The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Student: Supervising Students You Rarely See

Piracy at Sea

“…65 A parallel could be drawn between the assumption of effective control over a vessel at sea (and thereby its crew) and control over specific premises on land (and thereby over the persons detained in those facilities). 67 At least this scenario resembles the case of Isaak et al v. Turkey, where the Court assumed jurisdiction in a situation that arose prior to the person's actual arrest and in which the person "could hardly have escaped the control of the security forces". However, this analogy fails for the phase of the actual boarding and up until the crew has surrendered and the whole ship has been secured.…”

“…67 Suffice to note for the present purposes that the prevailing view has been expressed by the UN Secretary-General as follows: The relevant provision of the ILC Draft Articles stipulates that 'the conduct of an organ of a State (.…”

“…Hong Kong and Macao became associate members in 1967 and 1990 respectively. 67 China has ratified most of the treaties adopted in the framework of IMO, including the anti-piracy agreements. The Organization consists of an Assembly, a Council and five main Committees: the Maritime Safety Committee; the Marine Environment Protection Committee; the Legal Committee; the Technical Co-operation Committee and the Facilitation Committee and a number of Sub-Committees support the work of the main technical committees.…”

Perspective Chapter: iPEAR-MOOC

“…Deriving from research on MOOC participation and the experience of the authors in taking part in several MOOCs the aim was to create a MOOC that is of a high academic standard in combination with a practical feature. To avoid "the loneliness of the long-distance learner" [13] and the known practice of participants leaving MOOCs after a few weeks, the MOOC was designed to be both time-efficient for educators who work full-time whilst being looked after by the course team.…”

“…A way to minimize the already mentioned "loneliness of the long-distance student" as stated by Middleton [13] is to create an active community via online forums. In the MOOC, we were asking students to introduce themselves briefly in the forum of Unit 1.…”