Distance Learning and Technology: Teaching Latin, Greek and Classical Civilization at a Distance from the UK

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Verity Walden
Keyword(s):  
Distance Learning ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Classical Civilization ◽  
Technology Teaching

scholarly journals The Challenges of Blended Learning: Critically Evaluating the Chinese Language Case

2012 ◽  
Vol 20 (2) ◽  
pp. 80
Author(s):  
Bo Hu
Keyword(s):  
Distance Learning ◽  
Cost Effectiveness ◽  
Blended Learning ◽  
Community Of Inquiry ◽  
Chinese Language ◽  
Level Of Involvement ◽  
Use Of Technology ◽  
Detailed Evaluation ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Learning Concept

<p>This article reviews the Mid-Career Development Chinese Language course (MCDCL) funded by the British Inter-university China Centre, a project funded from various public sources in the UK. The discussion focuses on how and why the MCDCL course has adopted the blended learning construct and with what outcomes. Using two frameworks for blended learning – the Community of Inquiry and the Sloan-C Pillars – it offers a thorough examination of the MCDCL course, and discusses the results of a survey which was devised to collect feedback from participants on the course. The article concludes that the MCDCL course throws up particular challenges for the blended learning concept as a whole. A detailed evaluation highlights areas for attention ranging from how the course is organised and workloads are balanced, to the approach of teachers in their level of involvement in distance learning, and the overall management of the course with regard to the use of technology, cost-effectiveness and a host of other considerations.</p>

The Use of Distance Learning in Industry

1986 ◽  
Vol 200 (2) ◽  
pp. 131-137
Author(s):  
K D Stephen
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Distance Learning ◽  
Master's Degree ◽  
Cost Effective ◽  
The United States ◽  
Top Management ◽  
Traditional Methods ◽  
Video Instruction ◽  
Master’S Degree ◽  
The Uk

Industry, universities and polytechnics in the UK are becoming aware of the benefits and extent of use being made of distance learning video courses (DLVCs) by their competitors in other countries. In the United States these courses for engineers, scientists and technical managers are now being distributed for credit towards a master's degree by satellite as well as by cassette. Experience in the UK using cassettes and the tutored video instruction (TVI) methodology has shown that the system, when used sensibly, is very cost effective and has several advantages when compared with traditional methods. Grants are now available in the UK to promote the production and use of DLVCs—but rate of adoption depends partly on the attitudes of top management.

scholarly journals Distance-learning with Seneca

2020 ◽  
Vol 21 (42) ◽  
pp. 72-74
Author(s):  
Evan Dutmer
Keyword(s):  
Distance Learning ◽  
Digital Natives ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Computer Screen ◽  
Know How ◽  
Digital World ◽  
The Uk

On April 6th 2020 Steven Hunt wrote in Ad Familiares about the relative preparedness of Classics for distance-learning in a time of coronavirus (Hunt 2020). He wrote, ‘Classics continues to thrive online, buzzing up and down the wires, zapping through the air, and into countless homes through computer screen, laptop, ipad and smartphone.’ (Hunt 2020). Pointing to over two decades of intentional investment in an online, digital world for Classics and Classics learning in the UK and US, Hunt concludes: ‘So now, with the challenges before us of having to teach remotely using the internet, Latinists are already digital natives: students know how to find the materials, use them efficiently, and learn.’

An international, case-based, distance-learning collaboration between the UK and Somaliland using a real-time clinical education website

2010 ◽  
Vol 16 (4) ◽  
pp. 181-184 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alexander ET Finlayson ◽  
Abdirazak Baraco ◽  
Nathalie Cronin ◽  
Oliver Johnson ◽  
Simon Little ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Distance Learning ◽  
Real Time ◽  
Clinical Education ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Case Based

scholarly journals A Comparative Case Study

2005 ◽  
Vol 19 (4) ◽  
pp. 287-297 ◽  
Author(s):  
Des Monk ◽  
Julie Hitchen
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Quality Assurance ◽  
Distance Learning ◽  
Comparative Case Study ◽  
Institutional Practice ◽  
Potential Benefits ◽  
Open And Distance Learning ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Strategic Thought

This article is concerned with the provision of open and distance learning by the higher education sectors in two countries, the UK and Finland. The central contention is that more strategic thought must be given to this issue if the potential benefits of such learning are to be maximized. The article considers in detail institutional practice in one UK university and compares it to practice in a Finnish institution to ascertain whether procedures and practices adopted in Finland might inform policies in UK universities. By way of conclusion, it is suggested that higher education institutions in both countries need to explore the importance of improved networking, develop better quality-assurance procedures and introduce changes in pedagogic practice.

Distance Learning

2021 ◽  
pp. 43-77
Author(s):  
Ingrid N. Pinto-López ◽  
Cynthia M. Montaudon-Tomas
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Distance Learning ◽  
Bibliometric Analysis ◽  
The United States ◽  
High Potential ◽  
Uncertain Environments ◽  
H Index ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Number Of Citations

This chapter analyzes the main contribution to the field of distance learning and pedagogy based on bibliometric analysis. Series of bibliometric tools have been used, including citations and h-index. Additionally, VOSViewer software was used to identify maps that show the most relevant trends, and Excel was used to develop charts and graphs. The analysis includes scientific articles, journals, authors, institutions, and countries. Results show that the United States has been the leader in the number of published works, citations, and institutions involved. Nevertheless, other countries in Europe, Asia, and Oceania have dedicated significant efforts to distance learning, including the UK, Brazil, Spain, Australia, and China. Other relevant results show that nearly 60% of all articles have been published in the last decade. The period between 2000 and 2009 are the years with the highest number of citations. This discipline has a high potential of continuing to develop, specifically in uncertain environments that are highly globalized and competitive.

scholarly journals Global English online – a case study of a distance learning course in a business context

2014 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 111 ◽  
Author(s):  
Helen Peters
Keyword(s):  
Distance Education ◽  
Distance Learning ◽  
New Media ◽  
Virtual Learning ◽  
International Strategy ◽  
Learning Spaces ◽  
Global English ◽  
Business Context ◽  
The Uk

The Open University in the UK, which has been providing distance education across the UK and continental Europe for the last 40 years, has recently started to develop an international strategy. New media allow for the creation of virtual learning spaces where students can learn from each other via the stimulus of materials from which they can draw according to their own perception of their needs. The challenge is to create materials appropriate for the range of possible contexts. This paper seeks to explore the reaction of students to one such course in relation to the concept of lingua franca English (LFE), which is  essentially pragmatic, developing within a particular context, for a particular purpose and negotiated by those using it in that context.

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