item: #1 of 290 id: ejl4d-10 author: None title: Osei date: None words: 4560 flesch: 48 summary: According to Ojokheta (2010), learners’ perception of the course materials is an important predictor for predicting persistence and success of distance learners in distance learning programme. For instance, in the 2007/2008 academic year, science students enrolled in public universities and polytechnics were 38% and 32% respectively, as compared to the 60% enrolment target specified for science programmes in universities and polytechnics (Ghana MOESS, 2008). keywords: bsc; challenges; distance; education; learners; learning; programmes; science; students; technology cache: ejl4d-10.htm plain text: ejl4d-10.txt item: #2 of 290 id: ejl4d-101 author: None title: Mtebe date: None words: 6343 flesch: 48 summary: The main objectives of this article are to report on the: Process involved in the development and integration of multimedia enhanced content; and Present the preliminary results from the users satisfaction with the developed multimedia enhanced content. In the next section, the process of developing multimedia enhanced content is explained in detail. keywords: content; education; knowledge; learning; mathematics; multimedia; respondents; science; subject; teachers; videos cache: ejl4d-101.htm plain text: ejl4d-101.txt item: #3 of 290 id: ejl4d-1049 author: Haynes-Brown, Tashane title: Becoming An Effective Teacher: A Teaching Reference Book for Teachers, Teacher Educators and Student Teachers : A Competency Based Curriculum (CBC) Support date: 2023-07-18 words: 1566 flesch: 48 summary: Becoming an effective teacher: A teaching reference book for teachers, teacher educators and student teachers. Using a mix of theoretical and practical discourse, the authors of the book focus specifically on a key ingredient needed for effective teaching and learning in the 21st century, that is enabling teachers and teacher educators to conceptualise their classrooms in more student-centred ways. keywords: chapter; teacher; teaching cache: ejl4d-1049.pdf plain text: ejl4d-1049.txt item: #4 of 290 id: ejl4d-105 author: None title: Darojat date: None words: 8995 flesch: 42 summary: Theme University STOU ABOU UT Foundational role of the university QA manual A guide for implementing the full QA system, emphasizing the use of key performance indicators and internal and external QA audits A guide for university-wide QA implementation The first level in a hierarchy of quality management documentation Implementation guide containing ten quality areas of the university QA framework Role of institutional policies as guides for QA in learner support Policies in teaching and learning provision and student development activities as QA guides for learner support areas, focusing on the development of student self-learning skills Policies in teaching and learning provision and support services as guides for QA learner support areas, with focus on students’ needs and continuous improvement Policies in teaching and learning provision and support services as guides to ensure that learner support services fit students’ needs Theme 1: The foundational role of the university’s QA manual. The QA policy in student support services is particularly evident in (1) technical advisory services and guidance to students, (2) provision of useful information for students, (3) activities to improve student academic performance, and (4) activities to develop students’ knowledge and experience that are also designed to be useful to alumni. keywords: abou; areas; distance; education; learner; learner support; learning; open; policies; quality; services; stou; students; support; universities; university cache: ejl4d-105.htm plain text: ejl4d-105.txt item: #5 of 290 id: ejl4d-1054 author: Nichols, Mark title: Commentary: What, exactly, is 'online' education? date: 2023-07-18 words: 3168 flesch: 59 summary: Given that most activity in higher education now involves networked computers, it might be a fair stretch to describe all that we do — as administrators, academics — as ‘online’. Higher education might be differentiated across the high-level categories of in-classroom; on-the-job; and open, distance, and flexible learning (ODFL). keywords: distance; education; journal; learning; online; term; work; workplace cache: ejl4d-1054.pdf plain text: ejl4d-1054.txt item: #6 of 290 id: ejl4d-1092 author: Panda, Santosh title: Changing Perceptions of ‘Learning for Development’ in the New Normal date: 2023-07-18 words: 3002 flesch: 39 summary: In a recently published book on digital learning for sustainable development, Sheila Jagannathan (2021) from the World Bank provides a comprehensive work on the contribution of digital learning (i.e., disruptive digital technologies influencing every aspect of human activity and absorption and application of learning) to skilling and employability, and sustainable development. Reimagining digital learning for sustainable development. keywords: development; education; journal; learning; online; research; teaching; technology cache: ejl4d-1092.pdf plain text: ejl4d-1092.txt item: #7 of 290 id: ejl4d-114 author: None title: Nabushawo date: None words: 5372 flesch: 45 summary: According to Bbuye (2010) and Mayende and Obura (2013), with the exception of the upgraded centers of Fort Portal and Jinja, ODL library services in the up-country study centres of Makerere University in Uganda are neither equipped with substantial collections nor provide students with appropriate services. Morrissett and Baker (1993) contend that the backbone of ODL library services is embedded in cooperation of libraries at a local, national and international level. keywords: distance; learning; libraries; library; materials; odl; services; students; study; university cache: ejl4d-114.htm plain text: ejl4d-114.txt item: #8 of 290 id: ejl4d-12 author: None title: Baggaley date: None words: 3128 flesch: 45 summary: After removing topics such as cognitive and child development from the list, 15 journals remain, covering: international development (7); global development (2); community development (2); educational development (1); learning and development (1); and open learning (2). The Figure suggests that the number of educational technology-related articles featuring “evaluation” and “instructional effectiveness/ design” as keywords dropped steadily during this period, and that “quality” has not been a common keyword in educational technology journals for at least 25 years. keywords: design; development; distance; education; journal; learning; research; technology cache: ejl4d-12.htm plain text: ejl4d-12.txt item: #9 of 290 id: ejl4d-121 author: None title: Msoka date: None words: 4364 flesch: 47 summary: An interactive physics experiment was developed and piloted in two schools with 157 students to investigate whether interactive experiments can be used as an alternative to physical experiments. The study aimed at investigating whether interactive experiments could be used as an alternative to physical experiments. keywords: education; experiments; ict; learning; schools; science; students; tanzania; use cache: ejl4d-121.htm plain text: ejl4d-121.txt item: #10 of 290 id: ejl4d-123 author: None title: Ferreira-Meyers date: None words: 2213 flesch: 44 summary: A vast number of social software systems are aggregations of different forms, offering one-to-one, one-to-many, many-to-many, many-to one, asynchronous, synchronous, direct and indirect interaction. Chapter Four highlights that the vast majority of research into social learning in formal education has focused on the group form because that has, until recently, been the only social option available to most face-to-face and distance institutional learners. keywords: anderson; chapter; dron; learning; software; tools cache: ejl4d-123.htm plain text: ejl4d-123.txt item: #11 of 290 id: ejl4d-124 author: None title: Carr date: None words: 6858 flesch: 45 summary: Change through empowerment processes: Women's stories from South Asia and Latin America. Another significant finding is that L3F women have a higher average empowerment score than Non-L3F men. keywords: capital; community; education; empowerment; knowledge; l3f; learning; non; process; scores; study; villages; women cache: ejl4d-124.htm plain text: ejl4d-124.txt item: #12 of 290 id: ejl4d-125 author: None title: Mokiwa date: None words: 5993 flesch: 46 summary: However, they pointed out that students with disabilities have challenges with geometry and trigonometry due to lack of a basic foundation from earlier schooling: Students with disabilities have a problem with geometry because they do not have strong foundation of algebra… (Participant A2). Mokiwa Lecturers’ Experiences of Teaching STEM to Students with Disabilities Sindile A. Ngubane-Mokiwa and Simon Bheki Khoza VOL. keywords: assessment; content; disabilities; education; knowledge; learning; participant; students; teachers; teaching; technology; tvet cache: ejl4d-125.htm plain text: ejl4d-125.txt item: #13 of 290 id: ejl4d-126 author: None title: Nkuyubwatsi date: None words: 8160 flesch: 51 summary: As for academics, they would engage in finding and adaptation of open learning materials and using these materials to enhance MOOC content. These findings may inform policies and practices that underpin opening up higher education and open education in general. keywords: access; agenda; assessment; content; courses; education; learners; learning; lto; materials; moocs; open; opening; retrieved; rwanda cache: ejl4d-126.htm plain text: ejl4d-126.txt item: #14 of 290 id: ejl4d-127 author: None title: Kabugo date: None words: 5179 flesch: 48 summary: Luganda language teachers should not use ETs for their own sake. This paper discusses the implications of such abstract conceptualization in the revitalisation of Luganda language. keywords: education; ets; kolb; language; learning; luganda; study; teaching; technologies; trainees cache: ejl4d-127.htm plain text: ejl4d-127.txt item: #15 of 290 id: ejl4d-129 author: None title: Kabugo date: None words: 5717 flesch: 44 summary: Trainees concretely experienced, abstractly conceptualized and made observational reflections about their own active experimentations of Tobii-T120 in tracking the eye-movement of students of reading and engaging with e-learning objects on an emulated mobile device (smartphone). In this study, participants were guided to utilize http://mob.is.it to develop e-learning objects for deployment on different smartphones. keywords: eye; information; learning; objects; reading; students; study; tobii; trainees cache: ejl4d-129.htm plain text: ejl4d-129.txt item: #16 of 290 id: ejl4d-13 author: None title: Mitra date: None words: 4892 flesch: 53 summary: However, many studies have revealed that daunting challenges still exist in Afghanistan for the country to face to achieve its constitutional goals, from which it is evident that the formal schooling system as a single delivery system will not be able to realize the cherished hopes and aspirations of Afghanistan to universalise school education. The formal schooling system as a single delivery system will not be able to realize the cherished hopes and aspirations of Afghanistan to universalise school education.  keywords: afghanistan; challenges; country; education; girls; schooling; schools; students; system cache: ejl4d-13.htm plain text: ejl4d-13.txt item: #17 of 290 id: ejl4d-133 author: None title: Kabugo date: None words: 1920 flesch: 42 summary: The author puts forth the issues leading to a slow effect on education in the area of health and lays stress on more curriculum-based programmes leading to health education at different levels, including the secondary and tertiary levels. Education is reckoned as a “paradoxical social institution”, since many bad things occur during the course of good things happening due to the spread of education. keywords: author; chapter; development; education cache: ejl4d-133.htm plain text: ejl4d-133.txt item: #18 of 290 id: ejl4d-141 author: None title: Nkuyubwatsi date: None words: 7662 flesch: 49 summary: Weller (2011, p. 96) discusses two main agendas promoted in open higher education: the open access agenda which is relevant in countries where access to higher education is low and the lifelong learning agenda which became the focus of attention in developed countries as access to higher education increased. Open Education According to Mulder & Jansen (2015), open education emerged in the nineteenth century but it widely developed in the second half of the twentieth century with the start of open universities. keywords: academic; access; education; learners; learning; open; opening; policy; resources; route; rwanda; university cache: ejl4d-141.htm plain text: ejl4d-141.txt item: #19 of 290 id: ejl4d-142 author: None title: George date: None words: 1763 flesch: 37 summary: Aligning skills training policies with economic and industrial policies Ensuring industry-led systems for skills training with a conducive regulatory framework Supporting Qualification Frameworks and quality assurance Increasing the prestige of skills training and rebranding TVET Strengthening foundational skills and direct measurement of skills Mainstreaming soft skills into TVET, and Integrating career guidance and placement into skills training. There is less detail about the changes necessary to curriculum and skills training, unfortunately, although the system for making the changes is presented in diagrammatic form. keywords: development; policy; skills; training; tvet cache: ejl4d-142.htm plain text: ejl4d-142.txt item: #20 of 290 id: ejl4d-143 author: None title: Chaudhury date: None words: 6784 flesch: 57 summary: The fact that a large proportion of employed and rural women are enrolling in IGNOU programmes is a positive indicator of IGNOU’s inclusive reach. In this paper, we have discussed the efforts made, strategies evolved and techniques used by IGNOU towards inclusive higher education. keywords: cent; education; ignou; india; learners; obc; programmes; sts; table; total cache: ejl4d-143.htm plain text: ejl4d-143.txt item: #21 of 290 id: ejl4d-144 author: None title: Bose date: None words: 3191 flesch: 48 summary: Policies Regulating Assessment of Assignments Several policies have been formulated for regulating the assessment of assignments.  Policy Regulating Dispatch of Assignments Following Evaluation Feedback on assignments should be timely (Gibbs & Simpson, 2004-05; Weaver, 2006) keywords: assignments; distance; education; learning; policies; policy cache: ejl4d-144.htm plain text: ejl4d-144.txt item: #22 of 290 id: ejl4d-145 author: None title: Awadhiya date: None words: 4254 flesch: 53 summary: Panda and Mishra, (2007) also reported the lack of instructional design, institutional policy and infrastructure for e-learning as important challenges for teachers at an Open University. Yashwantrao Chavan Maharashtra Open University (YCMOU) keywords: challenges; education; learning; mobile; open; teachers; technology cache: ejl4d-145.htm plain text: ejl4d-145.txt item: #23 of 290 id: ejl4d-147 author: None title: Murgatroyd date: None words: 6611 flesch: 51 summary: Since the 1980s, a number of common features of education policies and reform principles have been employed to try to improve the quality of education and fix the apparent problems in public education systems in the developed world. The Global Educational Reform Movement (GERM) Global Educational Reform Movement (GERM) is a common name to a set of education policies that aim at governing education systems using commercial and market principles. keywords: bank; development; education; equity; focus; germ; learning; new; policy; quality; schools; system; teachers; world cache: ejl4d-147.htm plain text: ejl4d-147.txt item: #24 of 290 id: ejl4d-150 author: None title: Traxler date: None words: 9712 flesch: 44 summary: The growth of mobile learning research, the growth of researchers working on mobile learning and the apparently attractive and benign possibilities of mobile learning suggest the need for much research to underpin any subsequent investment, and to underpin policy, capacity building and awareness raising. Mobile Learning Research This paper starts by giving policy makers and other people funding research a practical analysis of different types of mobile learning research in order to articulate more realistically the nature of the insights and findings that they should expect from the mobile learning research community. keywords: communities; community; data; education; global; learning; makers; methods; mobile; people; policy; policy makers; research; researchers; technologies; technology cache: ejl4d-150.htm plain text: ejl4d-150.txt item: #25 of 290 id: ejl4d-151 author: None title: Tait date: None words: 1369 flesch: 46 summary: It remains true that over and above the universality of relevance for development thinking, there are severe and increasing inequalities in the richer countries, with the re-emergence of social marginalisation at levels that have not been seen for 30 years in many developed parts of the world. It is difficult for educators to immerse themselves in development thinking and recognise how education contributes as more than a ‘thing in itself’, but as one of an array of crucial streams of activity for human and social development.  keywords: development; education; journal; learning cache: ejl4d-151.htm plain text: ejl4d-151.txt item: #26 of 290 id: ejl4d-152 author: None title: Weller date: None words: 4430 flesch: 54 summary: Notably the mainstream adoption of open access models in publishing, the release of open education resources (OERs), and more recently large scale open courses, known as MOOCs (massive open online courses). This model should not be overused, the fate that has befallen many digital economic models. keywords: education; example; flip; learning; model; new; open; production; resources; uber cache: ejl4d-152.htm plain text: ejl4d-152.txt item: #27 of 290 id: ejl4d-153 author: None title: Pulist date: None words: 2140 flesch: 51 summary: The third part focuses on case studies in mobile learning and presents some of the successful models of implementation of mobile learning projects. The first part sets the stage for the second part by providing a theoretical framework of mobile learning and discussing an ideal model of use of the technology, while presenting the current status of the technology in different settings. keywords: authors; devices; learning; mobile; technologies; use cache: ejl4d-153.htm plain text: ejl4d-153.txt item: #28 of 290 id: ejl4d-154 author: None title: Simui date: None words: 3971 flesch: 46 summary: Study Objectives The specific objectives of this study were: To identify the user-friendly instructional materials from the learners’ perspective; To discuss the factors contributing  to user-friendly instructional materials; and To suggest ways in which the quality of instructional materials could be improved from the end-user perspective. Literature Review The Commonwealth of Learning (2005) as well as Freeman (2004) identify the following elements as critical indicators for improved quality of instructional materials: (i) learner profiles; (ii) context; (iii) aims and objectives; (iv) activities; (v) examples and illustrations; (vi) assessments; (vii) access devices; (ix) time allocation; and (x) language writing styles and layout. keywords: distance; education; instructional; learners; learning; materials; modules; pem; user cache: ejl4d-154.htm plain text: ejl4d-154.txt item: #29 of 290 id: ejl4d-155 author: None title: Gaskell date: None words: 589 flesch: 54 summary: This issue has a particular focus on policy: authors explore the relationship between policy and research (Traxler); the importance of having appropriate policies in place (Awadhiya & Miglani; Nkuyubwatsi; Bose) and new models for economic development, which could inform policies for the future (Weller).  The lack of support for instructional design and the lack of relevant policies were considered the most serious challenges; perhaps surprisingly “intrusion on personal time due to 24/7 access” was not considered to be particularly important. keywords: development; learning cache: ejl4d-155.htm plain text: ejl4d-155.txt item: #30 of 290 id: ejl4d-163 author: None title: Miglani date: None words: 6129 flesch: 48 summary: ‘A study on the readiness of mobile learning in open education’, In International Symposium on IT in Medicine and Education (ITME), IEEE,Vol. 1, 133-136. Davis, F. D., Bagozzi, R. P. & Warshaw, P. R. (1989). ‘What is mobile learning? keywords: learners; learning; mobile; odl; open; perception; readiness; respondents; teachers; technology cache: ejl4d-163.htm plain text: ejl4d-163.txt item: #31 of 290 id: ejl4d-164 author: None title: Daniel date: None words: 2319 flesch: 56 summary: The main focus of the meeting was UNESCO's contribution to the campaign to achieve Education for All (EFA) and, in keeping with the club's name, Memory and Future, it brought together three speakers who, between them, could give a perspective on the past, an account of current activities and a taste of the future. Sir John Daniel took up the story from the inception of the EFA campaign at the Jomtien conference in 1990 and reported on its progress until his departure from UNESCO in 2004. keywords: development; education; efa; unesco; world cache: ejl4d-164.htm plain text: ejl4d-164.txt item: #32 of 290 id: ejl4d-165 author: None title: Hood date: None words: 7049 flesch: 50 summary: However, the use of these indicators as MOOC quality measures is highly problematic, since completion is not always the goal of individual learners (Littlejohn et al., 2016) and therefore not an appropriate measure of the quality of learning on its own. Indicators of MOOC Quality Dimensions of MOOC quality depend largely on two variables: the MOOC’s purpose and the perspective of the particular actor. keywords: course; design; education; international; learners; learning; measures; moocs; open; quality; research; variables cache: ejl4d-165.htm plain text: ejl4d-165.txt item: #33 of 290 id: ejl4d-167 author: None title: DeVries date: None words: 970 flesch: 45 summary: To address this need, they used the results of Zawacki’s earlier Delphi study into research themes in online distance education, along with other large-scale literature reviews and studies of research patterns in online distance education. It will probably not surprise anyone in the field to learn that the editors found that a large majority of research in online distance education focuses on the micro-level, while the other two levels remain under-researched. keywords: distance; education; research cache: ejl4d-167.htm plain text: ejl4d-167.txt item: #34 of 290 id: ejl4d-168 author: None title: Winkelmans date: None words: 1853 flesch: 39 summary: This publication is a collection of articles invited from open, distance, and flexible learning practitioners around the world.  The three articles in the Admitting Compromises section shift from individual swamp stories to higher order considerations of the interplay between historical, political, social, economic, technological, and ethical considerations and the solutions (even if off the mark) that emerge.  Evans and Smith, in The Fog of Flexibility: the Riskiness of Flexible Post-secondary Education in Australia, provide a historical perspective on how political changes  have at times led to the rise and decline of equity and access values as key drivers for distance learning.  keywords: distance; education; flexibility; learning; practice cache: ejl4d-168.htm plain text: ejl4d-168.txt item: #35 of 290 id: ejl4d-17 author: None title: Situma date: None words: 4751 flesch: 46 summary: Kenya ICT Policy 2006 To ensure the deployment of ICTs for education, the ICT Policy, 2006 aims to promote distance education and virtual institutions in higher education and training. On the basis of national studies that highlight best practices in the use of ICTs for literacy programs, as well as other experiences around the world (particularly in school education) it is claimed that ICTs have potential to enhance learning and broaden access to literacy education and empower learners — especially women. keywords: access; development; education; girls; ict; kenya; learning; literacy; odl; use; women cache: ejl4d-17.htm plain text: ejl4d-17.txt item: #36 of 290 id: ejl4d-170 author: None title: Sushita date: None words: 8707 flesch: 38 summary: Simultaneously, the extract also reveals the absence of an instrument that can effectively connect the notions that have been emboldened for “education systems [to] fully embrace sustainable development” (UNESCO, 2016). At a global level, synchronization and coordination of education systems (Hoosen, Butcher & Njenga, 2009) are required to strategically develop and strengthen the capacity of educational institutions to respond simultaneously to educational, employability and SD needs of populations. keywords: adea; agenda; competencies; conference; development; education; esd; framework; gokool; learning; pedagogy; ramdoo; skills; sustainability; systems; unesco; united cache: ejl4d-170.htm plain text: ejl4d-170.txt item: #37 of 290 id: ejl4d-171 author: None title: Vaal date: None words: 2972 flesch: 41 summary: The language of instruction and course content material is in English, except for some Samoan and other foreign language courses. The wealth of available and relevant OER was most appreciated in the compilation of course materials and confirmed the aspect of reduced cost through digital access. keywords: course; english; learning; national; reading; samoa; teachers cache: ejl4d-171.htm plain text: ejl4d-171.txt item: #38 of 290 id: ejl4d-172 author: None title: Gaskell date: None words: 711 flesch: 45 summary: 3, No. 3 This issue of JL4D has a particular focus on the sustainable development of inclusive quality education for all. Access to inclusive quality education for all remains a key target for development and we hope that the articles included in this issue will support your thinking towards meeting the SDGs by 2030. keywords: development; education; quality cache: ejl4d-172.htm plain text: ejl4d-172.txt item: #39 of 290 id: ejl4d-19 author: None title: Gordon date: None words: 2663 flesch: 48 summary: 1, No. 2 Abstract The Jeffrey Town model for community development has been effectively applied to the rural community of Jeffrey Town in Jamaica with Information and Computer Technology (ICT) as a key element. Since 1991 when the Farmers Association formed as a cooperative Jeffrey Town has been seeking ways to redress the lack of investment in line with its mission statement to … harness all available assistance for community development using agriculture as the platform; to sustainably develop its human and physical resources, for the creation of opportunities to include all the residents of Jeffrey Town, especially the youth and women to achieve social and economic stability.” keywords: community; development; group; jeffrey; jeffrey town; radio; town; training cache: ejl4d-19.htm plain text: ejl4d-19.txt item: #40 of 290 id: ejl4d-190 author: Raphael, Christina; Mtebe, Joel S. title: Pre-Service Teachers’ Self-Efficacy Beliefs Towards Educational Technologies Integration in Tanzania date: 2017-06-13 words: 5556 flesch: 47 summary: However, relatively few teachers have been integrating educational technologies into the classroom environment (Andersson, Nfuka, Sumra, Uimonen, & Pain, 2014; Kafyulilo, Fisser, Pieters, & Voogt, 2015; Kihoza, Zlotnikova, Bada, & Kalegele, 2016; UNESCO, 2015). This fact is unsettling given the fact that, in many universities in Tanzania, educational technologies are integrated into pre-service teachers’ training programs. keywords: beliefs; classroom; efficacy; efficacy beliefs; integration; self; service; teachers; technologies; technology; use cache: ejl4d-190.pdf plain text: ejl4d-190.txt item: #41 of 290 id: ejl4d-192 author: Chan Mow, Ioana Tuugalei; Temese, Edna; Mose, Mose Nitreous; Patu, Tara; Mauai, Elisapeta; Sinclair, Ioana; Lafaele, Fiafaitupe; Namulauulu, Joseph; Tanielu, Misioka; Wong Soon, Agnes; Chan, Vensal title: An Evaluation of the Usefulness and Ease of Use of the Aptus within the Samoan Education Context date: 2017-11-20 words: 4927 flesch: 55 summary: She is the COL Focal point for Samoa, the Team Leader for the National University of Samoa Aptus research team, and played a key role in the PACENETPlus, COLTEL and Faculty of Science Open and Distance Learning Project. He is a member of the NUS Aptus research Team, the NUS COLTEL research group, the VEX Robotics Team, as well as the Faculty of Science Open and Distance Learning Project Team. keywords: access; aptus; ease; learning; nus; research; resources; team; use; usefulness cache: ejl4d-192.pdf plain text: ejl4d-192.txt item: #42 of 290 id: ejl4d-194 author: None title: Moon date: None words: 6716 flesch: 50 summary: Examples of current digital programmes within the region are considered as well as the new technologies that are emerging with relevance to teacher education. Teacher education and training presents one of the most intractable problems. keywords: africa; development; education; learning; resources; saharan; scale; school; sub; teacher; teacher education; technologies; training cache: ejl4d-194.htm plain text: ejl4d-194.txt item: #43 of 290 id: ejl4d-195 author: None title: Bonk date: None words: 11685 flesch: 55 summary: However, unlike those studies, this particular project did not target MOOC behaviors specifically; instead, a survey was designed to explore self-directed learning preferences and experiences from informal online learning resources including MOOCs and other forms of open education. After six months of reviewing the literature and these recommendations, an evaluation scheme was developed for online informal learning resources. keywords: bonk; education; goals; information; learners; learning; lee; mooc; new; people; research; resources; respondents; self; study; survey; technology; web cache: ejl4d-195.htm plain text: ejl4d-195.txt item: #44 of 290 id: ejl4d-197 author: None title: Tait date: None words: 3472 flesch: 49 summary: Firstly European distance education was characterised in the period 1970-1990 by its adoption in seven countries of an open university or single mode teaching university as the primary driver of massified higher education opportunity for adult part-time learners. Moore’s theory is one of the few or indeed may be unique in distance education in that it can be used to test hypotheses, so can be used to frame experiments in tutoring or other learner support activities to assess what change there is in the outcomes of student learning, often judged by student completion.   