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Archer, Elizabeth; Chetty, Yuraisha Bianca; Prinsloo, Paul – International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, 2014
Student success and retention is a primary goal of higher education institutions across the world. The cost of student failure and dropout in higher education is multifaceted including, amongst other things, the loss of revenue, prestige, and stakeholder trust for both institutions and students. Interventions to address this are complex and…
Descriptors: Benchmarking, Student Behavior, Foreign Countries, Academic Achievement
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Lim, Tina; Fadzil, Mansor; Mansor, Norziati – International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, 2011
This article describes Open University Malaysia's efforts at enhancing the blended learning approach for undergraduate distance learners with the successful implementation of the Mobile Learning via SMS initiative. The pilot project was implemented in the May 2009 semester, and this coming January 2011 semester will be in its sixth consecutive…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Blended Learning, Open Universities, Distance Education
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Hummel, Hans G. K. – International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, 2006
Although extensive research has been carried out, describing the role of feedback in education, and many theoretical models are yet available, procedures and guidelines for actually designing and implementing feedback in practice have remained scarce so far. This explorative study presents a preliminary six-phase design model for feedback…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Instructional Design, Models, Foreign Countries