Study skills for distance learner
Study skills for distance learner
Introduction
In this modern era of technology world, traditionally education study at the college and university is progressively complemented or even replaced by new technologies called distance learning. In the past decades, distance learning offerings have flourished across the nation. Institution such as Open University Malaysia (OUM) has made earning a degree more feasible for the many people across the country who has families and job in addition to the desire to further their education. This type of education has gained its growing popularity with the developing of Internet, even living in the different parts of the world, students can simply interact with their teachers and exchange materials over the net.
Distance learning has a lot of advantages that make it really a strong and potential competitor against a traditional education. For example, by attending a distance learning course, learners can study at their own place, with their own time and flexible schedules combine different activities simultaneously. It is also useful for people over 25 who mostly have a full time job and can study after it. Also it is a great financial advantage as during distance learning, travel expenses and educational fees are significantly lower.
Distance learning is defined as a form of education in which learners and instructors are separated during the majority of the instruction; furthermore, learners have the opportunity to learn whenever a computer is accessible to them (Johnson, 2003; Andrade, 2005, Anderson, 2008). Within this new technology era, nothing is possible anymore. Pritchett (2010) agreed and added that increasing web-based technologies have significantly influenced the dynamics of teaching and learning. The online format has lead distance learners and their instructors into new possibilities for interaction and information access (Johnson, 2003; Pritchett 2010). In many circumstances, respond to distance
Introduction
In this modern era of technology world, traditionally education study at the college and university is progressively complemented or even replaced by new technologies called distance learning. In the past decades, distance learning offerings have flourished across the nation. Institution such as Open University Malaysia (OUM) has made earning a degree more feasible for the many people across the country who has families and job in addition to the desire to further their education. This type of education has gained its growing popularity with the developing of Internet, even living in the different parts of the world, students can simply interact with their teachers and exchange materials over the net.
Distance learning has a lot of advantages that make it really a strong and potential competitor against a traditional education. For example, by attending a distance learning course, learners can study at their own place, with their own time and flexible schedules combine different activities simultaneously. It is also useful for people over 25 who mostly have a full time job and can study after it. Also it is a great financial advantage as during distance learning, travel expenses and educational fees are significantly lower.
Distance learning is defined as a form of education in which learners and instructors are separated during the majority of the instruction; furthermore, learners have the opportunity to learn whenever a computer is accessible to them (Johnson, 2003; Andrade, 2005, Anderson, 2008). Within this new technology era, nothing is possible anymore. Pritchett (2010) agreed and added that increasing web-based technologies have significantly influenced the dynamics of teaching and learning. The online format has lead distance learners and their instructors into new possibilities for interaction and information access (Johnson, 2003; Pritchett 2010). In many circumstances, respond to distance
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