Asian Journal of Distance Education

Yazarlar: Anil K. DIMRI, Amit CHATURVEDI

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Anahtar Kelimeler:Distance Education

Özet: In the present paper an attempt has been made to critically analyze the crucial issues of student support services with reference to Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) by taking the perception of successful learners into consideration. Paper mainly focuses on strategy for information dissemination in order to popularize the ODL programmes and to identify most popular means of communication beneficial for ODL learners. Role of pre-admission, counseling and difficulties faced by learners during the course of studies are also analysed. Attempt has also been made to assess flexibility of duration in terms of completion of programmes. Paper also analyse various aspects such as growth of enrolment as well learners support centers, accessibility of print and audio-video materials during the course of their pursuit to higher education through ODL. Attempt has also been made to analyse the feedback of learners on use of teleconferencing as a tool to address the issues pertaining to counseling.

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