keywords: distance; education; european; field; learning; open; teaching; university cache: ejl4d-197.htm plain text: ejl4d-197.txt item: #45 of 290 id: ejl4d-198 author: Mnubi, Godfrey Magoti title: Improving the Quality of Basic Education Through the Use of Gender-sensitive Student Councils: Experience of Six Selected Districts in Tanzania date: 2017-06-13 words: 3435 flesch: 45 summary: One of these was the introduction and strengthening of student councils as a statutory requirement to empower students, in particular to increase girls’ and boys’ confidence to advocate for and demand their rights to education and health. In addition, via student councils (barazas), girls and boys 162 develop leadership skills, facilitating their participation in shaping educational policies, practices and beliefs while simultaneously ensuring school management accountability in delivering quality education. keywords: councils; education; female; gender; girls; school; student cache: ejl4d-198.pdf plain text: ejl4d-198.txt item: #46 of 290 id: ejl4d-2 author: None title: Butcher date: None words: 4183 flesch: 39 summary: As a consequence of the requirements of the professional development strategy document, it was instead decided to draw extensively on the UNESCO ICT CFT so that both colleges and universities could build teacher ICT competencies in a coherent and sequential manner, allowing them to master ever more sophisticated ICT skills and know-how. Retrieved from http://www.nwlink.com/~donclark/hrd/costs.html See The ICT in Education Teachers’ Professional Development Toolkit at http://ccti.colfinder.org/toolkit/ict-toolkit/ See the pre-service Guyana ICT in Education Teacher’s Course at http://colccti.colfinder.org/sites/default/files/PreService_International/index.html References Butcher, N. & Roberts, N. (2004). keywords: development; education; guyana; ict; learning; materials; oer; service; teachers cache: ejl4d-2.htm plain text: ejl4d-2.txt item: #47 of 290 id: ejl4d-20 author: None title: Seelig date: None words: 3804 flesch: 43 summary: Due to the high proportion of Māori offenders in New Zealand prisons, the Open Polytechnic has contextualised the course materials so that they reflect culturally appropriate images and messages for offenders so that they are better able to identify with what they are learning. A recent report on prison education and training in Europe shows that prisoner participation in such programmes is below 25% due to a range of issues including prisoner reluctance or unsuitability, and institutional barriers (Hawley et al, 2013). keywords: education; learning; literacy; new; offenders; prison; skills; zealand cache: ejl4d-20.htm plain text: ejl4d-20.txt item: #48 of 290 id: ejl4d-200 author: Md Yusof, Safiah; Lim, Tick Meng; Png, Leo; Abd Khatab, Zainuriyah; Dharam Singh, Harvinder Kaur title: Building an Efficient and Effective Test Management System in an ODL Institution date: 2017-06-13 words: 3142 flesch: 46 summary: The initial objectives of QBank development were aimed at enabling the systematic classification and storage of test items, as well as the auto-generation of test papers based on the required criteria. ii) Exclude past semester – the user can select the option that allows the system to exclude question items from one or several past semesters. keywords: examination; items; oum; paper; qbank; system; test cache: ejl4d-200.pdf plain text: ejl4d-200.txt item: #49 of 290 id: ejl4d-202 author: Jha, Jyotsna; Ghatak, Neha; Mahendiran, Shreekanth title: Understanding the Profile, Motivations and Current Status of Academic Graduates through Open and Distance Schooling in India date: 2017-06-13 words: 7556 flesch: 50 summary: We asked all respondents if education through NIOS added value to their pursuit or not, and those who said yes were also asked to explain how it did so. Table 4: Did NIOS education add value by present occupation (percentage distribution)? The proportion of those who saw value in NIOS education was the highest for those who were pursuing higher education (Table 4). keywords: cent; certification; education; female; learners; nios; open; respondents; students; survey; women cache: ejl4d-202.pdf plain text: ejl4d-202.txt item: #50 of 290 id: ejl4d-205 author: Stutchbury, Kris; Woodward, Clare title: Mediated Authentic Video: A Flexible Tool Supporting a Developmental Approach to Teacher Education date: 2017-06-13 words: 6118 flesch: 53 summary: Use of Video in Teacher Education Over recent years digital video use has become more prevalent in teacher education as an important resource for enabling teachers to examine what is happening in a classroom (Sherin 2004; Sherin & Van Es 2009; Rich & Calandra 2010; Gaudin & Chalies, 2015). Digital records of practice: A Literature review of video analysis in teacher practice. keywords: classroom; development; education; educators; learning; practice; support; teacher; teaching; use; video cache: ejl4d-205.pdf plain text: ejl4d-205.txt item: #51 of 290 id: ejl4d-207 author: None title: Bossu date: None words: 7257 flesch: 39 summary: He commenced his work in distance education in 1979 at the (then) Gippsland Institute of Advanced Education (now Federation University) where he taught undergraduate sociology on and off campus. His first article on distance education, “Communicating with Students by Audiotape” (Evans, 1984) came from that period. keywords: australia; development; distance; distance education; education; learning; new; odl; online; pacific; region; teaching; university; zealand cache: ejl4d-207.htm plain text: ejl4d-207.txt item: #52 of 290 id: ejl4d-208 author: None title: Gaskell date: None words: 1550 flesch: 48 summary: Our first article focuses on distance education leaders from Europe and is provided by Professor Alan Tait, former, and now Emeritus, Editor of this journal. Alan is therefore particularly well placed to discuss distance education leaders in Europe. keywords: development; distance; education; learning cache: ejl4d-208.htm plain text: ejl4d-208.txt item: #53 of 290 id: ejl4d-210 author: Karunanayaka, Shironica Priyanthi; Naidu, Som; Rajendra, J.C.N.; Ratnayake, H. U. W. title: Designing Reflective Practice in the Context of OER-based e-Learning date: 2017-06-13 words: 6721 flesch: 49 summary: For instance, integration of OER in different ways, at different levels in all activities in all modules of the OEReL course has supported participants in engaging in self-study and independent learning, as well as reflective learning (Karunanayaka et al., 2015). Designing Reflective Practice in the Context of OER-based e-Learning Shironica P. Karunanayaka1, Som Naidu2, J.C.N. Rajendra1, & H.U.W. Ratnayake1 1The Open University of Sri Lanka 2The University of the South Pacific, Fiji Abstract: Much is said about the importance of reflective practice especially in the professions. keywords: action; course; design; experience; learning; naidu; oer; participants; practice; reflection cache: ejl4d-210.pdf plain text: ejl4d-210.txt item: #54 of 290 id: ejl4d-215 author: Bozkurt, Aras; Karadeniz, Abdulkadir; Koçdar, Serpil title: Social Networking Sites as Communication, Interaction, and Learning Environments: Perceptions and Preferences of Distance Education Students date: 2017-11-20 words: 8245 flesch: 55 summary: Callaghan and Fribbance (2016) examined Facebook at Open University of UK and found that Facebook can be used to build a community for distance education students. • How long have distance education students been using SNSs? keywords: communication; distance education; education; education students; facebook; interaction; learning; networking; online; research; snss; social; students; use cache: ejl4d-215.pdf plain text: ejl4d-215.txt item: #55 of 290 id: ejl4d-217 author: Ostashewski, Nathaniel; Howell, Jennifer; Dron, Jon title: MOOCifying Courses: Delivery of a MOOC to Enhance University Course Activities date: 2017-06-14 words: 6322 flesch: 52 summary: Moocification of a formal university course is perhaps one way in which higher education students and universities can engage with communities that are interested in the same topics for learning. The open education dimension of MOOCs seen through an international education 186 lens suggests that credentialing, and perhaps innovative offerings of MOOCs co-delivered with existing higher education courses, may provide some solutions for global open education. keywords: content; course; education; learning; mooc; online; space; students; study; support; tools; university cache: ejl4d-217.pdf plain text: ejl4d-217.txt item: #56 of 290 id: ejl4d-219 author: Ally, Mohamed; Balaji, Venkataraman; Abdelbaki, Anwar; Cheng, Ricky title: Use of Tablet Computers to Improve Access to Education in a Remote Location date: 2017-06-13 words: 4000 flesch: 57 summary: The effectiveness of mobile learning depends on how creative the teachers are when developing mobile learning materials (Mohamed, Chebbi, and Behera, 2016). Teachers will have to be creative when they develop mobile learning materials to provide learners with 21st century skills (Dold, 2016; Henriksen, et al, 2016). keywords: education; learning; mobile; project; students; tablets; use cache: ejl4d-219.pdf plain text: ejl4d-219.txt item: #57 of 290 id: ejl4d-223 author: Nkuyubwatsi, Bernard title: Willingness to Engage in Open Educational Practices among Academics in Rwandan Public Higher Education and Responsive Actions date: 2017-11-20 words: 6705 flesch: 46 summary: Designing higher education courses using Open Educational Resources. Many of the responses to this opportunity reiterated the critical role of policy as well as concerns about technological access and quality in open education. keywords: academics; education; learning; oer; open; opening; participants; practices; research; rwanda; university cache: ejl4d-223.pdf plain text: ejl4d-223.txt item: #58 of 290 id: ejl4d-224 author: Ozdemir, Ozgur; Bonk, Curtis title: Turkish Teachers’ Awareness and Perceptions of Open Educational Resources date: 2017-11-20 words: 6503 flesch: 52 summary: Although OER studies have taken place primarily in higher education contexts, it is still possible to find OER research related to K-12 school settings. Thus, it is crucial to conduct OER studies in different countries and different continents. keywords: awareness; education; learning; movement; oer; research; resources; school; study; survey; teachers; use cache: ejl4d-224.pdf plain text: ejl4d-224.txt item: #59 of 290 id: ejl4d-225 author: Prinsloo, Paul title: Leaders in Distance Education on the African Continent date: 2017-06-13 words: 7741 flesch: 42 summary: While distance education was, by then, well established on the African continent, African distance education institutions had only observer status in the ICDE and were not full members. Leaders in Distance Education on the African Continent Paul Prinsloo University of South Africa (UNISA), South Africa Introduction Recognising and documenting leadership in distance education on the African continent is a daunting task, fraught with a number of difficulties, such as deciding on which criteria to consider and who to include. keywords: african; continent; development; distance education; education; jegede; leadership; learning; odl; oer; research; role; south; support; unisa; university cache: ejl4d-225.pdf plain text: ejl4d-225.txt item: #60 of 290 id: ejl4d-23 author: None title: Santally date: None words: 5468 flesch: 40 summary: Hence the ‘living’ concept being embodied and replacing the term research in research labs. In the article “Time for Radical Change in Teacher Education”, Moon argues that it is time to implement new technologies in teacher training courses so as to focus on the continuous professional development of educators. keywords: development; education; educators; innovation; learning; living; mauritius; model; project; research; training; university cache: ejl4d-23.htm plain text: ejl4d-23.txt item: #61 of 290 id: ejl4d-236 author: Ally, Mohamed title: Leaders in Open and Distance Education in North America date: 2017-06-13 words: 3976 flesch: 41 summary: Until that time, teaching was defined in the educational literature as a process occurring exclusively in a classroom, and although distance education was widely practiced in the form of correspondence study and by broadcasting, and even the early use of telecommunications and computer technology, such teaching and learning had no place in educational theory or scholarly and research literature. Based on an early adult education career of seven years in East Africa, Moore has maintained a special interest in the use of distance education in economic and social development. keywords: distance; education; learning; online; open; professor; research; teaching; technology; university cache: ejl4d-236.pdf plain text: ejl4d-236.txt item: #62 of 290 id: ejl4d-237 author: Mukama, Evode title: From policies to implementation of open distance learning in Rwanda: A genealogical and governmentality analysis date: 2018-03-17 words: 8030 flesch: 48 summary: The question is how ODL policies and strategic plans have been implemented. However, such a statement raises a question: What is the relationship between ODL policy aspirations and the implementing authority? keywords: distance; education; government; ict; learning; ministry; odl; policy; programme; rwanda; study; university cache: ejl4d-237.pdf plain text: ejl4d-237.txt item: #63 of 290 id: ejl4d-24 author: None title: Mwawasi date: None words: 3752 flesch: 50 summary: This study aimed at investigating how school leaders help build capacities of teachers to be able to effectively integrate ICT in their teaching and learning, at school level, in a public secondary school in Kenya. In their technological capacities, school leaders provide finances and technological infrastructure, social and moral support to all the school stakeholders to realise the full potential of ICTs in education (Harris, 2001). keywords: ict; leadership; learning; school; teachers; teaching; technology; use cache: ejl4d-24.htm plain text: ejl4d-24.txt item: #64 of 290 id: ejl4d-241 author: Gaskell, Anne title: Editorial:Celebrating the 8th Pan-Commonwealth Forum and Distance Education Leaders date: 2017-06-14 words: 2320 flesch: 46 summary: One of our case studies is also particularly concerned with teacher development. Some of the key interests for sustainable development are well illustrated in this issue: the importance of teacher education, the creative use of new technologies especially where online access is limited, and the need for appropriate support and mediation, whether for teachers or learners. keywords: ally; development; distance; education; learning; use cache: ejl4d-241.pdf plain text: ejl4d-241.txt item: #65 of 290 id: ejl4d-242 author: Abeywardena, Ishan Sudeera title: Print2Screen Mobile App: Embedding Multimedia in Printed ODL Course Materials using QR Codes date: 2017-11-20 words: 3121 flesch: 45 summary: Online Information and Help Provides learners with a dynamic list of Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) assisting them on how to use the Print2Screen app and how to create compatible QR codes. To address this limitation with a special focus on print based ODL course materials, the Commonwealth Educational Media Centre for Asia (CEMCA), which is a regional center of the Commonwealth of Learning (COL), developed an innovative solution to seamlessly integrate multimedia into printed material using Quick Response Codes (QR codes) or 2D barcodes and an Android mobile application named “Print2Screen”. keywords: access; app; codes; learners; learning; mobile; multimedia; print2screen cache: ejl4d-242.pdf plain text: ejl4d-242.txt item: #66 of 290 id: ejl4d-25 author: None title: Creed date: None words: 6230 flesch: 39 summary: Open Learning: Five Broad Different Purposes     Purpose Examples Accessing Education 1 Para-formal and alternative schooling systems Open schools Community schools Alternative life-skills-based basic education 2 Supporting successful transition to and performance in formal schools Early childhood care and education [ECCE] Feeder or bridge schools Continuity schooling Accelerated learning (AL) Supporting Education 3 Raising the quality of formal and non-formal school by providing ready-made educational resources Structured learning materials Schools radio and TV broadcasting Interactive radio instruction 4 Training, networking and resources for intermediaries (e.g. teachers, broadcasters, mentors, planners) Teacher training and professional development by distance education E-networks for teachers, educational broadcasters, planners Self-study manuals for teachers, educational broadcasters and planners Open source educational resources 5 Communication for development (C4D) strategies Campaigning programmes focused on children’s needs – school readiness, health, nutrition advocacy Edutainment – broadcasting soaps with campaigning messages Source: UNICEF, 2009: 16 Displacement and ODFL’s Role in Continuity Education and Equivalency Displacement, whether internally (IDPs) or externally (EDPs), is the most significant cause of educational discontinuity and lack of access to certification in emergency contexts. Pre-primary schools located near or in compounds of government or registered non-government primary schools, radio broadcasting, crèche-type projects The Equal Access Initiative, Nepal BRAC Pre-primary schools (BPPS), Bangladesh Project Why, India Second chance bridging programs preparing OOSC for transition to formal schooling Government or NGO-led programs, large- or small-scale initiatives Residential schools in urban and rural areas with high numbers of working children, child marriages MV Foundation, India Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SAA), India ROSC, Bangladesh Community projects linking to equivalent exam systems MoE-led initiatives via network of NGO-led community initiatives NGOs working with specific groups, accredited by Open Schools with independent route to equivalency exams Butterflies, India The Flexible Junior Secondary Certificate, Bangladesh Integration of non-formal schools into the formal infrastructure and exams NGO-led community schools, or GO and NGO and UN partnerships initially, then  taken over by governance by MoE Rural and urban community schools supported by apex organization initially COPE, Afghanistan Community Primary School Program, Bhutan PACE-A, Afghanistan Child-seeking outreach programs of elite schools bridging OOSC into orbit of formal and recognized schools Elite fee-paying schools subsidizing compound schooling and/or dual or external enrolment with local government primary school Outreach school within the compound of a fee-paying school with access to formal exams; dual/external enrolment with examination board St Agnes Loreto Day School, India Continuity schooling for children of seasonal migrant workers Local Government schools + worksite NGO partnerships Four-dimensional model strengthening local government schools + seasonal hostels in villages, worksite schools/centers, and summer accelerated bridge course in villages. keywords: areas; children; conflict; distance; education; emergency; government; learning; national; odfl; open; school; schooling; sri; teachers cache: ejl4d-25.htm plain text: ejl4d-25.txt item: #67 of 290 id: ejl4d-253 author: Paskevicius, Michael; Hodgkinson-Williams, Cheryl title: Student perceptions of the creation and reuse of digital educational resources in a community development-oriented organisation date: 2018-03-17 words: 7544 flesch: 45 summary: Through a series of semi-structured interviews, student-tutors reflect on their use and reuse of digital educational resources, and identify the challenges they experience in curating, adapting, and reusing educational resources for use in their teaching activities. Introduction The Internet and digital technologies have enabled the creation of digital educational resources, which can be copied and shared at little cost. keywords: activity; community; curriculum; development; educational; learning; materials; oer; resources; reuse; student; tutors; use cache: ejl4d-253.pdf plain text: ejl4d-253.txt item: #68 of 290 id: ejl4d-256 author: Senteni, Alain title: Using ICTs and Blended Learning in Transforming TVET Edited by Colin Latchem date: 2017-11-20 words: 1612 flesch: 31 summary: In summary, the publication is commensurate with the ambitions of its publisher and proves to be a useful document for TVET stakeholders and practitioners, who are often more familiar with the realities of the field than with the current possibilities of transforming these realities by taking 378 advantage of a combination of technology and new pedagogical approaches better suited to the emerging needs of a changing world of work. The chapter then examines how TVET teachers were challenged to embrace 21st-century learning solutions, and to use an entrepreneurial hub, providing a unique learning environment, combining the worlds of learning and work in which everyone is a learner and a teacher. keywords: chapter; development; education; learning; tvet cache: ejl4d-256.pdf plain text: ejl4d-256.txt item: #69 of 290 id: ejl4d-257 author: Panda, Santosh title: Promoting Use and Contribution of Open Educational Resources by Sanjaya Mishra date: 2017-11-20 words: 1376 flesch: 47 summary: I must note, not only that this is a significant addition to OER research literature, but also that the well-articulated research framework adopted by the researcher is worth consideration for future OER studies. The findings suggest that: i) though teachers generally have a positive attitude toward OER and are happy to ‘share’, they are not as much willing to use OER of others; ii) the most important user-motivation was willingness to share, followed by learning opportunities, collaboration and professional image, though, ‘learning effectiveness of students’ could not be identified as a motivator; iii) for perception of quality of OER, authenticity was a major factor, followed by appropriateness to current teaching-learning and localisation of content; iv) the major barriers included lack of knowledge about licensing and copyright issues, current teaching workload, lack of technical support, and absence of OER policy; and v) the regression analysis results indicate that the displayed positive attitude was highly influenced by opportunities of partnership, learning and recognition opportunities, and the philosophy of reaching-the-unreached. keywords: oer; open; research; use cache: ejl4d-257.pdf plain text: ejl4d-257.txt item: #70 of 290 id: ejl4d-263 author: Panda, Santosh title: Asian Leaders in Open and Distance Education date: 2017-11-20 words: 7559 flesch: 41 summary: During his tenure at the OUJ, Prof. Okabe steered the judicious and learner-friendly mix of the old broadcasting system and the learner centre system with the upcoming technologies of 21st century; and this foundational work led to the creation of a centre for ICT and DE in 2007, the launch of nation-wide digital broadcasting through broadcast satellite in 2011, the establishment of a centre 253 for open distance education in place of ICT and DE, and finally full online programmes in 2015. It has been very difficult to select leaders of distance education as profiled in this article, and the utmost attempt has been made to avoid any subjectivity or personal bias. keywords: asian; chancellor; development; distance; distance education; education; ignou; india; international; learning; national; open; president; prof; research; universities; university; vice cache: ejl4d-263.pdf plain text: ejl4d-263.txt item: #71 of 290 id: ejl4d-264 author: Hassler, Bjoern; Hennessy, Sara; Hofmann, Riikka title: Sustaining and Scaling Pedagogic Innovation in Sub-Saharan Africa: Grounded Insights For Teacher Professional Development date: 2018-03-17 words: 8786 flesch: 39 summary: His focus is on the sustainable and scalable scaling of impactful programmes, including teacher education programmes that raise education outcomes (SDG4). Keywords: teacher professional development; Sustainable Development Goal 4; sub- Saharan Africa; Open Educational Resources; peer facilitation; school-based active learning Introduction keywords: classroom; development; education; evidence; facilitators; learning; materials; oer4schools; practice; professional; programme; research; school; teachers; technology; tpd cache: ejl4d-264.pdf plain text: ejl4d-264.txt item: #72 of 290 id: ejl4d-266 author: Lane, Andy title: Open Education and the Sustainable Development Goals: Making Change Happen date: 2017-11-20 words: 4562 flesch: 40 summary: While education, and higher education, are seen as critical to the SDGs there are those who see distance education as playing a central role (e.g., Uvalić-Trumbić & Daniel, 2016), those who see open educational resources as important (MacKinnon, Pasfield-Neofitou, Manns, & Grant, 2016), others who forefront education for sustainable development (e.g., Gokool-Ramdoo & Rumjaun, 2016) and others who mention two or more of these, such as the International Council for Distance Education who quoted from the Incheon Declaration to state that: A well-established, properly-regulated tertiary education system supported by technology, Open Educational Resources (OERs) and distance education modalities can increase access, equity, quality and relevance, and narrow the gap between what is taught at tertiary education institutions and what economies and societies demand. By 2030, ensure equal access for all women and men to affordable and quality technical, vocational and tertiary education, including university 277 • By 2030, ensure that all learners acquire the knowledge and skills needed to promote sustainable development, including, among others, through education for sustainable development and sustainable lifestyles, human rights, gender equality, promotion of a culture of peace and non-violence, global citizenship and appreciation of cultural diversity and of culture’s contribution to sustainable development This latter target, that relates directly to education for sustainable development, is also known as education for sustainability, which in itself sets up another never ending debate on what is meant by sustainable development or by sustainability in general (Gokool-Ramdoo & Rumjaun, 2016) and in relation to higher education (Wals & Jickling, 2002; Blackmore, Ison, & Reynolds, 2014; MacKinnon et al, 2016). keywords: change; development; education; open; power; sdgs; systems; theory; thinking cache: ejl4d-266.pdf plain text: ejl4d-266.txt item: #73 of 290 id: ejl4d-268 author: Kuboni, Olabisi title: Leaders in Distance Education in the English-Speaking Caribbean date: 2017-11-20 words: 7734 flesch: 50 summary: These were payment to faculty (academic staff) for work done in distance education; copyright for distance education