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Effective partnerships in Open Distance Learning: implications of the Irish National Distance Education Centre model [PDF]

open access: yes, 1998
The National Distance Education Centre in Ireland has adopted a cooperative and collaborative approach in meeting its primary aim of extending access to qualifications and training throughout Ireland to those who are unable to attend full-time education ...
MacKeogh, Kay
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Editorial ~ Open Access in Action!

open access: yesInternational Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 2006
Mid 2006 finds the academic research community engaged in an ideological and fiscal war related to Open Access publishing. Open Access requires that the full text of publications be made available at no cost to anyone on the open Internet.
Terry Anderson, Canada Research Chair in Distance Education
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Enhancing professional self-esteem: learners' journeys on a distance-learning Doctorate in Education (EdD) [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
This article explores the motivations, experiences and perceived outcomes for Doctorate in Education (EdD) students in their journey through a relatively new form of doctoral education at a distance.
Sieminski, Sandy, Butcher, John
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Going viral − Virus‐targeting nanobodies for research, diagnostics and therapy

open access: yesFEBS Letters, EarlyView.
The increasing prevalence of viral diseases represents a major threat for global human health. Nanobodies, small binding fragments derived from camelid heavy‐chain antibodies, offer versatile tools for viral research, diagnostics, and antiviral therapy.
Domenic Ebert, Ulrich Rothbauer
wiley   +1 more source

Using Web-Based, Group Communication Systems to Support Case Study Learning at a Distance

open access: yesInternational Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 2002
This study explored the capacity of Web-based, group communication systems to support case-based teaching and learning. Eleven graduate students studying at a distance were divided into three groups to collaborate on a case study using either a ...
Liam Rourke   +1 more
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Using Virtual Worlds in Distance Education [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
This case study examines the effectiveness of 3D Virtual Worlds (VWs) in Distance Education (DE). A series of in-world collaborative learning activities (4 in total) was conducted in the virtual world of Second Life (SL) with 9 DE students from Athabasca
Nteliopoulou, Sofia
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Developmental programmes drive cellular plasticity, disease progression and therapy resistance in lung adenocarcinoma

open access: yesMolecular Oncology, EarlyView.
This study shows that lung adenocarcinomas exploit developmental branching morphogenesis to acquire a therapy resistant basal‐like tumour cell state. This process was found to be regulated by combined TP53 loss‐of‐function and type‐I interferon signalling, identifying a novel axis for biomarker and therapeutic target discovery.
Kamila J Bienkowska   +13 more
wiley   +1 more source

Disability Friendly Sanitation Facilities in George Compound in Lusaka, Zambia: A Stakeholders Perspective

open access: yesJournal of Arts, Humanities and Social Science
Sanitation interventions in most peri-urban areas are being implemented without taking into consideration the special needs for the people living with vulnerabilities. In most cases, the sanitation technologies and designs are being developed without buy
James Mwale   +3 more
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Stimulator of interferon genes agonist augmented antitumor immunity of osimertinib in Egfr‐mutated lung cancer

open access: yesMolecular Oncology, EarlyView.
Combining osimertinib with the STING agonist ADU‐S100 activates innate and adaptive immunity to overcome the non‐inflamed microenvironment of Egfr‐mutant lung cancer. This combination increases NK and CD8+ T‐cell infiltration, associated with activation of the STING‐IRF3 pathway and local immunogenic cell death.
Jun Nishimura   +19 more
wiley   +1 more source

Costing distance education and open learning in Sub-Saharan Africa: Working Group on Distance Education and Open Learning [PDF]

open access: yes, 2004
Both of these "Surveys of policy and practice" were conducted on behalf of COL by the South African Institute for Distance Education (SAIDE) as part of COL's partnership agreement with the Association for the Development of Education in Africa (ADEA ...

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