The International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning
Feb 11, 2015 Volume 16, Number 1
Editors
Rory McGreal; Dianne Conrad
Table of Contents
Number of articles: 17
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Open informational ecosystems: The missing link for sharing resources for education
Michael Kerres & Richard Heinen, University Duisburg-Essen
Open educational resources are not available “as such”. Their provision relies on a technological infrastructure of related services that can be described as an informational ecosystem. A closed... More
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A Bibliometric Mapping of Open Educational Resources
Airton Zancanaro, José Leomar Todesco & Fernando Ramos
Open educational resources (OER) is a topic that has aroused increasing interest by researchers as a powerful contribution to improve the educational system quality and openness, both in face to... More
pp. 1-23
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Open Informational Ecosystems: The Missing Link for Sharing Educational Resources
Michael Kerres & Richard Heinen
Open educational resources are not available "as such". Their provision relies on a technological infrastructure of related services that can be described as an informational ecosystem. A... More
pp. 24-39
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Understanding Reusability as a Key Factor for Open Education: A Review
Andres Chiappe & Vivian Arias
This article describes both the process and the results of an extensive literature review on "reusability" as one of the key factors for the creation of open content in the context of... More
pp. 40-56
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Astronomy for Astronomical Numbers: A Worldwide Massive Open Online Class
Chris D. Impey, Matthew C. Wenger & Carmen L. Austin
Astronomy: State of the Art is a massive, open, online class (MOOC) offered through Udemy by an instructional team at the University of Arizona. With nearly 24,000 enrolled as of early 2015, it is ... More
pp. 57-79
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Implementation of Tel Aviv University MOOCs in Academic Curriculum: A Pilot Study
Tal Soffer & Anat Cohen
The study presented in this paper examines the feasibility of using MOOCs [Massive open online courses] as a learning environment in academic courses. This paper focuses on the students who... More
pp. 80-97
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The Analysis of Iranian Students' Persistence in Online Education
Mahdi Mahmodi & Issa Ebrahimzade
In the following research, the relationship between instructional interaction and student persistence in e-learning has been analyzed. In order to conduct a descriptive-analytic survey, 744... More
pp. 98-119
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Challenges of Implementing E-Learning in Kenya: A Case of Kenyan Public Universities
John K. Tarus, David Gichoya & Alex Muumbo
In this paper, we discuss the challenges experienced by Kenyan public universities in implementation of e-learning and recommend possible solutions towards its successful implementation. In the... More
pp. 120-141
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From the Classroom to the Keyboard: How Seven Teachers Created Their Online Teacher Identities
Jennifer C. Richardson & Janet Alsup
Teacher identity is defined as a sense of teacher self that results from a productive combination of key personal and professional subjectivities or beliefs. Much empirical research has been done... More
pp. 142-167
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Assessing Experiences with Online Educational Videos: Converting Multiple Constructed Responses to Quantifiable Data
David J. Harrison
Online educational videos disseminated content for a university pre-service teacher internship program. Placed within an online course management system, the videos were accessed by 202 interns... More
pp. 168-192
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Development and Testing of a M-Learning System for the Professional Development of Academics through Design-Based Action Research
Nilgun Ozdamar Keskin & Abdullah Kuzu
In the present study, a mobile learning system for the professional development of academics was developed by design based action research, and the perceptions and experiences of the academics... More
pp. 193-220
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The New Trends in Adaptive Educational Hypermedia Systems
Sibel Somyürek
This paper aims to give a general review of existing literature on adaptive educational hypermedia systems and to reveal technological trends and approaches within these studies. Fifty-six studies ... More
pp. 221-241
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The Pixelated Professor: Faculty in Immersive Virtual Worlds
Stephanie Blackmon
Online environments, particularly virtual worlds, can sometimes complicate issues of self expression. For example, the faculty member who loves punk rock has an opportunity, through hairstyle and... More
pp. 242-259
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Making Sense of Video Analytics: Lessons Learned from Clickstream Interactions, Attitudes, and Learning Outcome in a Video-Assisted Course
Michail N. Giannakos, Konstantinos Chorianopoulos & Nikos Chrisochoides
Online video lectures have been considered an instructional media for various pedagogic approaches, such as the flipped classroom and open online courses. In comparison to other instructional media... More
pp. 260-283
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Big(ger) Data as Better Data in Open Distance Learning
Paul Prinsloo, Elizabeth Archer, Glen Barnes, Yuraisha Chetty & Dion van Zyl
In the context of the hype, promise and perils of Big Data and the currently dominant paradigm of data-driven decision-making, it is important to critically engage with the potential of Big Data... More
pp. 284-306
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How Do Students Want to Learn in Online Distance Education? Profiling Student Preferences
Rob Koper
How do (potential) students differ in their preferences for the organization of online and distance courses and programs, can these differences be grouped into preference profiles, and are there... More
pp. 307-329
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Trends in Distance Education Research: A Content Analysis of Journals 2009-2013
Aras Bozkurt, Ela Akgun-Ozbek, Sibel Yilmazel, Erdem Erdogdu, Hasan Ucar, Emel Guler, Sezan Sezgin, Abdulkadir Karadeniz, Nazife Sen-Ersoy, Nil Goksel-Canbek, Gokhan Deniz Dincer, Suleyman Ari & Cengiz Hakan Aydin
This study intends to explore the current trends in the field of distance education research during the period of 2009-2013. The trends were identified by an extensive review of seven peer reviewed... More
pp. 330-363
