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Motivation, group work and community in distance education – and more

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The Journal of Distance Education, Vol. 23, No. 2 is now available online. The four research articles in this issue address the themes of motivation,...

The impact of information and communications technologies on the university

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For francophones, a book by Julie Boissonneault, a professor at Laurentian University, Sudbury, Canada Boissonneault, J. (2009) Enjeux de la Médiatisation à l'Université Sudbury ON:...

The best little e-learning journal in the world?

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For those of you who, like me, were busy over the summer, the latest edition of IRRODL (Vol. 10, No. 3) was published in...

Can you teach ‘real’ engineering at a distance?

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This blog is prompted by an e-mail from Rich Zuc, who wanted to know why there were no undergraduate degrees in engineering offered at...

The U.K. Open University in Africa

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From: In Partnership, 2009 (Open University International Partnerships) The Open University currently works in two ways in Africa. First, it works across national boundaries. The...

A doctorate in education by distance learning

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From: In Partnership, May 2009. The UK Open University’s professional doctorate in education programme is celebrating the registration of its 200th student this year. For...

Distance Education and Open Learning conference in South Africa

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NADEOSA (the National Association of Distance Education and Open Learning in South Africa) announces that its annual conference that will take place on 17th...

The Distance Education tipping point

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Jaschik, S. (2009) The Distance Ed. Tipping Point Inside Higher Education, May 26 What happen's when your distance education enrolments exceed 50% of all enrolments?...

The Eight Classic Distance Education Texts

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The Shanghai Television University - one of the largest distance teaching institutions in China - has selected eight classic distance edcuation texts for translation...

Teaching Courses Online: A Review of the Research

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Tallent-Runnels, M. et al. (2006) Review of Educational Research, Vol. 76, No. 1, pp. 93-135 Abstract: This literature review summarizes research on online teaching and...