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Al-Naibi, Is'haq; Al-Jabri, Maryem; Al-Kalbani, Iman – Turkish Online Journal of Educational Technology - TOJET, 2018
This paper reports the findings of an action research that was carried out to measure the effectiveness of integrating a social networking website "Edmodo" in students' writing performance in an EFL classroom at Arab Open University (Oman Branch). The participants were 25 students studying English in the Foundation Programme. Along with…
Descriptors: Action Research, Writing Improvement, Paragraph Composition, Social Networks
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Santosh, Sujata; Panda, Santosh – Open Praxis, 2016
Developments in ICTs and knowledge societies have revolutionized the traditional paradigms of education. There is a lot of emphasis on a culture of sharing and collaboration in the education scenario of today though educators have certain inhibitions about sharing of knowledge, ideas and resources. The present study was undertaken to explore the…
Descriptors: Open Universities, Knowledge Management, Sharing Behavior, Barriers
Macdonald, Janet – European Journal of Open, Distance and E-Learning, 2010
Professional development for distance tutors is traditionally delivered through texts or websites, supplemented by face to face workshops. However, one of the major challenges is to ensure that they engage with the materials and carry away something which is of value to their practice. At the Open University (UK) our 8000 tutors work from home,…
Descriptors: Computer Mediated Communication, Open Universities, Tutors, Professional Development