Category: JOFDL

It is my privilege to serve alongside Alison Fields as co-editor of the Journal of Open, Flexible and Distance Learning, an international high-quality peer-reviewed academic journal. I also have a piece in this issue entitled ‘Definitions of the Terms Open, Distance, and Flexible in the Context of Formal and Non-Formal Learning‘.

Issue 26 (2) of the Journal of Open, Flexible and Distance Learning (JOFDL) is now available to the world. It begins with an editorial looking at readership and research trends in the journal post-COVID, followed by a thought-provoking Invited Article about the nature of distance learning by Professor Jon Dron. This general issue follows with 7 articles on different aspects of research after COVID-19. Alison Fields and Simon Paul Atkinson, JOFDL Joint Editors.
	Editorial Post-pandemic Trends: Readership and Research After COVID-19 Alison Fields, Simon Paul Atkinson 1-6
	Invited Article Technology, Teaching, and the Many Distances of Distance Learning Jon Dron 7-17
	Position Piece Definitions of the Terms Open, Distance, and Flexible in the Context of Formal and Non-Formal Learning Simon Paul Atkinson 18-28
	Articles – Primary studies
	The Role of Non-Verbal Communication in Asynchronous Talk Channels ‎
	An An Initial Assessment of Soft Skills Integration in Emergency Remote Learning During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Learners’ PerspectiveA Learners Perspective
	Supporting English Language Development of English Language Learners in Virtual Kindergarten: A Parents’ Perspective
	Parents’ Experience with Remote Learning during COVID-19 Lockdown in Zimbabwe
	First-year Secondary Students’ Perceptions of the Impact of iPad Use on Their Learning in a BYOD Secondary International School
	Teaching, Engaging, and Motivating Learners Online Through Weekly, Tailored, and Relevant CommunicationAcademic Content, Information for the Course, and Motivation (AIM)