Online learning
ALTERNATIVE LABELS
Web-based instruction
NARROWER TERMS
Working paper
Digital higher education: emerging quality standards, practices and supports
Public authorities across the OECD have started to reflect on how to embed the quality assurance (QA) of digital education into their existing QA frameworks for higher education. This working paper aims to assist policy-makers as they seek to adapt their higher education QA systems...
Report
The online delivery of VET during the COVID-19 pandemic: part 2
The coronavirus pandemic created unprecedented challenges for the vocational education and training (VET) sector. This report, the second of two, presents insights into the experiences of registered training organisations (RTOs) that transitioned to online delivery in response to the pandemic and describes how their experiences...
Report
Beating lockdown blues: students pass the Covid test
Home-based learning due to pandemic-induced school closures is the greatest educational disruption impacting on school systems in recent history. This research adds to the evidence base by not only assessing whether students’ learning may have been impacted during home-based learning, but also why students may...
Report
The online delivery of VET during COVID-19: part 1
This is the first of two reports which examine how the VET sector initially responded to COVID-19 through the increased use of online training delivery and begins to explore possible implications this might have on future training delivery modes.
Report
Exploring benefits and challenges of online Work Integrated Learning for equity students
This research finds that online work placements benefit students from disadvantaged backgrounds, if their diversity and strengths are recognised through meaningful work and professional connections.
Report
Pillar 3 report: what can be done to maximise educational outcomes for children and young people experiencing disadvantage?
In response to COVID-19, most of the world’s student population was impacted by transitions to remote learning. This report presents evidence-based options for action to inform policy and programmatic solutions.
Briefing paper
Are 15-year-olds prepared to deal with fake news and misinformation?
Preserving democratic values and reinforcing trust in public institutions relies on having well-informed citizens. This paper argues that students must develop autonomous and advanced reading skills, that include the ability to navigate ambiguity, and triangulate and validate viewpoints.
Report
Primary and secondary school closures in Victoria due to COVID-19: chronology
This chronology provides an overview of key opening and closing dates for Victorian primary and secondary schools between March 2020 and February 2021, in response to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Report
Connecting on Country
This report examines the experiences of Indigenous students living in remote areas during 2020, and the issues they continue to face around digital connectivity.
Report
Smart, successful, strong: the case for investing in adolescent girls' education in aid and COVID-19 response and recovery
This report shines a light on the impact of COVID-19 on adolescent girls in South-East Asia and the Pacific and their experiences of accessing secondary education over the last twelve months.
Evaluation
Effective delivery methods and teaching strategies for child sexual abuse prevention: a rapid evidence check
This rapid evidence check presents the current state of child sexual abuse (CSA) prevention programs, reviewing their utility and effectiveness for CSA prevention education for children. It includes recommendations about the design and delivery of programs for pre-schoolers and children in the early primary school...
Report
Riding the digital wave: report on COVID-19 trends and forward work program
The report sets out the Council’s methodology for analysing digital connectivity and adoption across key sectors of the economy, and priorities for its initial program of work, including supporting economic recovery from the impact of COVID-19.
Report
Learning and teaching reimagined: a new dawn for higher education?
This report is the result of a five-month higher education initiative to understand the response to COVID-19 and explore the future of digital learning and teaching.
Report
Parents’ perspectives on home-based learning in the COVID-19 pandemic
School closures during the COVID-19 pandemic temporarily shifted schooling from the classroom to the home. This paper provides an insight into parents’ perspectives of this experience of home-based learning. The research shows parents have a wide range of views on how, how often, and how...
Working paper
Digital strategies in education across OECD countries
This working paper identifies OECD countries’ interests in digital innovation in education by analysing their policy papers on digital education.
Report
Examination into the use of apps and web‐based learning tools in Victorian government primary schools
This examination involved collecting information from the Department of Education (DET) and four government primary schools to understand how digital learning tools are being used from Prep to Year 6. Schools are obliged to consider privacy when selecting digital learning tools. However, this report finds...
Policy report
Remote online exams in higher education during the COVID-19 crisis
Following the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak, most higher education institutions across the OECD decided to close their campuses. This policy brief outlines possible short-term and long-term solutions for organising student examinations online in the context of campus closures and social distancing measures.
Fact sheet
Teacher wellbeing and COVID-19: CSI response for teachers and schools
The health and safety of teachers and their families must be a priority, as they try and balance the different demands at work and home. This fact sheet explores the importance of recognition, acknowledgement and support during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Report
Not even remotely fair: experiences of students with disability during COVID-19
Research evidence from before the pandemic suggests that despite a number of policy commitments and initiatives at local and national levels, there has only been limited progress in moving towards inclusive education and that children and young people with disability often fare poorly in the...
Report
Best practice framework for online safety education (stage 1)
In response to identified gaps in online safety education, eSafety undertook research to support the development of a framework for online safety education in Australian schools, from K-12. This report focuses on the rapid review of evidence to assess current understandings of best practice in...
Briefing paper
Differential learning outcomes for online versus in-class education
This paper responds to a request for advice on the differential learning outcomes for online versus in-class education; factors that moderate the relative effectiveness; and distinct implications for students in metropolitan, remote, rural and Indigenous communities.
Briefing paper
COVID-19, digital inclusion and online education: APO Digital Inclusion Collection Brief April 2020
During the current period of home-based self-isolation, those without the ability to effectively and affordably access and use digital technologies will find it immediately and increasingly difficult to participate in contemporary economic, social, cultural and civic life.
Guide
Online delivery – key considerations for providers
In addressing key considerations and making decisions, tertiary education providers should continue to act in the best interests of, and minimise adverse impacts to students, while maintaining the quality of learning.
Article
Working from home and digital literacy – what can we assume?
This article asks whether Australian school students are sufficiently digitally literate and confident to effectively transition to online learning and whether teachers have demonstrated the capacity to use digital technologies in their teaching and learning practice to facilitate this transition.
Briefing paper
What do our users need? An evidence-based approach for designing new services
This paper serves as an introduction to Ithaka S+R's methodological approach, walks through the phases of work in the Community College Libraries & Academic Support for Student Success (CCLASSS) project to illustrate in practice the steps involved, and suggests how others can adapt this process...