materials; financing distance education; student fees; and videoconferencing. • Implement a shift to asynchronous delivery of distance education programmes. keywords: campus; caribbean; countries; development; distance; distance education; education; indies; professor; programmes; project; teaching; university; uwidec; west cache: ejl4d-268.pdf plain text: ejl4d-268.txt item: #74 of 290 id: ejl4d-269 author: Mtebe, Joel S.; Raphael, Christina title: A Critical Review of eLearning Research Trends in Tanzania date: 2018-07-18 words: 6027 flesch: 43 summary: Keywords: eLearning, Tanzania, eLearning Tanzania, eLearning trends, eLearning publications Introduction Over the past few years, there has been a dramatic advance in information and communication technologies (ICT) infrastructure in Tanzania. The study found out that there is an increasing interest in eLearning research with the majority of studies conducted by researchers from three universities. keywords: articles; education; elearning; implementation; journal; mobile; mtebe; research; study; tanzania; technology; university cache: ejl4d-269.pdf plain text: ejl4d-269.txt item: #75 of 290 id: ejl4d-270 author: Ferreira, Frances J.; Kamal, Mostafa Azad title: Community Engagement to End Child Early Forced Marriage – Experiences in Selected South Asian Countries date: 2017-11-20 words: 6246 flesch: 55 summary: 8.33 0 91.67 100 0 91.66 8.33 Bangladesh (%) 0 100 0 0 100 0 100 0 100 0 Source: Girls Inspire Reaching the Unreached Baseline Survey 2016 Community Engagement in Girls’ Education 1 Commonwealth of Learning, Canada 2 Bangladesh Open University, Gazipur, Bangladesh Abstract: Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 5, “achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls”, emphasises the need for “providing women and girls with equal access to education, health care, decent work, and representation in political and economic decision-making processes [which] will fuel sustainable economies and benefit societies and humanity at large” (UN, 2015). keywords: baseline; child; community; education; family; figure; girls; marriage; school; study; women cache: ejl4d-270.pdf plain text: ejl4d-270.txt item: #76 of 290 id: ejl4d-271 author: Gaskell, Anne title: Editorial: Open and Distance Learning for Development: how can new technologies and distance education leaders make an impact? date: 2017-11-20 words: 1975 flesch: 48 summary: Our two articles on Leaders in ODL come from very different areas – Asia and the English-speaking Caribbean and are, again, written by authors who are leaders in distance education in their own right. Olabisi recognises that much of the early history of distance education in this context was delivered by external providers but she provides ample evidence of the growth of internally driven distance education initiatives and organisations in the last seven decades, which have culminated in UWI today. keywords: development; distance; education; learning; students cache: ejl4d-271.pdf plain text: ejl4d-271.txt item: #77 of 290 id: ejl4d-273 author: Thurab-Nkhosi, Dianne title: Implementing a Blended/Online Learning Policy on a Face-to-Face Campus: Perspectives of Administrators and Implications for Change date: 2018-07-18 words: 6901 flesch: 49 summary: 144 Structure - Administrators as Champions, Advocating for Blended Learning, Sharing Information With regard to structure it is clear that deans and administrative officers perceive their roles as advocating for blended learning, sharing information, and ensuring that the faculties are ready and able to implement blended learning, albeit with differing areas of focus. This is a qualitative case study, focusing on the stage of blended learning implementation and the perceptions of deans and administrative officers at a specific higher education institution. keywords: augustine; blended; campus; implementation; learning; policy; support; teaching; university cache: ejl4d-273.pdf plain text: ejl4d-273.txt item: #78 of 290 id: ejl4d-274 author: Pulist, S K title: Open: The Philosophy and Practices that are Revolutionizing Education and Science date: 2018-03-17 words: 2483 flesch: 54 summary: He addresses three issues in the chapter: problems with the basic narrative, common misconceptions concerning open resources, and problems concerning the best advocates for “Open”. “encourage a departmental culture of openness, focus on quality of open educational resources, and encourage departmental control over open educational resources”. keywords: authors; chapter; education; oer; open; resources cache: ejl4d-274.pdf plain text: ejl4d-274.txt item: #79 of 290 id: ejl4d-275 author: Kidu, Carol title: Informal Lifelong Learning for Development in Papua New Guinea: A case study from the margins into the mainstream date: 2018-03-17 words: 2864 flesch: 55 summary: The pathway for participants is illustrated in Figure 2, which demonstrates how unemployed people can work through Ginigoada mobile bus programs to achieve the potential for employment, self-employment and on-job training. Fig 2: Pathway from unemployed to employable through Ginigoada programs (Field & Kidu, 2017). keywords: education; foundation; ginigoada; kidu; learning; participants; program cache: ejl4d-275.pdf plain text: ejl4d-275.txt item: #80 of 290 id: ejl4d-28 author: None title: Bullen date: None words: 1521 flesch: 34 summary: In fact, I would argue, that with the advent of the iPad and tablet computing more generally, followed more recently by the MOOC phenomenon, that the hyperbole surrounding educational technology as a solution to a host of educational, social and economic problems has become even more over-bearing. So once again it is up to Neil Selwyn to prick the bubble and open the door to the educational technology echo chamber by asking critical and awkward questions and developing “analyses of educational technology that are more socially attuned” (p. viii). keywords: chapter; technology cache: ejl4d-28.htm plain text: ejl4d-28.txt item: #81 of 290 id: ejl4d-282 author: Orwenjo, Daniel Ochieng; Erastus, Fridah Kanana title: Challenges of Adopting Open Educational Resources (OER) in Kenyan Secondary Schools: The Case of Open Resources for English Language Teaching (ORELT) date: 2018-07-18 words: 7105 flesch: 48 summary: In the case study by Quinn et al (2011), early and sustained user involvement in the project was by way of a number of language teachers from the institution being employed to carry out project tasks as research assistants, project assistants, technical testers, resource ‘uploaders’, trainers and champions. Each teacher was given a set of six hardcover ORELT modules and an online training manual depending on the self-declared enrollment in their classrooms, a DVD version of the same, and password-secured access to the ORELT online platform where they could, in addition to accessing the modules, have interactive sessions with other teachers 154 using the same materials in the entire Commonwealth. keywords: challenges; innovation; language; learning; materials; orelt; resources; schools; study; teachers; teaching; use cache: ejl4d-282.pdf plain text: ejl4d-282.txt item: #82 of 290 id: ejl4d-286 author: Torres, Patricia Lupion; Rama, Claudio title: Distance Education Leaders in Latin America and the Caribbean date: 2018-03-17 words: 3531 flesch: 36 summary: To policymakers, in general, distance education was regarded as a second-class education for citizens excluded from traditional higher education systems. However, over recent decades, distance education has undergone significant transformation, with the addition of virtual processes as well as greater innovation, standardisation, complexity, and differentiating processes within university systems. keywords: america; distance; education; latin; learning; national; professor; quality; training; university cache: ejl4d-286.pdf plain text: ejl4d-286.txt item: #83 of 290 id: ejl4d-287 author: Gaskell, Anne title: Meeting Sustainable Development Goal 4: some key contributions date: 2018-03-17 words: 1704 flesch: 44 summary: Key characteristics identified include that teacher learning should be promoted, motivated, facilitated and also supported through OER to increase sustainability, scalability and equity. Informal and community learning, teacher professional development, OER, strong leadership and appropriate policies and governance will be essential. keywords: america; development; education; latin; learning; research; resources cache: ejl4d-287.pdf plain text: ejl4d-287.txt item: #84 of 290 id: ejl4d-288 author: Mtebe, Joel S.; Raphael, Christina title: Eliciting In-service Teachers’ Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge for 21st-Century Skills in Tanzania date: 2018-11-19 words: 6933 flesch: 53 summary: Recently, Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge (TPACK) framework for teacher knowledge has received a significant level of scholarly attention as a model that addresses the specialized set of knowledge needed to effectively integrate technology into the classroom. I know how to guide students’ creative thinking in the subjects I teach, 4.2 0.659 Overall TK (M = 4.21, SD = 3.38) Technology Knowledge Teachers need to have ICT skills and competences if they have to teach with ICT in the classroom. keywords: century; content; ict; knowledge; skills; students; teachers; teaching; technology; tpack; use cache: ejl4d-288.pdf plain text: ejl4d-288.txt item: #85 of 290 id: ejl4d-290 author: Lambert, Sarah Roslyn title: Changing our (Dis)Course: A Distinctive Social Justice Aligned Definition of Open Education date: 2018-11-19 words: 9646 flesch: 49 summary: Scholars of the modern Open Education movement worked almost without reference to the early corpus of Open Education literature (Weller, Jordan, DeVries, & Rolfe, 2018). Since 2002, Open Education research and practice has expanded outwards from Open Educational Resources (OER) to an interest in a broader set of Open Educational Practices (OEP). keywords: alternative; definition; education; justice; learners; learning; literature; oer; open; openness; principles; research; resources; social; texts cache: ejl4d-290.pdf plain text: ejl4d-290.txt item: #86 of 290 id: ejl4d-294 author: Tait, Alan W title: Education for Development: from distance to open education date: 2018-07-18 words: 8847 flesch: 45 summary: The continuing decline of Open University UK student numbers in England, where fees are at the time of writing approximately £18,000 for a Bachelor's degree, raises the question as to whether equitable access to lifelong learning is possible outside a social democratic policy framework of low fees subsidised by taxation. Firstly, whether it is worthwhile to use public money to support higher education in such ways, and secondly, whether it is responsible to engage the morale, time and money of such students when success is far from guaranteed. keywords: development; distance; education; learning; online; open; student; study; success; support; time; university; years cache: ejl4d-294.pdf plain text: ejl4d-294.txt item: #87 of 290 id: ejl4d-298 author: Perris, Kirk title: Adoption and Impact of OER in the Global South: A Book Review date: 2018-07-18 words: 2083 flesch: 45 summary: How do you create a vision for OER use that relies on capacity building, investment, and expertise in contexts where resources are scarce, infrastructure is poor, and technological access is uneven? Using the basic question, What is the effect of OER use on first-year HE students' mathematics course performance?” keywords: adoption; authors; chapter; oer; south cache: ejl4d-298.pdf plain text: ejl4d-298.txt item: #88 of 290 id: ejl4d-299 author: Baijnath, Narend title: Learning for Development in the Context of South Africa: Considerations for Open Education Resources in Improving Higher Education Outcomes date: 2018-07-18 words: 5890 flesch: 44 summary: Keywords: OER, access, higher education, student success Introduction Whilst South Africa has made great strides towards achieving universal access to basic education, this has not translated into improved educational outcomes in higher education. Possibilities for using OER to address key challenges in higher education are also explored. keywords: access; africa; development; education; learning; need; oer; quality; resources; south; students; use cache: ejl4d-299.pdf plain text: ejl4d-299.txt item: #89 of 290 id: ejl4d-3 author: None title: Babu date: None words: 9711 flesch: 44 summary: Mandinach (2005) suggests three general goals for the evaluation of online learning courses: (i) measuring the impact learning has on the individual learner in order to measure the institution’s capacity for fulfilling the learning objectives of the course; (ii) measure the impact of online learning as a relatively new learning process; and, (iii) gather information at the organizational level about the impact of the institution’s online learning program. Online courses often incorporate discussion forums to stimulate dialogue on a particular subject between learners and this flow of communication and ideas can further strengthen networks and develop a deeper sense of identity as a member of a particular network. keywords: capacity; course; development; distance; distance learning; education; face; learners; learning; materials; online; open; participants; programs; proposal; tutor cache: ejl4d-3.htm plain text: ejl4d-3.txt item: #90 of 290 id: ejl4d-301 author: Bandalaria, Melinda dela Peña title: Open and Distance eLearning in Asia: Country Initiatives and Institutional Cooperation for the Transformation of Higher Education in the Region date: 2018-07-18 words: 7646 flesch: 40 summary: Open Education Initiatives in Asia The Cape Town Declaration on Open Educationviii in 2007 described open education as “not limited to just open educational resources. Opensource.comix added that “proponents of open education believe everyone in the world should have access to high quality educational experiences and resources”. keywords: access; asia; courses; development; distance; education; initiatives; institutions; learning; moocs; open; quality; region; research; universities; university cache: ejl4d-301.pdf plain text: ejl4d-301.txt item: #91 of 290 id: ejl4d-302 author: Gaskell, Anne title: Open Education, Open Educational Practice and the concept of Openness: issues and challenges date: 2018-07-18 words: 1938 flesch: 45 summary: EDITORIAL Open Education, Open Educational Practice and the Concept of Openness: Issues and Challenges Anne Gaskell Many claims have been made about the potential of Open Education in its many forms to transform current barriers to education; for example: What is certain is that we are living in the midst of a vastly transformative time that is extremely difficult to describe and explain because it is so unusual, so enticing, and so filled with hope and brimming with potential (Bonk, Lee, Reeves & Reynolds, 2015, p. 338). All the articles in this issue contribute to the debates surrounding Open Education, including Open Universities, Open Educational Resources (OER) and Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs). keywords: challenges; development; education; learning; south cache: ejl4d-302.pdf plain text: ejl4d-302.txt item: #92 of 290 id: ejl4d-304 author: Gow, Gordon; Chowdhury, Ataharul; Ganpat, Wayne; Ramjattan, Jeet title: Enhancing ICT Adoption and Use through Change Leadership: Technology Stewardship Training for Caribbean Agricultural Communities of Practice date: 2018-11-19 words: 3732 flesch: 40 summary: The target population of the program is agriculture and rural development professionals, such as extension workers, community development agents, and field officers of private and nonprofit sectors who need to expand their knowledge and skills of new techniques and tools for community engagement and knowledge mobilization (Ganpat, et. Figure 2: Course Participants by Organizational Type Based on findings from the pre-course survey about social media use, the team created a WhatsApp group to coordinate communication with participants before, during, and after the course. keywords: community; course; development; ict; participants; practice; research; stewardship; technology cache: ejl4d-304.pdf plain text: ejl4d-304.txt item: #93 of 290 id: ejl4d-309 author: Naidu, Som; Roberts, Keith title: Future Proofing Higher Education in the Pacific with Open and Flexible Learning date: 2018-11-19 words: 8223 flesch: 46 summary: As such flexible learning, in itself, is not a mode of study. As such flexible learning is the core business of the University of the South Pacific. keywords: development; education; flexible; learning; open; pacific; policy; resources; students; teaching; university; usp cache: ejl4d-309.pdf plain text: ejl4d-309.txt item: #94 of 290 id: ejl4d-312 author: Hodgkinson-Williams, Cheryl Ann; Trotter, Henry title: A Social Justice Framework for Understanding Open Educational Resources and Practices in the Global South date: 2018-11-19 words: 10256 flesch: 38 summary: Chapter 16 (Arinto, Hodgkinson-Williams & Trotter, 2017) employs the social inclusion framework of Gidley, Hampson, Wheeler and Bereded-Samuel (2010) to uncover the factors that might account for the extent of OER use, adaptation and creation observed in the ROER4D studies to draw insights into how social inclusion through OER and OEP can be achieved in the Global South. As we will see in the next section, however, while OER use may be a fitting response to the economic inequities faced by many students and educators, it may also inadvertently lead to greater cultural imbalances if OER is used uncritically. keywords: cultural; education; educators; global; justice; materials; oep; oer; resources; roer4d; social; south; students; transformative; use cache: ejl4d-312.pdf plain text: ejl4d-312.txt item: #95 of 290 id: ejl4d-314 author: Conole, Grainne; Brown, Mark title: Reflecting on the Impact of the Open Education Movement date: 2018-11-19 words: 7613 flesch: 46 summary: Consistent with these principles open education can be defined as: Resources, tools and practices that employ a framework of open sharing to improve educational access and effectiveness worldwide (Open Education Consortium, n.d.) Olcott (2013) argues that openness and open education needs to be viewed along a continuum with varying degrees of openness and access to knowledge as the guiding core principle. keywords: access; design; digital; education; impact; learning; moocs; oer; open; practices; research; students; teaching; technology; textbooks; use cache: ejl4d-314.pdf plain text: ejl4d-314.txt item: #96 of 290 id: ejl4d-315 author: Pulist, S K title: Book Review: Higher Education and Open Distance Learning Trajectory in India: Reflections of an Insider by V. S. PRASAD date: 2018-11-19 words: 2435 flesch: 44 summary: However, the author seems to be concerned more about the sustainability of efforts to bring an acceptable level of quality in all aspects of ODL system. The author has divided all the elements in academic and administrative sub-systems, and advocates for them “to be understood in specific context of intersecting imperatives of the national educational system”. keywords: author; distance; education; open; quality; system cache: ejl4d-315.pdf plain text: ejl4d-315.txt item: #97 of 290 id: ejl4d-316 author: Kaushik, Madhulika; Dhanarajan, Gajaraj title: Governance of Open Universities — A Few Observations on Trends in Asia date: 2018-11-19 words: 7349 flesch: 46 summary: University governance, which ensures that institutions remain true to their chosen mission and accountable to their multiple stakeholders, including the societies where they are located, presents a clear mirror of whether the Open Universities are effectively fulfilling their developmental role and mission. Over the last three decades a number of studies on university governance have been undertaken by scholars such as Becher and Kogan (1992); Bleiklie (1998; 2005); Clark (1998); Dill and Sporn (1995); Etzkowitz and Leydesdorf, (1997); Keller, (1980), Neave, (1998), Neave and Van Vught, (1991; 1994), Olsen (2005); Slaughter and Leslie (1997), and Teichler (1988). keywords: academic; autonomy; education; faculty; governance; india; indonesia; institutions; malaysia; management; open; public; role; study; universities; university cache: ejl4d-316.pdf plain text: ejl4d-316.txt item: #98 of 290 id: ejl4d-319 author: Balasubramanian, Kodhandaraman title: Book Review: Learning as Development: Rethinking International Education in a Changing World by DANIEL A. WAGENER date: 2018-11-19 words: 868 flesch: 45 summary: Wagner’s book calls for rethinking education and defining its relationship with international development. According to Wagner, the shift from the “economic growth” models to a human and sustainable development approach has necessitated a need to rethink education in the context of international development, particularly with reference to equity vis-à-vis poor and marginalised communities. keywords: development; education; learning cache: ejl4d-319.pdf plain text: ejl4d-319.txt item: #99 of 290 id: ejl4d-32 author: None title: Okinda date: None words: 3725 flesch: 46 summary: 1, No. 3 Abstract The purpose of this survey was to assess the level of e-learning readiness at the Kenya Technical Teachers College (KTTC). The main objectives of the survey were, to:  assess the level of e-learning readiness by establishing a baseline aggregative index; and, recommend activities to improve the readiness that facilitate effective deployment of e-learning technologies in teaching, learning and research. keywords: college; ict; kttc; learners; learning; level; model; readiness; respondents cache: ejl4d-32.htm plain text: ejl4d-32.txt item: #100 of 290 id: ejl4d-320 author: Gaskell, Anne title: The Open Education Movement: How Can We Realise its Full Potential? date: 2018-11-19 words: 1836 flesch: 39 summary: Conole and Brown conclude in an important section by examining barriers and enablers to the potential of open education to open up education for all. Transformative challenges include to “re-acculturate” (the authors’ term) educational materials and pedagogy and shift the locus of power: the authors conclude that while there is much potential for OER and OEP, the economic, cultural and political dimensions of social justice need to be addressed before open education can reach its potential in providing affordable access to culturally relevant education for all. keywords: development; education; justice; potential cache: ejl4d-320.pdf plain text: ejl4d-320.txt item: #101 of 290 id: ejl4d-326 author: Makhaya, Barbara Khavugwi; Ogange, Betty O. title: The Effects of Institutional Support Factors on Lecturer adoption of eLearning at a Conventional University date: 2019-03-20 words: 5311 flesch: 48 summary: When presented with a set of statements to further examine the lecturers’ self-efficacy in using the eLearning system, it was established that 50% of the lecturers were able to work with the system with minimal support, while about 23% had prior experience in using eLearning systems and were, therefore, able to use the system with ease. A sample of 55 lecturers was selected and a questionnaire administered on their personal and institutional support factors for eLearning adoption. keywords: adoption; elearning; institutional; lecturers; maseno; online; support; system; teaching; university; use cache: ejl4d-326.pdf plain text: ejl4d-326.txt item: #102 of 290 id: ejl4d-327 author: Anderson, Terry title: Challenges and Opportunities for use of Social Media in Higher Education date: 2019-03-20 words: 6638 flesch: 48 summary: Critics point out that social media use and information flow is self-segregated into interaction amongst sets of people with similar political and social views (Friesen & Lowe, 2012). In an earlier review of the literature on social media use, Nadkarni & Hofmann, (2012) conclude that use and continuing use is driven by two primary needs – the need to belong and the need for self- presentation. keywords: data; education; formal; learning; media; research; social; students; teachers; teaching; tools; use; value cache: ejl4d-327.pdf plain text: ejl4d-327.txt item: #103 of 290 id: ejl4d-328 author: Seelig, Caroline; Cadwallader, Alan; Standring, Doug title: Transformational Change in Delivery at Open Polytechnic, New Zealand date: 2019-03-20 words: 4609 flesch: 38 summary: Transformational Change in Delivery at Open Polytechnic, New Zealand Caroline Seelig, Alan Cadwallader and Doug Standring Open Polytechnic, New Zealand Open Polytechnic of New Zealand has undertaken a major programme of digital and organisational transformation that further differentiates its delivery and enhances its flexibility as an online learning organisation. keywords: change; education; learning; model; new; odfl; organisation; polytechnic; zealand cache: ejl4d-328.pdf plain text: ejl4d-328.txt item: #104 of 290 id: ejl4d-33 author: None title: Herman date: None words: 6615 flesch: 57 summary: Experience may be the raw material of learning, but it is the active capabilities of mind that make experience understandable. The Separation of Experience and Learning We teach at a college where, from its origins, “experience” was seen as a legitimate source of learning.  