – Open Learning, 2014
In higher education (HE), some of the distinctions between conventional, campus-based universities and those dedicated to distance education are being eroded through the use of information and communication technology. Despite huge investments in technology to enhance teaching and learning, there has been a considerable lack of clarity about what…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Distance Education, Information Technology, Educational Technology
Shephard, Kerry; Knightbridge, Karen – Open Learning, 2011
Universities are increasingly using advanced video-conferencing environments to interact for teaching and research purposes at a distance and in situations that combine distant participants with those face-to-face. Those who use these technologies expect professional development support to do so but we do not yet have a comprehensive research…
Descriptors: Video Technology, Research Methodology, Higher Education, Professional Development
Peer reviewedForsyth, Rachel – Open Learning, 2002
Presents a case study of an online course that was designed for staff professional development at Manchester Metropolitan University (United Kingdom). Discusses the flexibility of online courses; course design; activities for short online workshops; evaluation methods for course evaluation; and results of participant questionnaires. (LRW)
Descriptors: Case Studies, Course Evaluation, Evaluation Methods, Foreign Countries
Peer reviewedMiller, Carol – Open Learning, 1998
Reviews systems approaches as a way of analyzing a distance-education professional-development program and, in particular, issues of management. The strength of the systems approach lies, among other things, in the ways it relates distance-based professional development to environments both internal and external to the institution. (Author/AEF)
Descriptors: Course Content, Curriculum Development, Distance Education, Educational Administration
Peer reviewedHall, Dai – Open Learning, 1997
The School of Post-Compulsory Education and Training (PCET) of the University of Greenwich (London), whose main purpose is to provide initial training and professional development for teachers, trainers, and lectures, provides a distance-learning program. This article discusses the program and the piloting of a groupware product that permits…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Mediated Communication, Computer Software, Distance Education
