Online Learning Update Ray Schroeder, editor, COLRS - Online@Illinois Springfield

Online Learning Update - a blog published daily since 2001 by Ray Schroeder, Professor Emeritus, University of Illinois at Springfield

Tuesday, June 14, 2005
OUM Strives for Best Instructional Platforms - Black Enterprise, Kuala Lumpur
Within the context of fast-paced technological change and shifting market conditions, the Malaysian education system is constantly challenged with providing quality educational opportunities. Hence Open University Malaysia (OUM) is answering this challenge through its Open and Distance Learning (ODL) programmes. Flexibility is the core of the ODL concept. There are three components in the ODL concept: self-managed learning, on-line learning and face-to- face interaction. But why teach at a distance, you might ask? Educators at OUM have envisioned that the opportunities offered by on-line distance education outweigh the obstacles.

 



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