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| Title: | A Case Study in the Measurement of Educational Efficiency in Open and Distance Learning |
| Authors: | Tattersall, Colin
Waterink, Wim
Höppener, Pierre
Koper, Rob |
| Keywords: | Educational Efficiency
Lifelong Learning
Learning Pathways
Learning Providers
Measurement
Open and Distance Learning |
| Issue Date: | 7-Dec-2005 |
| Abstract: | Open and Distance Learning (ODL) gives learners control of the time, place and pace of learning, often being characterised as flexible learning. However, this flexibility goes hand-in-hand with procrastination and non-completion. As a result, the efficiency of the educational process is of importance to ODL Providers, governmental funding agencies and learners themselves. This article provides a definition of educational efficiency and a describes a method for its measurement given the special characteristics of ODL. A case study illustrating the analysis of the efficiency of an ODL study programme is presented to illustrate the practical application of the definition. The article concludes with a discussion of the wider applicability of the measurement method in the context of lifelong learning. |
| Description: | Tattersall, C., Waterink, W., Höppener, P., & Koper, R. (2006). A Case Study in the Measurement of Educational Efficiency in Open and Distance Learning. Distance Education, 27(3), 391-404. |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/1820/518 |
| Appears in Collections: | 1. LN: Publications and Preprints
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