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Cox, Glenda; Willmers, Michelle; Masuku, Bianca – International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 2022
One of the challenges experienced in South African higher education (HE) is a lack of access to affordable, appropriate textbooks and other teaching materials that can be legally shared on online forums and the Internet. There are also increasing calls to address transformation and social justice globally and in South African HE through curriculum…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Textbooks, Higher Education, Open Educational Resources
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Wöbbekind, Lea; Voland, Leoniea; Yener, Orhana; Boté-Vericad, Juan-Joséb; Argudo, Sílviab; Urbano, Cristóbalb; Mandl, Thomas – Education for Information, 2023
Open educational resources (OER) and digital education (DE) have shown the ability to improve teaching and learning possibilities, particularly in light of unpredictably occurring events. Especially the COVID-19 pandemic revealed that universities were experiencing technological, socio-psychological, and didactic issues. In order to promote,…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Teacher Attitudes, College Students, Student Attitudes
Zhang, Thérèse – European University Association, 2022
The report analyses major and recent national policies and initiatives aiming to support the enhancement of learning and teaching in 30 countries of the European Higher Education Area (EHEA). In a context where learning and teaching has gained increased attention in the EHEA and the Bologna Process, and at the same time higher education…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Learning Processes, Public Policy, Student Mobility
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Pienaar, M.; Mostert, E. – Perspectives in Education, 2021
Globally, the COVID-19 pandemic necessitated a shift in teaching and learning practices. The University of Pretoria in South Africa was not entirely unprepared for this event, since the university's teaching strategy had gradually evolved into a hybrid delivery mode. In the Faculty of Veterinary Science, however, the practical nature of the…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Blended Learning, Electronic Learning
Panda, Santosh – Commonwealth of Learning, 2022
The major objectives of this study were to review the current policy on and status of open and distance learning (ODL) and technology-enabled learning (TEL) in India; address the wider questions of access, equity and quality vis-à-vis ODL; analyse cost-effectiveness in relation to student success and attrition; and make recommendations for how ODL…
Descriptors: Distance Education, Educational Policy, Equal Education, Access to Education
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Russell, Victoria; Swanson, Peter – Dimension, 2022
In this article, the authors describe the redesign of a first-semester Spanish course at the United States Air Force Academy due to the COVID-19 crisis and the subsequent transition from traditional, face-to-face instruction to fully online language teaching during the fall of 2020. More than 200 learners were enrolled across 11 course sections…
Descriptors: Spanish, Introductory Courses, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction