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Colleges generally still price their online programs similarly to their on-ground counterparts. A panel of experts explores whether that is starting to change. BALTIMORE — Does online education cost colleges less to produce? And if so, should online courses therefore be priced lower for students? Inside Higher Ed
The partnership between The Open University (OU) and three FE colleges has been extended with the launch of sector specific English and maths functional skills. Supporting the government’s National Retraining Scheme, several courses are now available with contextualised content, specific to the construction; engineering; health; social care and education. The free courses, available on the […]
FutureLearn, the social learning platform, and the University of Glasgow, today announced its expanded partnership which sees the University of Glasgow deliver its first online degree on the FutureLearn platform. Future Learn
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to identify the success factors and challenges for students studying in an open and distance learning (ODL) mode and recommend strategies for student persistence based on the findings. Design/methodology/approach Three groups of ODL students with various levels of study performance – nine high-level, nine mid-level and eight low-level […]
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to propose a new standard of assignment rubrics to minimize various interpretations and confusing expectations of the assignment outcome among all stakeholders and enhance the assignment rubrics to function not only as a grading tool but also as an assignment guiding tool for self-managed learning among open and […]
Previous literature shows a concern in the education sector regarding the influence of gender differences on users’ attitudes towards learning technologies. The present research aims to extend the Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) in the e-learning context and investigate the effect of gender on technology adoption in a Middle Eastern country. A total of 302 Computer […]
In this qualitative study (N = 4), we explore teachers’ perceptions of teacher-student relationship in distance education. Participants were teaching in both distance- and traditional classrooms, and we took a within-subject approach in order to highlight the differences in relationship between the two settings, with each participant being interviewed twice, using the Teacher Relationship Interview (TRI) protocol. […]
John M. Keller is a distinguished professor emeritus at Florida State University, where he specializes in educational psychology and learning systems. Dr. Keller is the creator of the MVP theory and ARCS-V model. He is also the author of the book Motivational Design for Learning and Performance: The ARCS model approach, and many articles on […]
The paper shows how a framework adapted from Toulmin (1958) was valuable in exploring the force of online argument in an educational setting. In past research of online discussions there has been a focus on interaction patterns at the expense of exploring questions of content. In seeking to address this imbalance, we used Toulmin’s key […]
Today, there are a lot of companies competing for space in the online and mobile training markets. One company that increasingly stands out is Cerego. The San Francisco-based company offers users in the education and training spaces a highly effective adaptive learning technology platform driven by insights from AI, neuroscience, and cognitive science. While Cerego […]