Tag Archives: online distance learning

The Online Classroom: A Thorough Depiction of Distance Learning

Posted on July 9, 2020 by Giorgio Bertini

This study investigated the online higher education learning space of a doctoral program offered at a distance. It explored the learning space, the stakeholders, utilization, and creators of the space. Developing a successful online classroom experience that incorporates an engaging … Continue reading →

The Crowdsourced Guide to Learning

Posted on October 10, 2015 by Giorgio Bertini

In April 2015, FutureLearn invited people around the world to share their top study tips with us, to create The Crowdsourced Guide to Learning. We asked them why they start and continue to learn; how they organise their study and … Continue reading →

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Quality Models in Online and Open Education around the Globe

Posted on August 12, 2015 by Giorgio Bertini

The global Higher Educational landscape is in a period of dramatic change. Although it is too early to say whether these changes will be disruptive, revolutionary or merely evolutionary, a significant driver of change has been the dramatic rise in … Continue reading →

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Motives for Lifelong Learners to Choose Web‐based Courses

Posted on September 26, 2013 by Giorgio Bertini

Due to societal changes there is a growing need for distant and adult learning. The reason to participate in education and the choices that students make may differ. In this study the factors age, gender, rate of studies and parenthood … Continue reading →

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Examining motivation in online distance learning environments

Posted on October 8, 2011 by Giorgio Bertini

Existing research into motivation in online environments has tended to use one of two approaches. The first adopts a trait-like model that views motivation as a relatively stable, personal characteristic of the learner. Research from this perspective has contributed to … Continue reading →