keywords: college; course; experience; experiential; kant; learning; night; object; red; wheelbarrow; world cache: ejl4d-33.htm plain text: ejl4d-33.txt item: #105 of 290 id: ejl4d-330 author: Wambugu, Patriciah Wanjiku; Stutchbury, Kris; Dickie, Joan title: Challenges and Opportunities in the Implementation of School-Based Teacher Professional Development: A Case from Kenya date: 2019-03-20 words: 3096 flesch: 53 summary: Opportunities and challenges for teacher professional development: A case of collaborative learning community in South Korea. Teacher development, advancement in a teaching career and the availability of quality resources, among others, are essential factors in achieving this objective (Plessis, 2013; Park & So, 2014). keywords: development; oer; professional; programme; school; teachers; tessa cache: ejl4d-330.pdf plain text: ejl4d-330.txt item: #106 of 290 id: ejl4d-331 author: Mishra, Sanjaya title: Early Years of the Journal of Learning for Development: A Combination of Bibliometrics and Thematic Analysis date: 2019-07-18 words: 6932 flesch: 54 summary: Educational technology research journals: ETR&D2001– 2010. Keywords: bibliometrics; citation analysis; journal analysis. keywords: analysis; development; distance; education; jl4d; journal; learning; open; papers; research; richter; table; technology cache: ejl4d-331.pdf plain text: ejl4d-331.txt item: #107 of 290 id: ejl4d-333 author: Passos, Rosario title: Book Review: Assignments as Controversies: Digital Literacy and Writing in Classroom Practice by Ibrar Bhatt date: 2019-03-20 words: 1678 flesch: 36 summary: It is about digital literacy practices which originated elsewhere, but were mobilised into different events in the classroom, such as assignment writing. Digital literacy practices are not a set of skills that can be applied in the same way across the board. keywords: assignment; practices; student; writing cache: ejl4d-333.pdf plain text: ejl4d-333.txt item: #108 of 290 id: ejl4d-334 author: Newman, Mairette title: Book Review: Open and Distance Non-formal Education in Developing Countries by Colin Latchem date: 2019-03-20 words: 1710 flesch: 49 summary: That almost five years later, he describes ODL NFE as, “a fledgling field in need of better documentation, more empirical 89 evidence and a stronger theoretical basis” (p. 176) and repeats the call for a more robust body of research, is an indictment of the community of ODL NFE providers and researchers. xx, 178, ISBN: 978-981-10-6741-9 In compiling over 180 cases of successful open and distance non-formal education (ODL NFE) interventions from across the developing world, the late Colin Latchem, author of Open and distance non-formal education in developing countries, has broken new ground. keywords: education; learning; nfe; odl cache: ejl4d-334.pdf plain text: ejl4d-334.txt item: #109 of 290 id: ejl4d-335 author: Gaskell, Anne title: New Technologies: What are the Opportunities and Challenges? date: 2019-03-20 words: 1931 flesch: 44 summary: These opportunities and challenges provide the focus for our first article which launches a new series; in this, leaders in online learning from across the world reflect on past, current and future developments and issues in the use of new technologies. Terry Anderson is of course extremely well known in the field of online learning, having been among the earliest to embrace both its potential and the accompanying challenges. keywords: distance; education; learning; new; open; technologies cache: ejl4d-335.pdf plain text: ejl4d-335.txt item: #110 of 290 id: ejl4d-336 author: Coughlan, Tim; Goff, Jenny title: Creating Open Online Courses with Learner Representative Partners to Widen Participation in Higher Education date: 2019-07-18 words: 7383 flesch: 52 summary: Resources from existing HEI courses and from third parties were also used. There is, however, a lack of evidence that open courses or resources have delivered a substantial widening of participation in HE (Falconer, McGill, Littlejohn, Boursinou, & Punie, 2013). keywords: audiences; collaboration; course; creation; education; hei; lrp; open; participation; partners; resources; widening cache: ejl4d-336.pdf plain text: ejl4d-336.txt item: #111 of 290 id: ejl4d-339 author: Mtebe, Joel S.; Kissaka, Mussa M.; Raphael, Christina; Steven, Josephine title: Promoting Youth Employment through Information and Communication Technologies in Vocational Education in Tanzania date: 2020-03-20 words: 8271 flesch: 54 summary: A possible explanation for this might be that the CISCO IT Essential module suited the nature of VET students who normally rely on hands-on labs in the majority of their courses. Several frameworks have been developed to explain various skills that are needed in the 21st Century. keywords: activities; century; century skills; communication; competence; education; levels; products; project; skills; students; tanzania; vtc; work cache: ejl4d-339.pdf plain text: ejl4d-339.txt item: #112 of 290 id: ejl4d-34 author: None title: Huelsmann date: None words: 6360 flesch: 52 summary: Such analysis depends for its persuasiveness on demonstrating declining student costs as economies of scale is achieved. … By and large it is true that exploiting more fully responsive interaction at a distance leads to raising V, and thus would nudge the cost-structure of e-learning towards that of face-to face education and would lead to higher marginal costs (and to higher average costs per student). keywords: costs; distance; economies; education; face; interaction; learning; level; scale; student; teaching; type cache: ejl4d-34.htm plain text: ejl4d-34.txt item: #113 of 290 id: ejl4d-340 author: Ferreira-Meyers, Karen Aline Françoise title: Book Review: Guide to Blended Learning by Martha Cleveland-Innes with Dan Wilton date: 2019-07-18 words: 1999 flesch: 42 summary: Chapter 4: Designing for Blended Learning, begins by analyzing the ways institutions have restructured to include blended learning, then goes on to present concrete instructional design examples for guidance when actually creating blended courses. In the next chapter, Chapter 6: Development of Blended Learning, the role and common features of a Learning Management System (LMS) are described, building on the introduction given in the previous chapter, before the authors describe how to create learning activities based on blended learning best practices, how to customise as needed for context and learners, how to find, use and create Open Educational Resources (OER) and how to assess learning in blended learning. keywords: activities; chapter; design; development; learning cache: ejl4d-340.pdf plain text: ejl4d-340.txt item: #114 of 290 id: ejl4d-346 author: Morgan, Tannis title: Getting to Open at a Closed Institution: A Case Study of Evolving and Sustaining Open Education Practices date: 2019-11-19 words: 7881 flesch: 50 summary: At an OER stakeholder meeting in 2007, the sustainability of OER projects was identified as one of the most important priorities for the open movement to take action on, specifically for higher education institutions, international organisations, national governments and academics (d’Antoni, 2007). It also involved clustering of data by roles and type of OER project. keywords: case; drivers; education; institution; jibc; learning; oer; open; openness; programme; project; research; resources; study cache: ejl4d-346.pdf plain text: ejl4d-346.txt item: #115 of 290 id: ejl4d-348 author: Downes, Stephen title: Recognising Achievement with Badges and Blockchain in a Connectivist MOOC date: 2019-11-19 words: 5052 flesch: 54 summary: The full workflow from course content to storage on the blockchain is described, and some concluding comments are offered on the results of this course, and the potential for future applications. The work described was undertaken during the offering of an online course, and, thus, development took place in an actual course context with interaction with course participants. keywords: author; badge; blockchain; course; data; grsshopper; learning; mooc; participants; task; work cache: ejl4d-348.pdf plain text: ejl4d-348.txt item: #116 of 290 id: ejl4d-349 author: Kukulska-Hulme, Agnes title: Mobile Language Learning Innovation Inspired by Migrants date: 2019-07-18 words: 7562 flesch: 46 summary: Mobile learning developments are generating potentially transformative perspectives on fundamental assumptions about what learning is, who it is for, and how and where it is supposed to take place, and mobile language learning is proving its potential to address personal and authentic learner needs, and to deliver more flexible models of language learning. Language learning supported by smartphones and other mobile devices has been the subject of extensive research as well as a field of innovative practice since its beginning (see Chinnery, 2006), and it continues to be recognized as an important means of innovating language learning (Chong, 2018). keywords: education; hulme; kukulska; language; language learning; learners; learning; migrants; mobile; new; people; research; technology; use cache: ejl4d-349.pdf plain text: ejl4d-349.txt item: #117 of 290 id: ejl4d-35 author: None title: Wolfenden date: None words: 1987 flesch: 43 summary: There is a need to eliminate repetition across chapters, omissions and typing errors – was the population of Swaziland previously estimated at 1126 million people (p. 43)!  The book is divided into five parts, each with a number of chapters.  keywords: book; chapter; education; knowledge; section cache: ejl4d-35.htm plain text: ejl4d-35.txt item: #118 of 290 id: ejl4d-350 author: Mtebe, Joel S.; Kondoro, Aron W. title: Mining Students’ Data to Analyse Usage Patterns in eLearning System of Secondary Schools in Tanzania date: 2019-11-19 words: 7426 flesch: 53 summary: Internet access and usage by secondary school students in Morogoro Municipality, Tanzania. The findings of this study have shown that data mining tools can be used to show usage patterns of systems implemented in sub-Saharan Africa through the use of system log data. keywords: access; content; data; education; internet; learning; mining; schools; students; study; system; tanzania; tools; usage; use; users cache: ejl4d-350.pdf plain text: ejl4d-350.txt item: #119 of 290 id: ejl4d-352 author: Salmon, Gilly title: May the Fourth Be with you: Creating Education 4.0 date: 2019-07-18 words: 10483 flesch: 54 summary: The constantly changing and reshaped future world is where Higher Education students wish to benefit from and contribute to. May the Fourth Be with You: Creating Education 4.0 Gilly Salmon Online Education Services, United Kingdom Abstract: The paper looks back across dominant ways of delivering Higher Education until the present day and then looks forward. keywords: 2019; change; digital; education; future; knowledge; learning; life; need; new; people; retrieved; skills; students; technology; universities; university; web; work; world cache: ejl4d-352.pdf plain text: ejl4d-352.txt item: #120 of 290 id: ejl4d-357 author: Makoe, Mpine; Shandu, Thulile P. title: Using Mobile-based Social Media to Facilitate Interaction and Build Communities through the lens of Ubuntu in Distance Education date: 2019-07-18 words: 6685 flesch: 56 summary: Simple, powerful strategies for student centered learning. Working with other people is especially important in this context because most distance education students often feel isolated from their peers, as sources of motivation. keywords: african; distance; education; group; interaction; learning; mobile; participants; south; students; ubuntu; whatsapp cache: ejl4d-357.pdf plain text: ejl4d-357.txt item: #121 of 290 id: ejl4d-36 author: None title: Baijnath date: None words: 3131 flesch: 42 summary: Signature Course student performance: 1st semester 2013 Signature Course Student Performance: During the process of designing and developing the course, the design team resolved that in order to reap the optimum benefits of the heutagogical model that had been decided upon, it was necessary to appoint knowledgeable co-workers or ‘teaching assistants’ to support academics with the facilitation of learning and the grading of student work. keywords: courses; development; learning; online; signature; students; teaching; unisa cache: ejl4d-36.htm plain text: ejl4d-36.txt item: #122 of 290 id: ejl4d-360 author: Mayanja, Jamiah title: Promoting student support in Open and Distance learning using Information and Communication Technologies date: 2019-07-18 words: 4234 flesch: 48 summary: When asked to describe their expectations from the institution to enable them to use ICTs effectively in student support, they indicated that staff need more sensitization and training on using automated ways to serve ODL students. However, limited electronic support is extended to ODL students through e-mails, mobile phones, social media applications, radio and television. keywords: distance; learning; makerere; mobile; odl; students; study; support; university cache: ejl4d-360.pdf plain text: ejl4d-360.txt item: #123 of 290 id: ejl4d-361 author: Gaskell, Anne title: How can we Maximise the Potential of New Technologies to meet the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)? date: 2019-07-18 words: 2022 flesch: 43 summary: Her first seminal work was E-moderating: The key to teaching and learning online (2000 – third edition, 2011), in which she developed the much cited and employed five-stage model of structured support in online learning, from ‘access and motivation’ through ‘knowledge construction’ to ‘development’ (see www.gillysalmon.com/five-stage-model). The model was further developed in E-tivities: The key to active online learning (2002 – second edition, 2013), which launched a new term of ‘e-tivities’ – now ubiquitous – and provided frameworks to enable individuals and groups to participate actively online (see www.gillysalmon.com/e-tivities). keywords: development; learning; new; online; potential cache: ejl4d-361.pdf plain text: ejl4d-361.txt item: #124 of 290 id: ejl4d-363 author: Neal, Terry title: Book Review: Handbook of Distance Education date: 2019-11-19 words: 1660 flesch: 44 summary: Part 1 looks at the historical and theoretical foundations of distance education. A chapter on why gender still matters in distance education follows. keywords: distance; education; learning; research cache: ejl4d-363.pdf plain text: ejl4d-363.txt item: #125 of 290 id: ejl4d-365 author: Law, Patrina title: How Directing Formal Students to Institutionally-Delivered OER Supports their Success date: 2019-11-19 words: 4213 flesch: 56 summary: Disabled learners (through the main OpenLearn surveys) had also identified a need for alternative formats for OpenLearn courses to enable offline study. In addition, the layout of OpenLearn courses was redesigned to mimic that of the formal student VLE in order to provide a more seamless online learning experience for students moving between their formal module website (VLE) and OpenLearn (Figure 1). keywords: law; learning; oer; openlearn; students; study cache: ejl4d-365.pdf plain text: ejl4d-365.txt item: #126 of 290 id: ejl4d-367 author: Stutchbury, Kris; Gallastegi, Lore; Woodward, Clare title: Supporting Open Practices with Teachers in Zambia date: 2019-11-19 words: 9087 flesch: 55 summary: European Journal of Teacher Education, 30(3), 225–248. Authors: Dr Kris Stutchbury is an OU (UK) Senior Lecturer in Teacher Education and Academic Director of TESSA. keywords: activities; approaches; classroom; education; learners; learning; programme; school; teachers; teaching; work; zest cache: ejl4d-367.pdf plain text: ejl4d-367.txt item: #127 of 290 id: ejl4d-368 author: Mnubi, Godfrey Magoti title: Re-writing Stories of Child Early and Forced Marriages through Vocational and Entrepreneurship Skills: Experience from the “Girls Inspire Project” in Tanzania date: 2020-07-20 words: 7475 flesch: 55 summary: The number of adolescents in Tanzania is large and increasing rapidly, with young girls constituting a fifth of Tanzania’s population of 46 million (URT, 2017). The coming-of-age ceremonies for young girls when they reach puberty are accompanied by traditional taboos and rituals that encourage them to get married early and become pregnant. keywords: child; education; girls; inspire; marriage; mothers; programme; rights; school; tanzania; women cache: ejl4d-368.pdf plain text: ejl4d-368.txt item: #128 of 290 id: ejl4d-369 author: Naidu, Som title: Recalibrating Institutional Choreographies for a Future Focused Education date: 2019-11-19 words: 5496 flesch: 45 summary: To these first-time, tertiary students, universities offer new learning opportunities and with that, opportunities for research and scholarship. Keywords: disruption, higher education, flexible learning, technology. keywords: education; future; learners; learning; naidu; opportunities; teachers; teaching; technology; universities cache: ejl4d-369.pdf plain text: ejl4d-369.txt item: #129 of 290 id: ejl4d-37 author: None title: Kanwar date: None words: 775 flesch: 47 summary: This journal will showcase the practical dimension of how learning for development works and will provide opportunities for the publication of academic research, as well as case studies and commentary on issues and ideas on the relationship between learning and development. Increasingly, development agencies are beginning to recognize that all learning must contribute to development outcomes. keywords: development; learning cache: ejl4d-37.htm plain text: ejl4d-37.txt item: #130 of 290 id: ejl4d-375 author: Gaskell, Anne title: The Sustainable Development Report 2019: What can We do to Address the Challenges? date: 2019-11-19 words: 2976 flesch: 47 summary: We have valuable articles providing evidence of new developments in education at the primary (Stutchbury et al.), secondary (Mtebe & Kondoro), and tertiary level (Morgan; Law; Downes) all of which will support changes necessary to meet the SDGs, through professional development (Stutchbury et al.), institutional change (Morgan; Law), increasing use of OER and digital resources (Stuchbury et al.; Mtebe & Kondoro), and willingness to use new approaches, for example, in providing digital badges to recognize achievement (Law; Downes). Indeed, his appreciation and interrogation of new developments and directions in areas previously termed “open learning” and 192 “e-learning” (see e.g., Naidu, 2003) has led to the much more nuanced and inclusive terminology of OFTeL that recognizes the rapidly changing field in which we work. keywords: development; distance; education; learning; naidu; open; resources cache: ejl4d-375.pdf plain text: ejl4d-375.txt item: #131 of 290 id: ejl4d-376 author: Amini, Clifford Moses; Oluyide, Oluwaseun title: Analysis of ICT Competencies Among Distance Learning Students in selected Study Centres of the National Open University of Nigeria date: 2020-03-20 words: 4486 flesch: 52 summary: Some of the students investigated may be ICT students. All these ICT-based activities in the National Open University of Nigeria presuppose that for students to acquire learning and character, deserving of graduation, they must acquire ICT competencies to help them navigate the ICT-driven environment of NOUN. keywords: competency; distance; ict; knowledge; learning; national; students; technology; university; use cache: ejl4d-376.pdf plain text: ejl4d-376.txt item: #132 of 290 id: ejl4d-377 author: Alkema, Anne title: Foundation Level Workplace Training Programmes date: 2020-07-20 words: 6609 flesch: 55 summary: These include, for example: an increase in problem- solving skills that led to a decrease in production bottlenecks; the application of numeracy skills that results in higher accuracy counts and a reduction in dispatch errors; an increase in form filling by shop-floor staff, rather than leaving forms to be filled out by supervisors; the use of oral literacy skills that result in better communication with customers and a reduction in customer complaints. Keywords: adult literacy and numeracy, workplace-based learning, wellbeing, social and economic outcomes. keywords: adult; alkema; education; employees; learning; literacy; new; numeracy; outcomes; programmes; skills; workplace cache: ejl4d-377.pdf plain text: ejl4d-377.txt item: #133 of 290 id: ejl4d-378 author: Ramjattan, Jeet; Chowdhury, Ataharul; Ganpat, Wayne title: Agricultural Extension Agents' Use of Learning-Based Extension Methods in Trinidad and Tobago date: 2020-07-20 words: 7928 flesch: 44 summary: Keywords: learning-based methods, agricultural extension, extension agent, Trinidad and Tobago. Extension agents’ new roles comprise adopting enhanced learning-based methods for facilitating collaborative learning and knowledge management (Ganpat, Harder & Moore, 2014). keywords: aesa; agents; clinics; extension; extension agents; extension methods; farmers; ffs; learning; methods; model; plant; service; tobago; trinidad; use cache: ejl4d-378.pdf plain text: ejl4d-378.txt item: #134 of 290 id: ejl4d-380 author: Zhu, Meina; Bonk, Curtis J. title: Technology Tools and Instructional Strategies for Designing and Delivering MOOCs to Facilitate Self-monitoring of Learners date: 2020-03-20 words: 7036 flesch: 51 summary: Asynchronous Communication Technologies Besides synchronous technologies, asynchronous communication technologies such as discussion forums, blogs, Padlet, Slackbot, and various social media were utilised to connect MOOC students for interactive discussions as well as to build learning communities. The data collection methods included an online survey (n = 198), semi-structured interviews of MOOC instructors (n = 22), and document analysis of MOOCs (n = 22). keywords: design; feedback; instructors; learners; learning; monitoring; mooc; research; sdl; self; students; study; technologies cache: ejl4d-380.pdf plain text: ejl4d-380.txt item: #135 of 290 id: ejl4d-381 author: Nitschke, Jan Jacobus; Louw, Wilhelmina title: The Implementation of Notesmaster as a Learning Platform for Secondary Education - A Case of the Namibian College of Open Learning (NAMCOL) date: 2020-07-20 words: 5151 flesch: 55 summary: NAMCOL learners receive a full set of study guides for each subject in which they register, thus, Notesmaster content serves as additional learning resources. Discussion The development of online learning content is useful for distance education learners as they can access the content in their own time, while it provides for multimedia to enhance the understanding of the subject matter. keywords: content; developers; good; learners; learning; notesmaster; platform; tutors cache: ejl4d-381.pdf plain text: ejl4d-381.txt item: #136 of 290 id: ejl4d-383 author: Wolfenden, Freda; Adinolfi, Lina; Cross, Simon title: Exploring Open Digital Badges in Teacher Education: a Case Study from India date: 2020-03-20 words: 4001 flesch: 45 summary: Discussion Our interrogation of workshop outputs including participants’ nascent conceptions of digital badges structures suggests that this exercise was useful in prompting teacher educators to pay attention to their understanding of teacher learning and practice in several ways. In introducing the concept of digital badges to teacher educators involved in the TESS-India initiative, our intention was to explore how such artefacts might help to address the linked challenges of teacher motivation and personalisation in teacher education. keywords: badges; classroom; education; india; learning; open; practice; resources; teacher; workshop cache: ejl4d-383.pdf plain text: ejl4d-383.txt item: #137 of 290 id: ejl4d-384 author: Whitelock, Denise; Edwards, Chris; Okada, Alexandra title: Can e-Authentication Raise the Confidence of Both Students and Teachers in Qualifications Granted Through the e-Assessment Process? date: 2020-03-20 words: 5951 flesch: 46 summary: Target number of student participants was 600. The target number of student participants was 3,500. keywords: assessment; authentication; face; instruments; online; pilot; students; system; tesla; tools; trust; university cache: ejl4d-384.pdf plain text: ejl4d-384.txt item: #138 of 290 id: ejl4d-387 author: Allela, Melisa Achoko; Ogange, Betty Obura; Junaid, Muhammad Ibn; Charles, Prince Brainard title: Effectiveness of Multimodal Microlearning for In-service Teacher Training date: 2020-11-19 words: 6453 flesch: 40 summary: Keywords: teacher training, multi-modal, micro-learning. For teacher training, this means that teachers can use tools that they are already familiar with to access, curate and develop content. keywords: content; development; face; inset; learning; microlearning; professional; programme; school; service; teacher; training cache: ejl4d-387.pdf plain text: ejl4d-387.txt item: #139 of 290 id: ejl4d-389 author: De Silva, D. V. M. title: Developing Self-regulated Learning Skills in University Students Studying in the Open and Distance Learning Environment by Using KWL Method date: 2020-07-20 words: 6719 flesch: 52 summary: The study's findings indicated that the KWL method contributed to the improvement of self- regulated learning skills among student participants. Act: The MSLQ (1991) was administered to student participants before the intervention to gain an understanding of the existing level of self-regulated learning skills of these participants. keywords: group; kwl; learning; method; participants; reading; self; skills; strategy; students; study cache: ejl4d-389.pdf plain text: ejl4d-389.txt item: #140 of 290 id: ejl4d-39 author: None title: Tait date: None words: 3567 flesch: 48 summary: Development is in other words a contested concept, and this journal will welcome contributions to the necessary debates about how development is conceived by those who contribute to it through the organisation of learning opportunities in all their range, informal as well as formal. Open and Distance Learning, Development  and Social Justice Institutions and Intergovernmental organisations in the field of education and development frequently frame their mission or vision explicitly in terms of social justice, (Tait 2013).  keywords: development; distance; education; human; journal; learning; odl; open cache: ejl4d-39.htm plain text: ejl4d-39.txt item: #141 of 290 id: ejl4d-390 author: Karunanayaka, Shironica Priyanthi; Weerakoon, W.M.S. title: Fostering Digital Education among Teachers and Learners in Sri Lankan Schools date: 2020-03-20 words: 6280 flesch: 41 summary: Keywords: C-DELTA, digital education, digital education leadership, digital learning. 64 Conceptual Framework A holistic approach to digital education leadership is conceptualised in the C-DELTA Programme. keywords: delta; digital; education; intervention; leadership; learning; process; programme; schools; sri; students; teachers; teaching cache: ejl4d-390.pdf plain text: ejl4d-390.txt item: #142 of 290 id: ejl4d-391 author: Chimpololo, Andrew title: An Analysis of Heutagogical Practices through Mobile Device Usage in a Teacher Training Programme in Malawi date: 2020-07-20 words: 7161 flesch: 53 summary: Keywords: heutagogy, teacher education, learner-centred, mobile devices. The MoEST, through the National Education Sector Plan (NESP) for the 2008 – 2017 period, acknowledges that limited funding leads to inefficiencies that affect the quality of teacher education (MoEST, 2008). keywords: communities; devices; education; learning; loop; practice; student; study; teachers; use; year cache: ejl4d-391.pdf plain text: ejl4d-391.txt item: #143 of 290 id: ejl4d-392 author: Salmon, Gilly; van der Merwe, Antoinette; Schoonwinkel, Arnold title: A ‘Watershed’ for Educational Transformation: Deployment of Carpe Diem Learning Design Methods in a South African Context date: 2020-07-20 words: 6458 flesch: 47 summary: Our findings determined that Carpe Diem learning design was an appropriate methodology for contributing to and creating key moments and movements (“watersheds”) in educational transformation in the South African context and beyond. The module Carpe Diem process draws on agile collaborative project development, creative and visual 129 techniques, and storyboarding (Lewrick et al, 2018; Roam, 2016) workshops have been developed and rehearsed since the first research in the year 2000, and a massive amount of scaling, diversity of application, crowdsourced feedback and evaluation has occurred since then (Armellini, Salmon & Hawkridge, 2009; Salmon, 2013; Salmon & Wright, 2014; Vlachopoulos, 2018). keywords: action; carpe; design; diem; learning; participants; process; programme; renewal; transformation; university; workshop cache: ejl4d-392.pdf plain text: ejl4d-392.txt item: #144 of 290 id: ejl4d-396 author: Kinyua, Ann Hildah Gatakaa title: When the Trainer is Untrained: Stakeholder Incapacitation in Implementation and Utilisation of Open Educational Resources in Kenya date: 2021-03-19 words: 5322 flesch: 51 summary: In Kenya schools are categorised as National, Extra-county, County or Sub-County schools. By policy, secondary schools are required to have mandatory computer classes for all learners and funds have been provided to ensure Internet connectivity, at least within the school compound, with a view to creating avenues for use of OERs. keywords: county; education; kenya; learning; oer; resources; schools; students; teachers; tharaka; use cache: ejl4d-396.pdf plain text: ejl4d-396.txt item: #145 of 290 id: ejl4d-397 author: West, Paul G title: Book Review: Essential Skills for Highly Successful Youths date: 2020-03-20 words: 783 flesch: 58 summary: The book may at times seem a little directive to young people but the reader should keep in mind that many young people do not have parents or role models from whom they can learn. Tracing much of her young life, the author places the book on a personal level for other young people who can relate to her challenges and progress. keywords: book; people; skills cache: ejl4d-397.pdf plain text: ejl4d-397.txt item: #146 of 290 id: ejl4d-398 author: Anderson, Terry title: Book Review: Moocs and Open Education in the Global South: Challenges, Successes and Opportunities date: 2020-03-20 words: 1386 flesch: 54 summary: The term Global South has emerged as a more acceptable successor to terms including “developing countries” or “3rd world” in part because it gives room for the development of South-South partnerships and knowledge sharing, without a sense of defining one’s identity or economy in terms of other wealthier nations.i Next, we need to be clear that the term MOOC itself has evolved since it was coined in 2008 by Dave Courmier. However, we read examples of professional development courses in which well over 50% of the students complete the course and the assignments. keywords: education; global; moocs; south cache: ejl4d-398.pdf plain text: ejl4d-398.txt item: #147 of 290 id: ejl4d-399 author: West, Paul G title: An Introduction to Cybersecurity for Busy People: Learn how to be safe and secure in the digital world date: 2020-07-20 words: 1163 flesch: 57 summary: Dr Keats provides an interesting yet brief history of the developments from early computers (of which he has personal experience) to modern global networks. Relating to the protection of critical personal and business data, Dr Keats uses the acronym “CIA”, or Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability. keywords: cyber; keats cache: ejl4d-399.pdf plain text: ejl4d-399.txt item: #148 of 290 id: ejl4d-401 author: Kalinga, Ellen Ambakisye title: Learning Software Development through Modeling using an Object Oriented Approach with Unified Modeling Language: A Case of an Online Interview System date: 2021-03-18 words: 7252 flesch: 44 summary: Clarke & Pierantonio (2018) state that many computer science and software engineering curricula include some content on modeling software systems, which provide the basic building blocks for model-driven software development (MDSD), yet there is still lack of penetration to bring modeling to the forefront of software development. Management of library resources returning process Single Sign on Solution a) Management of user of systems b) Management of software systems available c) Management of security issues keywords: approach; case; description; development; diagram; interview; learning; management; modeling; process; questions; software; students; system; use cache: ejl4d-401.pdf plain text: ejl4d-401.txt item: #149 of 290 