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Castaño-Muñoz, Jonatan; Carnoy, Martin; Duart, Josep M. – Higher Education: The International Journal of Higher Education Research, 2016
There is surprisingly little analysis of the employment and earnings impact on students of taking and completing Internet-based programs and of how it compares with earnings outcomes for graduates of face-to-face universities. This paper analyzes a follow-up survey of students who began attending the virtual Internet-based Open University of…
Descriptors: Virtual Universities, Case Studies, Electronic Learning, Foreign Countries
Meyer, Paul – Journal of Instructional Research, 2013
Online teaching is in its adolescence and needs to mature in order to overcome some of its growing pains to reach its potential in the field of education. Reflecting upon the author's first three years teaching online, he notes practices and commitments that could help instructors better participate in and facilitate lifelong learning for…
Descriptors: Web Based Instruction, Educational Practices, Andragogy, Instructional Effectiveness
Meyer, Katrina A.; Wilson, Jeffery L. – Planning for Higher Education, 2010
The research presented in this article demonstrates how to investigate the competitive position of an institution's academic programs or services through an analysis of the Web sites of other higher education institutions. By using information from research/doctoral, master's, baccalaureate, and community colleges across 40 states, this study…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Internet, Web Sites, Colleges
Parry, Marc – Chronicle of Higher Education, 2009
Evolve or dissolve. That advice, from a recent report on virtual universities, played out in two news stories last May 2009. The University of Texas' online division is staring down a deep budget hole as it loses a longtime subsidy. In Utah, budget cuts have killed a 10-campus online consortium. Those and other predicaments reflect the growing…
Descriptors: Virtual Universities, Online Courses, Computer Uses in Education, Budgets
Frye, Steven B. – New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education, 2012
Looking back on the use of distance education tools by religious groups, one word that stands out is change. The old adage "We've never done it that way before" will become less valid as religious bodies find themselves in the midst of a world inundated with online possibilities that call them to question how they interact with members…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Web Based Instruction, Computer Mediated Communication, Distance Education
Constantinescu, Dana; Stefansson, Gunnar – Online Submission, 2010
This paper describes some of the principles for building a freely available web-based university with open content. The "tutor-web" is an international project for web-assisted education, including such free and open access. This project was initiated by the University of Iceland in partnership with many universities around the world,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Internet, Computer Uses in Education, Online Courses
Neumann, Yoram; Neumann, Edith F. – Journal of College Teaching & Learning, 2010
This paper outlines the components of the Robust Learning Model (RLM) as a conceptual framework for creating a new online university offering numerous degree programs at all degree levels. The RLM is a multi-factorial model based on the basic belief that successful learning outcomes depend on multiple factors employed together in a holistic…
Descriptors: Virtual Universities, Holistic Approach, Academic Degrees, Models
Laohajaratsang, Thanomporn – International Journal on E-Learning, 2009
As e-learning in the academic sector serves as a crucial driving force in the development of e-learning in Thailand, this article looks at e-learning readiness in Thailand with a focus on the academic sector. The article is divided into four parts: (1) a brief history of e-learning in Thailand; (2) the infrastructure related to e-learning…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational History, Postsecondary Education, Elementary Secondary Education
Puzziferro, Maria; Shelton, Kaye – Journal of Asynchronous Learning Networks, 2008
As the demand for online education continues to increase, institutions are faced with developing process models for efficient, high-quality online course development. This paper describes a systems, team-based, approach that centers on an online instructional design theory ("Active Mastery Learning") implemented at Colorado State…
Descriptors: Learning Theories, Instructional Design, Online Courses, Systems Approach
Lee, Hye-Jung; Rha, Ilju – Educational Technology & Society, 2009
This study examines the influence of instructional design and management style on student achievement and satisfaction in a web-based distance learning environment. From the literature review, two major instructional design and management styles in web-based distance education were conceptualized as structure and interpersonal interaction. To…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Instructional Design, Distance Education, Academic Achievement
Kidd, Terry T., Ed.; Keengwe, Jared, Ed. – Information Science Reference, 2010
As instructors move further into the incorporation of 21st century technologies in adult education, a new paradigm of digitally-enriched mediated learning has emerged. This book provides a comprehensive framework of trends and issues related to adult learning for the facilitation of authentic learning in the age of digital technology. This…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Electronic Learning, Educational Technology, Web Sites

Wymbs, Cliff; Kijne, Hugo – Journal of Teaching in International Business, 2003
This analysis extends the traditional marketing tradeoffs between richness (depth of knowledge) and reach (geographic area coverage) to the emerging technology-mediated education industry, and then specifically evaluates their effect on the teaching of international business. It asserts that interactive learning, particularly as it applies to team…
Descriptors: Distance Education, Higher Education, Information Technology, Internet
Kalman, Yoram M.; Leng, Paul H. – Interactive Learning Environments, 2007
Online delivery of programmes of Higher Education typically involves a distributed community of students interacting with a single university site, at which the teachers, learning resources and administration of the programme are located. The alternative model, of a fully "Virtual University", which assumes no physical campus, poses…
Descriptors: Virtual Universities, Higher Education, Quality Control, Graduate Students

Russow, Lloyd C. – Journal of Teaching in International Business, 2003
Explores the implications of digitizing higher education--creating virtual universities--and describes the articles in the special journal issue. Discusses reasons why, faculty and bricks-and-mortar institutions will remain. (EV)
Descriptors: Distance Education, Educational Trends, Higher Education, Information Technology
Rekkedal, Torstein; Dye, Aleksander – International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, 2007
The article discusses basic teaching-learning philosophies and experiences from the development and testing of mobile learning integrated with the online distance education system at NKI (Norwegian Knowledge Institute) Distance Education. The article builds on experiences from three European Union (EU) supported "Leonardo da Vinci"…
Descriptors: Distance Education, Computers, Educational Technology, Educational Philosophy
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