Hana and Iza did a good job. Their presentation was good. It really caught my attention with the VAKS results. it kept me alert throughout the presentation. Gosh, it is really difficult to set up a distance learning module as there are so many characteristics of the student compared to full time student. knowing the difficulities, i guess there are still demands on distance learning in the market. I guess is the time factor and the financial factor as the main factor that many students wish to learn in the distance learning academy. Regarding the language, i was just thinking that the actual procedure is that a student has to pass certain level of english proficiency course in order to be a student. Now (if anyone could respond to me) are the any possibilities that different proficiency levels of english language modules produced for students?.
In the round table discussion (regarding wikispace) , it was really an eye opener to me to know how tough is to be a distance learner. well i believe they meet with their lecturer once a while and maybe do not meet the team members very often too. well it is tough to get things going. i guess this can be the frustration of a distance learner. anyway, most of our students depends of teachers, lecturers. so i think students feel unsecured or not right if they dont get the concern of the lecturer in carrying out a task. I wonder is it the same with foreign students? How do they cope with their work? One of the characteristics in distance learning is independent learning. Are all malaysian distance leaners independent ?
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I am not sure i understand what you mean by "...there are so many characteristics of the student compared to full time student"?
ReplyDeleteDo DE learners have more character than F2F? I am not sure that's true. What is different is the feedback loop is very different -- with DE you will have to be more pro-active in trying to understand the learners!
Well, i meant was their working- life, experience, cultural background (which is very difficult to change). I guess the eastern countries, most students are still passive and not opendly laying out their points, argument with the teacher compared to western cultural background.
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