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Research & Development

Planning and Managing Distance Education Systems: Building the Model

Farhad Saba, Ph. D. Founder and Editor, Distance-Educator.com In this series of articles, I presented a hierarchical model of distance… More »

Introducing blended learning: An experience of uncertainty for students in the United Arab Emirates

The cultural dimension of Uncertainty Avoidance is analysed in this study of an introduction to blended learning for international students…. More »

Up and Away: Open Access in Portugal

Portugal stands out among nations that have embraced open access to scholarly communication because of its early adoption of institutional… More »

Access the complete issue of the journal of the Asian Association of Open Universities

Designing an online learning environment on Open Educational Resources for science education Shironica Karunanayaka, Chandana Fernando and Vajira de Silva… More »

Unlocking Open Educational Resources (OERs) Interaction Data

Each time a teacher or a learner interacts with an Open Educational Resource (OER), these interactions produce data. This “interaction… More »

Planning and Managing Distance Education Systems: Applying system dynamics

  Farhad Saba, Ph. D. Founder and Editor, Distance-Educator.com In this series of articles, I presented a hierarchical model of… More »

MOOCs and Beyond

In August, 2012, four months after opening, Coursera—one of several Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) providers quickly gaining traction on… More »

Measuring monographs: A quantitative method to assess scientific impact and societal relevance

In the Humanities and Social Sciences (HSS), the monograph is an important means of communicating scientific results. As in the… More »

Complex Moving Parts: Assessment Systems and Electronic Portfolios

The largest college within an online university of over 50,000 students invested significant resources in translating a complex assessment system… More »

Systematic Design of Blended PBL: Exploring the Design Experiences and Support Needs of PBL Novices in an Online Environment

Designing problem-based learning (PBL), especially blended PBL, is very different from designing traditional teacher-centered instruction and requires a new set… More »

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News

Elsevier distances itself from open-access article

The publisher Elsevier has disassociated itself from an article by a trade association it belongs to that condemns proposed open-access… More »

EdX signs up 15 new members

The US massive open online course platform edX has signed up 15 more universities, more than doubling its number of… More »

MOOCs Provider in Higher Ed. Targets K-12 Teacher PD

In attempting to bring “MOOCs” to the world of teacher training, the Silicon Valley company Coursera and its partners at… More »

Califa Launches Enki, a Lending Platform for Direct Ebook Distribution

The Califa Library Group and Contra Costa County Library (CCCL) today officially announced the beta launch of Enki Library, a… More »

Embrace Moocs or face decline, warns v-c

“It’s Mooc or die”, a university vice-chancellor has said, claiming that institutions must embrace the massive open online course movement… More »

Massive (But Not Open)

The Georgia Institute of Technology plans to offer a $7,000 online master’s degree to 10,000 new students over the next… More »

Kids coding in the cloud

One of the most popular online destinations on the MIT network is not a website for scientists, engineers or college… More »

New Book: Handbook of Mobile Learning, Edited by Zane L. Berge, Lin Muilenburg

This handbook published by Routledge provides a comprehensive compendium of research in all aspects of mobile learning, one of the… More »

As MOOC Debate Simmers at San Jose State, American U. Calls a Halt

In the latest salvo in a debate over MOOCs that has drawn national attention, the San Jose State University chapter… More »

Coursera strikes deal with publishers on textbooks

One of the largest US massive open online course providers has announced a deal with publishers that will allow students… More »

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