id: ejl4d-406 author: Panda, Santosh title: Furthering Research and Development in Technology-Enabled Learning date: 2020-03-20 words: 1689 flesch: 49 summary: Institutions across the globe use TEL to ‘enhance’ the quality of learning and teaching with the use of technology (Browne et al, 2010) and invest considerably in technologies that could have an impact as such. Studies on both success stories of technologies facilitating meaningful learning, and also the rhetoric of overstating the effect of technology have been reviewed and reported (Henderson et al, 2017, 2015; Jones, 2012). keywords: education; learning; research; teaching; technology; tel cache: ejl4d-406.pdf plain text: ejl4d-406.txt item: #150 of 290 id: ejl4d-410 author: Ajetunmobi, Funmilayo Grace; Oladejo, Maruff; Muhidden title: Participatory Management, Professional Development, and Teachers’ Job Performance in Public Secondary Schools date: 2020-07-20 words: 6201 flesch: 42 summary: The direct involvement of secondary school teachers in school governance, otherwise known as participatory management, has been found to be one of the management intervention strategies that may enhance the job performance of teachers. According to Olorunsola and Olayemi (2011), participatory management by secondary school teachers allows the teaching staff to cooperate with the school administrators, thereby, assisting with the resolution of intensifying problems confronting the school. keywords: development; education; job performance; management; nigeria; ogun; participatory; performance; professional; school; state; teachers cache: ejl4d-410.pdf plain text: ejl4d-410.txt item: #151 of 290 id: ejl4d-412 author: Ranjan, Prabhas title: Is Blended Learning Better than Online Learning for B.Ed Students? date: 2020-11-19 words: 8012 flesch: 58 summary: The standardised achievement scores of students in online learning mode (M = 0.115, SD = 0.82) were higher than their achievement in face-to- face mode (M = -0.58, SD = 0.71), t(72) = 11.66, p-value = 0. It is an important finding for the emerging trend towards online learning in India. keywords: b.ed; course; education; effect; face; face learning; learning; mode; online; scores; size; students; study; teacher; teaching cache: ejl4d-412.pdf plain text: ejl4d-412.txt item: #152 of 290 id: ejl4d-413 author: Hadjistassou, Stella; Avgousti, Maria-Iosifina ; Louca, Petros title: (Re)Designing Augmented Reality Applications to Facilitate Intercultural Telecollaborations date: 2021-03-18 words: 7459 flesch: 38 summary: More precisely, students’ written responses on the ReDesign platform were analyzed to understand the role of goal- oriented activities, which were accompanied by the AR-driven applications, in enacting affordances during intercultural telecollaboration, to engage in productive, thought-provoking discussions and reflections on techniques in dealing with disruptive student behavior. In Fig. 1, the third option in dealing with disruptive student behavior is demonstrated. keywords: activities; application; behavior; classroom; design; language; learning; reality; research; students; tasks; teaching; tools cache: ejl4d-413.pdf plain text: ejl4d-413.txt item: #153 of 290 id: ejl4d-414 author: Musyimi, Caroline title: Developing Skills to Unlock Kenya’s industrial Growth: The Influence of Provision of Modern Teaching and Learning Equipment in TVET in Kenya date: 2021-03-19 words: 4530 flesch: 46 summary: This is perceived as a problem since TVET education is supposed to be practical, skill acquisition-oriented, meaning that TVET students should spend more time in the workshops. Also, there has been improved collaboration between TVET institutions and local industries, exposing TVET students to the real labour market while still in college. keywords: development; education; institutions; kenya; learning; skills; students; study; teaching; tvet cache: ejl4d-414.pdf plain text: ejl4d-414.txt item: #154 of 290 id: ejl4d-417 author: Erdem, Cahit; Kaya, Metin title: A Meta-Analysis of the Effect of Parental Involvement on Students’ Academic Achievement date: 2020-11-19 words: 6958 flesch: 50 summary: In the meta-synthesis study by Wilder (2014), it was found that a positive relationship between homework assistance and student academic achievement was not present. Parental involvement on student academic achievement: A meta-analysis. keywords: achievement; analysis; education; effect; involvement; level; meta; school; students; studies; study cache: ejl4d-417.pdf plain text: ejl4d-417.txt item: #155 of 290 id: ejl4d-42 author: None title: Alam date: None words: 9051 flesch: 57 summary: The research identified the following factors as key: the financial position and the community environment, the educational status of the community, communication and support given to the school, the care for community children, and any unity and cooperation exhibited amongst the community’s population. The research suggests that the notion of “rural community roles” would be represented by the idea “doing something for community children”, and that there will be a “mutual understanding and sharing of resources and benefits”, much like a symbiotic relationship. keywords: bangladesh; children; community; data; education; factors; learning; parents; quality; research; schools; study; support; themes cache: ejl4d-42.htm plain text: ejl4d-42.txt item: #156 of 290 id: ejl4d-421 author: Olang'o, Jorry; Malechwanzi, Joseph; Murage, Susan; Amuka, Lorna title: Effects of Free Day Secondary Education Policy on Academic Performance of Rural Public Day Secondary Schools in Kilifi County, Kenya date: 2021-03-19 words: 5403 flesch: 47 summary: This ensures effective curriculum implementation and good school academic performance. Keywords: educational policies, enrolment, school resources, school performance. keywords: county; day; education; enrolment; kenya; learning; performance; resources; schools; study; teaching cache: ejl4d-421.pdf plain text: ejl4d-421.txt item: #157 of 290 id: ejl4d-425 author: Ewing, Helen; Chickering, Miriam; Burner, Lindsay; Keating, Stacen A.; Berland, Alex; Frank, Erica title: Notes from the Field: 'Nurses International' Uses OER to Support Nurse Educators date: 2020-11-19 words: 3705 flesch: 40 summary: The supportive, high-touch aspect of the initiative derives from additional resources offered by NI to educators through a support system using the international community of nurse educators and clinicians associated with NI. Notes from the field: Nurses International uses OER to support nurse educators. keywords: development; education; educators; health; international; nurses; nursing; oer; resources; support cache: ejl4d-425.pdf plain text: ejl4d-425.txt item: #158 of 290 id: ejl4d-427 author: Tanyanyiwa, Vincent Itai; Madobi, Rejoice title: Challenges to the Effective Teaching and Learning of Geography through ODeL at the Zimbabwe Open University date: 2021-07-19 words: 8796 flesch: 44 summary: ZOUs blended learning teaching principles are premised on the need to : • produce a campus-wide environment that embeds blended learning as a means of enhancing the learning outcomes of students, • develop an environment that permits enhanced interaction and collaboration between faculty and students, • integrate technology and face-to-face teaching to support student learning experiences and outcomes, • provide supportive technical infrastructure for the effective and competent delivery of instruction, • reduce the economic impact on the delivery costs of education at the ZOU, • craft a quality assurance framework and consistent instruction. ODeL students face several challenges (Musingafi et al, 2015). keywords: blended; challenges; distance; education; face; learners; learning; odel; open; presence; research; students; study; teaching; time; university; use; zou cache: ejl4d-427.pdf plain text: ejl4d-427.txt item: #159 of 290 id: ejl4d-429 author: Mutisya, Sammy Muteti title: Integration of Information Communication Technology in Teaching: The Underpinning Factors Among Kenya’s Primary School Teachers date: 2020-07-20 words: 6898 flesch: 43 summary: It is evident that the long list of ICT technologies is ever-growing, demonstrating the dynamic nature of ICT technologies. The role of the teacher as a facilitator of learning still remains and, hence, teachers should align pedagogies with ICT technologies. keywords: education; expectancy; ict; influence; intention; kenya; learning; school; teachers; teaching; technology; use cache: ejl4d-429.pdf plain text: ejl4d-429.txt item: #160 of 290 id: ejl4d-433 author: Jordan, Katy title: Covid-19 School Closures in Low- and Middle-income Countries: Emergent Perspectives on the Role of Educational Technology date: 2020-11-19 words: 6849 flesch: 46 summary: UNESCO COVID-19 education response education sector issue notes - Conflict-affected, displaced and vulnerable populations. Francophone countries and COVID-19 EdTech response. keywords: closures; covid-19; edtech; education; learning; lmics; online; pandemic; research; response; role; school; support; technology cache: ejl4d-433.pdf plain text: ejl4d-433.txt item: #161 of 290 id: ejl4d-434 author: Werth, Eric; Williams, Katherine ; Werth, Lori title: Fostering Rapid Institution-wide Curricular Change in Response to COVID-19 date: 2020-11-19 words: 3339 flesch: 46 summary: Initiatives using OER to reduce student costs are not uncommon. Pre-existing beliefs are difficult to alter: Significant research exists demonstrating student success in condensed course formats. keywords: courses; faculty; initiatives; learning; oer; research; students; success; university cache: ejl4d-434.pdf plain text: ejl4d-434.txt item: #162 of 290 id: ejl4d-436 author: Panda, Santosh title: Editorial: Professional Development and Capacity Building in Learning for Development date: 2020-07-20 words: 2146 flesch: 37 summary: The strength of Carpe Diem lies in the deployment of research-based pedagogies and appropriate new technologies into collaborative learning design, including MOOCs, online learning, and blended learning. Gilly Salmon is internationally famous for her work on an alternative model of online learning, 123 specifically the 5-stage model, with applications across all levels of education and training/ professional development. keywords: design; development; learning; research; teachers; training cache: ejl4d-436.pdf plain text: ejl4d-436.txt item: #163 of 290 id: ejl4d-44 author: None title: Younger date: None words: 1012 flesch: 34 summary: In four distinct sections, it brings together authors who have engaged centrally with the debates over the last two decades to explore international dilemmas about teacher supply and teacher quality, contextualised within large population countries and other countries within the global South, and explores new strategies for teacher education and teacher development. New strategies for teacher education and teacher development provide the focus for the concluding section of this volume. keywords: education; new; teacher cache: ejl4d-44.htm plain text: ejl4d-44.txt item: #164 of 290 id: ejl4d-442 author: Erkkie, Haipinge; Kadhila, Ngepathimo title: Rethinking A Framework for Contextualising and Collaborating in MOOCs by Higher Education Institutions in Africa date: 2021-03-19 words: 7910 flesch: 40 summary: The purpose of the paper is to suggest solutions to the challenges experienced by higher education institutions in contextualisation of MOOCs to meet the local learning needs, exploring pedagogical implications of MOOCs, identifying inter-institutional collaboration frameworks on MOOCs for higher education institutions in Africa, and exploring methods of contextualising MOOCs for Africa’s local learning contexts. A Framework for Collaboration of African Higher Education Institutions in MOOCs There are various ways in which higher education institutions in Africa could take better advantage of the promise of MOOCs through collaboration. keywords: access; african; collaboration; content; courses; education; institutions; knowledge; learning; moocs; students; university; use cache: ejl4d-442.pdf plain text: ejl4d-442.txt item: #165 of 290 id: ejl4d-443 author: Niari, Maria title: To Use or not Use Collaborative Learning Techniques in Teleconference Teaching? A Case Study from the Hellenic Open University date: 2021-03-18 words: 7947 flesch: 44 summary: Keywords: distance collaborative learning, collaborative learning techniques, teleconference, group dynamics, qualitative research, distance education. Figure 2: Reasons for using collaborative learning techniques at teleconference When tutors were asked what they would need in order to apply collaborative learning techniques in teleconference (Research Question 3), they stated the following (see also Figure 3): • appropriate tool / software to support teamwork • training on the tool • training on collaborative learning techniques in an e-learning environment • training on group dynamics concepts 104 • support on distance collaborative learning (concept, process, planning, organizing, monitoring, etc.), in order to encourage students to participate more actively. keywords: distance; distance learning; education; group; learning; learning techniques; open; research; students; teaching; techniques; teleconference; tutors; use cache: ejl4d-443.pdf plain text: ejl4d-443.txt item: #166 of 290 id: ejl4d-444 author: Uzorka, Afam title: Faculty Members’ Communication Needs with Regards to Technology date: 2021-03-18 words: 8428 flesch: 43 summary: Table 1: General Use of Technology as a Communication Tool N = 100 Participants using Technology to Communicate 92 100 94 91 94 100 Students regarding non-course related activities Administrative staff Attachment or file transfer process Course related activities Graduate students Colleagues and professional contacts Technology to Communicate — Non-Course Related Activities Most participants (92%) used e-mail to communicate with students regarding non-course related activities. Participants noted that they provided marketing through e-mail responses. keywords: communication; education; faculty; information; interview; learning; mail; need; participants; research; students; study; technologies; technology; use cache: ejl4d-444.pdf plain text: ejl4d-444.txt item: #167 of 290 id: ejl4d-445 author: Mitra, Sugata title: Children and the Internet: Learning, in the Times to Come date: 2020-11-19 words: 8274 flesch: 74 summary: Children and the Internet are friends (Mitra et al, 2005), so teachers finally began to gather children together into Internet video conferences. Children and the Internet: keywords: children; education; internet; learning; like; need; people; school; sole; system; things; time; work; world cache: ejl4d-445.pdf plain text: ejl4d-445.txt item: #168 of 290 id: ejl4d-446 author: Joshi, Marjo; Scheinin, Minna; Miranda, Luis; Piispa, Juliana title: Reports from the Field: Primary School in Brazil Using Finnish Innovation Pedagogy to Create Meaningful Online Education During the COVID-19 Pandemic date: 2020-11-19 words: 2730 flesch: 49 summary: The pandemic also affected some families in terms of economic and health issues, which, in turn, had an effect on the pupil’s participation in online education. https://jyx.jyu.fi/bitstream/handle/123456789/37478/978-951-39-3038-7.pdf?sequence=1 Authors: Marjo Joshi specializes in online education and, as part of Turku University of Applied Sciences (TUAS) Future Learning Design Team, she develops online education at an institutional level. keywords: education; innovation; learning; online; pedagogy; school; teachers cache: ejl4d-446.pdf plain text: ejl4d-446.txt item: #169 of 290 id: ejl4d-448 author: Ibrahim, Glory; Luzinge, Heavenlight; Kapanda, Gibson title: Teaching and Learning Experiences in Medical Education During the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Case of Kilimanjaro Christian Medical University College (KCMUCo), Tanzania date: 2020-11-19 words: 3786 flesch: 46 summary: Medical student education in the time of COVID-19. Implementation of a Learning Management System for medical students: A case study of Kilimanjaro Christian Medical University College. keywords: education; faculty; kcmuco; learning; medical; online; students; system; teaching; university cache: ejl4d-448.pdf plain text: ejl4d-448.txt item: #170 of 290 id: ejl4d-449 author: Papi, Cathia title: Supporting Teachers in the Transition towards Distance Education: Challenges and Means date: 2020-11-19 words: 2906 flesch: 41 summary: 469 Creating a Survival Kit for Diving into Distance Education Familiarizing teachers with distance education involved constructing a course intended to equip teachers for distance education, both from a pedagogical and a technological standpoint. It was also necessary to seek out technologies that are accessible to the various teachers involved and to offer them ways not to design distance education courses that follow a traditional instructional design process, but to adapt courses initially designed to be given in the classroom such that they present a wide palette of types of assessment and marking methods that can be put into practice when necessary. keywords: course; distance; education; learning; teachers; training cache: ejl4d-449.pdf plain text: ejl4d-449.txt item: #171 of 290 id: ejl4d-450 author: Onesmus, Gicheru title: Hindrance to Technologically Guided Education in Kenya Secondary Schools: A Case Study of Embakasi Girls’ School: date: 2020-11-19 words: 3425 flesch: 52 summary: “ Factors that may be barriers to digital learning from the same article are ”budgetary constraints due to economic instability, lack of infrastructure, and most importantly, unavailability of e-learning content and trainers with remote training expertise”. The study took a middle-class school for data on access to e-learning resources — where teachers and students were involved for the last four months during the COVID-19 period. keywords: access; design; education; form; learning; students; teachers; technology cache: ejl4d-450.pdf plain text: ejl4d-450.txt item: #172 of 290 id: ejl4d-453 author: Gasuku, Samwel title: Developing Multimedia Programmes for Out-of-School Girls: The Case of GIRLS Inspire in Tanzania date: 2021-03-19 words: 4232 flesch: 51 summary: Therefore, the study recommends the development of multimedia learning materials; that the use of multimedia resources be part of the Institute of Adult Education’s rolling strategic plan; and that the IAE’s learning material development policy should include multimedia learning resources and creation of awareness among staff on the types of multimedia developed and their importance. Although some IAE facilitators have the 169 capability to develop multimedia learning resources, the majority of them still need more knowledge and skills concerning multimedia, content selection, script writing and presenting skills. keywords: adult; content; education; girls; learners; learning; multimedia; school cache: ejl4d-453.pdf plain text: ejl4d-453.txt item: #173 of 290 id: ejl4d-454 author: Moluayonge, Gracemary title: The Use of Modern Educational Technologies in Remote Learning in Higher Education During a Pandemic: the Case of COVID-19 in Cameroon date: 2020-11-19 words: 2825 flesch: 49 summary: Technological Knowhow Suggestions Professor Mbarika of the ICT University Cameroon raised some concerns with the practice of e- learning in Cameroon. For distance assessment, the Minister recommended homework and examination papers sent to students digitally, written evaluations to be replaced by oral ones, and allowing one or more teachers to question the students using the aforementioned media outlets. keywords: cameroon; covid-19; education; google; learning; online; students; university cache: ejl4d-454.pdf plain text: ejl4d-454.txt item: #174 of 290 id: ejl4d-459 author: Daniel, John title: Covid-19 - A Two-Week Transition from Campus to Online at the Acsenda School of Management, Canada date: 2020-11-19 words: 7374 flesch: 54 summary: ASM students, faculty and staff have a strong sense of community, compassion and care, as they demonstrated in their support to a new student who had just arrived in Canada. A survey showed that ASM students split 55%/45% on whether online teaching had a positive or negative impact on course outcomes or academic quality. keywords: asm; campus; canada; covid-19; education; faculty; heis; learning; march; online; staff; students; system; teaching cache: ejl4d-459.pdf plain text: ejl4d-459.txt item: #175 of 290 id: ejl4d-460 author: Olcott, D. J. title: Book Review: Transforming Universities with Digital Distance Education: The Future of Formal Learning date: 2020-11-19 words: 1145 flesch: 48 summary: Transforming universities with digital distance education: The future of formal learning arrives at a timely demarcation point to consider the future for digital universities. The author provides an insightful and occasionally provocative analysis of how universities might reframe what they do, how they do it, and most importantly how they can best serve students using digital distance education in both traditional higher education and vocational and technical education. keywords: distance; education; university cache: ejl4d-460.pdf plain text: ejl4d-460.txt item: #176 of 290 id: ejl4d-461 author: McBurnie, Chris; Adam, Taskeen; Kaye, Tom title: Is there Learning Continuity during the COVID-19 Pandemic? A Synthesis of the Emerging Evidence date: 2020-11-19 words: 3845 flesch: 48 summary: (2020) 2,000 grade 9 students who receive poverty- targeted stipends in Bangladesh Government television and online learning programmes Half of students with access to educational television watch government programmes while only 2% of students with access to the internet use online resources to learn Survey on Vietnamese teachers’ perspectives during COVID-19 (2020) 294 teachers in Vietnam Online learning programmes Teachers feel that the shift to online learning has increased their workload yet they lack support from school leaders and the government Ghana RECOVR Survey Analysis (2020) 1,633 household respondents in Ghana Multimodal approach consisting of educational television, online resources and self-study materials 64% of primary-age learners and 57% of secondary-age learners are continuing to study although most students are using self-study materials rather than technology Phone survey on the 1,023 household Multimodal approach 30% of learners are 493 COVID crisis in Senegal (2020) respondents in Senegal consisting of educational television, radio, online resources and self-study materials pursuing no learning activities with significant differences in access to technology-based interventions across household wealth Listening to Young Lives at Work in Ethiopia (2020) 2,471 young people in Ethiopia who form part of the Oxford Young Lives programme Government distance learning programme Only 12% of children in rural areas are learning during; only 14% of children whose parents have no education participate in distance learning A Survey on Impacts of COVID-19 Pandemic on Children and Young People and Their Needs (2020) 6,771 young people aged 15 to 19 in Thailand Government distance learning programme 70% of young people feel stressed due to lockdown and the inability to continue their studies and see their peers as normal Are Our Children Learning? This synthesis focuses on technology-supported learning continuity, which we define as everything from educational radio and television to online learning on mobile phones, tablets and computers. keywords: access; children; education; learning; students; survey cache: ejl4d-461.pdf plain text: ejl4d-461.txt item: #177 of 290 id: ejl4d-463 author: Traxler, John; Smith, Matt title: Data for Development: Shifting Research Methodologies for Covid-19 date: 2020-11-19 words: 10065 flesch: 48 summary: Keywords: marginalised communities, research methods, development, COVID, digital research. This is important because there is a distinct literature about research methods for eliciting it and any health education around COVID-19 must align with it, must have practices and explanations that make sense within the framework of a community’s indigenous knowledge. keywords: communities; community; covid-19; data; development; education; example; journal; learning; methods; mobile; mobilities; people; research; systems; techniques; work cache: ejl4d-463.pdf plain text: ejl4d-463.txt item: #178 of 290 id: ejl4d-465 author: Kabugo, David title: Utilizing Open Education Resources to Enhance Students’ Learning Outcomes during the COVID-19 Schools Lockdown: A Case of Kolibri by Selected Government Schools in Uganda date: 2020-11-19 words: 4126 flesch: 46 summary: Based on usage-logs, focus group discussions, and interview data that we collected from 25 teachers and 100 students from 10 Government-Aided Secondary Schools in Uganda, this study assessed how teachers used Kolibri OER in teaching, and proposes a potentially transformative pedagogical model for integration of such resources to enhance students’ learning outcomes. Kolibri OER are available in several languages and the Kolibri libraries are designed in such a way to support an all-rounded curriculum, including both formal educational materials, such as lessons and assessments as well as exploratory materials, such as books, games, and 449 simulations for a number of subjects, especially Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics. keywords: education; kolibri; learning; oer; schools; students; teachers; uganda cache: ejl4d-465.pdf plain text: ejl4d-465.txt item: #179 of 290 id: ejl4d-467 author: Kanwar, Asha; Carr, Alexis title: The Impact of Covid-19 on International Higher Education: New Models for the New Normal date: 2020-11-19 words: 4108 flesch: 37 summary: Beyond the economic implications, it is also important to consider the personal impact of COVID-19 on international students, who may face delays or obstacles to program completion, employment and/or immigration. Beyond the economic impact it is also important to consider the personal impact of COVID-19 on international students. keywords: canada; countries; covid-19; education; international; learning; new; online; students cache: ejl4d-467.pdf plain text: ejl4d-467.txt item: #180 of 290 id: ejl4d-468 author: Mawoyo, Monica; Vally, Zaahedah title: Improving Education Outcomes in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: Outcomes-Based Contracting and Early Grade Literacy date: 2020-11-19 words: 6764 flesch: 53 summary: The EGRSI evaluation also concluded that learners in intervention schools were 40% of a year of learning ahead of the learners in the schools that did not receive the intervention (Taylor, Cilliers, Prinsloo, Fleisch & Reddy, 2018). Carrying on with the way early grade literacy interventions have been implemented in the past defeats the objectives of creating sustainable education systems and reducing socio-economic inequalities through education. keywords: africa; children; countries; education; funding; grade; interventions; learners; learning; literacy; outcomes; reading; schools; south cache: ejl4d-468.pdf plain text: ejl4d-468.txt item: #181 of 290 id: ejl4d-472 author: Owo, Offia; Udoka, Isaac title: The Perception of Educational Stakeholders on Utilization of E-learning Technology for Quality Instructional Delivery in Universities in Rivers State, Nigeria date: 2021-07-19 words: 7001 flesch: 40 summary: Additionally, the issue of poor ICT-skills development by some lecturers and students in universities as well as poor power supply are considered major setbacks in the use of e-learning technologies for quality instructional delivery in Nigerian universities. Furthermore, Owo and Ajie (2020) posited that one major constraint to quality e-learning education in Nigeria is lack of adequate ICT skills acquisition by university lecturers and students. keywords: agree; development; education; ict; learning; lecturers; nigeria; research; skills; students; teaching; technology; universities; university cache: ejl4d-472.pdf plain text: ejl4d-472.txt item: #182 of 290 id: ejl4d-473 author: Lyonga, Ngemunang Agnes Ngale title: Exploring Students’ Self-Assessment to Increase Learning Outcomes in Teachers’ Training Colleges in Cameroon date: 2022-07-19 words: 6597 flesch: 53 summary: Investigating the link between self directed learning readiness and project based learning outcomes: The case of international masters students in an engineering management course. Firstly, self-assessment is an integral part of self-regulated learning, and, secondly, student assessment without proper guidance and training varies considerably and may be poorly aligned with the curriculum’s external standards. keywords: assessment; knowledge; kumba; learners; learning; outcomes; self; students; ttc cache: