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Effective Tagging Practices for Online Learning Environments: An Exploratory Study of Tag Approach and Accuracy

This exploratory study examines student tagging activity within a five-week social bookmarking unit. Students in six sections of a course were tasked with locating, tagging, and then highlighting and discussing course-related materials using Diigo, a social bookmarking tool. Three different tagging approaches were tested: dictionary only, freestyle only, and dictionary + freestyle. Analysis focused on […]

“Doing the courses without stopping my life”: Time in a professional Master’s program

This study investigates how time intersects with student learning in Canada’s first, and only, Master of Library and Information Studies (MLIS) in an online teaching and learning stream. Thirty-two students responded to a survey that asked about their experiences, perceptions, and challenges after their first year of the program. Descriptive statistics and NVIVO 10 were […]

A Framework for Implementing OER-Based Lesson Design Activities for Pre-Service Teachers

The demand for qualified teachers with sufficient pedagogical knowledge and skills is high. However, existing teacher education programs do not provide adequate experiences through which to develop pre-service teachers’ professional foundations. This study recognized Open Educational Resources (OER) as a means by which to address the issue of enhancing teacher education. The purpose of this […]

Open Universities: the next phase

The purpose of this paper is to report on research on the views of Presidents and Vice Chancellors of Open Universities of current threats and opportunities for their institutions as the author marks the 50th anniversary of the first Open University in the UK established in 1969. The paper offers a historical account of the […]

Openness in Education: An Interview with Martin Weller

We continue our exploration of openness in education with an interview with Dr. Martin Weller, who is a Professor of Educational Technology at the Open University (UK) and the president of The Association for Learning Technology (ALT). Weller has been a prominent figure in the move toward opening up education and has published many articles […]

Teacher self-efficacy in online education: a review of the literature

Although empirical validation of teacher self-efficacy in face-to-face environments continues, it remains a relatively new construct in online education. This literature review, which was conducted over academic databases and which examined work published in the past 15 years, explores three areas of research about teacher self-efficacy in online education: (1) ease of adopting online teaching, […]

IU Libraries receives $1.2 million grant to develop ability to search digitized audiovisual files

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — Current access to text-based data and knowledge is unprecedented in human history. Now, enabled by a $1.2 million grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, Indiana University Libraries is setting its sights on the next research frontier: hundreds of millions of hours of audiovisual content. Indiana University

Trivantis Corporation Unveils Lectora Version 18 with a New “Getting Started” Interface, a Contemporary Template Library, and 28 Updates for Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG)

Trivantis®, makers of Lectora®, CenarioVR®, ReviewLink™, just released Lectora Inspire and Publisher 18. This new release entails significant feature upgrades including a new modern “Getting Started” home page, a contemporary template library, updated button functionality, a feature to disable views of mobile devices, an HTML5-only publish option, and the latest enhancements from TechSmith®, 2018 Camtasia™, […]

Over 50,000 people have chosen to study an official programme at the UOC, up 9% on last year

UOC students could fill half of the Camp Nou football stadium. A total of 51,160 people around the world have chosen the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya to study a bachelor’s degree or a university master’s degree, in other words, an official programme. Specifically, 35,473 have chosen a bachelor’s degree and 15,687, a university master’s degree. […]

More Schools in Indiana Adopt eLearning

(TNS) — Nathan Mock stayed home from school Sept. 19, but it wasn’t a Ferris Bueller kind of day off. The South Vermillion High School freshman had plenty of assignments, which he completed using his school-issued iPad. Center for Digital Education