scholarly journals Empirical Analysis of Return to Distance Higher Education in Different Disciplines

2021 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
pp. 148-165
Author(s):  
Fengliang Li ◽  
Liang Wang
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Distance Education ◽  
Quantitative Methods ◽  
Empirical Studies ◽  
Nationwide Survey ◽  
Academic Disciplines ◽  
Science And Engineering ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Education And Law ◽  
Education Returns

Few empirical studies have analyzed the return to distance higher education in different academic disciplines. This study used quantitative methods, data from a nationwide survey, and Mincerian earnings function to analyze the return to distance higher education among different disciplines in China’s labor market. Results were compared with the return to face-to-face higher education and showed that the returns to face-to-face higher education were higher than those to distance higher education. Returns to the disciplines of economics and management were at a high level in both face-to-face and distance education; returns to the disciplines of literature, as well as education and law, were at a low level in both face-to-face and distance education. The returns to the disciplines of science and engineering were higher in face-to-face education than in distance education. This paper proposes several recommendations. Adults who do not have higher education degrees should invest in distance higher education to obtain considerable monetary returns, particularly in the disciplines with higher returns such as management and economics. China’s distance education institutions should improve the quality of teaching in science and engineering education and find ways to provide high-quality experimental teaching practices. At the same time, they should scale back on instruction of literature, as well as education and law.

scholarly journals The Expansion of Higher Education and the Returns of Distance Education in China

2018 ◽  
Vol 19 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Fengliang Li
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Distance Education ◽  
Empirical Studies ◽  
General Social Survey ◽  
Educational Background ◽  
Quality Data ◽  
Social Survey ◽  
Higher Education System ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Chinese General Social Survey

The returns of traditional face-to-face education are widely analyzed, but there is a need for empirical studies on the returns of distance education. Further, comparative studies on returns of both traditional and distance education using high-quality data are rare. Since 1999, continuous and rapid expansions have occurred in the whole Higher Education system in China. Given this background, what are the changes in returns of both traditional face-to-face education and distance education? This study analyzes the returns of both of these formats from 2003 to 2006 using the data from the China General Social Survey Open Database (Chinese General Social Survey [CGSS], 2018), adding educational background as a dummy variable to the Mincerian income equation. The empirical results show that Distance Higher Education can significantly increase the income of learners, the returns of distance education are lower than those of traditional face-to-face education and that from 2003 to 2006, the returns of distance education decrease dramatically.

scholarly journals An Australian and New Zealand scoping study on the use of 3D immersive virtual worlds in higher education

2011 ◽  
Vol 27 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Barney Dalgarno ◽  
Mark J.W. Lee ◽  
Lauren Carlson ◽  
Sue Gregory ◽  
Belinda Tynan
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
New Zealand ◽  
Virtual Worlds ◽  
Academic Disciplines ◽  
Teaching Staff ◽  
Scoping Study ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
International Trends ◽  
Online Distance ◽  
Insight Into

<blockquote>This article describes the research design of, and reports selected findings from, a scoping study aimed at examining current and planned applications of 3D immersive virtual worlds at higher education institutions across Australia and New Zealand. The scoping study is the first of its kind in the region, intended to parallel and complement a number of studies conducted in other parts of the world. Results from a sector-wide questionnaire administered as part of the scoping study, portions of which are presented in this article, appear consistent with international trends, especially in terms of the platforms chosen and the dramatic increase in usage seen in recent years. Higher education teaching staff in Australia and New Zealand are using 3D immersive virtual worlds with their students in a variety of ways, for both assessable and non-assessable tasks and in face to face, fully online/distance as well as blended-mode subjects, although use in face to face and blended contexts appears to be most common. The results also provide some insight into the demographics (e.g. age) of staff who have adopted 3D immersive virtual worlds in their teaching, as well as into the academic disciplines in which the technology is being employed.</blockquote>

Attrition in the Digital Age

2013 ◽  
pp. 279-293
Author(s):  
Kate Reed ◽  
Nathan Wise ◽  
Belinda Tynan ◽  
Carina Bossu
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Distance Education ◽  
Information Exchange ◽  
Digital Age ◽  
Drop Out ◽  
Attrition Rates ◽  
Learning And Teaching ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Distance Learner ◽  
Holistic Understanding