ejl4d-473.pdf plain text: ejl4d-473.txt item: #183 of 290 id: ejl4d-477 author: Bose, Sutapa title: A Learning Design for Deep Learning for a Distance Teacher Education Programme date: 2021-07-19 words: 6597 flesch: 51 summary: Participation of such learners in teamwork was relatively less and their inputs during discussions were general ideas about the theme rather than the content explained in the SLM. Meeting the needs of distance learners. keywords: content; data; design; education; instances; learners; learning; learning design; research; slm; study; teacher cache: ejl4d-477.pdf plain text: ejl4d-477.txt item: #184 of 290 id: ejl4d-478 author: Panda, Santosh title: Editorial: Covid-19 Pandemic and Innovations in Institutional Transformation, Technology and Pedagogy date: 2020-11-19 words: 3377 flesch: 41 summary: During COVID-19, many theoretical stances/frameworks for pedagogy of online learning have appeared—for instance, folk pedagogies of Jerome Bruner applied to synchronous online learning (Henriksen, Creely, & Henderson, 2020); a ‘new pedagogy’ comprising blended learning and many related variables (TeachOnline. In an experimental study, Ranjan explored the comparative effectiveness of blended learning and online learning in an undergraduate teacher education programme with a randomly selected sample (classroom-students, equally divided into control and experimental groups) in India. keywords: covid-19; education; learning; pandemic; pedagogy; research; school; teaching; technology cache: ejl4d-478.pdf plain text: ejl4d-478.txt item: #185 of 290 id: ejl4d-479 author: Kuboni, Olabisi title: Rethinking Problem-Solving Teaching Strategies in the Primary Sector for both Face-to-Face and Online Delivery date: 2021-03-18 words: 7426 flesch: 53 summary: The association between mathematical word problems and reading comprehension. Based on an investigation of students’ ability to understand word problems involving ratio, that researcher concluded that the study provided “evidence that the meaning of concepts and relationships in a two-step word problem is a major source of difficulty in solving the problem”. keywords: education; learning; operations; primary; problem; solving; strategies; students; study; teaching; tutorials; video cache: ejl4d-479.pdf plain text: ejl4d-479.txt item: #186 of 290 id: ejl4d-481 author: De Silva, Nilantha; Wijeratne, Mahinda title: Achieving Community Development through an Agricultural Extension Programme: Technology Dissemination for Mushroom Farmers date: 2021-07-19 words: 5418 flesch: 43 summary: Results indicate that mushroom farmers have scaled up their production; have improved their productivity; designed new experiments to minimise the impact of pests and diseases; focused on environmental sustainability and scientific mushroom production; and improved the quality of packaging. As a result, mushroom farmers obtained the opportunity to save labour and time. keywords: bags; extension; farmers; knowledge; l3f; mushroom; production; programme; scale; silva; wijeratne cache: ejl4d-481.pdf plain text: ejl4d-481.txt item: #187 of 290 id: ejl4d-482 author: Aynas, Naciye; Aslan, Mecit title: The Effects of Authentic Learning Practices on Problem-Solving Skills and Attitude towards Science Courses date: 2021-03-18 words: 7512 flesch: 53 summary: Keywords: authentic learning, authentic task, problem-solving skills, the curriculum of science courses, attitudes towards science courses. In this regard, authentic learning is defined as a learning approach that involves students’ discovering, discussing and meaningfully structuring the concepts related to real-life problems and projects. keywords: attitude; control; difference; experimental; group; learning; post; pre; problem; science; scores; skills; solving; students; study; test cache: ejl4d-482.pdf plain text: ejl4d-482.txt item: #188 of 290 id: ejl4d-483 author: Mtebe, Joel S.; Fulgence, Katherine; Gallagher, Michael title: COVID-19 and Technology Enhanced Teaching in Higher Education in sub-Saharan Africa: A Case of the University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania date: 2021-07-19 words: 5712 flesch: 43 summary: Typical planning and preparation for a quality online course with multimedia elements for university courses takes six to nine months before the course is delivered (Hodges et al, 2020). The Audit Through the appointed task force, the university started by conducting a small audit to assess existing ICT infrastructure and information systems to identify additional ICT infrastructure and information systems required to introduce technology enhanced teaching for both the short term and long term. keywords: college; courses; covid-19; instructors; learning; students; system; teaching; technology; university cache: ejl4d-483.pdf plain text: ejl4d-483.txt item: #189 of 290 id: ejl4d-485 author: Kuba, Ruchika title: Technology Enabled Delivery of Medical Programmes through ODL : A Case of Training Medical Doctors in Geriatric Medicine date: 2021-07-19 words: 5471 flesch: 52 summary: Medical student education in the time of COVID-19. The shortages of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) and the high infectivity of the virus forced medical faculty to avoid including medical students in the clinical teams and rotations (Dedeilia, Sotiropoulos, Hanrahan et al, 2020). keywords: classes; education; face; learning; medical; programme; skills; students; study; training; web cache: ejl4d-485.pdf plain text: ejl4d-485.txt item: #190 of 290 id: ejl4d-493 author: Buckler, Alison; Stutchbury, Kris; Kasule, George; Cullen, Jane; Kaije, Doris title: What Prevents Teacher Educators from Accessing Professional Development OER? Storytelling and Professional Identity in Ugandan Teacher Colleges. date: 2021-03-18 words: 9153 flesch: 54 summary: We first aimed to identify this ‘concentrated strength’ and looked for story archetypes (Lewis, 2011) framed around the six dimensions of teacher educator professional identity set out above. How can what the stories suggest about tutor professional identity help us to understand why the OER did not take off in the colleges as expected? keywords: college; development; education; educators; identity; learning; oer; research; stories; story; students; teacher; teaching; tutors; uganda cache: ejl4d-493.pdf plain text: ejl4d-493.txt item: #191 of 290 id: ejl4d-494 author: Edward, Joshua title: Interplay between Literacy and Health Services Access: The Case of Elderly Exemption Beneficiaries in Tanzania date: 2021-03-18 words: 5780 flesch: 50 summary: An important question for this paper is whether the unpleasant exempted experience for the elderly in accessing health services is linked to illiteracy. Introduction In Tanzania, the elderly health fee exemption policy was introduced to overcome the financial barrier in accessing health services among elderly people (URT, 2007). keywords: access; district; elderly; frequency; health; illiterate; information; percent; policy; services cache: ejl4d-494.pdf plain text: ejl4d-494.txt item: #192 of 290 id: ejl4d-495 author: Doğan, Yunus; Batdı, Veli title: Revisiting Brainstorming within an Educational Context: A Meta-Thematic Analysis date: 2021-11-17 words: 7164 flesch: 50 summary: Moreover, brainstorming in an educational context is often taken for granted, and has recently been overlooked within creativity research. Mapping the themes, impact and cohesion of creativity research over the last 25 years. keywords: analysis; brainstorming; brainstorming technique; codes; creativity; group; ideas; learning; meta; problem; research; skills; students; studies; study; technique; thinking cache: ejl4d-495.pdf plain text: ejl4d-495.txt item: #193 of 290 id: ejl4d-496 author: Pullenayegem, Judy; De Silva, K. Radhika M. ; Jayatilleke, Buddhini, Gayathri title: Contradictions in Learner Interactions in a Blended-Learning Writing Course in the ODL Context: An Activity Theory Analysis date: 2021-07-19 words: 8719 flesch: 55 summary: These results corroborate with the findings by Gunawardena and Jayatilleke, (2014) in a study on online learning and cross-cultural e-mentoring which revealed that the participants with limited linguistic proficiency participated less, and therefore suggested that this limitation of these ESL learners be taken into consideration when designing online activities. How does the division-of-labour affect interaction and collaboration among the community (learners and tutor) when engaging in specified online activities? keywords: activities; activity; contradictions; course; feedback; language; learners; learning; participants; rules; study; task; tutor; university; writing cache: ejl4d-496.pdf plain text: ejl4d-496.txt item: #194 of 290 id: ejl4d-497 author: Mays, Tony John; Ogange, Betty; Naidu, Som; Perris, Kirk title: Supporting Teachers Moving Online, Using a MOOC, During the COVID-19 Pandemic date: 2021-03-18 words: 6629 flesch: 52 summary: The quality of MOOCs: How to improve the design of open education and online courses for learners? The data collection instruments included, pre-, mid- and end- course surveys, observation of student engagement in discussion forums, review of examples of OER created by the participants, participants’ reflective “stories” on their experience as well as data analytics available within the platform. keywords: course; development; education; iteration; learning; oer; online; open; participants; support; teachers; use cache: ejl4d-497.pdf plain text: ejl4d-497.txt item: #195 of 290 id: ejl4d-498 author: Toquero, Cathy Mae title: Academic Silver Linings in a Philippine State University Amid the Early Stages of Pandemic Cases date: 2021-07-19 words: 3440 flesch: 43 summary: This highlights the responsibility of the academe to fulfil the needs of the students, since “universities have to understand the role of their stakeholders, identify their primary stakeholders and apply corresponding strategies to deal with them” (Tetřevová, & Sabolová, 2010, p. 231). Generation of Knowledge though Technology A significant social responsibility of universities is to represent the “centres of intelligence, knowledge and creative activity and plays [sic] the key role in the scientific, cultural, social and economic development of the society” (Tetřevová, & Sabolová, 2010, p. 229). keywords: community; covid-19; education; online; pandemic; stakeholders; students; university cache: ejl4d-498.pdf plain text: ejl4d-498.txt item: #196 of 290 id: ejl4d-500 author: Ng, Sin Fai Eric; Ng, Chin Hung title: Reports from the Field: Secondary School in Hong Kong Integrating the Spirit of Humanities into STEAM Education date: 2021-07-19 words: 3252 flesch: 55 summary: Thus, if teachers can skillfully combine STEAM education with humanities education, students can understand STEAM knowledge more deeply and comprehensively, and then they can integrate what they have learnt in humanities into the innovations and creative ideas in STEAM. More importantly, the students’ innovation cultivated by STEAM education should be connected to the real world, so that students can understand their responsibility to make a better world (Watters & Diezmann, 2013). keywords: education; figure; humanities; innovation; project; steam; students cache: ejl4d-500.pdf plain text: ejl4d-500.txt item: #197 of 290 id: ejl4d-501 author: Kalibwani, Rebecca; Kakuru, Medard; Carr, Alexis; Tenywa, Moses title: Scaling Smallholder Farmer Empowerment: Lessons from the Lifelong Learning Program in Uganda date: 2021-07-19 words: 7775 flesch: 48 summary: Y1d = income difference of the farmer after joining L3F program; Y0d = income difference of the same beneficiary if he or she had not joined the program (Caliendo & Kopeinig, 2005). 438 Propensity Scores (PS) were used to match L3F farmers to non-L3F farmers and hence assess the income difference between the two farmer categories. L3F farmers nearly depended solely on the guidance of the village agent, more so that the use of ICTs for information sharing was not yet widespread. keywords: crop; empowerment; farmers; household; income; l3f; learning; non; participants; program; region; respondents; uganda; women cache: ejl4d-501.pdf plain text: ejl4d-501.txt item: #198 of 290 id: ejl4d-503 author: Luwoye, Akindeyi; Bello, Ganiyu; Adeoye, Gabriel Ademakinwa title: Effects of Demo Kit on Remediating Senior School Students’ Misconceptions in Mitosis and Meiosis in Ilorin, Nigeria date: 2021-11-17 words: 4951 flesch: 45 summary: Effects of learning styles on the performances of senior secondary school biology students. The findings revealed that biology students held misconceptions on mitosis and meiosis before and after instructions. keywords: biology; cell; demo; kit; meiosis; misconceptions; mitosis; school; students; study cache: ejl4d-503.pdf plain text: ejl4d-503.txt item: #199 of 290 id: ejl4d-505 author: Panda, Santosh title: Technology-Enabled Learning: OER, MOOCs, and other TEL Designs date: 2021-03-18 words: 4072 flesch: 44 summary: Stracke et al (2019) analysed the OpenEd Quality Framework in which ‘realisation’ comprises ‘learning design’ at the meso-level and which further contributes to organizational development, thereby impacting the quality of student learning. Vis-à-vis promotion of open education and open learning as legitimate and democratic processes geared toward quality education for all, ‘learning designs’ play a significant role in operationalizing TEL and open educational practices (OEP). keywords: case; design; development; education; learning; moocs; oer; open; quality; research; teaching; technology cache: ejl4d-505.pdf plain text: ejl4d-505.txt item: #200 of 290 id: ejl4d-507 author: Perris, Kirk; McGreal, Rory title: Developing Partnerships to Acquire Impact: The Role of Three Regional Centres’ Capacity Building Efforts for ODL Adoption in the Emerging World date: 2021-07-19 words: 9529 flesch: 46 summary: The ODL space has had a legacy of leveraging partnerships, and the success is evidenced by the dozens of ODL institutions established and millions of individuals reached. The RC Director, as one of two staff in SADC-CDE, also serves as the COL Focal Point for the dissemination of ODL activities nationally in Botswana. keywords: activities; building; capacity; centres; col; commonwealth; education; institutions; learning; odl; open; partnerships; rcs; regional; universities; university cache: ejl4d-507.pdf plain text: ejl4d-507.txt item: #201 of 290 id: ejl4d-508 author: Modise, Mphoentle Puleng title: Postgraduate Students’ Perception of the Use of E-portfolios as a Teaching Tool to Support their Learning in an Open and Distance Education Institution date: 2021-07-19 words: 7319 flesch: 50 summary: An online educational activity, such as e-portfolio platforms, requires that all participating role-players are equally present for teaching and learning. Studies show that students in higher education use mobile phones and social media for collaborative learning (Makhaya & Ogange, 2019); therefore, e-portfolio platforms and tools chosen and implemented by institutions should be compatible with the digital gadgets available to students. keywords: distance; education; learning; module; portfolio; students; study; support; teaching; technology cache: ejl4d-508.pdf plain text: ejl4d-508.txt item: #202 of 290 id: ejl4d-51 author: None title: Chizuko date: None words: 2417 flesch: 52 summary: Education Educational equality Education for all Education for life Agriculture Using compost and manure Kitchen gardening Bio-farming Forestry and environment Marshy land Plantation Cleaning surrounding areas Human Rights Children’s rights Women’s rights Human rights Religious tolerance Communications Communication in the village Communication skills Advantages of effective communication Evaluating the Programmes In funding community development programmes the following were considered: the intended outputs (the immediate effects of the programmes on the participants), outcomes (the short- to medium-term effects on the participants), and impacts (the long-term effects on the participants). So the National Literacy Campaign is not only concerned with basic and functional literature but provides post-literacy programmes that encourage new ways of thinking, communicating and acting, etc. keywords: community; education; literacy; programmes; radio; women cache: ejl4d-51.htm plain text: ejl4d-51.txt item: #203 of 290 id: ejl4d-511 author: Clinton-Lisell, Virginia title: Open Pedagogy: A Systematic Review of Empirical Findings date: 2021-07-19 words: 9475 flesch: 48 summary: Open Pedagogy: However, definitions and instantiations of open pedagogy vary in the literature. keywords: assignments; course; education; faculty; learning; licensing; oer; open; pedagogy; practices; research; review; students; studies cache: ejl4d-511.pdf plain text: ejl4d-511.txt item: #204 of 290 id: ejl4d-515 author: Mphahlele, Ramashego; Seeletso, Mmabaledi; Muleya, Gistered; Simui, Francis title: The Influence of Covid-19 on Students’ Learning: Access and Participation in Higher Education in Southern Africa date: 2021-11-18 words: 6780 flesch: 53 summary: (ZA Student 17) Students’ Digital Skills Digital immigrants’ syndrome entails a negative attitude to e-learning devices due to failure to adapt to the digital era’s demands. With this background, it is evident that COVID-19 has influenced student learning in one way or another. keywords: access; awareness; covid-19; digital; education; knowledge; learning; online; participation; students; university; zambia cache: ejl4d-515.pdf plain text: ejl4d-515.txt item: #205 of 290 id: ejl4d-517 author: Kadhila, Ngepathimo; Nyambe, John title: Barriers to the Quality of Emergency Online Pedagogies in Higher Education during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Case Study from the University of Namibia: A case study from Namibia date: 2021-11-18 words: 7640 flesch: 35 summary: 2. How are higher education institutions ensuring quality of online learning during the COVID- 19 pandemic? 3. On the other hand, communicative media, where all users can communicate and interact with each other include, among others, the telephone, videoconferencing, email, online discussion forums, blogs, wikis, most social media, and the Internet (Thomas, 2014). Advantages and Disadvantages of Online Pedagogies Often, online learning has been criticised for not being able to engage students amply, although myriads of research have proved that it is an action- and student-oriented model which, when applied effectively, has the potential to achieve optimal education and learning outcomes. keywords: challenges; covid-19; education; institutions; learning; online; pandemic; pedagogies; quality; students; teaching; university cache: ejl4d-517.pdf plain text: ejl4d-517.txt item: #206 of 290 id: ejl4d-520 author: Donnelly, Roisin title: Learning Development’s Role in Supporting Academic Synergies through Co-evolution of Teaching Excellence and Practice date: 2021-11-17 words: 4473 flesch: 40 summary: Who might we collaborate with in developing teaching excellence – our peers, our students, or a whole university approach? Grove (2018) argues that finding the right way to recognise teaching excellence has become something of an obsession in recent years. keywords: development; evolution; excellence; inquiry; learning; research; teaching; university cache: ejl4d-520.pdf plain text: ejl4d-520.txt item: #207 of 290 id: ejl4d-522 author: Hanief, Yulingga Nanda; Haqiyah, Aridhotul; Winarno, Mashuri Eko; Pratama, Budiman Agung; Sinulingga, Albadi title: Factors Inhibiting Sports Lecturer’s Publication Productivity in International Journals date: 2021-11-17 words: 6027 flesch: 48 summary: 577 Discussion This study aims to determine the factors that inhibit sports lecturer publication productivity in Indonesia. In writing scientific articles, the materials need to be adequately prepared and analysed to avoid being rejected for journal publication (Maiorana & Mayer, 2018). keywords: ability; articles; factors; indonesia; inhibiting; journals; lecturers; publication; research; sports; study; time; variables; writing cache: ejl4d-522.pdf plain text: ejl4d-522.txt item: #208 of 290 id: ejl4d-524 author: Porter, David Alexander title: Review: Cleveland-Innes, M. F., & Garrison, D. R. (Eds.), (2021). An introduction to distance education: Understanding teaching and learning in a new era (2nd ed.). New York, N.Y.: Routledge. date: 2021-07-19 words: 1371 flesch: 43 summary: The authors set out to use their historical views of distance education to probe the relationship between distance education theories and the evolution of practice that is occurring in a dynamically changing digital environment. Routledge, 2021, pp. 296 The second edition of this textbook on distance education is a book of essays by well-known Canadian distance education scholars and their colleagues from Australia, New Zealand, Spain, Sweden, and the United States. keywords: distance; edition; education; learning cache: ejl4d-524.pdf plain text: ejl4d-524.txt item: #209 of 290 id: ejl4d-529 author: Orwenjo, Daniel Ochieng; Erastus, Fridah Kanana title: Teachers’ Perceptions of Open Educational Resources: The Case of Open Resources for English Language Teaching (ORELT) in Kenya date: 2021-11-17 words: 7125 flesch: 49 summary: The teachers were then given ORELT materials in the form of CDs and textbooks for use in teaching English in their schools. Because of the unique and pivotal position occupied by teachers in the teaching and learning process, investigating their perceptions on the potential of ORELT materials in improving the teaching of English provides useful insights into the extent to which the materials have been successfully adopted, implemented and used as teaching resources. keywords: learning; materials; oer; orelt; perceptions; quality; resources; student; teachers; teaching; textbooks; use cache: ejl4d-529.pdf plain text: ejl4d-529.txt item: #210 of 290 id: ejl4d-530 author: Neal, Terry title: Review: Southgate, E. (2020). Virtual Reality in Curriculum and Pedagogy: Evidence from Secondary Classrooms. Routledge. date: 2021-07-19 words: 1908 flesch: 48 summary: It then explains technical terms used in the book, including outlining the difference between immersive virtual reality (iVR), the focus of the book, and screen virtual reality. The second chapter gives a brief history of virtual reality research, with a focus on use of iVR for education in schools. keywords: chapter; ivr; learning; reality; students cache: ejl4d-530.pdf plain text: ejl4d-530.txt item: #211 of 290 id: ejl4d-531 author: Laksmi, Monika Lintang; Sari, Dewi Puspita; Rinanto, Yudi ; Sapartini, Raden Rara title: Implementation of Problem Based Learning to Increase Scientific Explanation Skill in Biology Learning about the Environment date: 2021-11-17 words: 3923 flesch: 49 summary: Actions can be taken to accommodate the ability to develop student scientific explanation by applying a learning model that involves students actively participating in the learning process. The decrease in student claim scores was due to the lack of understanding concepts about environmental change materials, and student number 20 entered the class 40 minutes late, hence, did not follow the learning stage of meeting the problem and problem analysis of the learning issues. keywords: cycle; evidence; explanation; learning; percentage; problem; reasoning; stage; students cache: ejl4d-531.pdf plain text: ejl4d-531.txt item: #212 of 290 id: ejl4d-536 author: Panda, Santosh title: Editorial: Researching Technology-Enabled Teaching, Learning and Training date: 2021-07-19 words: 3168 flesch: 42 summary: What is the matter with ‘technology enhanced learning’? Methodologically, TEL research requires a balance between the scientific rigour of the positivist methodology and also the contexualised and experiential interpretivist methodology, and that design-based research, in consideration of the two research paradigms, could contribute to theory building in technology- enabled learning (McDowell & McDowell, 2020). keywords: education; learning; open; research; teaching; technology; tel; university cache: ejl4d-536.pdf plain text: ejl4d-536.txt item: #213 of 290 id: ejl4d-538 author: Zeybek, Gülçin title: Investigation of Pre-service Teachers’ Readiness Levels for Online Learning and Engagement Levels in the Online Environment date: 2022-07-19 words: 8694 flesch: 48 summary: It is expected that the findings obtained from this research will be useful in drawing the attention of institutions and individuals who prepare and implement teacher training programmes, and authors and bookstores who prepare books for teacher candidates, to the need for online learning readiness. An assessment of online learning readiness among university students. keywords: education; engagement; environment; hours; internet; learning; levels; mean; online; readiness; research; self; service; students; teachers; total; use cache: ejl4d-538.pdf plain text: ejl4d-538.txt item: #214 of 290 id: ejl4d-540 author: Balkar, Betül title: Rethinking the Relationship between the Growth of the Secondary Education System and Employment: Evidence from Turkey date: 2022-07-19 words: 9326 flesch: 45 summary: Vocational and technical high schools in the secondary education system make the highest contribution to secondary education graduate employment. Therefore, it is important to increase the participation rates in secondary education that will contribute to economic growth and to make it functional for meeting the requirements of the labour force market especially in developing countries such as Turkey. keywords: compulsory; economic; education; education system; employment; graduates; growth; journal; market; number; run; school; skills; students; system; turkey cache: ejl4d-540.pdf plain text: ejl4d-540.txt item: #215 of 290 id: ejl4d-541 author: Cooshna-Naik, Dorothy title: Exploring the Use of Tweets and Word Clouds as Strategies in Educational Research date: 2022-03-15 words: 6306 flesch: 51 summary: Also, the written tweets were visualised as word clouds for the purpose of initial analysis. Keywords: word clouds, tweets, educational research, multimodal texts. keywords: clouds; data; discussion; focus; group; learning; participants; research; students; tweets; use; word cache: ejl4d-541.pdf plain text: ejl4d-541.txt item: #216 of 290 id: ejl4d-542 author: Kassim, Halima-Sa'adia; Rampersad, David title: Reconsidering Access: Using Specific Impact Ranking Metrics to Manage Access in Conventional and Open Higher Education date: 2022-03-15 words: 8779 flesch: 41 summary: Or will it lead to increased tension as more resources are directed to accessing external markets and the gains in regional student access and participation decline? University access, inclusion and social justice. keywords: access; campus; caribbean; caricom; data; development; economic; education; enrolment; equity; heis; impact; latin; learning; participation; population; students; table; university; uwi cache: ejl4d-542.pdf plain text: ejl4d-542.txt item: #217 of 290 id: ejl4d-552 author: Hamaluba, Tommie title: An Assessment of Computer and ICT Skills at Botswana Open University: Implications of ICT in Business Subjects date: 2022-03-15 words: 6823 flesch: 48 summary: The study explored the levels of computer skills; existence of ICT skills and perception of business subject learners on the adoption and use of ICT skills for teaching and learning. It is also worth noting that there is a paucity of research and published literature on the assumption of the levels of computer and ICT skills possessed by Open School learners of business subjects Nwaiwu (2009) that reveals that Business Education students perform poorly in ICT courses and most Business Education graduates are not competent in ICT skills. keywords: botswana; business; computer; education; ict; ict skills; learners; learning; skills; students; study; teaching; technology cache: ejl4d-552.pdf plain text: ejl4d-552.txt item: #218 of 290 id: ejl4d-560 author: Mathew, Jain; Yadav, Preksha; Nair, Sridevi; Gomes, Roseline; Bhaskar, Sheeba title: Impact of COVID-19-Related Distress on Anxiety and Depression of College Students date: 2022-07-19 words: 4995 flesch: 55 summary: Treating health anxiety: A cognitive-behavioral approach. The results suggested that while COVID-19 distress factors were not significant in predicting the level of depression symptoms experienced by the students, the general anxiety levels were significantly impacted by the distress factors. keywords: anxiety; college; covid-19; depression; distress; factors; health; students; study; symptoms cache: ejl4d-560.pdf plain text: ejl4d-560.txt item: #219 of 290 id: ejl4d-566 author: San Jose, Ariel; Concepcion, Maria Gregoria R.; San Jose, Buena title: Mothers as Teachers: The New Role