Distance education
ALTERNATIVE LABELS
Distance learning
Virtual classroom
NARROWER TERMS
Report
Online delivery of VET qualifications: current use and outcomes
This research provides a contemporary view of how online learning is used to deliver entire qualifications in the Australian VET sector. It estimates the extent that entire qualifications are delivered online, investigates what this online delivery looks like and whether online training is providing students...
Strategy
Accelerate: education for all with technology and information 2019-2022
Digital opportunities for education in the Northen Territory can help reduce the challenges of geographical isolation. The aim of this strategy is to connect teachers across urban, remote and very remote settings and develop innovative online learning tools, in order to strengthen engagement, growth and...
Journal article
Third age learning in regional Australia
This paper explores the diversity of third age learning in regional and rural communities when people open themselves to new experiences and challenges in everyday life in two very different parts of South Australia’s Eyre Peninsula.
Report
Independent review into regional, rural and remote education: final report
The key challenge for regional, rural and remote education is ensuring, regardless of location or circumstances, that every young person has access to high quality schooling and opportunities.
Report
The state of the world's children 2017: children in a digital world
Examines the ways in which digital technology has already changed children’s lives and life chances – and explores what the future may hold.
Journal article
Curriculum design for distance education in the tertiary sector
This paper adopts a narrative and integrative approach to advance the understanding of curriculum design practices, with particular relevance to distance education.
Journal article
Creative use of digital technologies: keeping the best and brightest in the bush
The ‘tyranny of distance’ endured by many rural and regional families has been linked with negative educational outcomes for rural students including lower academic outcomes related to the ‘social stratification’ that is revealing itself across Australian education sectors.
Report
It’s about time: working towards more equitable understandings of the impact of time for students in higher education
This research focused primarily on regional and rural students, advocating an institutional emphasis on students' engagement with learning, alongside flexible undergraduate programs that are responsive to the complexities of each student’s background.
Report
NCSEHE Focus: Successful outcomes for regional and remote students in Australian higher education
This report provides an overview of the key issues, identifies the principal challenges and highlights the major policy responses in view of the findings and recommendations from recent research reports funded by the National Centre for Student Equity in Higher Education (NCSEHE). It also draws...
Report
Researching SWAps in Pacific education: a study of experiences in Solomon Islands and Tonga
An introduction to Sector-Wide Approach (SWAps) & their evolution as a global aid modality