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Sunday, October 20, 2002
http://tojde.anadolu.edu.tr/tojde8/articles/mdu.htm Student Support Services In Distance Learning System: A Case Of DDE, Maharshi Dayanand University Hemant LATA SHARMA, Directorate of Distance Education, Maharshi Dayanand University, Rohtak, India INTRODUCTION: Open and Distance Learning (ODL) system has shown a tremendous growth during the last few decades due to its unique feature of being a users' friendly system. In this system, the students are free to learn at their own pace and convenience while being away from the institution. This system came into existence with the basic objective to provide wider access to higher education as the conventional system was proving to be unable to cope with the ever-increasing demand. ODL in recent times has thus emerged as an alternative mode for higher education all over the world especially in developing countries like India. In Indian scene, there are at present around 76 Distance Learning Institutions (DLIs) and 10 Open Universities. With the advancement of information technology several DLIs are providing admissions to a large number of students in various programmes. A few years earlier, DLIs were judged by the quality of the materials made available to the learners. But in the changed scenario, emphasis is placed on the quality of Student Support Services (SSS) extended by the DLIs as these have been recognized as an integral and essential component of distance learning system. These SSS guide the learners for self-study and serve as the interface between the institution and the learner. Keeping in view the importance of support system to distance learners, the present paper has been devoted to the student support system operative in the Directorate of Distance Education (DDE) of Maharshi Dayanand University (MDU), Rohtak (Haryana) for the benefit of distance learners enrolled to pursue various undergraduate (UG) and postgraduate (PG) programmes....
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