of Mothers in the New Normal date: 2022-07-19 words: 5213 flesch: 49 summary: Mothers as teachers: The new role of mothers in the new normal. Mothers as Teachers: The New Role of Mothers in the New Normal Ariel San Jose1, Maria Gregoria R. Concepcion2 and Buena San Jose3 1Southern Philippines Agribusiness and Marine and Aquatic School of Technology 2Higher College of Technology, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates 3Independent keywords: children; covid-19; education; learning; mothers; new; research; study; teachers; teaching cache: ejl4d-566.pdf plain text: ejl4d-566.txt item: #220 of 290 id: ejl4d-568 author: Evans, Terry; Jakupec, Victor title: From Modernisation, Dependency and Soft Power Toward a Commonwealth of Learning date: 2021-11-17 words: 7069 flesch: 45 summary: One of the reasons for the lack of overall success of development aid for education is that neither development aid, nor education at systemic and institutional levels, are easy to comprehend and articulate from political, social, economic or cultural vantage points (Jakupec, 2020). This delineation rehearses a Lockeian ‘commonwealth of learning’ socio-economic rationale for the provision of development aid through education. keywords: aid; commonwealth; dependency; development; distance; economic; education; learning; modernisation; nations; power; theory; university; washington; world cache: ejl4d-568.pdf plain text: ejl4d-568.txt item: #221 of 290 id: ejl4d-569 author: Makoe, Mpine; Olcott, Don title: Leadership for Development: Re-shaping Higher Education Futures and Sustainability in Africa date: 2021-11-17 words: 7234 flesch: 48 summary: To reach this goal, higher education leaders need to start planning to ensure that these large numbers of young people have access to equitable quality education as their basic human right (Roser, 2020). The increased demand for technologies in the education space “requires higher education leaders to possess a broader and more sharp set of skills than in the past” (Odhiambo, 2014). keywords: african; education; future; institutions; leaders; learning; new; olcott; online; pandemic; students; universities; university cache: ejl4d-569.pdf plain text: ejl4d-569.txt item: #222 of 290 id: ejl4d-570 author: Pant, Harsh Vardhan; Lohani , Manoj Chandra ; Pande, Jeetendra title: Decrypting the Learners’ Retention Factors in Massive Open Online Courses date: 2022-03-15 words: 7299 flesch: 52 summary: In order to meet the growing demand for online education in India, the Indian Government has launched a number of projects to provide MOOC courses, such as NPTEL, IITBX, SWAYAM, etc. SWAYAM (Study Webs of Active Learning for Young Aspiring Minds) is a leading platform that was announced (2014) by the Ministry of Human Rights Development (MHRD) under its National Mission on Education through Information & Communication Technology (NMEICT). Class (2021) found the majority of MOOC courses are offered in English (36,025), while only a few courses (128) are provided in Hindi and other languages. keywords: course; credit; education; factors; influence; intention; learners; learning; model; moocs; research; retention; students; study; use cache: ejl4d-570.pdf plain text: ejl4d-570.txt item: #223 of 290 id: ejl4d-58 author: None title: Srivastava date: None words: 3593 flesch: 42 summary: By way of comparison, 96 per cent of the workers in South Korea receive formal skills training, as do 80 per cent in Japan, 75 per cent in Germany and 68 per cent in the United Kingdom (UK). This would serve as a diagnostic tool for dynamic planning, which, in turn, would increase the productivity of the country. Recognition of Prior Learning as a Tool in the Development of India A very important and prevalent system of skill training in India has been informal training. keywords: development; india; learning; recognition; rpl; skills; training cache: ejl4d-58.htm plain text: ejl4d-58.txt item: #224 of 290 id: ejl4d-580 author: Cossa, Sérgio Paulo ; Nakala , Lurdes Patrocínia Matavela ; Cherinda, Nilsa Adelaide Issufo Enoque Pondja title: Open and Innovative Schooling: An Implementation Experience in Fifteen Secondary Schools across Mozambique date: 2021-11-17 words: 5150 flesch: 42 summary: However, the students pointed out several benefits of the use of technologies in education, namely: better and more varied content media; help in research of the subject and of the work to be covered; Total Propotion Total Propotion Total Propotion Total Propotion Sum Propotion Pemba Secondary School 24 8,70% 10 8,13% 0 0,00% 1 6,67% 35 7,87% Cuamba Secondary School 16 5,80% 8 6,50% 4 12,90% 1 6,67% 29 6,52% Nampula Secondary School 17 6,16% 4 3,25% 3 9,68% 1 6,67% 25 5,62% Namialo Secondary School 19 6,88% 9 7,32% 3 9,68% 1 6,67% 32 7,19% Mocuba Secondary School 20 7,25% 5 4,07% 5 16,13% 1 6,67% 31 6,97% Nicoadala Secondary School 16 5,80% 6 4,88% 4 12,90% 1 6,67% 27 6,07% Daússe- Changara Secondary School 17 6,16% 12 9,76% 2 6,45% 1 6,67% 32 7,19% Macombe Secondary School 10 3,62% 7 5,69% 1 3,23% 1 6,67% 19 4,27% Eduardo Mondlane-Gorongosa S.S 9 3,26% 6 4,88% 1 3,23% 1 6,67% 17 3,82% Emilia Daússe- Inhambane Secondary School21 7,61% 3 2,44% 1 3,23% 1 6,67% 26 5,84% Manjacaze Secondary School 24 8,70% 12 9,76% 2 6,45% 1 6,67% 39 8,76% Xai- keywords: access; aptus; education; learning; managers; model; ois; school; students; study; use cache: ejl4d-580.pdf plain text: ejl4d-580.txt item: #225 of 290 id: ejl4d-581 author: Fast, Olha; Semenog, Olena; Vovk, Myroslava; Buhaichuk, Nazar ; Golya, Galyna title: Examining the Practices and Challenges of Distance Education of PhD Candidates in the Context of COVID-19 date: 2022-03-15 words: 7176 flesch: 39 summary: Online distance education on Wordpress web based platform as an innovation in the learning process of sports students from medical university–Sofia during the pandemic of COVID- 19. The aim of this study was to analyse the methods of distance education for postgraduate students in the context of a COVID-19 pandemic. keywords: candidates; distance; distance education; distance learning; education; learning; online; phd; postgraduate; postgraduate students; research; students; study; training cache: ejl4d-581.pdf plain text: ejl4d-581.txt item: #226 of 290 id: ejl4d-584 author: Mohd Ishak, Nathasha; Ranganathan, Harikrishnan; Harikrishnan, Kamalambal title: Learning Preferences of Generation Z Undergraduates at the University of Cyberjaya date: 2022-07-19 words: 3655 flesch: 53 summary: Follow-up studies could be steered in the future, which may track the changes of learning preferences from the beginning to the end of the courses. Moreover, educators can attempt to modify their teaching style to fit their students’ learning styles (Akram Awla, 2014). keywords: gen; learning; mode; preferences; students; study; style; undergraduates cache: ejl4d-584.pdf plain text: ejl4d-584.txt item: #227 of 290 id: ejl4d-589 author: Njiku, Joseph; Mutarutinya, Védaste; Maniraho, Jean Francois title: Exploring Mathematics Teachers’ Technology Integration Self-Efficacy and Influencing Factors date: 2022-07-19 words: 6009 flesch: 43 summary: 4. Mathematics teachers who have participated in professional development programmes in technology integration have the same technology integration self-efficacy score as those who have not. 5. The fourth hypothesis assumed that mathematics teachers who have participated in professional development programmes in technology integration have the same technology integration self- efficacy score as those who have not. keywords: education; efficacy; integration; integration self; mathematics; self; teachers; teaching; technology; technology integration cache: ejl4d-589.pdf plain text: ejl4d-589.txt item: #228 of 290 id: ejl4d-592 author: Passos, Rosario title: Reimagining Digital Learning for Sustainable Development: How Upskilling, Data Analytics, and Educational Technologies Close the Skills Gap date: 2021-11-18 words: 1879 flesch: 27 summary: As they acknowledge that educational systems must prepare learners for multiple career pathways involving jobs that do not yet exist, the authors posit that resourceful and innovative approaches to educational development will be required for meaningful and powerful transformation of educational institutions that, to this day, are constrained by a system created for the First Industrial Revolution. SHEILA JAGANNATHAN Routledge, 2021, pp. 379, ISBN-13: 978-0367540180 Reimagining digital learning for sustainable development offers a compilation of curated insights from leading experts in the educational sector, as they contemplate how educational systems will have to reinvent themselves to support the achievement of the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) by 2030. keywords: development; learning; systems; teaching; theme cache: ejl4d-592.pdf plain text: ejl4d-592.txt item: #229 of 290 id: ejl4d-593 author: Panda, Santosh title: Editorial: Learning for Development – Discourse and Practice date: 2021-11-19 words: 1842 flesch: 35 summary: or for that matter the broader formulation of ‘education for development,’ has attracted greater attention during the past decades with further articulations within lifelong learning/ education, education for sustainable development, and digitalisation and development. Drawing on the work of Amartya Sen on ‘development as freedom’, Daniel (2014) argues that economic and educational equality, universal human rights, values and sustainable development continue to (and, shall continue to) dominate the policy and practice of the development agenda of nation states. keywords: development; education; learning; research; teaching cache: ejl4d-593.pdf plain text: ejl4d-593.txt item: #230 of 290 id: ejl4d-6 author: None title: Latchem date: None words: 8734 flesch: 50 summary: Most people’s learning throughout their lifespans is informal, occuring in family, community and work settings (Jeffs and Smith, 1997, 2005, 2011) and much of what they also learn is by means of non-formal education. UNESCO (1997, p. 41) defines non-formal education as: “organised and sustained educational activities that do not correspond exactly to the definition of formal education keywords: children; commonwealth; community; countries; development; distance; education; ict; july; knowledge; learners; learning; media; non; open; people; programmes; radio; technology; url; use; world cache: ejl4d-6.htm plain text: ejl4d-6.txt item: #231 of 290 id: ejl4d-607 author: Wiebe, Adrienne; Crisostomo, Luis Javier ; Feliciano Perez, Ruben ; Anderson, Terry title: Comparative Advantages of Offline Digital Technology for Remote Indigenous Classrooms in Guatemala (2019-2020) date: 2022-03-15 words: 7873 flesch: 42 summary: Building on recent efforts to identify the specific technology-based strategies that can improve student learning, this study explores the potential advantages of technology for schools in remote Indigenous communities. In this model, student learning can be understood as the result of a teacher and student in the presence of content, like three points of a triangle. keywords: access; communities; education; guatemala; intervention; learning; mlls; practice; rachel; research; schools; students; study; teachers; technology; use cache: ejl4d-607.pdf plain text: ejl4d-607.txt item: #232 of 290 id: ejl4d-610 author: Mfaume, Hamisi title: Mobile Pedagogical Technologies and Teachers’ Professional Ethics in Tanzania: An Inquiry into the Use and Abuse of Mobile Phones by Teachers in Secondary Schools date: 2022-07-19 words: 6866 flesch: 55 summary: Teacher's adoption and use of mobile devices outside the classroom for learning in Africa: A case study of secondary school teachers in South Africa and Tanzania. Woodhaven high school teacher accused of sexting two students resign. keywords: education; examination; mobile; phones; research; schools; students; study; tanzania; teachers; use cache: ejl4d-610.pdf plain text: ejl4d-610.txt item: #233 of 290 id: ejl4d-614 author: Gomes, Roseline Florence; Thomas, Lijo title: Virtual Community Mentoring Models for Middle School Underachievers Psychosocial Development and Well-Being During COVID-19 date: 2022-03-15 words: 3607 flesch: 39 summary: Keywords: COVID-19, virtual community models, psychosocial development. There is a need to explore social capital and apply sensory-driven strategies like workshop-based sessions, environment education, parental monitoring through activities, and community virtual models that incorporate life skills and psychosocial development. keywords: adolescents; community; covid-19; development; learning; models; pandemic; school; skills; teenagers cache: ejl4d-614.pdf plain text: ejl4d-614.txt item: #234 of 290 id: ejl4d-617 author: Kalinkara, Yusuf; Talan, Tarik title: Rethinking Evaluating the Use of Distance Learning Systems in the Context of the Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology-2 date: 2022-07-19 words: 9912 flesch: 50 summary: Examination of the use of learning management system within the scope of technology acceptance model: The case of Anadolu University. Determining the direct and moderator effect of Covid-19 risk perception: Research over technology acceptance model variables. keywords: acceptance; distance; education; intention; learning; model; participants; students; study; system; technologies; technology; use; utaut-2 cache: ejl4d-617.pdf plain text: ejl4d-617.txt item: #235 of 290 id: ejl4d-619 author: Juraković, Linda; Tatković, Sanja; Radulović, Petko title: Students’ Attitudes Towards Online Teaching and Communication During the Coronavirus Pandemic date: 2022-07-19 words: 6170 flesch: 44 summary: It is hypothesised that there is no statistically significant difference in the positive attitude towards online teaching between students of Computer Science, Preschool Education students and Teacher study programme students. Students’ Attitudes Towards Online Teaching and Communication During the Coronavirus Pandemic Linda Juraković,1 Sanja Tatković1 and Petko Radulović2 1Juraj Dobrila University of Pula 2University High School of Economics Abstract: The relevance of the researched problem is due to the need for monitoring online teaching during the coronavirus pandemic and improving teachers' skills in the process of online teaching and communication with students. keywords: communication; education; face; learning; online; pandemic; professors; research; students; study; teachers; teaching cache: ejl4d-619.pdf plain text: ejl4d-619.txt item: #236 of 290 id: ejl4d-621 author: Kuppuswami , Damodaram; Ferreira, Frances title: Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment Capacity Building of Organisations and Individuals date: 2022-11-21 words: 10123 flesch: 45 summary: Moreover, gender competence development does not end with gender equality training. A study of gender training in NGOs that work at the grassroots examined its effectiveness in altering the equations of power, both within and in institutions, enabling women staff to discover the power within themselves and raising awareness among male staff (Murthy, 1998). keywords: attitude; development; equality; gender; gender equality; knowledge; learning; men w; participants; power; practice; rights; skills; training; women; work cache: ejl4d-621.pdf plain text: ejl4d-621.txt item: #237 of 290 id: ejl4d-625 author: Hordatt Gentles, Carol title: Book Review: McNaught & Gravett, Eds., Embedding Social Justice in Teacher Education and Development in South Africa date: 2022-03-15 words: 1984 flesch: 42 summary: First, it delivers in its mission to address the issue of embedding social justice in teacher education and teacher development in Africa. Together, they give robust, critical analyses of various aspects of teacher education and teacher development in Africa such as philosophical assumptions, professional development and learning principles, economic models, environmental concerns, and access to digital resources. keywords: development; education; justice; teacher cache: ejl4d-625.pdf plain text: ejl4d-625.txt item: #238 of 290 id: ejl4d-63 author: None title: Mercier date: None words: 3066 flesch: 43 summary: MOOC GPROSE organizers would have wanted to use that technology, but that option was unavailable to some organizers, because of their location in a rural area with poor Internet connections. MOOC GPROSE generated interest in the community of practitioners in international development in several countries around the world with a large majority of African participants of both genders. keywords: capacity; development; gprose; learning; mooc; organizers; participants cache: ejl4d-63.htm plain text: ejl4d-63.txt item: #239 of 290 id: ejl4d-630 author: Olcott Jr, Don title: Book Review: Dede & Richards, Eds., The 60-Year Curriculum: New Models for Lifelong Learning in the Digital Economy date: 2022-03-15 words: 2829 flesch: 53 summary: Punya Mishra and Jacqueline Smith from Arizona State University (ASU) cover design models for lifelong education in Chapter 6 entitled “Known for Whom We Include: Designing Model for Lifelong Education at Arizona State University”. It is not just concepts and constructs in the academic realm that need ‘unlearning’ from things that just do not apply anymore, but we need this across the mega- environment of higher education. keywords: book; chapter; education; future; learning; university cache: ejl4d-630.pdf plain text: ejl4d-630.txt item: #240 of 290 id: ejl4d-632 author: Mitra, Sugata; Dangwal, Ritu title: Effects of Internet Access During Examinations date: 2022-03-15 words: 2835 flesch: 58 summary: IAE scores were found to be consistently higher than TE scores. This is shown in Figure 5. 0.00 10.00 20.00 30.00 40.00 50.00 60.00 70.00 80.00 90.00 IAE TE IAE TE % S co re Geography and History Exams IAE and TE scores in two exams 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 Alpha Beta TE Scores Before IAE After IAE 135 Figure 5: IAE scores when administered before and after TE Curiously, when the IAE was administered after the TE, we observed a small drop in the IAE scores. keywords: examination; iae; internet; scores cache: ejl4d-632.pdf plain text: ejl4d-632.txt item: #241 of 290 id: ejl4d-638 author: Sula, Gerda; Sulstarova, Anila title: Using Wikis as a Teaching Tool for Novice Teachers – Pedagogical Implications date: 2022-07-19 words: 6676 flesch: 56 summary: When students failed to notice errors, I then invited other students to look at each other’s Wikis. Once other students made changes and corrections, the initial group that was the author of the story was invited to reflect on their errors. keywords: education; group; learning; students; teachers; teaching; technology; tool; use; wiki; work cache: ejl4d-638.pdf plain text: ejl4d-638.txt item: #242 of 290 id: ejl4d-639 author: Cossa, Sérgio Paulo; Ramos, Fernando title: Innovative Open Schooling in Secondary Education in Mozambique: Technological Conditions for Students to Attend Distance Learning date: 2022-07-19 words: 5465 flesch: 45 summary: Findings related to these indicators vary considerably between schools, that is, we did not find any standard performance in the fifteen schools which clearly identifies them as OIS schools. Innovative Open Schooling in Secondary Education in Mozambique: Technological Conditions for Students to Attend Distance Learning Sérgio Paulo Cossa1 and Fernando Ramos2 1National Institute of Distance Education, Mozambique 2University of Aveiro, Portugal Abstract: This article describes part of the results, taken from ongoing initial research, on the potential of new media in distance education. keywords: access; computer; device; distance; internet; learning; mozambique; ois; proportion; school; students cache: ejl4d-639.pdf plain text: ejl4d-639.txt item: #243 of 290 id: ejl4d-64 author: None title: Bose date: None words: 5983 flesch: 50 summary: Learning Outcomes of National Institute of Open Schooling   NIOS learners appear at public examinations held at the end of an academic session, twice every year. First, learners are expected to be self-directed, independent and autonomous but even adults may not be prepared for self-directed learning (Knowles 1970, as cited in Moore, 1997) and a majority of NIOS learners are children. keywords: education; india; learners; learning; ncf; nios; pcp; schools; slm; system cache: ejl4d-64.htm plain text: ejl4d-64.txt item: #244 of 290 id: ejl4d-645 author: Viseu, Floriano; Rocha, Helena; Monteiro, José Manuel title: Rethinking Digital Technology versus Paper and Pencil in 3D Geometry date: 2022-07-19 words: 5845 flesch: 43 summary: Figure 6: Representation, by P11 pair, of a cube using GeoGebra Figure 7: Incorrect representation by P5 pair of a plane containing two strictly parallel facial diagonals Figure 8: Incorrect representation of the plane perpendicular to the plane that contains two strictly parallel facial diagonals and that contains two facial diagonals, by P7 pair Finally, regarding the representation of a plane strictly parallel to one of the cube faces that contains another cube face, most students (78%) did it correctly while three pairs of students (22%) did not make any sketch. Among the remaining students, three performed a sketch considered partially correct (11%), such as the one made by A11 student (Figure 10), and A1 student (4%) presented a sketch considered incorrect. keywords: cube; geometry; paper; pencil; plane; representation; students cache: ejl4d-645.pdf plain text: ejl4d-645.txt item: #245 of 290 id: ejl4d-646 author: Khan, Tanuja; Thomas, Sheena title: Promoting Positive Education through Constructivist Digital Learning Heutagogy: An Intervention Outcome date: 2022-07-19 words: 3494 flesch: 43 summary: Results revealed that learning through constructivist Digital Learning Heutagogy supported academic achievement, learning engagement and positive emotions, whereas it also showed that the peer relationship was not supported by the intervention. This generates a lot of positive emotions like gratitude, love of learning, academic engagement and emotional management, which will hold the interest of the learners on the online platform and make them constructors of knowledge. keywords: cdlh; education; emotions; engagement; learners; learning; model; relationship cache: ejl4d-646.pdf plain text: ejl4d-646.txt item: #246 of 290 id: ejl4d-648 author: Gunwant, Shilpa title: A Systematic Study of the Literature on Career Guidance Expert Systems for Students: Implications for ODL date: 2022-11-21 words: 7600 flesch: 51 summary: A study of fuzzy rule based expert system applications in the field of education. Automated career guidance expert system using case- based reasoning. keywords: articles; career; career guidance; case; expert; expert system; fuzzy; guidance; information; knowledge; rule; students; system cache: ejl4d-648.pdf plain text: ejl4d-648.txt item: #247 of 290 id: ejl4d-65 author: None title: Mohamedbhai date: None words: 1545 flesch: 41 summary: However, external funders of research in Africa are now increasingly encouraging the promotion of developmental research.  To promote developmental research, however, African universities may need to re-examine the way they assess and reward research, and ensure that their rules and regulations in no way discourage academics from embarking on developmental research or disadvantage them. keywords: community; research; universities; university cache: ejl4d-65.htm plain text: ejl4d-65.txt item: #248 of 290 id: ejl4d-651 author: Sichombe, Beatrice title: Tracer study of 2017-2019 NAMCOL TVET graduates : Tracer study of 2017-2019 NAMCOL TVET graduates date: 2022-11-21 words: 8266 flesch: 48 summary: : This article focuses on the outcome of a tracer study of former NAMCOL TVET trainees who completed their training in 2017, 2018 and 2019 in the following trades: automotive mechanics, welding and metal fabrication, office administration and plumbing and pipe-fitting in terms of their employment profile, and opinions on the quality and effect of training they received in light of their employment experiences. Through this tracer study, NAMCOL seeks to find out what has happened to former NAMCOL TVET trainees who completed their training in 2017, 2018 and 2019 in the following trades: automotive mechanics, welding & metal fabrication, office administration and plumbing and pipe-fitting. keywords: education; employers; employment; graduates; job; knowledge; level; namcol; skills; study; trainees; training; tvet cache: ejl4d-651.pdf plain text: ejl4d-651.txt item: #249 of 290 id: ejl4d-655 author: Jamatia, Biplab title: Effects of Online Yoga Training on Self-Perceived Stress of the Students of Certificate Programme in Yoga (CPY) of IGNOU date: 2022-11-21 words: 6379 flesch: 65 summary: + 4 8.3 + 3.7 0.33 10 + 3.1 8.7 + 3.6 0.18 Moderate Stress (14 – 26) 18.9 + 3.4 18.7 + 3.7 0.63 19.4 + 3.1 17.8 + 2.8 0.01 High Stress (27 – 40) 29.2 + 2.3 29 + 0 29.7 + 1.9 0 Total Participants 18 + 5.9 13.7 + 6.5 P < 0.0001 17.4 + 5.8 13.1 + 5.6 < 0.0001 Total mean value of the Perceived Stress scale (PSS) Score after online practical yoga training decreased from 18 + 5.9 SD in the pre-test to 13.7 + 6.5 SD in the post-test of students of January 2021, respectively. Total mean value of the Perceived Stress scale (PSS) Score after online practical yoga training decreased from 17.4 + 5.8 SD in the pre-test to 13.1 + 5.6 SD in the post-test of students of July 2022, respectively. keywords: july; mean; post; pss; stress; students; test; training; value; yoga cache: ejl4d-655.pdf plain text: ejl4d-655.txt item: #250 of 290 id: ejl4d-658 author: Panda, Santosh title: Editorial: Some More Research on Technology-Enabled Learning date: 2022-03-19 words: 1556 flesch: 42 summary: Dr Okoye • Mr. Ismail Fatai Olawale • Dr Don Olcott, Jr • John-Jude Chukwuka Omeife • Hyejin Bak • Dr Jyoti Bawane • Prof Sutapa keywords: access; authors; development; education; learning; prof; research; use cache: ejl4d-658.pdf plain text: ejl4d-658.txt item: #251 of 290 id: ejl4d-662 author: Aluko, Folake Ruth; Ooko, Mary Atieno title: Enhancing the Digital Literacy Experience of Teachers to Bolster Learning in the 21st Century date: 2022-11-21 words: 7125 flesch: 51 summary: There is a gap between the curriculum of teacher education, societal needs and the world of work, which is a problem that is not exclusive to South Africa (Zeichner, 2014). Digital literacy in teacher education: Are teacher educators competent? keywords: access; devices; education; learning; need; participants; study; teachers; teaching; technology; training; urban; use; van cache: ejl4d-662.pdf plain text: ejl4d-662.txt item: #252 of 290 id: ejl4d-664 author: Salas-Rueda, Ricardo-Adán; Martínez-Ramírez , Selene-Marisol ; Ramírez-Ortega , Jesús; Alvarado-Zamorano , Clara title: Students' Perception about the Use of an Educational Web Application During the COVID-19 Pandemic date: 2022-11-21 words: 6840 flesch: 41 summary: Educators can improve the learning process from anywhere and encourage the participation of the students at any time by building educational web applications (Halvoník & Psenak, 2021; Huang & Zhu, 2021; Rodriguez-Lora & Herrera-Caballero, 2021). Also, this research recommends the design and construction of educational web applications because students can learn the topics of the courses from anywhere and at any time. keywords: contents; distance; learning; learning process; modality; process; students; use; web application cache: ejl4d-664.pdf plain text: ejl4d-664.txt item: #253 of 290 id: ejl4d-665 author: Rochina-Chisag, Ángel Geovanny; Tabuena, Almighty Cortezo title: Online Learning as an Alternative Learning Modality in Ecuador’s Education Institutions Amidst Crises and Outbreaks: A SWOT Analysis date: 2022-11-21 words: 8282 flesch: 46 summary: Therefore, it remains of utmost importance in such difficult circumstances to ensure the availability of the following: (a) ICT (information and communication technologies) infrastructure, (b) digital learning tools and resources, (c) teaching methods, (d) services for teachers and students, and (e) cooperation between 486 governments, companies, and educational institutions to offer online, face-to-face, or blended learning and to not interrupt classes and student learning (Huang et al., 2020). Crisis planning for online students: Lessons learned from a major disruption. keywords: covid-19; crisis; disasters; education; institutions; journal; learning; online; pandemic; research; students; teachers; teaching; technology; time; use; virtual cache: ejl4d-665.pdf plain text: ejl4d-665.txt item: #254 of 290 id: ejl4d-672 author: Biccard, Piera; Mudau, Patience Kelebogile; van den Berg, Geesje title: Student Perceptions of Online Examinations as an Emergency Measure during Covid-19 date: 2023-07-18 words: 7285 flesch: 46 summary: Abstract: This article explores