MONITORING OFF-SHORE OUTSOURCING PROJECTS FOR DISTANCE LEARNING MATERIAL DEVELOPMENT

dc.creator	Bong Chin WEI
dc.date	2009-01-01T00:00:00Z
dc.date.accessioned	2015-07-20T22:09:11Z
dc.date.available	2015-07-20T22:09:11Z
dc.identifier	1302-6488
dc.identifier	https://doaj.org/article/ebf26dce49474602b63ad4b544db30a1
dc.identifier.uri	http://evidence.thinkportal.org/handle/123456789/12574
dc.description	In the world of “borderless education”, off-shore outsourcing of learning resources becomes the norm practised by universities worldwide, especially for a newly start-up institution such as the Wawasan Open University (WOU). For the past 3 years of experience in learning resources development, the WOU has encountered various issues such as managing of writers in distant locations, meeting deadlines, training of writers in distant locations, keeping the cost down, copyright issues, quality control, and cultural differences/localisation of context. In overcoming some of these issues, the WOU has adopted an effective monitoring mechanism to enable the success of this key activity in the university. Since its inception in year 2006 until early 2008, the institution has successfully outsourced about fifty course materials off-shore and locally. This paper first introduces the outsourcing process in WOU followed by some of the issues faced by the university while working with the offshore writers and the adaptation of course materials. Subsequently, details of the monitoring mechanism used in the outsourcing process will be explained. Lastly, this paper also presents WOU’s future direction in this perspective.
dc.language	English
dc.publisher	Anadolu University, Eskisehir
dc.relation	http://tojde.anadolu.edu.tr/tojde33/pdf/article_10.pdf
dc.relation	https://doaj.org/toc/1302-6488
dc.source	The Turkish Online Journal of Distance Education, Vol 10, Iss 1, Pp 182-192 (2009)
dc.subject	Program and Material Development in DE
dc.subject	Learning Resources in DE
dc.subject	DE and Industry Partnerships.
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.title	MONITORING OFF-SHORE OUTSOURCING PROJECTS FOR DISTANCE LEARNING MATERIAL DEVELOPMENT
dc.type	article