A Case Study of Teachers Coping as Distance Learners at the Open University Malaysia
Compared with full-time on-campus learners, part-time distance learners are faced with greater challenges as they pursue their higher education. Currently, Open University Malaysia (OUM) has 10,000 teachers out of its 23,000 learners. These teachers are sent by the Ministry of Education under a spe...
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2007
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| Online Access: | http://library.oum.edu.my/repository/35/2/A_case_study_of_teachers_coping.pdf http://library.oum.edu.my/repository/35/ |
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| Institution: | Open University Malaysia |
| Summary: | Compared with full-time on-campus learners, part-time distance learners are faced with greater challenges as they pursue their higher education. Currently, Open University Malaysia (OUM) has 10,000 teachers out of its 23,000 learners. These teachers are sent by the Ministry of Education under a
special contractual programme. Being distance learners, they have to cope
with their responsibilities as full-time teachers while at the same time study on
a part-time basis. As part of an effort by both OUM and the Ministry to
ensure that this group is able to cope with their studies, OUM examined the
academic performance of these teachers to see if special measures need to be
taken to help them manage their learning effectively. This paper reports on
their performances and compares them with those of the learners from the
open market. The paper also discusses the issues and challenges faced by this
special group of learners, and highlights some of the measures that have been
taken to help them improve their academic performances. |
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