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6 avril 2016

Usability Evaluation of the Student Centered e-Learning Environment

International Review of Research in Open and Distributed LearningStudent Centered e-Learning Environment (SCeLE) has substantial roles to support learning activities at Faculty of Computer Science, Universitas Indonesia (Fasilkom UI). Although it has been used for about 10 years, the usability aspect of SCeLE as an e-Learning system has not been evaluated. More...

6 avril 2016

Conceptualizing and investigating instructor presence in online learning environments

International Review of Research in Open and Distributed LearningAs online learning opportunities continue to grow it is important to continually consider instructor practices. Using case study methodology this study conceptualizes instructor presence, the intersection of social and teaching presence as defined within the Community of Inquiry literature, and is based in the implementation phase of online courses which is important to note since instructors often teach courses they did not design or develop. More...

6 avril 2016

A snapshot of online learners: e-Readiness, e-Satisfaction and expectations

International Review of Research in Open and Distributed LearningThe popularity of online programs that educational institutions offer is continuously increasing at varying degrees, with the major demand coming from adult learners who have no opportunity to access traditional education. These adult learners have to be sufficiently ready and competent for online learning, and have their own varied expectations from the online learning process. More...

6 avril 2016

Guidelines towards the facilitation of interactive online learning programmes in higher education

International Review of Research in Open and Distributed LearningThe creation of online platforms that establish new learning environments has led to the proliferation of institutions offering online learning programmes. However, the use of technologies for teaching and learning requires sound content specialization, as well as grounding in pedagogy. While gains made by constructivism and observational learning are well documented, research addressing online practices that best encourage constructivist and observational learning in Open and Distance Learning (ODL) contexts is limited. More...

6 avril 2016

Online text processing: A study of Iranian EFL learners’ vocabulary knowledge

International Review of Research in Open and Distributed LearningThe internet has developed into an important source of knowledge in recent times. It is used not just for engaging and entertaining users, but also for promoting language learning, especially for English as a Second/Foreign Language (ESL and EFL) learners spending long hours using internet, 85% of all web pages are in English. This experimental research investigated EFL learners’ experiences of vocabulary learning while surfing and text processing. More...

6 avril 2016

Understanding reusability as a key factor for open education: A review

International Review of Research in Open and Distributed LearningThis article describes both the process and the results of an extensive literature review on reusability as one of the key factors for the creation of open content in the context of open and distance learning. Qualitative analysis of texts was made from 1992 to early 2014 in order to identify meanings associated with reusability and its evolution over time. Results show that reusability is not a univocal concept and its meaning has evolved from its early years, especially focusing over the last decade on adaptation processes. More...

6 avril 2016

The analysis of Iranian students' persistence in online education

International Review of Research in Open and Distributed LearningIn the following research, the relationship between instructional interaction and student persistence in e-learning has been analyzed. In order to conduct a descriptive- analytic survey, 744 undergraduate e-students were selected by stratified random sampling method to examine not only the frequency and the methods of establishing an instructional interaction, but also the barriers to the student persistence in e-learning. More...

6 avril 2016

Challenges of implementing e-learning in Kenya: A case of Kenyan public universities

International Review of Research in Open and Distributed LearningIn this paper, we discuss the challenges experienced by Kenyan public universities in implementation of e-learning and recommend possible solutions towards its successful implementation. In the last few years, most Kenyan public universities have adopted e-learning as a new approach to teaching and learning. More...

6 avril 2016

From the classroom to the keyboard: How seven teachers created their online teacher identities

International Review of Research in Open and Distributed LearningTeacher identity is defined as a sense of teacher self that results from a productive combination of key personal and professional subjectivities or beliefs. Much empirical research has been done on the development of teacher identity in the K-12 arena, with a great deal of theoretical and philosophical scholarship about teaching at the college level, yet little research to date has looked at how instructors at the college level, especially those who are teaching online, develop their online instructor identity. More...

6 avril 2016

Assessing experiences with online educational videos: Converting multiple constructed responses to quantifiable data

International Review of Research in Open and Distributed LearningOnline educational videos disseminated content for a university pre-service teacher internship program. Placed within an online course management system, the videos were accessed by 202 interns located in several Western U.S. states. More...

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