Open educational resources (OER) are making their way into a variety of educational contexts from formal lesson planning to just in time learning. Educators and training professionals have been recognized as an important audience for these materials. The concepts of self-efficacy and outcome judgment from social cognitive learning theory serve as theoretical constructs to measure educator perceptions of OER. More...

One of the claims the OER movement makes is that availability of (open) digital learning materials improves the quality of education. The promise is the ability to offer educational programs that take into account specific demands of the learner. The question is how to reach a situation where a customized demand can be met using OER with acceptable quality against acceptable costs. More...

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IRRODL Volume 15, Number 2

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L’appel à propositions pour le "projet pilote" sur la mobilité internationale des apprentis a été publié par la Commission européenne.

"Pour candidater, un centre d’apprentissage doit conclure un partenariat avec un autre centre, dans un pays différent du sien. Il doit aussi proposer des cours pour permettre aux apprentis accueillis de maîtriser la langue. Il doit disposer d’offres d’apprentissage dans des entreprises locales.
Cet appel à propositions à destination des CFA et autres centres d’apprentissage en Europe a été publié par la Commission européenne fin février 2016.
Selon ce document, le budget total est estimé à 1,8 million d’euros. Le montant potentiel, pour chaque subvention, est compris entre 100 000 et 200 000 euros.

Vous pouvez consulter l`appel à projet "Cadre européen pour la mobilité des apprentis: Développons la citoyenneté européenne et favorisons l`intégration des jeunes dans le monde du travail en encourageant leur mobilité" sur le site de la commission européenne

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In recent years, several studies have been carried out into the reasons why students drop out of online higher education, following the rise in the relative weight of this form of education. However, more effort has gone into analyzing the causes of this phenomenon than into trying to characterize students who drop out, that is defining what a dropout student is. But obtaining a proper definition of dropout is just as important as describing its causes. More...

Learning management systems (LMS) have been proven to encourage a constructive approach to knowledge acquisition and support active learning. One of the keys to successful and efficient use of LMS is how the stakeholders adopt and perceive this learning tool. The present research is therefore motivated by the importance of understanding teachers' and students' perceptions of LMS in order to anticipate possible issues (problems) and help to build a productive learning environment and a committed user community. More...

Higher education in Tanzania like in many other Sub-Saharan countries suffers from unavailability of quality teaching and learning resources due to lack of tradition, competence, and experience to develop such resources. Nevertheless, there are thousands of open educational resources (OER) freely available in the public domain that can potentially improve the quality of existing resources or help to develop new courses. More...

This project ascertains how well students taking online, distance education courses at a Canadian university recognize plagiarised material and how well they paraphrase. It also assesses the types of errors made. Slightly more than half of 420 psychology students correctly selected plagiarised phrases from four multiple choicequestions. More...

In the traditional instructional method used in international trade, teachers provide knowledge to learners by lecturing using slides and setting assignments; however, these methods merely deliver international trade knowledge rather than facilitating student development of relevant skills. More...

Online distance learning (e-learning) is now an established method for providing higher education, in the UK and across the world. The focus has largely been on developing the technology, and less attention has been given to developing evidence-informed course provision. Thus the effectiveness of this teaching approach, and its acceptability to students, is, at times, uncertain. More...