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Use of Tablet Computers to Improve Access to Education in a Remote Location
(Commonwealth of Learning (COL), 2017-07)
A research project was carried out in using mobile learning to increase access to education. This project is contributing to the achievement of Goal 4 of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), which is to “Ensure inclusive ...
Turkish Teachers' Awareness and Perceptions of Open Educational Resources
(Commonwealth of Learning (COL), 2017-11)
The purpose of this study is to explore K-12 teachers’ awareness of open educational resources (OER) as well as their perceptions of its potential opportunities and challenges for teaching practices. Data were gathered ...
Mediated Authentic Video: A Flexible Tool Supporting a Developmental Approach to Teacher Education
(Commonwealth of Learning (COL), 2017-07)
You Tube now has more searches than Google, indicating that video is a motivating and, potentially, powerful learning tool. This paper investigates how we can embrace video to support improvements in teacher education. It ...
Social Networking Sites as Communication, Interaction, and Learning Environments: Perceptions and Preferences of Distance Education Students
(Commonwealth of Learning (COL), 2017-11)
The advent of Web 2.0 technologies transformed online networks into interactive spaces in which user-generated content has become the core material. With the possibilities that emerged from Web 2.0, social networking sites ...
Mobile Learning: Readiness and Perceptions of Teachers of Open Universities of Commonwealth Asia
(Commonwealth of Learning (COL), 2017-03)
Integration of ‘Mobile Learning’ (m-learning) in Open and Distance Learning (ODL) systems can play a crucial role in reducing the ‘Digital Divide’ and strengthening ‘Democratization of Education’ by providing quality ...
Book Review: Promoting Use and Contribution of Open Educational Resources
(Commonwealth of Learning (COL), 2017-11)
The current movement toward Open Educational Resources (OER) has a long historical precedence in the open education movements including that of the provision of equality of educational opportunity, recognising, though, ...
Higher Education Faculty Attitude, Motivation and Perception of Quality and Barriers Towards OER in India
(African Minds;ROER4D;International Development Research Centre, 2017-10)
The premise of this study is that teachers’ conceptions of the quality of Open Educational Resources (OER) and their attitudes and motivations towards using OER will influence whether and how they use and/or contribute ...
MOOC Adaptation and Translation to Improve Equity in Participation
(Commonwealth of Learning (COL), 2017-07)
There is an urgent need to improve elementary and secondary school classroom practices across India and the scale of this challenge is argued to demand new approaches to teacher professional learning. Massive Open Online ...
Designing Reflective Practice in the Context of OER-based e-Learning
(Commonwealth of Learning (COL), 2017-07)
Much is said about the importance of reflective practice especially in the professions. Yet much of what happens as part of reflective practice in the professions such as teaching is most of the time left to chance. ...
Mobile Learning: Challenges for Teachers of Indian Open Universities
(Commonwealth of Learning (COL), 2016)
“Mobile Learning” (m-Learning) has emerged as a trend in the field of Open and Distance Learning (ODL). It is removing the time and geographical barriers for learning by placing learning opportunities at the fingertips of ...
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