Distance education (learning and teaching by distance modes of information exchange) is often characterised by having higher attrition rates (often labelled as “drop-out” or “withdrawal”) compared to traditional face-to-face (or “on-campus”) education. It has been claimed that no area of research in distance education has received more attention; such is the concern surrounding attrition. This chapter suggests that a holistic understanding of the numerous, complex, and interlinked factors that may contribute to a learner choosing to discontinue their studies continues to elude researchers. Furthermore, attrition may not always be a negative outcome; for example, a learner may have achieved the desired skill set from their studies. In the current higher education climate it is imperative for universities to maintain student enrolments. Attrition directly impacts upon wasted expenditure and loss of revenue for an institution. Additionally, withdrawing from tertiary studies can have consequences for the distance learner. This chapter explores underlying concerns and identify key questions and gaps regarding attrition in distance education for the digital age.

scholarly journals Multi-level analyses of distance education capacity, faculty members’ adaptation, and indicators of student satisfaction in higher education during COVID-19 pandemic

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Engin Karadag ◽  
Ahmet Su ◽  
Hatice Ergin-Kocaturk
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Distance Education ◽  
Student Satisfaction ◽  
Hierarchical Linear Modeling ◽  
Higher Education Institutions ◽  
Faculty Members ◽  
Linear Modeling ◽  
Education Systems ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Academic Activities

AbstractCOVID-19 pandemic triggered distance education in higher education. Decisions such as isolation, social distancing and quarantine made by countries unexpectedly and suddenly forced face-to-face education to change to distance education within days. All academics around the world had to move online overnight. All the educational and academic activities in higher education (courses, exams, meetings, etc.) had to be conducted online in a few days. Based on these changes, this study aimed to analyze the relationships among student, faculty (adaptations of faculty members to distance education) and institutional (distance learning capacities of the universities) variables that affected satisfaction of the students related to distance education in higher education institutions in Turkey during COVID-19 pandemic using hierarchical linear modeling (HLM). The study group included 14,962 students and 3631 academics from 30 universities. The results showed that universities with higher distance education capacities got higher satisfaction scores. HLM analysis showed that 43% of the variation in satisfaction scores resulted from universities. The second HLM analysis showed that 44% of the overall satisfaction score variance of the students could be explained by the factors of university features (Level 2: distance education capacity and acceptance and use of distance education systems of faculty members). Thus, it was determined that 44% of the university factor calculated as 43% in Model 1 (which is calculated within students’ general satisfaction scores) resulted from the distance education capacity and the acceptance and use of distance education systems of faculty members. The findings of this study provide insights to improve distance education by stakeholders of higher education institutions.

scholarly journals EDUCAÇÃO A DISTÂNCIA: O USO DAS TECNOLOGIAS COMO INSTRUMENTO DE INCLUSÃO EDUCACIONAL E SOCIAL

2017 ◽  
Vol 14 (4) ◽  
pp. 46-51
Author(s):  
Taissa Vieira Lozano Burci ◽  
Silvia Eliane de Oliveira Basso ◽  
Stela Galbardi de Resende ◽  
Maria Luisa Furlan Costa
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Distance Education ◽  
Qualitative Approach ◽  
National Education ◽  
Face To Face

This article aims to address distance education and the use of technologies as an instrument of inclusion in the educational and social spheres. In this way, we will present an analysis that involves distance education and the understanding of what technology is. The methodological procedure adopted is the bibliographical research with a qualitative approach. We conclude that distance education was recognized as a modality by the National Education Guidelines and Bases Law No. 9.9394 / 96 in a period of technological expansion in the country. The regulation of this modality and its characterization by the use of the technologies contrib-uted to the change of the vision of education, mainly to the attendance of the citizens who for some reason can’t attend the higher education face-to-face

K-A-RPE Model

2011 ◽  
pp. 493-497
Author(s):  
Lawrence A. Tomei
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Distance Education ◽  
Web Sites ◽  
World Wide ◽  
Education Institution ◽  
Online Course ◽  
Higher Education Institution ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
The Past

The phenomenon of distance-based learning has dramatically changed the direction and delivery of education in the past decade. Course Web sites, whether used as supplemental resources for face-to-face courses or as essential materials in an online course, have exploded since the mid-1990s. By the end of the millennium, higher education institution world-wide were racing to establish dominance on the distance education bandwagon.

