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Mirmoghtadaie, Zohresadat; Keshavarz, Mohsen; Mohammadimehr, Mojgan; Rasouli, Davood – International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 2023
In peer observation of teaching, an experienced colleague in the educational environment of a faculty member observes the educational performance of that faculty member and provides appropriate feedback. The use of peer review as an alternative source of evidence of teaching effectiveness is increasing. However, no research has been done in the…
Descriptors: Learning Management Systems, Academic Achievement, Peer Evaluation, Teacher Evaluation
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Xavier, Marlon; Meneses, Julio – International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 2021
Flexibility is typical of open universities and their e-learning designs. While this constitutes their main attraction, promising learners will be able to study "anytime, anyplace," this also demands more self-regulation and engagement, a cause for student dropout. This case study explores professors' experiences of flexibility in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Open Universities, Dropouts, Instructional Design
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Reza Dashtestani; Ahmad Mohamadi Suhrawardi – International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 2023
The integration of open educational resources (OER) in the educational curricula of universities and educational organizations has gained tremendous popularity. However, there is a gap in research on teachers' attitudes toward OER in many developing countries. Using a mixed-methods approach, this study explored the use of OER by online and…
Descriptors: Online Courses, In Person Learning, Open Educational Resources, Teacher Attitudes
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Salwa El Abbadi; Moulay Ismail Hafidi Alaoui – International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 2023
In this article, we discuss the academic performance and impact of distance teaching of mathematics in the Moroccan education system. This educational science research, based on exploratory thinking, aimed to show the impact and challenges of distance teaching of mathematics within the Moroccan education system through examining this fundamental…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Teaching Methods, Learning Processes, Foreign Countries
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Dridi, Mohamed Aziz; Radhakrishnan, Dhinesh; Moser-Mercer, Barbara; DeBoer, Jennifer – International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 2020
In this paper, we studied the implementation of a course on global history as a blended section of a massive open online course (MOOC) and the learning challenges faced by the students in three crisis contexts: Azraq refugee camp (Jordan), Kakuma refugee camp (Kenya), and Amman urban refugee center (Jordan). The results showed that poor Internet…
Descriptors: Blended Learning, Teaching Methods, Barriers, Refugees
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Meech, Sally; Koehler, Adrie A. – International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 2023
Higher education institutions continue to invest in online learning, yet research indicates instructors often lack experience, preparation, and guidance for teaching online. While instructor leadership is essential for meaningful online learning, few studies have investigated online instructors' leadership behaviors. This study offers new insights…
Descriptors: Instructional Leadership, Communities of Practice, Inquiry, Higher Education
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Gaddis, Margaret L. – International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 2020
Scholarly research has indicated that technology adoption to facilitate blended learning promotes the academic success of many different types of students and improves the quality of existing educational offerings. To understand how technology enhances learning, surveys queried the faculty and students of a statewide community college system. The…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Higher Education, Blended Learning
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Kay Oddone – International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 2023
This paper explores the experiences of university educators who use personal learning networks (PLNs) to enhance professional knowledge. With growing expectations to design and deliver effective online learning experiences, the PLN may offer flexible and supportive professional learning opportunities that build digital pedagogical capabilities.…
Descriptors: Social Networks, College Faculty, Faculty Development, COVID-19
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Michaeli, Shiran; Kroparo, Dror; Hershkovitz, Arnon – International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 2020
Education dashboards are a means to present various stakeholders with information about learners, most commonly regarding the learners' activity in online learning environments. Typically, an education dashboard for teachers will include some type of visual aids that encourage teachers to reflect upon learner behavior patterns and to act in…
Descriptors: Learning Analytics, Visual Aids, Decision Making, Elementary School Teachers
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Venegas-Muggli, Juan I.; Westermann, Werner – International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 2019
This article examines the effect of two Open Educational Resources (OER)--Khan Academy Collection and a teacher-authored open textbook--on mathematical course performance and attendance amongst first-year higher education Chilean students. It also aims to find out about teachers' and students' views on the use of OER in order to understand how…
Descriptors: Open Educational Resources, Instructional Effectiveness, College Freshmen, College Mathematics
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Durak, Gürhan – International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 2017
With its total number of users (around 62 million) throughout the world, it is important to determine the views of academics who use Edmodo (the leading SLN). In this respect in the first part of this two-part research, the purpose was to examine academics' (n = 50) use of technology and social networks. As for the purpose of the second part, it…
Descriptors: Technology Uses in Education, College Faculty, Educational Technology, Mixed Methods Research
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Goh, Chin Fei; Hii, Puong Koh; Tan, Owee Kowang; Rasli, Amran – International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 2020
University teachers are the main players when it comes to integrating e-learning systems into higher education institutions. Prior studies have identified four main antecedents that explain teachers' technology acceptance in the educational context: (a) subjective norms (SN), (b) technological complexity (TC), (c) constructivist beliefs (CB), and…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Educational Technology, Technology Integration, Technology Uses in Education
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Czerkawski, Betül C. – International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 2016
With the emergence of social software and the advance of web-based technologies, online learning networks provide invaluable opportunities for learning, whether formal or informal. Unlike top-down, instructor-centered, and carefully planned formal learning settings, informal learning networks offer more bottom-up, student-centered participatory…
Descriptors: Blended Learning, Informal Education, Conventional Instruction, Electronic Learning
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Kasani, Hamed Abbasi; Mourkani, Gholamreza Shams; Seraji, Farhad; Rezaeizadeh, Morteza; Abedi, Hojjat – International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 2020
This study investigates and fully identifies the challenges of the Iranian e-learning system. The approach was qualitative and the method was research synthesis. The statistical population consisted of studies from 2006 to 2019 in the field of challenges of the e-learning system of Iran collected with specific keywords from the country's…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Technology, Electronic Learning, Barriers
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Borup, Jered – International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 2016
Distance education has historically contained little or no learner-learner interactions. Currently the Internet allows for unprecedented levels of learner-learner interaction and has the potential to transform how students learn online. However, many courses offered online focus more on flexibility and independence than on interaction and…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Learner Engagement, Cooperative Learning, Virtual Classrooms
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