Research

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 »