20 articles in this issue
Rory McGreal
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Winner Dominic Chawinga, Paxton Andrew Zozie
Slowly but surely, open and distance learning (ODL) programmes are being regarded as one of the most practical ways that universities across the world are increasingly adopting in order to increase access to university education. Likewise, Mzuzu Uni... see more
Anthea Patricia Amadi-Echendu, Magaret Phillips, Kudakwashe Chodokufa, Thea Visser
South Africa is characterised by high unemployment levels, a low Total Early Stage Entrepreneurial Activity rate, and a high small business failure rate. Entrepreneurship and small business development is seen as a solution to end unemployment in South Af... see more
Cornelia K Muganda, Athuman S Samzugi, Brenda Justine Mallinson
This paper shares analytical insights on the position, challenges and potential for promoting Open Educational Resources (OER) in African Open Distance and eLearning (ODeL) institutions. The researchers sought to use a participatory research approach as d... see more
Corné Kruger, Ona Janse van Rensburg, Marike De Witt
Meeting teacher expectations for a professional development programme (PDP) is expected to strengthen sustainable applied competence as programme outcome since teachers will be more motivated to apply the programme content in practice. A revised distance ... see more
Ebru Melek Koç
The aim of the present study was to explore what types of difficulties student teachers enrolled in a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) in English Language Teacher Education program offered in a blended format and their cooperating teachers encountered during the s... see more
Jennifer C. Richardson, Erin Besser, Adrie Koehler, JiEun Lim, Marquetta Strait
As online learning continues to grow significantly, various efforts have been explored and implemented in order to improve the instructional experiences of students. Specifically, research indicates that how an instructor establishes his or her pres... see more
Dana Ruggiero, Jeffrey Boehm
Incorporation of practical experience in learning design and technology education has long been accepted as an important step in the developmental process of future learning designers. The proliferation of adult online education has increased the number o... see more
Francesca Ostuzzi, Peter Conradie, Lieven De Couvreur, Jan Detand, Jelle Saldien
This case study explores the opportunities for students of Industrial Design Engineering to engage with direct and indirect stakeholders by making their design process and results into open-ended designed solutions. The reported case study involved 47 stu... see more
Hakan Tüzün, Murat Çinar
This study shared unique design experiences by examining the process of transferring residential courses to the Web, and proposed a design model for individuals who want to transfer their courses into this environment. The formative research method was us... see more
Marko Radovan, Mojca Perdih
E-learning is a rapidly developing form of education. One of the key characteristics of e-learning is flexibility, which enables easier access to knowledge for everyone. Information and communications technology (ICT), which is e-learning’s main component... see more
Hans Tobias Sopu, Yoshifumi Chisaki, Tsuyoshi Usagawa
Jian-Wei Lin, Yu-Chin Szu, Ching-Neng Lai
Group awareness can affect student online learning while self-regulation also can substantially influence student online learning. Although some studies identify that these two variables may partially determine learning behavior, few empirical studies or ... see more
Jo-Anne Botha, Mariette Coetzee
This study investigated the relationship between self-directedness (as measured by the Adult Learner Self-Directedness Scale) and biographical factors such as age, race, and gender of adult learners enrolled at a South African open distance learning (ODL)... see more
María-Jesús Martínez-Argüelles, Josep-Maria Batalla-Busquets
This paper examines the influence that student perceived quality of service (PSQ) has on continuance intention and willingness to recommend a course in a fully online university. A holistic view of the service provided by the university is taken. It is no... see more
Jean-François Colas, Peter B. Sloep, Muriel Garreta-Domingo
A new approach for overcoming the language and culture barriers to participation in Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) is reported. It is hypothesised that the juxtaposition of English as the language of instruction, used for interacting with course mate... see more
Keol Lim, Minseok Kang, Sung Youl Park
This study examines relationships of instructional environments, learner traits, and learning outcomes in the context of an online university course in Korea which has an advanced information technology background and rich e-learning experiences. However,... see more
Mohamed Sarrab, Ibtisam Al Shibli, Nabeela Badursha
Mobile learning (M-learning) provides a new learning channel in which learners can access content and just in time information as required irrespective of the time and location. Even though M-learning is fast evolving in many regions of the world, researc... see more
Robert Leo Power, Dean Cristol, Belinda Gimbert, Robin Bartoletti, Whitney Kilgore
The impact of targeted professional development activities on teachers’ perceptions of self-efficacy with mobile learning remains understudied. Power (2015a) used the Mobile Teacher’s Sense of Efficacy Scale (mTSES) survey instrument to measure the effect... see more
Mike Johnson
Chris Jones book uniquely and thoroughly explores networked learning as a relational perspective between society, the individual learner, and most of the salient points in between. Everyone involved in higher education, should read and digest this book, n... see more