An increasing number of students entering Australian higher education are choosing to
study in an online mode. Attrition rates for online students are considerably higher than for …

Online learning has a critical place in widening access and participation in education for a
diverse range of students, many of whom are from backgrounds which have been …

Over the last decade, there has been a root-and-branch rethinking of how feedback in
university education is conceptualised and practised. Against that transformed landscape …

Online learning has an important place in widening access and participation in higher
education for diverse student cohorts. One cohort taking up online study in increasing …

Social constructivism emphasises the role of meaningful interactions as a vehicle for
learning. Meaningful interactions engage learners cognitively and socially with others to …

This article combines a sociocultural model of classroom talk with a linguistically-oriented
model (systemic functional linguistics) to explore what characterizes effective asynchronous …

Universities across the globe are considering how to effect meaningful change in their
higher education (HE) delivery in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic and shifting student …

Through its more flexible approach, online learning is providing a significant opportunity for
further widening of participation in Australian higher education. Increasingly, students from …

University students who live and work in regional, rural and remote areas face challenges in
studying at a distance from their institution's metropolitan or satellite campus. For mature …

This paper explores some of the major trends shaping the future of online learning. It asks,
what might the future look like? While the paper does not set out to predict the future as the …