Dear Friends We are pleased to announce issue 11(1) of the International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning. This is a general issue featuring 7 research articles, 2 articles from the field, 3 CIDER session recordings, and 1 book review.
In the issue editorial, I discuss changes to our Creative Commons license and to IRRODL’s policy on papers previously distributed via blogs or conference proceedings.
We are confident that you will both enjoy and learn from the knowledge freely shared by our authors, reviewers, editors, and publisher. Enjoy.
Terry Anderson, Editor
Table of Contents
Editorial
| IRRODL policy changes | HTML PDF EPUB |
| Terry Anderson | i-iii |
Research Articles
| The role of volition in distance education: An exploration of its capacities | HTML PDF MP3 EPUB |
| Markus Deimann, Theo Bastiaens | 1-16 |
| Learning in an online distance education course: Experiences of three international students | HTML PDF MP3 EPUB |
| Zuochen Zhang, Richard Kenny | 17-36 |
| An investigation of distance education in North American research literature using co-word analysis | HTML PDF MP3 EPUB |
| Albert Dieter Ritzhaupt, Michelle Stewart, Patryce Smith, Ann E. Barron | 37-60 |
| Profiles in self-regulated learning in the online learning environment | HTML PDF MP3 EPUB |
| Lucy Barnard-Brak, Valerie Osland Paton, William Yun Lan | 61-80 |
| Live, online short-courses: A case study of innovative teacher professional development | HTML PDF MP3 EPUB |
| Meghan E. Marrero, Jessica Fitzsimons Riccio, Karen A. Woodruff, Glen S. Schuster | 81-95 |
| The comparative instructional effectiveness of print-based and video-based instructional materials for teaching practical skills at a distance | HTML PDF MP3 EPUB |
| Francis Donkor | 96-116 |
| Using mobile phones to improve educational outcomes: An analysis of evidence from Asia | HTML PDF MP3 EPUB |
| John-Harmen Valk, Ahmed T. Rashid, Laurent Elder | 117-140 |
Field Notes
| Reaching REMOTE learners: Successes and challenges for students in an online graduate degree program in the Pacific Islands | HTML PDF MP3 EPUB |
| Kavita Rao, Charles Giuli | 141-160 |
| “Can you hear me, Hanoi?” Compensatory mechanisms employed in synchronous net-based English language learning | HTML PDF MP3 EPUB |
| Una Mary Cunningham, Kristy Beers Fägersten, Elin Holmsten | 161-177 |
Book Notes
| Distance and blended learning in Asia | HTML PDF EPUB |
| Tony Bates | 178-181 |
CIDER Notes
| Blended online learning design: Shaken not stirred | Elluminate/Powerpoint/MP3 |
| Norm Vaughn, Michael Power |
| Bi-national learning and the Internet: Grassroots experiments in global education | Elluminate/Powerpoint/MP3 |
| William Egnatoff |
| Moving online: Taking teaching and learning beyond four walls | Elluminate/Powerpoint/MP3 |
| Steven Rowe |