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Holmes, Wayne; Iniesto, Francisco; Anastopoulou, Stamatina; Boticario, Jesus G. – International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 2023
Increasingly, Artificial Intelligence (AI) is having an impact on distance-based higher education, where it is revealing multiple ethical issues. However, to date, there has been limited research addressing the perspectives of key stakeholders about these developments. The study presented in this paper sought to address this gap by investigating…
Descriptors: Artificial Intelligence, Distance Education, Higher Education, Teaching Methods
Westine, Carl D.; Oyarzun, Beth; Ahlgrim-Delzell, Lynn; Casto, Amanda; Okraski, Cornelia; Park, Gwitaek; Person, Julie; Steele, Lucy – International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 2019
This study investigated online faculty familiarity, course design use, and professional development interest regarding universal design for learning (UDL) guidelines. The researchers surveyed all 2017 to 2018 online faculty at a large university in the southeastern United States. Findings included 71.6% of faculty reporting familiarity with at…
Descriptors: Familiarity, Access to Education, Online Courses, College Faculty
Risquez, Angelica; McAvinia, Claire; Desmond, Yvonne; Bruen, Catherine; Ryan, Deirdre; Coughlan, Ann – International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 2020
This paper reports on the research findings from a national project examining the issues in creating, sharing, using, and reusing open educational resources (OER) in the context of the development of open education in Ireland. One important aspect of the research was to investigate the potential for using existing institutional research repository…
Descriptors: Open Educational Resources, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Open Education
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
Lee, Kyungmee – International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 2019
This article reports eight distance teachers' stories about teaching at two open universities over the past two decades with a focus on their perceptions and feelings about the changes in their teaching practice. This qualitative study employed a methodological approach called the autoethnographic interview, aiming to document more realistic…
Descriptors: Open Universities, Distance Education, Teacher Attitudes, Personal Narratives
Rienties, Bart; Herodotou, Christothea; Olney, Tom; Schencks, Mat; Boroowa, Avi – International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 2018
The importance of teachers in online learning is widely acknowledged to effectively support and stimulate learners. With the increasing availability of learning analytics data, online teachers might be able to use learning analytics dashboards to facilitate learners with different learning needs. However, deployment of learning analytics…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Technology Integration, Online Courses, Data Analysis
Panda, Santosh; Santosh, Sujata – International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 2017
In the past decade, the educational scenario world over has significantly been impacted by open access and open education movements. The philosophy of openness and sharing forms the cornerstone of the open education movement. The distance education approaches, together with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs),…
Descriptors: Open Universities, Questionnaires, Teacher Attitudes, Distance Education
Cabrera, Nati; Fernández-Ferrer, Maite – International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 2017
The proliferation of Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) in recent years has generated much debate. MOOCs have been presented as technology-based educational practices, but many researchers question if this kind of open courses really respects some of the consolidated principles behind the education offered at universities. In light of this…
Descriptors: Large Group Instruction, Online Courses, Educational Technology, Comparative Analysis
Affouneh, Saida; Wimpenny, Katherine; Ghodieh, Ahmed Ra'fat; Alsaud, Loay Abu; Obaid, Arij Abu – International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 2018
This paper will share Discover Palestine, an interdisciplinary Massive Online Open Course (MOOC) and the first MOOC to be created in Palestine, by the E-Learning Centre, Faculty from the Department of Geography, and Department of Tourism and Archaeology from An-Najah National University in Palestine. The paper traces the process of development of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Online Courses, Large Group Instruction, Interdisciplinary Approach
Makokha, George L.; Mutisya, Dorothy N. – International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 2016
The purpose of this study was to assess the status of e-learning in public universities in Kenya. Data were collected using questionnaires administered to both students and lecturers randomly sampled from seven public universities. Questionnaire responses were triangulated with interviews from key informants and focus group discussions (FGDs).…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Electronic Learning, Public Colleges, Universities
Schuwer, Robert; Gil-Jaurena, Inés; Aydin, Cengiz Hakan; Costello, Eamon; Dalsgaard, Christian; Brown, Mark; Jansen, Darco; Teixeira, Antonio – International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 2015
The Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) movement is the latest "big thing" in Open and Distance Learning (ODL) which threatens to transform Higher Education. Both opportunities and threats are extensively discussed in literature, comprising issues on opening up education for the whole world, pedagogy and online versus campus education.…
Descriptors: Educational Opportunities, Mass Instruction, Open Universities, Higher Education