student perceptions of writing online examinations for the first time during the Covid-19 pandemic. Online examinations were introduced as an emergency measure to adhere to safety and health protocols. keywords: access; data; education; examinations; internet; learning; research; students; system; time; writing cache: ejl4d-672.pdf plain text: ejl4d-672.txt item: #255 of 290 id: ejl4d-677 author: Akin, Gulden title: Learning Behind the Bars: Implications for ‘Learning-for-Development’ date: 2023-07-18 words: 5903 flesch: 52 summary: Keywords: prison education; literacy courses; religious education; group dynamics; vocational training; COVID-19 Introduction According to the latest World Prison Population List, published in November 2018, Turkey ranks eighth in the world in terms of the number of incarcerated people (Walmsley, 2018). Although a reasonable number of studies have been conducted on each of the activities above, mainly religious education (Altıntaş, 2019; Çınar, 2016; Kızmaz, 2005), cultural activities (Koç, 2016; Koçak & Altun, 2010; Üney & Erim, 2019) and literacy education in prisons (Balaban & Özen, 2015; Köçer & Aydemir, 2016), there is a lack of international research that critically reflects prison education in Turkey from the perspective of adult learning, which is shaped by the views of former prisoners. keywords: activities; courses; education; learning; literacy; number; prison; prisoners; research; school; study; turkey; university cache: ejl4d-677.pdf plain text: ejl4d-677.txt item: #256 of 290 id: ejl4d-68 author: None title: Butcher2 date: None words: 4343 flesch: 37 summary: Ubiquitous access to open content offers an opportunity to re-think the basis on which we organize the educational experiences of school students and to liberate the time of teachers so they can focus on providing meaningful support to students rather than continuing to act predominantly as conduits of information from the textbook to the students. The experiments conducted at St Peter’s College have demonstrated a significantly different application of OER, one that is both much cheaper even than OER textbook initiatives (given the vast eco-system of OER that exists already online, once the VLE infrastructure is established, basic capacities are developed, and models can be demonstrated to work successfully, there is no major additional investment required of any kind) and that brings the added value of developing a much wider range of student competencies than just subject knowledge. keywords: change; education; learning; oer; pilot; prototype; school; students; vle cache: ejl4d-68.htm plain text: ejl4d-68.txt item: #257 of 290 id: ejl4d-681 author: Mhlanga, Ephraim title: Radical Solutions for Education in Africa: Open Education and Self-directed Learning in the Continent. date: 2022-07-19 words: 2933 flesch: 50 summary: It foregrounds open education as the preferred approach to addressing educational challenges in Africa, using technology and open education resources (OER). Radical solutions for education in Africa: Open education and self-directed learning in the continent, edited by Daniel Burgos and Jako Oliver explores the concept of self-directed learning (SDL) within the context of open education. keywords: africa; book; education; learning; sdl cache: ejl4d-681.pdf plain text: ejl4d-681.txt item: #258 of 290 id: ejl4d-684 author: Sianturi, Murni; Suliantin, Riska; Fitrianti , Hariani title: Relationships Between Cognitive Styles and Indigenous Students’ Mathematics Academic Outcomes date: 2022-11-21 words: 7943 flesch: 44 summary: If the focus of the government and teachers is only on how to make the scores of Indigenous students equal to non-Indigenous students, then the divide will never be closed. Geometry skill analysis in problem solving reviewed from the difference of cognitive style students junior high school. keywords: education; et al; gender; learning; mathematics; outcomes; papuan; research; school; students; study; styles; test; university cache: ejl4d-684.pdf plain text: ejl4d-684.txt item: #259 of 290 id: ejl4d-686 author: Olcott Jr, Don title: Why Open Teaching Matters! Harnessing the Power of Leadership, Culture and Service date: 2022-07-19 words: 3254 flesch: 59 summary: Introduction Indeed, if aliens invaded planet Earth and we handed them a summary document of definitional doublespeak about open education, they would likely return to their spaceships and conclude there must be more advanced civilisations to explore in the galaxy. Of course, if they decided to spend their summer holidays here with us, they might provide some valuable insights from which to reframe our future strategies and assumptions about open education. keywords: content; culture; education; leadership; learning; oer; olcott; teaching cache: ejl4d-686.pdf plain text: ejl4d-686.txt item: #260 of 290 id: ejl4d-688 author: Otamas, Inna H.; Anishchenko, Viktoriia O. ; Ovsiankina, Liudmyla A. ; Afanasyeva, Inna A. ; Bieliatynskyi, Andrii title: COVID-19 Pandemic: Development of Digital Technologies that Provide Connection, Collaboration and Lifelong Learning date: 2022-11-21 words: 7780 flesch: 37 summary: Undoubtedly, the implementation of theoretical and methodological developments in the development of distance education, training, and technology requires the consolidation of the efforts of the scientific community with all stakeholders involved in the process of distance education system development. The data obtained show the following: the regional affiliation and profiles of educational institutions; the experience of the teaching staff in using distance learning technologies in the education process; assessment of the prospects for distance learning implementation in the Ukrainian educational system; and readiness to master distance learning technologies. keywords: covid-19; development; digital; distance; distance learning; education; institutions; learning; online; pandemic; platforms; resources; students; teachers; teaching; technologies; training; ukraine cache: ejl4d-688.pdf plain text: ejl4d-688.txt item: #261 of 290 id: ejl4d-693 author: Singh, Sonia title: Process Improvement Approach to Transform Online Business Education in the Post-COVID World date: 2022-07-19 words: 2887 flesch: 47 summary: While several researchers/academics have applied Lean methods in traditional business education and face-to-face programmes, it is important to note that there is minimal or no evidence on application of Lean methods in online business education. Process improvement approach to transform online business education in the post-COVID world. keywords: approach; business; education; learning; online; pandemic; students cache: ejl4d-693.pdf plain text: ejl4d-693.txt item: #262 of 290 id: ejl4d-7 author: None title: Daniel date: None words: 5626 flesch: 58 summary: The history of Japan and other East Asian countries shows that universal education should be seen as a basis for economic development rather than its cause. In the 18th century, however, some economic thinkers argued against following such injunctions to palliate poverty because they regarded poor people as instrumental in ensuring economic development. keywords: august; countries; development; education; goals; growth; learning; people; poverty; universal; url; world cache: ejl4d-7.htm plain text: ejl4d-7.txt item: #263 of 290 id: ejl4d-700 author: Beukes-Amiss, Catherine Margaret title: Guidelines on Open and Distance Learning for Youth and Adult Literacy date: 2022-07-19 words: 2012 flesch: 37 summary: The aim of this book in the form of guidelines is to “offer an introduction to and guidance on the design of ODL programmes for youth and adults who lack basic literacy and numeracy skills” (p. 3), featuring issues that youth and adult learners face. The book is organised into, two key parts: Part 1 focuses on the four key steps for planning and implementing ODL programmes for youth and adult literacy, and Part 2 focuses on media and technologies for literacy. keywords: adult; learning; literacy; odl; youth cache: ejl4d-700.pdf plain text: ejl4d-700.txt item: #264 of 290 id: ejl4d-705 author: Lubuva, Elisei Emili; Ndibalema, Placidius; Mbwambo, Esther title: Assessment of Tutors’ Level of ICT Competencies in Teaching in Teacher Education in Tanzania date: 2022-11-21 words: 7973 flesch: 45 summary: Assessment of Tutors’ Level of ICT Competencies in Teaching in Teacher Education in Tanzania Elisei Emili Lubuva1, Placidius Ndibalema2 and Esther Mbwambo2 1Local Government Training Institute, Dodoma, Tanzania 2University of Dodoma, Tanzania Abstract: This study assessed tutors’ level of ICT competencies and factors that influenced application of ICT-pedagogical competencies in teaching in two Teachers’ Colleges. Mean scores and independent sample t-test were used to compare respondents’ level of ICT competencies. keywords: application; competencies; education; ict; ict competencies; knowledge; learning; level; skills; teachers; teaching; tutors; unesco; use cache: ejl4d-705.pdf plain text: ejl4d-705.txt item: #265 of 290 id: ejl4d-714 author: Myers, Christina; Piccolo, Lara; Collins, Trevor title: Democratising Digital Educational Game Design for Social Change date: 2023-03-20 words: 8589 flesch: 46 summary: Designing games with these purposes is a complex task that requires a myriad of combined expertise, including games’ mechanics, software development, educational game design, pedagogy and knowledge of the educational topic (which can target specific social issues). This research presents theoretical and practical contributions related to how to democratise educational game design for social change. keywords: change; design; design principles; game; game design; information; issues; learning; participants; pedagogy; people; principles; research; use cache: ejl4d-714.pdf plain text: ejl4d-714.txt item: #266 of 290 id: ejl4d-726 author: Verulava, Tengiz; Shengelia, Kakha; Makharashvili, Giorgi title: Challenges of Distance Learning at Universities during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Georgia date: 2023-03-20 words: 7141 flesch: 54 summary: Thus, the objectives of the present study are: • to identify the challenges and obstacles that students and teachers faced in the rapid implementation of online education, • to study the opportunities, that online education created for students and teachers, • to understand and utilise the best methods and modes to engage and motivate the students in e- learning, • to identify the preferred choice of distance learning method (ordinary, auditory learning, synthesis of auditory and distance learning), • to assess readiness for a pandemic during the transition to distance learning. The study aims to assess the consequences of distance learning as a result of the pandemic from the perspective of students and teachers. keywords: covid-19; distance; distance learning; education; learning; n =; online; pandemic; process; students; teachers; time; university cache: ejl4d-726.pdf plain text: ejl4d-726.txt item: #267 of 290 id: ejl4d-737 author: Thi Thu Ta, Hien; Thai Le, Hung; Nguyen, Cuong Huu; Quy Nguyen, Thanh; Thi Tuyet Pham, Nhung; Thi Pham, Huong; Thi Trinh, Nhung title: Students’ Perception of Quality Assurance in Higher Education in Vietnam: Empirical Evidence and Implications for Face-to-Face and Alternative Modes of Learning date: 2023-03-20 words: 6921 flesch: 43 summary: Stakeholders in higher education quality assurance: Richness in diversity? Research Questions With the purposes of investigating Vietnamese students’ perceptions of and experience with their engagement in higher education quality assurance activities, the research sought to answer the following questions: 1. keywords: activities; education; evaluation; institutions; learning; management; quality; quality assurance; research; students; support; teaching; university; vietnam cache: ejl4d-737.pdf plain text: ejl4d-737.txt item: #268 of 290 id: ejl4d-740 author: Pant, Harsh Vardhan; Manoj, Manoj Chandra Lohani; Jeetendra, Jeetendra Pande title: Thematic and Sentiment Analysis of Learners’ Feedback in MOOCs date: 2023-03-20 words: 6195 flesch: 51 summary: It will be interesting to find out in future research what percentage of MOOC learners are employed and which percentage were motivated to acquire MOOC certificates or receive benefits from credit mobility. Prospects of local content in MOOC course. keywords: analysis; course; education; factors; feedback; learners; learning; moocs; motivation; research; retention; sentiment; study; themes cache: ejl4d-740.pdf plain text: ejl4d-740.txt item: #269 of 290 id: ejl4d-741 author: Panda, Santosh title: Learning for Development: Lessons from Diverse Contexts and Perspectives date: 2022-07-19 words: 1287 flesch: 34 summary: EDITORIAL Learning for Development: Lessons from Diverse Contexts and Perspectives Santosh Panda Indira Gandhi National Open University, New Delhi There has been a contemporary trend in educational delivery, as also in education research studies, toward technology-enabled learning, which offers scope for contexualisation and appropriateness for effective and quality individual and group learning. In the next research paper on mobile as a teaching tool in secondary schools, the author reports the findings of a phenomenological research (documentary review, semi-structured interview, focus group discussion) on school teachers, which suggests that while teachers not only did not use the full potential of mobile in their teaching, there was also misuse of mobile phones in schools, and so there is a need to develop contextual guidelines and frameworks on ethical use and integration of mobile technology in teaching and learning. keywords: case; learning; teaching; technology cache: ejl4d-741.pdf plain text: ejl4d-741.txt item: #270 of 290 id: ejl4d-76 author: None title: Jamatia date: None words: 2868 flesch: 48 summary: Training packages of this programme consist of self learning materials (SLMs), theory and practical classes/academic counselling at PSC, case discussion, monthly live interactive teleconferences, interactive radio counseling and the broadcast of video programmes. Orientation training programmes of academic counselors of the training institution have been conducted before students enrolled in the training centre. keywords: cardiology; india; months; programme; students; training; year cache: ejl4d-76.htm plain text: ejl4d-76.txt item: #271 of 290 id: ejl4d-773 author: Bañez, Richard Mendoza title: Thematic Construction of Digital Visual Arts: Implications for Digital Pedagogy date: 2023-07-18 words: 6654 flesch: 41 summary: Thematic Construction of Digital Visual Arts: Implications for Digital Pedagogy Richard Mendoza Bañez Batangas State University, JPLPC-Malvar Campus, Philippines Abstract: This paper attempts to describe the signifier choice of student artists in thematic representations of digital visual arts and determine its implications for digital pedagogy. Among these sign types, student artists may choose appropriate signifier-signified relations to communicate messages considering their experiential and cultural knowledge in their graphical representations to construct themes of digital visual arts. keywords: artists; arts; artworks; choice; digital; ideas; signifiers; signs; student; student artists; study; themes cache: ejl4d-773.pdf plain text: ejl4d-773.txt item: #272 of 290 id: ejl4d-775 author: Shala, Arif; Grajcevci, Albulene title: ICT and Internet Usage among Kosovar Students: the Impact of Trends on Achievement in the PISA Scales date: 2023-03-20 words: 6288 flesch: 57 summary: Access to such technologies has led to the belief that ICTs contribute to education, as governments have developed online learning platforms, mostly in mathematics and science, in order to promote student learning and enhance the effectiveness of learning. Computers and student learning: Bivariate and multivariate evidence on the availability and use of computers at home and at school. keywords: achievement; computers; education; ict; internet; learning; online; pisa; students; study; technology; use cache: ejl4d-775.pdf plain text: ejl4d-775.txt item: #273 of 290 id: ejl4d-777 author: Drushlyak, Marina; Semenikhina, Olena; Kharchenko, Inna; Mulesa, Pavlo; Shamonia, Volodymyr title: Effectiveness of Digital Technologies in Inclusive Learning for Teacher Preparation date: 2023-07-18 words: 7735 flesch: 37 summary: Task: Create a synopsis of a math lesson using inclusive digital technologies, which integrates learning material of general and special (correctional) curriculum so that children with different psychophysical and intellectual states study a similar topic in the lesson, but at the level of mastery which is available for each student. Profile of inclusive teachers. keywords: education; ies; inclusive; learning; model; software; students; teachers; technologies; training; use cache: ejl4d-777.pdf plain text: ejl4d-777.txt item: #274 of 290 id: ejl4d-783 author: Karunanayaka, Shironica Priyanthi title: Blending Innovative Pedagogy and Technology for Capacity Development of Educators during the Pandemic date: 2023-03-20 words: 5740 flesch: 35 summary: Now I'm confident in creating and sharing OER integrated TEL material. The affordances of web technologies and an increased range of digital tools available provide numerous opportunities for teachers to create innovative learning experiences for their students. keywords: content; design; development; education; educators; learning; material; oer; online; technology; tel cache: ejl4d-783.pdf plain text: ejl4d-783.txt item: #275 of 290 id: ejl4d-8 author: None title: Hyat Al-Khatib date: None words: 4904 flesch: 48 summary: Drop rates Potashnik and Capper (1998, p. 43) argue that completion rates are generally much lower for distance education students as evident in the drop out statistics, with an overall rate of 40 percent. The third example is the open learning centres in Syria, which utilize distance education modes of teaching to award Bachelor’s degree from Damascus university, Aleppo university and Al-Baath university in Syria (Al-Baath Open Learning Centre, 2013). keywords: arab; development; distance; education; learners; learning; modes; new; open; region; students; universities; university; world cache: ejl4d-8.htm plain text: ejl4d-8.txt item: #276 of 290 id: ejl4d-800 author: Sulistyana, Yanti; Indrowati , Meti; Ariyanto, Joko title: Effectiveness of Guided Inquiry-Based Mosiry E-Module on the Immune System in Improving Students' Integrated Science Process Skills (SPS) date: 2023-07-18 words: 5436 flesch: 54 summary: Student science process skills (SPS) with the predict observe and explain (POE) model on energy matter. What is the feasibility of the Guided Inquiry-based Mosiry e-module on the Immune System as a learning medium for Class XI Science students? keywords: aspect; inquiry; learning; material; media; module; mosiry; science; sps; students; test cache: ejl4d-800.pdf plain text: ejl4d-800.txt item: #277 of 290 id: ejl4d-807 author: Lingwanda, Mwajuma Ibrahim title: Feasibility of Work-Based Learning Model for Undergraduate Engineering and Technology Programmes in Tanzania date: 2023-07-18 words: 6344 flesch: 47 summary: Therefore, for the success of work- based learning programmes, the industry should be ready to accept the responsibility of training. Assessment in work-based learning: investigating a pedagogical approach to enhance student learning. keywords: engineering; industry; learning; model; programmes; students; study; technology; training; work cache: ejl4d-807.pdf plain text: ejl4d-807.txt item: #278 of 290 id: ejl4d-818 author: Caton, Amy; Bradshaw-Wardis , Danita; Kinshuk, Kinshuk; Savenye, Wilhelmina title: Future Directions for Digital Literacy Fluency using Cognitive Flexibility Research: A Review of Selected Digital Literacy Paradigms and Theoretical Frameworks date: 2022-11-21 words: 6283 flesch: 34 summary: Can we teach digital natives digital literacy? These studies could develop this research further by exploring how we 1) curate positive attitudes toward technology and digital learning environments; 2) measure cognitive flexibility and adaptability; 3) deep problem solve using digital literacy skills; and, 4) develop a sense of global citizenship. keywords: education; environments; flexibility; information; learners; learning; literacy; skills; technologies; technology; use cache: ejl4d-818.pdf plain text: ejl4d-818.txt item: #279 of 290 id: ejl4d-824 author: Rajabalee, Yousra Banoor; Jugurnath, Bhavish; Santally, Mohammad Issack title: Educator Perspectives and Intention to Adopt OER in Teaching and Learning in Secondary Schools in Mauritius date: 2023-07-18 words: 10159 flesch: 51 summary: The objectives of the policy are as follows: • Encourage and embed a culture of OER adoption and integration, including revision, remixing, repurposing, and reuse; • Establish a framework to provide access and allow sharing of educational materials produced by public funds; and • Share privately produced open educational materials through the issue of appropriate licenses. Similarly, this analysis extended the model to suit the context of OER adoption in the secondary schools of Mauritius as shown in the Figure 2 below: 155 Figure 2: Research Model. keywords: adoption; agree; education; educators; factor; learning; oer; open; research; resources; schools; students; teachers; teaching; use cache: ejl4d-824.pdf plain text: ejl4d-824.txt item: #280 of 290 id: ejl4d-826 author: Lobo, Joseph title: Instructor Emotional Support, Academic Resiliency, and School Engagement in an Online Learning Setting during Covid-19 Pandemic date: 2023-07-18 words: 6100 flesch: 48 summary: Academic resilience and other characteristics as drivers of student engagement have been the focus of such studies (Mozammel et al., 2018). Discussion and Conclusion The first hypothesis shows that academic resilience improves student engagement. keywords: education; engagement; et al; instructors; research; resilience; school; school engagement; students; study; support; teacher; tes cache: ejl4d-826.pdf plain text: ejl4d-826.txt item: #281 of 290 id: ejl4d-829 author: Roxas, Mark Joshua title: Collaborative Research Writing in the New Normal: Students’ Views, Challenges, Coping Strategies, and Takeaways date: 2023-07-18 words: 6493 flesch: 54 summary: Thus, this study explored the views, challenges, coping strategies, and takeaways of senior high school students in collaborative research writing in the ‘new normal.’ Findings revealed that students view collaborative research writing in general as easy, while some see it as difficult. keywords: challenges; collaboration; education; learning; normal; participants; reflection; research; school; students; study; writing cache: ejl4d-829.pdf plain text: ejl4d-829.txt item: #282 of 290 id: ejl4d-835 author: Maro, Salome; Kondoro, Aron; Haßler, Björn; Mtebe, Joel; Proctor, Jamie title: Deployment of Offline Learning Management Systems: Comparing the Performance of Selected Micro-servers in Tanzania date: 2023-07-18 words: 6608 flesch: 58 summary: Raspberry Pi performance analysis in real-time applications with the rt-preempt patch. Gamess & Shah, (2022) studied the network capabilities of several Raspberry Pi models (Zero W, Zero 2 W, 3B, 3B+ and 4B). keywords: chromebook; devices; learning; lms; micro; performance; raspberry; raspberry pi; response; servers; tablet; time; users cache: ejl4d-835.pdf plain text: ejl4d-835.txt item: #283 of 290 id: ejl4d-84 author: None title: Tanyanyiwa date: None words: 5204 flesch: 42 summary: The production of modules by ZOU is quite pertinent because other conventional universities tend to look down upon ZOU modules; however, these modules are widely used in all universities in Zimbabwe. However, clients have their own perceptions on the quality of ZOU modules. keywords: content; department; development; learning; materials; module; odl; production; quality; zimbabwe; zou cache: ejl4d-84.htm plain text: ejl4d-84.txt item: #284 of 290 id: ejl4d-840 author: Panda, Santosh title: Editorial: Capacity Building for New Modes of Learning and Teaching date: 2022-11-21 words: 1191 flesch: 29 summary: The reported research and case studies indicated that effective capacity building in respect of digital literacy/learning, online training, training on ICT-pedagogical competencies, distance and online vocational training, and mentoring in educational web applications iii could support the new modes of teaching-learning during the pandemic, and are also pointers to changing technology-enabled teaching/learning/training for the post-pandemic world. The next five papers focus on digital technologies, online learning, expert systems for career guidance for open and distance learning, educational web application, and indigenous education, especially ii during the time of the COVID-19 pandemic. keywords: learning; research; students; training cache: ejl4d-840.pdf plain text: ejl4d-840.txt item: #285 of 290 id: ejl4d-854 author: Josua, Lukas Matati; Kanyemba, Saara title: Technology as a Key Driver in Enhancing Scientific Education during the Covid-19 Era at the University of Namibia date: 2023-03-20 words: 5738 flesch: 48 summary: Online learning challenges postgraduate certificate in education history students faced during COVID-19 at the University of Zululand. In education, the use of technology has been associated with positive learning attributes such as improving student learning outcomes, improving access to learning, as well as enhancing learners’ motivation (Lai & Bower, 2019). keywords: covid-19; education; face; learning; online; students; teaching; technology; university; use cache: ejl4d-854.pdf plain text: ejl4d-854.txt item: #286 of 290 id: ejl4d-857 author: Loglo, Frank Senyo; Zawacki-Richter, Olaf title: Learning with Digital Media: A Systematic Review of Students’ Use in African Higher Education date: 2023-03-20 words: 9274 flesch: 41 summary: The social context in which people live may stimulate or diminish interest in digital media use (Selwyn, 2006), whereas material resources allow individuals and institutions to invest in digital media and its upkeep costs. How have publications on student digital learning in African higher education developed over time in terms of (a) geographic distribution of studies, (b) authorship, and (c) publication patterns? keywords: african; course; devices; education; et al; information; journal; learning; media; research; review; south; students; studies; study; technology; use cache: ejl4d-857.pdf plain text: ejl4d-857.txt item: #287 of 290 id: ejl4d-899 author: Nyangara, Karen title: BOOK REVIEW: The Encyclopedia of Female Pioneers in Online Learning date: 2023-03-20 words: 2294 flesch: 49 summary: The encyclopedia of female pioneers in online learning is a fascinating compilation about the work of thirty leading educational experts who have lived and worked in eighteen countries across the globe. They concluded that literature on female pioneers in online learning appeared as “a paragraph or two” in journal articles, “a single podcast” and largely on educational institution faculty web pages. keywords: authors; distance; encyclopedia; learning; pioneers cache: ejl4d-899.pdf plain text: ejl4d-899.txt item: #288 of 290 id: ejl4d-902 author: Neal, Terry title: BOOK REVIEW: Identity, Pedagogy and Technology-enhanced Learning: Supporting the Processes of Becoming a Tradesperson date: 2023-03-20 words: 1283 flesch: 48 summary: It introduces a framework for paradigms, strategies, approaches and methods for researching VET learning, and stresses the importance of involving VET teachers and learners in the process. VET education is less frequently researched, so it can be hard to find amongst the plethora of education papers published. keywords: chapter; learning; vet cache: ejl4d-902.pdf plain text: ejl4d-902.txt item: #289 of 290 id: ejl4d-948 author: Panda, Santosh title: EDITORIAL: Technology and Pedagogy for Learning and Capacity Building date: 2023-03-20 words: 2026 flesch: 49 summary: Dr Ioana Tuugalei Chan Mow, National University of Samoa. Dr Felix Kayode Olakulehin, National Open University of Nigeria. keywords: college; education; india; learning; national; open; professor; research; state; students; study; technology; university cache: ejl4d-948.pdf plain text: ejl4d-948.txt item: #290 of 290 id: ejl4d-97 author: None title: Gilzen-Cheese date: None words: 3669 flesch: 41 summary: Focus on the best practices for quality delivery in the ODL environment. Anna’s views on the training options are below: Vignette 1: The Role of In-service Training in the Quality Delivery Process Anna –“What have we been doing so far to ensure quality delivery? keywords: campus; delivery; development; learning; quality; support; uwi cache: ejl4d-97.htm plain text: ejl4d-97.txt