Asian Association of Open Universities Journal: Volume 1 Issue 1 , Open Access

ENSURING QUALITY IN AN ONLINE DISTANCE COMPUTING COURSE

Auyeung Lai Hung

This article describes an illustrative case of an online distance education course in introductory computing which aimed to empower learners by facilitating active learning in an…

CRITERIA'S FOR E-LEARNING DELIVERY PLATFORM (ELDP) FOR OPRN AND DISTANCE LEARNING

Kanesan Muthusamy, Mansor Fadzil

Open and Distance Learning (ODL) has been widely discussed by academicians and Information Technology (IT) personnel's in recent years. In an ODL system, ELearning Delivery…

BUSINESS MANAGEMENT DISTANCE EDUCATION RESEARCH ON YEAR MARK ASSESSMENT POLICY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AFRICA

Marolee Beaumont Smith

The current tuition policy of the Department of Business Management at the University of South Africa encourages, but does not compel students to submit assignments under the…

EXPLORING AN INTEGRATED APPROACH TO WEB-BASED COURSE ASSESSMENT

Niu Jian, Xiao Junhong, Wang Zhongfeng, He Lanxiang

Web-based course assessment is a new thing at China's Open University – China Radio and Television Universities (China RTVUs). This article reports an innovative pilot study in…

QUALITY EDUCATION IN INDIA: A MISSION REVISITED FOR DISTANCE EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS

Siran Mukerji, Purnendu Tripathi

India, one of the largest country in Asian continent, with a population of over one billion has been striving towards achieving sustainable development in all the spheres of the…

CHALLENGES FACING THE OPEN UNIVERSITY: THE CASE OF THE KOREA NATIONAL OPEN UNIVERSITY

Duck-Jay Park, Sung-Soo Kim

Although the KNOU has successful history, it has been in a difficult situation, recently. By comparing the statistical figures of the university in the early 1990s and 2000s, we…

ATTITUDE OF DISTANCE LEARNERS TOWARDS MULTIMEDIA APPROACH TO INSTRUCTION

Hema Pant

Distance education is fast emerging as an alternative method for course delivery, thereby increases access to higher education at the national and international level. Distance…

THE CHALLENGES OF ASIAN DISTANCE EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Jack Fei Yang

Distance education systems make global educational more accessible for an increasing number of students. Distance education, which offers the conveniences of flexible time and…