Internationalisation in online distance learning postgraduate education: a case study on student views on learning alongside students from other countries

2014 ◽  
Vol 52 (2) ◽  
pp. 137-147 ◽  
Author(s):  
Isla Gemmell ◽  
Roger Harrison ◽  
Judith Clegg ◽  
Katie Reed
2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (6) ◽  
pp. 11
Author(s):  
Luis M. Dos Santos

The distance-learning and online courses and programmes are popular during the COVID-19 Pandemic due to the recommendation of social distancing and closure of borders in Australia. The purpose of this study is to explore and understand the motivation and decision-making processes of international students who continue their academic courses and programmes using online distance-learning platforms under the COVID-19 Pandemic. With the case study design, the researcher recruited 20 international students who are currently completing their academic courses and programmes through distance-learning from a Technical and Future Education (TAFE) institution in Australia. Based on the Social Cognitive Career and Motivation Theory, the researcher categorised that the educational achievements and career goals, the achievements of education and career goals, and interests in career development drove the factors of their motivation and career-decision-making process. The results of this study will provide a blueprint for school leaders, department heads, government agencies, policymakers, and researchers to reform and upgrade the current curriculum for technologically-assisted teaching and learning strategies and international students’ experiences.   Received: 16 June 2021 / Accepted: 11 August 2021 / Published: 5 November 2021


Author(s):  
Sharon Boyd ◽  
Jessie Paterson

This case study presents an evaluation of an online, distance-learning, postgraduate peer tutor project, covering the pilot and post-pilot years 2013-15. The project has two core aims: first, to develop student academic skills in group facilitation and learning support; second, to enhance support for increasing numbers of online, distance-learning students by facilitating more live sessions and providing postgraduate study advice. Feedback from staff, peer tutors and the students involved suggests that peer tutoring is successful in improving distance learners’ experience through enhanced support and fostering a sense of community; for the peer tutors, the opportunities to develop graduate skills in tutoring and collaborating as part of the academic community. 


2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (9) ◽  
pp. 1299-1307
Author(s):  
Sergey E. Zelinskyi ◽  

The Ukrainian distance education market is less than 15 years old, so it is clear that it is just being formed and has not yet encompassed educational institutions in large quantities: schools, institutions of professional and higher education, postgraduate institutions. But today, during the COVID‑19 pandemic, for the modern education system, the issue of transforming the forms and methods of teaching, in particular, its rapid and massive transition to distance learning, is relevant. In order to understand what consequences the system of higher and postgraduate education can expect, studies are being carried out in different countries to study the perception of distance learning, its effectiveness and the prospects for mass application. The article examines the perception of distance learning in the system of advanced training of public servants and teachers, as well as students of Ukrainian higher educational institutions. The results of the study showed that the vast majority of public officials, teachers and students quickly adapted to the new form of education and actively use domestic web platforms for distance courses and various online distance learning systems. At the same time, only a small part of the respondents believe that the level of knowledge they receive through distance learning is lower than in the «face-to-face» format, and a significant part of adults are always ready to study remotely, although the majority of respondents consider it effective and useful for myself a mixed form of study


2020 ◽  
Vol 24 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Yosep Dwi Kristanto ◽  
Russasmita Sri Padmi

In thematic analysis, themes construction can be performed manually by the researcher or automatically by a computer. Both methods have strengths and weaknesses. This article introduces a strategy that involves the role of both researcher and computer to construct themes from qualitative data in a rapid, transparent, and rigorous manner. The strategy makes use of network analysis and is demonstrated by employing a case study on students’ perceptions of online distance learning they experienced during the COVID-19 pandemic. The themes-construction strategy consists of four systematic phases, namely (1) determining unit of analysis and coding; (2) constructing the code co-occurrence matrix; (3) conducting network analysis; and (4) generating, reviewing, and reporting the themes. The strategy is successfully demonstrated in generating themes from the data with modularity value Q = 0.34. The application of network analysis in this strategy allows researchers to automatically generate themes from qualitative data using mathematical algorithms, represent these themes visually using network graph, and interpret the themes to answer the research questions.


2015 ◽  
Vol 47 ◽  
pp. 68-80 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ángel Hernández-García ◽  
Inés González-González ◽  
Ana Isabel Jiménez-Zarco ◽  
Julián Chaparro-Peláez

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