Bibliographical Analysis of Artificial Intelligence Learning in Higher Education

2021 ◽  
pp. 36-52
Author(s):  
Mohammed Ali ◽  
Mohammed Kayed Abdel-Haq
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Support Services ◽  
Adaptive Systems ◽  
Quantitative Methods ◽  
Intelligent Tutoring ◽  
Academic Support ◽  
Empirical Studies ◽  
Tutoring Systems ◽  
Assessment And Evaluation ◽  
Administrative Services

This chapter provides an overview of research on AI applications in higher education using a systematic review approach. There were 146 articles included for further analysis, based on explicit inclusion and exclusion criteria. The findings show that Computer Science and STEM make up the majority of disciplines involved in AI education literature and that quantitative methods were the most frequently used in empirical studies. Four areas of AI education applications in academic support services and institutional and administrative services were revealed, including profiling and prediction, assessment and evaluation, adaptive systems and personalisation, and intelligent tutoring systems. This chapter reflects on the challenges and risks of AI education, the lack of association between theoretical pedagogical perspectives, and the need for additional exploration of pedagogical, ethical, social, cultural, and economic dimensions of AI education.

The Potential of Distance Education for the Inclusion of Students in Higher Education

2021 ◽  
pp. 379-401
Author(s):  
Carla Freire ◽  
Catarina Mangas ◽  
Rogério Costa ◽  
Adriana Lage Costa
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Distance Education ◽  
Learning Environments ◽  
Universal Design ◽  
Universal Design For Learning ◽  
Virtual Learning Environments ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Design For Learning

We live in a changing world, where the role of educational institutions is being transformed. The available technologies allow new conditions to access learning; however, as they evolve very fast, sometimes it is challenging to track this evolution regarding the changes that entail to all of us, which may contribute to a digital divide if it is not well addressed. This chapter intends to present distance education as a reliable modality to include students in higher education. For that, it presents the universal design for learning and its crucial role to make inclusive virtual learning environments. Like every modality that exists, there are some challenges that need to be addressed, as well as some benefits that allow to see the potential of this modality to learning, overcoming some adversities that may occur, like the lack of time to go to face-to-face education or even the need of social isolation by risk of getting a disease.

Blended Learning in Saudi Higher Education Framework, Implications, and limitations

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 386-392
Author(s):  
Samar Alharbi
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Blended Learning ◽  
Teaching Methods ◽  
Online Teaching ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Empirical Studies ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
New Methods ◽  
Modern Era

In the modern era of teaching and learning, the education system witnessed many changes. New methods of teaching and learning are utilised in order to adapt to the growth of technology. Teachers used some teaching methods, such as online teaching, face to face teaching or a combination of both online and face to face known as blended learning (BL) environment. BL has been proven its advantages empirically in many studies. One of the significant advantages is that BL is used as an extended learning environment to reinforce knowledge and make learning more accessible by utilising technology and online resources. However, there are some drawbacks of implementing blended learning, such as the demand of time and teachers' efforts to provide feedback and follow up students. This paper examined the use of BL in higher education. The first part of this paper reviewed some empirical studies in BL.  The second part presented the theoretical framework of using BL. Benefits and challenges of implementing BL in higher education regarding Saudi universities are explained. Lastly, the paper concluded with some critical remarks.

From Traditional Teaching to Online Learning

2010 ◽  
pp. 17-26 ◽  
Author(s):  
José Magano ◽  
Carlos V. Carvalho
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Distance Education ◽  
Online Learning ◽  
Systematic Approach ◽  
Higher Education Institutions ◽  
Academic Disciplines ◽  
Entire Body ◽  
Traditional Teaching ◽  
E Learning ◽  
Experimental Stage

In Portugal, like in most Western countries, most higher education institutions are already using elearning platforms. However, this does not mean that these institutions are now offering distance education programmes but rather that they are using these tools as content repositories to support normal f2f academic disciplines. Therefore effective e-learning adoption is still limited to episodic, non systematic, initiatives. This chapter presents the e-learning initiative of the Higher Institute of Business Science and Tourism (ISCET). This initiative is relevant, precisely because it represents a holistic and revolutionary approach. All the students of ISCET were involved and there was a provision of online environments for the entire body of subjects offered in ISCET. The evaluation of the experimental stage setup the path to a systematic approach to distance education in the institute and provided valuable clues for other institutions that want to replicate ISCET’s e-learning initiative.

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