Transforming university learner support in open and distance education: Staff and students perceived challenges and prospects

R Ouma - Cogent Education, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
This article cross-examines the views of the university staff and selected students on
institutional challenges in managing and delivering learner support for in-service teachers …

Student support as social network: Exploring non-traditional student experiences of academic and wellbeing support during the Covid-19 pandemic

R Raaper, C Brown, A Llewellyn - Educational Review, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
The Covid-19 pandemic has caused a global crisis in higher education, affecting all aspects
of university work and practices. This article focuses on student experiences, in particular by …

Exploring students' learning experience in online education: analysis and improvement proposals based on the case of a Spanish open learning university

P Rivera-Vargas, T Anderson, CA Cano - … Technology Research and …, 2021 - Springer
Not surprisingly, the number of online universities continues to expand—especially in Covid-
19 times. These institutions all offer “online education” with diverse institutional …

Developing student support for open and distance learning: The EMPOWER project

ASE Paniagua, O Simpson - Journal of Interactive Media in …, 2018 - account.jime.open.ac.uk
European universities face great challenges dealing with twenty-first century world changes.
Deep transformations are required to a wide range of life-long learning scenarios, which are …

A competency framework for teaching and learning innovation centers for the 21st century: Anticipating the post-COVID-19 age

M Pérez-Sanagustín, I Kotorov, A Teixeira, F Mansilla… - Electronics, 2022 - mdpi.com
During the COVID-19 pandemic, most Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) across the globe
moved towards “emergency online education”, experiencing a metamorphosis that …

[图书][B] Virtual internationalization in higher education

E Bruhn-Zass - 2020 - uni-goettingen.de
Virtual Internationalization in Higher Education Page 1 Virtual Internationalization in Higher
Education From a niche to the mainstream Dr. Elisa Bruhn-Zass GIZ, Sector Programme …

Supporting students to succeed in open and distance learning in the Open University of Sri Lanka and Universitas Terbuka Indonesia

A Zuhairi, N Karthikeyan… - Asian Association of Open …, 2020 - emerald.com
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to reveal how support services for open and distance
students are designed, developed and implemented to ensure successful learning to take …

The effectiveness of e-tutoring in an open and distance e-learning environment: Evidence from the University of South Africa

S Maré, AT Mutezo - Open Learning: The Journal of Open …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Unisa has embraced the use of online learning and e-tutoring as a new approach to
teaching and learning in an ODeL environment. According to the Community of Inquiry …

Role of student support services in enhancing student persistence in the open university context: Lesson from Indonesia Open University

MH Arıfın - Turkish Online Journal of Distance Education, 2018 - dergipark.org.tr
The high number of non-enrolment students had decreased the retention rates in the
Indonesia Open University. Prior studies revealed that student support had a pivotal role in …

Success of distance learning graduates and the role of intrinsic motivation

J Simons, S Leverett, K Beaumont - Open Learning: The Journal of …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
This study explored the perceptions of 51 graduates of a distance learning health and social
care programme, identifying what factors contributed to students continuing for the duration …