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Research Trends in Turkish Distance Education: A Content Analysis of Dissertations, 1986-2014

This paper presents a content analytic approach on doctoral dissertations in the field of distance education in Turkish Higher Education context from the years of 1986 through 2014. A total of 61 dissertations were examined to explore keywords, academic discipline, research areas, theoretical/conceptual frameworks, research designs, research models, tests and analyses, data collection tools, participants, […]

Attitudinal Factors Affecting Wiki Group Collaboration for English Writing

Wikis, being one of the popular Web 2.0 tools, have impacted students’ engagement and performance particularly in the aspects of second and foreign language learning. While an increasing number of studies have focused on the effectiveness of wiki in improving students’ writing skills, this study was conducted to examine the attitudinal factors that influence English as […]

Evaluation Criteria for Interactive E-Books for Open and Distance Learning

The aim of this mixed method study is to identify evaluation criteria for interactive e-books. To find answers for the research questions of the study, both quantitative and qualitative data were collected through a four-round Delphi study with a panel consisting of 30 experts. After that, a total of 20 interactive e-books were examined with […]

OER Quality and Adaptation in K-12: Comparing Teacher Evaluations of Copyright-Restricted, Open, and Open/Adapted Textbooks

Conducted in conjunction with an institute on open textbook adaptation, this study compares textbook evaluations from practicing K-12 classroom teachers (n = 30) on three different types of textbooks utilized in their contexts: copyright-restricted, open, and open/adapted. Copyright-restricted textbooks consisted of those textbooks already in use by the teachers in their classrooms prior to the institute, […]

New Book: MOOCs and Open Education Around the World

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds. First published in 2015 by Routledge. As new digital forms of formal and informal learning proliferate, there is an increasing need to better understand how people in different regions of the world are […]

Award recipient credited for pioneering Penn State distance learning program

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Three members of the Penn State community will be honored for their vision, time and commitment to Penn State Outreach and Online Education (OOE) at an upcoming appreciation dinner. The Pennsylvania State University

Students 2 Science Launches Virtual K-12 Hands-On Science Laboratory Program

EAST HANOVER, N.J., Oct. 7, 2015 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Students 2 Science, Inc., (S2S), the nonprofit organization that literally brings elementary, middle and high school students to its professional chemistry laboratory in Northern New Jersey to experience hands-on science education, is expanding its reach beyond the lab’s walls with the launch of its Virtual Laboratory Program (V-Lab). PR Newswire

Can Online Education Help Refugees Earn Degrees?

When refugees want to enter higher education, they often lack the paperwork. Wired Campus

New landmark OECD PISA study on ‘Students, Computers and Learning: Making the Connection’

The OECD today released a landmark report on students, technology and learning based on data from PISA, the international assessment of 15-year-old school pupils’ scholastic performance on mathematics, science, and reading. This new publication presents the most detailed set of data and analysis to date on student access to computers, their use of computers, and learning outcomes […]

Caution on Competency

The U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Inspector General has pumped the brakes on competency-based education, partially due to concerns about the level of interaction between instructors and students in some of those programs. Inside Higher Ed