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Direct linkArco-Tirado, Jose L.; Fernandez-Martin, Francisco D.; Fernandez-Balboa, Juan-Miguel – Higher Education: The International Journal of Higher Education and Educational Planning, 2011
The purposes of this study were, on one had, to determine the impact of a peer tutoring program on preventing academic failure and dropouts among first-year students (N = 100), from Civil Engineering, Economics, Pharmacy, and Chemical Engineering careers; while, on the other hand, to identify the potential benefits of such tutoring program on the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Control Groups, Experimental Groups, Pretests Posttests
Hampel, Regine; Hauck, Mirjam – Language Learning & Technology, 2004
In order to respond to learners' need for more flexible speaking opportunities and to overcome the geographical challenge of students spread over the United Kingdom and continental Western Europe, the Open University recently introduced Internet-based, real-time audio conferencing, thus making a groundbreaking move in the distance learning and…
Descriptors: Computer Mediated Communication, Open Universities, Distance Education, Tutor Training
