Learning Skills for Distance Learners: Providing 21st Century Learning Support Sara Al-Oraini Dep. Curricula & Teaching Methods College of Education‚ King Saud University Abstract One of the main goals of open and distance education (ODE) programmes is to ensure that knowledge and skills gained positively affect performance or behavior. Apart from that‚ ODE programmes should also ensure learners extend their existing learning skills into new directions. However‚ it has always been a
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FACULTY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY SEMESTER 1 / 2011 LEARNING SKILLS FOR OPEN AND DISTANCE LEARNERS Challenging characteristic of online learning NAME : MUNUSAMY MATRICULATION NO : IDENTITY CARD NO. : TELEPHONE NO. : E-MAIL : LEARNING CENTRE : TUTOR’S NAME : semester – CONTENT PAGE 1.0 Introduction
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COURSE CODE: UCU 001 COURSE TITLE: COMMUNICATION SKILLS Instructional manual for BBM – Distance Learning MODULE AUTHOR: MRS. SUSAN KAJUJU LAIMARU 1 TABLE OF CONTENT CHAPTER ONE................................................................................................................................. 4 1.0 INTRODUCTION TO COMMUNICATION ....................................................................... 4 1.1. DEFINITION OF COMMUNICATION.....................................
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COMMUNICATION SKILLS IN TEACHING CONTENTS 1. Introduction 3 2. Communication process 3 3. Communication and teaching 4 4. Practicing Skillful Communication 9 * Practicing Sound Presentation Skills
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Use of database management systems to meet business needs. Submitted By: Course Title: Strategic Planning for Database Systems Date: Introduction Globalization and increased speed in business intensify competition‚ and most firms need to continuously innovate to ensure long term competitiveness. (Bjork and Magnusson‚ 2009) In the last couple of years business has seen huge transformations from the way it is conducted. Any small business may eventually grow into a bigger one or may
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COMMUNICATION SKILLS MODULE Prof. Dr. Hamid Rafiq Khattak hamid_khattak@hotmail.com Sara Yaqoob saroo_14@yahoo.com Rabia Basri rabia_basri2003@yahoo.com Acknowledgements I am sincerely indebted to Learning Innovation Division -National Academy of Higher Education‚ Higher Education Commission Islamabad for the opportunity of writing this module on Communication Skills. I am indebted to my colleagues at APCOMS‚ Ms. Sarah Yaqoob and Ms. Rabia Basri for their immense assistance in developing
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Communication Skills) Communication is an important facet of life. Communication skills are essential in all spheres of life. Be it an interview or dealing with the project leader or working out a solution with a team or writing a report‚ getting across the point effectively is what matters. The success of an endeavor hinges on the ability to communicate effectively in today’s fast paced life‚ everyone is asked to do more with less. In such a scenario effective communication holds the
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Module: Interpersonal Skills Student: Indiyana Saad Tutor: Pauline Pearsons Assessment name: interpersonal communication skills Term: 1 Year: 2008 Assessment: 1 Assessment Type: Essay Word Count: 1929 Date due 21/04/2008 Details of Assessment Discuss the following statement in the light of the theory covered in this module: Communication is not an easy process. It involves verbal and non-verbal attempts to assist the other person to understand what we are trying to communicate. Yet it often fails
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Unit 324 Supporting individual with specific communication needs 1.1 Explain the importance of meeting an individual’s communication needs. Answer People communicate because they need to let others know what they want and feel‚ as well as to find things out and get answers to their question and to pass on information and give direction. Communication is a basic human right. Without communication the individual is unable to realise or exercise their rights. Under the human rights act
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the most important skill for managers’. To what extent do you agree with this statement? In contemporary business environments‚ communication skills are utilized in all levels of management. Some people think that there are other skills as important as communication skills.However‚ communication is the most critical and wide-spread skill in management. This essay will argue that while other skills such as problem solving & decision making‚ technical skills and team management skills have their respective
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