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Mark Nichols

Researcher at Open University

Publications -  38
Citations -  876

Mark Nichols is an academic researcher from Open University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Distance education & Higher education. The author has an hindex of 12, co-authored 34 publications receiving 773 citations. Previous affiliations of Mark Nichols include Laidlaw College & University of South Carolina.

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A theory for eLearning.

TL;DR: The International Forum of Educational Technology & Society (IFETS) has published a theory for eLearning as discussed by the authors, where the authors jointly retain the copyright of the articles and allow the authors to make digital or hard copies of part or all of this work for personal or classroom use.
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Student perceptions of support services and the influence of targeted interventions on retention in distance education

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors compared the retention statistics for first-time student outcomes across two semesters, one without and one with specific course retention interventions, and found that students frequently attribute their success to their own efforts.
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Institutional perspectives: The challenges of e‐learning diffusion

TL;DR: The findings of this exploratory study indicate that institutions have either achieved a state of sustainable embedding for e-learning, or else need to.
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Revisiting five decades of educational technology research: A content and authorship analysis of the British Journal of Educational Technology

TL;DR: Common themes in BJET throughout the past 50 years have included the evolution of teaching and learning in distance education, the emergence of instructional design, misunderstanding between practitioners and learning designers, issues of pre and in‐service teacher education and technology uptake by educators and students.
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Insulin Sensitivity and Diabetic Kidney Disease in Children and Adolescents With Type 2 Diabetes: An Observational Analysis of Data From the TODAY Clinical Trial

Petter Bjornstad, +207 more
TL;DR: Lower estimated insulin sensitivity was associated with risk for hyperfiltration over time, whereas increased albumin excretion was associatedWith hyperglycemia in youth-onset T2DM.