IRRODL journal is out with rich online, #mobile and #eLearning articles

The latest version of the International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning has just been published and as always it is packed with online, mobile and eLearning wisdom.

There are a couple of OER related articles in this publication. One article that immediately got my attention was the OERscout technology framework by Ishan Sudeera Abeywardena, Chee Seng Chan, Choy Yoong Tham. They dare to tackle the relevant OER searching and finding challenge: as a major step towards solving this issue, this paper proposes OERScout, a technology framework based on text mining solutions. Just imagine finding the top-notch OER in a matter of minutes, what a wonderful world this would be. 

Table of Contents

Editorial

	Editorial: Volume 14, Number 4	HTML PDF MP3 EPUB
	Dianne Conrad

Research Articles

	Distance and e-learning, social justice, and development: The relevance of capability approaches to the mission of open universities	HTMLPDF MP3EPUB
	Alan William Tait

	The extent of and reasons for non re-enrolment: A case of Korea National Open University	HTML PDFMP3 EPUB
	Hyoseon Choi, Yekyung Lee, Insung Jung, Colin Latchem

	The adoption of open educational resources by one community college math department	HTML PDFMP3 EPUB
	John Levi Hilton III, Donna Gaudet, Phil Clark, Jared Robinson, David Wiley

	Making distance visible: Assembling nearness in an online distance learning programme	HTML PDFMP3 EPUB
	Jen Ross, Michael Sean Gallagher, Hamish Macleod

	Evaluation of the Vocational Education Orientation Programme (VEOP) at a university in South Africa	HTML PDFMP3 EPUB
	Lynette Jacobs, Corene De Wet

	Measuring use and creation of open educational resources in higher education	HTML PDF MP3EPUB
	Ross Charles McKerlich, Cindy Ives, Rory McGreal

	Comparison of course completion and student performance through online and traditional courses	HTML PDFMP3 EPUB
	Thomas Wayne Atchley, Gary Wingenbach, Cynthia Akers

	Mobile app design for teaching and learning: Educators’ experiences in an online graduate course	HTML PDFMP3 EPUB
	Yu-Chang Hsu, Yu-Hui Ching

	Learning in a small, task–oriented, connectivist MOOC: Pedagogical issues and implications for higher education	HTML PDFMP3 EPUB
	Jenny Mackness, Marion Waite, George Roberts, Elizabeth Lovegrove

	Virtual worlds: Relationship between real life and experience in Second Life	HTML PDF MP3EPUB
	Scott P. Anstadt, Shannon Bradley, Ashley Burnette

	The influence of e-learning on individual and collective empowerment in the public sector: An empirical study of Korean government employees	HTMLPDF MP3EPUB
	Mann Hyung Hur, Yeonwook Im

	OERScout technology framework: A novel approach to open educational resources search	HTML PDFMP3 EPUB
	Ishan Sudeera Abeywardena, Chee Seng Chan, Choy Yoong Tham

	Power distance in online learning: Experience of Chinese learners in U.S. higher education	HTML PDFMP3 EPUB
	Yi (Leaf) Zhang

	Assessment of the effectiveness of internet-based distance learning through the VClass e-Education platform	HTML PDFMP3 EPUB
	Chadchadaporn Pukkaew

Leadership in Open and Distance Learning Notes

	Editorial: Leadership in Open and Distance Learning Notes	HTML PDF MP3EPUB
	Marti Cleveland-Innes

	Leader-member exchange theory in higher and distance education	HTML PDF MP3EPUB
	Robert Leo Power