2020
DOI: 10.46827/ejoe.v5i2.3282
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Interrogating the Concept ‘Openness’ in Open Distance Learning (Odl)

Abstract: <p>Scholars in Open Distance Learning (ODL) often refer to distance education as ‘open’. The concept 'openness' on open and distance learning is very fluid and often misunderstood. It is the purpose of this desktop survey to review relevant literature and make interrogation of the concept 'openness'. We advance questions such as; How open is open and distance learning. In what aspects is ODL open and to what extent is the openness. We discuss openness concerning targeted potential students and entry requ… Show more

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“…Based on this, it is necessary to conduct a professional development program to improve digital literacy skills by using digital technology effectively, especially in the field of education (Gündüzalp, 2021;Liu, Tretyakova, Fedorov & Kharakhordina, 2020;Maphosa & Bhebhe, 2019;Radovanović et al, 2020;Timotheou, Miliou, Dimitriadis, Sobrino, Giannoutsou, Cachia et al, 2023). Learning processes are needed to explore how the integration of technology resources in the classroom evolves along with the transformation of educational materials (Sanz, Melgarejo & López-Iñesta, 2023), So this will also affect the students' perception to the learning media.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Based on this, it is necessary to conduct a professional development program to improve digital literacy skills by using digital technology effectively, especially in the field of education (Gündüzalp, 2021;Liu, Tretyakova, Fedorov & Kharakhordina, 2020;Maphosa & Bhebhe, 2019;Radovanović et al, 2020;Timotheou, Miliou, Dimitriadis, Sobrino, Giannoutsou, Cachia et al, 2023). Learning processes are needed to explore how the integration of technology resources in the classroom evolves along with the transformation of educational materials (Sanz, Melgarejo & López-Iñesta, 2023), So this will also affect the students' perception to the learning media.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…According to Lubbe (2016), in order to implement successful program, teachers and students must both have a certain set of information and communication technologies (ICTs) skills and abilities. Thus, technological aspects of ICT must be taken into account while creating and developing ODeL environments (Maphosa & Bhebhe, 2019). In this linking, the learners should use the available technologies to improve the learning, but there is the digital divide in developing nations Cloete (2015).…”
Section: Digital Literacymentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Most of them are based upon the national population counts, but surveys from campaigns and other information from national publications and reports used to collect more detailed information. The most accurate way to gauge someone's level of literacy is to assess their reading, writing, and math abilities in a social setting (Maphosa & Bhebhe, 2019). In Pakistan, only reliable way to figure out literacy rate and levels is to look at national population census (Ashraf & Ismat, 2016).…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Whether we realize it or not, the effects of online learning, digital literacy possessed by teachers and students have increased (Patmanthara & Hidayat, 2018). Digital literacy is the ability to use ICTs in finding, evaluating, utilising, sharing, and creating information found online (Maphosa & Bhebhe, 2019). The increase in teacher digital skills can be seen from the teacher's ability to use the LMS platform, google meet, zoom, and the teacher's ability to obtain new information from the virtual world (Mishra et al, 2020;Nur, 2021;Wong & Moorhouse, 2021).…”
Section:  Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%