- What did you learn in each unit?
In Unit 1 of OMDE 608, I learned a lot. I revised some history of Distance Education along with learner support history: Generally, institutions are much quicker at preparing online lessons and overall curriculums than equally accessible online learner support services. However, lately, the progress in learner support both online and on-campus has been significant. Every school has its learner support system based on an institution needs and student surveys and assessments (Brindley, 2014). Students’ cultural diversity is one of the most influential factors of distance education success. This is when communication of empathy with the learner is essential because when the students are independent but are supported by ‘voice’ in self-study materials and/or written feedback by the instructor, they are guided in the right direction. They know what is expected of them and how well they perform in their self-study process (Brindley, 2014) Every DE institution either has registry administrators or an online self -registry option that goes through a registrar system. A registry administrator is responsible for a registry, managing users and accounts, assurance and cancellations, often marketing, transfers, and any reported issues. A large volume of information goes through the registry system, especially in Distance Education. Therefore, it is important for each school to have a very organized order to keep track of the students and to avoid chaos (Dinguirard & Brookfield, 2015). Library services nowadays are entirely different from what library services were ten years ago. If before students had to go to the library and ask the librarian to help them to find specific physical books, now everything can be done online. However, the workload goes both ways – the librarians have to know how to work the Web to help the students at a distance, and the students have to know how to search online resources to find the particular material. Because there are so many schools with online library services, there was a need for institutions to create a single sign-on into library databases to allow users one username and password to make it easier for them to access library services of particular schools the students attend (Corbett & Brown, 2015). References Brindley, J. (2014). Learner support in online distance education: Essential and evolving. In O. Zawacki-Richter & T. Anderson (Eds.), Online distance education: Towards a research agenda (pp. 287-310). Retrieved from http://www.aupress.ca/books/120233/ebook/11_Zawacki-Richter_Anderson_2014-Online_Distance_Education.pdf Corbett, A., & Brown, A. (2015). The roles that librarians and libraries play in distance education settings. Online Journal of Distance Learning Administration, 18(2). Retrieved from http://www.westga.edu/~distance/ojdla/summer182/corbett_brown182.html Dinguirard, F., & Brookfield, P. (2015). Setting the institutional framework for transaction registry administration. Partnership for Market Readiness. Retrieved from https://www.thepmr.org/system/files/documents/2015%2009%2009%20PMR_RegistryWS_BackgroundNote2_Admin.pdf - How did you learn the material? I learned a lot more than I listed above because I always read all the material provided in class. So, I read everything first and make notes. Then, I choose questions that interest me the most to respond to discussions. After I return to discussions, I try to pick to respond to my peers on the subject that I do not answer so that I learn and commit the material I read to my long-term memory. Besides, my peers often research something else that might be very interesting and acknowledging. - How confident are you about your knowledge of this unit/course? I think I pretty confident in the material I learned. I read a lot, and although I did not have a chance to answer more questions, I think I chose the most general ones to extract the most valuable information. - What was challenging for you in learning the material? The challenging part was to manage my time, but the material itself was quite easy to comprehend. I liked the fact that we could choose the questions to respond to. It gave me some flexibility on what was really interesting for me. - What strategies helped you learn the material? I always use the same strategy for all my classes. I read the required material first, and only then I got to discussions. I often research some other databases if something is hard to interpret. For example, for this Unit 1, I researched more on Web 1.0, 2.0, and 3.0. I had no idea that we use them every day. Now I do! - What changes will you make in your approaches to studying for the upcoming unit/courses? I will try to manage my time better. However, I like my approach, because this is the only way I can learn. If I read only part of required materials, then I have a feeling that I missed something important. Although, next time, I will probably look through the questions first, so that I can focus on particular thoughts and research more.
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