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The Digital University: Imaginations around the Pedagogic Space for the Marginalised
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Shivani Nag; Manasi Thapliyal Navani – Journal for Critical Education Policy Studies, 2024
Higher education (HE) in India has seen an exponential growth phase over the last two decades. Challenges of meeting expansion demands along with goals of equity and quality have underpinned discussions on educational reforms as well. The dynamics of market-supported increased access have compromised on goals of equity, whereas the role of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Neoliberalism, Virtual Universities
Reviews of Literature on Accreditation and Quality Assurance
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Emmanuelle, Guernon – Online Submission, 2023
This paper presents a comprehensive review of existing literature concerning the domains of accreditation and quality assurance in various sectors. Accreditation and quality assurance play vital roles in ensuring the credibility, transparency, and effectiveness of educational institutions, healthcare facilities, industries, and other domains. This…
Descriptors: Accreditation (Institutions), Quality Assurance, Educational Quality, Accountability
Education and Social Media: Toward a Digital Future. MacArthur Foundation Series on Digital Media and Learning
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Greenhow, Christine, Ed.; Sonnevend, Julia, Ed.; Agur, Colin, Ed. – MIT Press, 2016
How are widely popular social media such as Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram transforming how teachers teach, how kids learn, and the very foundations of education? What controversies surround the integration of social media in students' lives? The past decade has brought increased access to new media, and with this new opportunities and…
Descriptors: Social Media, Teaching Methods, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education
A Novel Learning Environment: Case Study of the Pan African e-Network Project
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Nanda, Silima; Saxena, Ashlesh – Turkish Online Journal of Distance Education, 2013
The constructivist form of learning creates such an environment where the learners are not only active but they become actors' i.e members and contributors of the social and information space without taking into consideration the geographic boundaries. Such an innovative form of distance education was initiated in India in the year 2007 and it was…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Distance Education, Economically Disadvantaged, Access to Education
Emerging Technologies: An Overview of Practices in Distance Education
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Hussain, Irshad – Journal on School Educational Technology, 2007
In contemporary society, information technologies and communication technologies (ICTs) are playing crucial role in dissemination of knowledge and information the world over. Universities/ higher education institutions, particularly distance education universities in developed countries are making best use of these technologies for effective and…
Descriptors: Distance Education, Educational Practices, Technology Uses in Education, Technology Integration
Towards a Culture of Quality. Perspectives on Distance Education
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Koul, Badri N., Ed.; Kanwar, Asha, Ed. – Commonwealth of Learning, 2006
This third publication on the theme of quality in the Commonwealth of Learning Perspectives on Distance Education series widens the discussion beyond external quality assurance processes to a more generic focus on a "culture of quality." It is an extension of the earlier two publications, which came out in 1994 and 1997 and drew…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Quality, Open Education, Distance Education