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0000-0002-1755-4187
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Monash University
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Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 24-08-2016
Publisher: Public Library of Science (PLoS)
Date: 06-06-2018
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 23-02-2022
DOI: 10.1007/S11423-022-10090-3
Abstract: The global online education sector has been rising rapidly, particularly during and after the events of 2020, and is becoming mainstream much sooner than expected. Despite this, research studies report higher levels of perceived isolation, difficulties with engagement, and higher attrition rates in online compared to equivalent on-c us programs. Reasons include restrictions to the type of institutional support accessible by online students, and the lack of comprehensiveness of orientation resources. This paper describes the collaborative efforts by a cross-faculty academic team, supported by a community of practice, to create a university-wide online orientation resource—the Monash Online Learning Hub (MOLH). The development of the MOLH involved multiple phases, including an analysis of current practice, resource design and content creation, formative evaluation by staff and students, and successful integration into the university’s mainstream student orientation platform for widescale implementation. The methods adopted were varied, and involved generating both qualitative and quantitative data across multiple phases of development from online education experts at the University, that culminated in the gradual building and refinement of the MOLH. Final outcomes, implications and lessons learned are also discussed in this paper.
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 09-2019
Publisher: Office of the Academic Executive Director, University of Tasmania
Date: 12-12-2021
DOI: 10.53761/1.18.8.7
Abstract: Despite the increase in the availability and popularity of online educational programs, there is a lack of understanding of non-academic as well as academic predictors of online student success. In this study, we have investigated predictors of tertiary level student success via the Psychology discipline, a popular online subject. A systematic literature review, followed by focus groups with students and instructors from online Psychology courses, revealed several important findings including a profile of general predictors of online student success and the existence of discipline-specific online student success predictors which can be extended to a variety of health care courses. Understanding the indicators of effective online education will allow course designers and instructors to develop strategies specific to the online mode and particular disciplines, enabling implementation of evidence-based education practices, which can support academic and non-academic student success in a range of online courses.
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 17-02-2018
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 12-2017
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 04-11-2013
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 18-07-2018
Publisher: Nova Science Publishers
Date: 2022
DOI: 10.52305/LERQ4827
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 04-09-2020
DOI: 10.1186/S12916-020-01704-9
Abstract: Data on the cost-effectiveness of lifestyle-based diabetes prevention programs are mostly from high-income countries, which cannot be extrapolated to low- and middle-income countries . We performed a trial-based cost-effectiveness analysis of a lifestyle intervention targeted at preventing diabetes in India. The Kerala Diabetes Prevention Program was a cluster-randomized controlled trial of 1007 in iduals conducted in 60 polling areas (electoral isions) in Kerala state. Participants (30–60 years) were those with a high diabetes risk score and without diabetes on an oral glucose tolerance test. The intervention group received a 12-month peer-support lifestyle intervention involving 15 group sessions delivered in community settings by trained lay peer leaders. There were also linked community activities to sustain behavior change. The control group received a booklet on lifestyle change. Costs were estimated from the health system and societal perspectives, with 2018 as the reference year. Effectiveness was measured in terms of the number of diabetes cases prevented and quality-adjusted life years (QALYs). Three times India’s gross domestic product per capita (US$6108) was used as the cost-effectiveness threshold. The analyses were conducted with a 2-year time horizon. Costs and effects were discounted at 3% per annum. One-way and multi-way sensitivity analyses were performed. Baseline characteristics were similar in the two study groups. Over 2 years, the intervention resulted in an incremental health system cost of US$2.0 (intervention group: US$303.6 control group: US$301.6), incremental societal cost of US$6.2 (intervention group: US$367.8 control group: US$361.5), absolute risk reduction of 2.1%, and incremental QALYs of 0.04 per person. From a health system perspective, the cost per diabetes case prevented was US$95.2, and the cost per QALY gained was US$50.0. From a societal perspective, the corresponding figures were US$295.1 and US$155.0. For the number of diabetes cases prevented, the probability for the intervention to be cost-effective was 84.0% and 83.1% from the health system and societal perspectives, respectively. The corresponding figures for QALY gained were 99.1% and 97.8%. The results were robust to discounting and sensitivity analyses. A community-based peer-support lifestyle intervention was cost-effective in in iduals at high risk of developing diabetes in India over 2 years. The trial was registered with Australia and New Zealand Clinical Trials Registry ( ACTRN12611000262909 ). Registered 10 March 2011.
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 12-2015
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