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1 mars 2016

Study of the Factors Responsible for the Dropouts from the BSc Programme of Indira Gandhi National Open University

International Review of Research in Open and Distributed LearningA sample of dropout learners enrolled in the B.Sc. programme of School of Sciences, Indira Gandhi National Open University, India was surveyed to study the factors which influenced them to withdraw from the programme. The research indicates that the major reasons for dropout are the distance of study centre from the residence of learner, insufficient support from study centre and more time consuming courses of the programme. More...

1 mars 2016

Academics Telecommuting in Open and Distance Education Universities: Issues, challenges and opportunities

International Review of Research in Open and Distributed LearningResearch in distance and online education has focused on how to improve students: learning and support services. Faculty satisfaction, as one of the five pillars in Sloan-Consortium's quality framework for online education, has received less attention in research. More...

1 mars 2016

Identification, Motivation and Job Satisfaction among Tutors at the Open University of Israel

International Review of Research in Open and Distributed LearningTutors in the OUI- The Open University of Israel (a distance learning institution) are often the only academic staff who have direct contact with students. Therefore, their performance is crucial for the university. However, the nature of their job might hinder optimal performance: they are temporary and part time employees, thus having low job security. Their academic freedom is limited and in most learning centers of the OUI they are professionally isolated. More...

1 mars 2016

IRRODL (International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning) - Vol 7, No 2 (2006)

1 mars 2016

Attitudes and Perceptions of Students to Open and Distance Learning in Nigeria

International Review of Research in Open and Distributed LearningIn the West African Region of Africa, the National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN) is the first full fledged university that operates in an exclusively open and distance learning (ODL) mode of education. NOUN focuses mainly on open and distance teaching and learning system, and delivers its courses materials via print in conjunction with information and communication technology (ICT), when applicable. More...

1 mars 2016

IRRODL (International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning) - Vol 6, No 3 (2005)

International Review of Research in Open and Distributed LearningTable of Contents

Editorial

Volume 6, Number 3: Well Balanced with an International Focus
Terry Anderson

Research Articles

Allan C. Jeong
Steven C. Shaffer
James D. Cheaney, Thomas Ingebritsen
Dietmar Kennepohl, Jit Baran, Martin Connors, Kieron Quigley, Ron Currie
Agneta Hult, Ethel Dahlgren, David Hamilton, Tor Söderström
Aisha S. Al-Harthi
Shushita Gokool-Ramdoo
Tong Wang

Book Notes

Distance Education and Languages: evolution and change
Rashid Aderinoye
Technology, e-Learning and Distance Education (2nd edition)
Heather Kanuka

Technical Notes

Lynn Anderson, Kathy McCarthy
Sonia Murillo, Mary Rizzuto, Urel Sawyers
Remi Treblay, Barb Fyvie, Brenda Koritko

CIDER Notes

e-Portfolios: Promises & Pitfalls
Natasha Boskic
The Influence of Instructional Methods on the Quality of Online Discussion
Heather Kanuka

Full Issue

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IRRODL Volume 6, Number 3
 
1-139

29 février 2016

Penn State to open Intellectual Property Clinic

http://people.uis.edu/rschr1/wp-content/themes/default/images/kubrickheader.jpgHigher Ed Tech News and Research ~ Ray Schroeder, editor. Penn State Law is tentatively scheduled to open the Intellectual Property Clinic in the fall of 2016. Students in the clinic will work with those in the Penn State Law Entrepreneur Assistance Clinic, which launched in the fall of 2015. More...

29 février 2016

Identifying Sources of Difference in Reliability in Content Analysis

International Review of Research in Open and Distributed LearningThis paper reports on a case study which identifies and illustrates sources of difference in agreement in relation to reliability in a context of quantitative content analysis of a transcript of an online asynchronous discussion (OAD). More...

28 février 2016

Amazon OER?

By Matt Reed. So Amazon is working on a site that will curate Open Educational Resources. The initial market is K-12, though I have a hard time imagining higher ed will be far away. They’re calling it Amazon Inspire, and it’s supposed to launch in a few months. More...

27 février 2016

How a ‘Syllabus Commons’ Could Change Higher Education

By Joe Karaganis. In late January, I was part of a group of scholars at Columbia and Stanford Universities who unveiled the Open Syllabus Explorer — an online tool that aggregates data from over one million syllabi collected from college and university websites. More...

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