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Book Review - Making the move to K–12 online teaching: Research-based strategies and practices

open access: yesJournal of Open, Flexible and Distance Learning, 2013
Making the move to K–12 online teaching: Research-based strategies and ...
David Adelstein
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Social Presence and Online Communication: A response to Mersham

open access: yesJournal of Open, Flexible and Distance Learning, 2011
This article draws upon contemporary social presence theory and research into presence, social presence, and computer-mediated communication to highlight the role of social presence in mitigating the perceived deficiencies in online communication ...
Benjamin Kehrwald
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Delighting Our Customers: Building Services Collaboratively with Learners at a Distance [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
The Open University (OU) is the largest academic institution dedicated to distance learning in the United Kingdom, with over 173,000 students. Distance learning students can provide a unique perspective on the experience of the library.
Dick, Sam, Killick, Selena
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Applicability of mitotic figure counting by deep learning: a development and pan‐cancer validation study

open access: yesFEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.
In this study, we developed a deep learning method for mitotic figure counting in H&E‐stained whole‐slide images and evaluated its prognostic impact in 13 external validation cohorts from seven different cancer types. Patients with more mitotic figures per mm2 had significantly worse patient outcome in all the studied cancer types except colorectal ...
Joakim Kalsnes   +32 more
wiley   +1 more source

‘The Big Cough’: Tuberculosis, Popular Perceptions and Beliefs in the Eastern Bechuanaland Protectorate, 1932-1964 [PDF]

open access: yesLimina: A Journal of Historical and Cultural Studies, 2017
In the 1930s, migrant labour became the prime determinant of emerging infectious diseases, particularly tuberculosis, in the Bechuanaland Protectorate due to the repatriation of infected workers from neighbouring South African mines.
Phuthego Phuthego Molosiwa
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The skills required for transition to university and study in biological sciences: A student perspective

open access: yesFEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.
Bioscience students were asked for their opinions on the value and teaching of skills. 204 responded that teamwork, time management and study skills are necessary to reach University, that scientific writing, research, laboratory and presentation skills are taught effectively during their studies, while other skills are gained inherently through study ...
Janella Borrell, Susan Crennell
wiley   +1 more source

Open Education as Disruption: Lessons for Open and Distance Learning from Open Educational Practice [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
This paper reflects on what Open and Distance Learning providers might learn from the Open Educational Resources/Practices (OER/OEP) and Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs).
Macintyre, Ronald
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The use of virtual reality technology in teaching environmental engineering [PDF]

open access: yes, 2007
The Open University (OU) provides a Diploma in Pollution control as part of its undergraduate degree programme. The courses that make up the Diploma are presented in distance learning format using the OU's supported open learning system that has been ...
Burnley, Stephen J
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Why human connection is the true metric of research success

open access: yesFEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.
Human‐centred mentorship can be shaped by mentor attributes, actions, intrinsic drive and career ambition. Drawing on reflections across Singapore and France, as well as workshop insights from FEBS‐IUBMB ENABLE 2024, this article shows that human‐centred mentorship creates the conditions for sustainable growth, well‐being and retention in research ...
Timothy Lin Yun Tan   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

A Pedagogical Model to Deconstruct Moving Pictures in Virtual Learning Environments and its Impact on the Self-concept of Postgraduate Students

open access: yesJe-LKS: Journal of E-Learning and Knowledge Society, 2017
The vertiginous evolution of information and communication technologies (ICT) and the advent of the Internet propitiated the emergence of a networked society marked by deep changes in the economy, stimulating the emergence of new paradigms, models ...
José António Marques Moreira
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