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The Support System in Distance Education:Factors Affecting Achievements Among Women Learners

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dc.creator Rozhan M IDRUS
dc.creator Noraida A. GHANI
dc.creator Omar MA
dc.creator Zuraidah A. RAHMAN
dc.creator Hanafi ATAN
dc.date 2005-10-01T00:00:00Z
dc.date.accessioned 2015-08-12T11:17:04Z
dc.date.available 2015-08-12T11:17:04Z
dc.identifier 1302-6488
dc.identifier https://doaj.org/article/a14bb436ae154fd8a8631e82553613d3
dc.identifier.uri http://evidence.thinkportal.org/handle/123456789/26078
dc.description The Support System in Distance Education:Factors Affecting Achievements Among Women Learners Hanafi ATAN Zuraidah A. RAHMAN Omar MAJID Noraida A. GHANIRozhan M IDRUS School of Distance EducationUniversiti Sains Malaysia11800 Penang, MALAYSIA ABSTRACT Distance education has the potential to contribute to the enhancement of women’s development by overcoming not only temporal and spatial barriers but familial commitments as well. It brings education to their home and allows women to learn at their individual pace, seek skills for individual development and at the same time, enables them to fulfill family responsibilities. An important element of distance education is the provision of the learner support system that provides students the access to learning resources and means of communication that would facilitate the array of educational activities and exposure to various other guidance and advisories. This paper reports on the study undertaken to elucidate the dimensions of the support system provided by the School of Distance Education (SDE), Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) to its women learners that would have significant impact on their achievements. The factorial analysis conducted revealed that the role of the faculty is the main contributing factor affecting these achievements, followed by the provision of the intensive course, the electronic portal, video conferencing and to a much lesser extent, the existence of the regional centres. The implications of this study are discussed with the view of improving the support system provided by the institution and the need to put into action the necessary strategies to further improve the achievement of the women learners.
dc.language English
dc.publisher Anadolu University, Eskisehir, Turkey
dc.relation http://tojde.anadolu.edu.tr/tojde20/articles/hanafi.htm
dc.relation https://doaj.org/toc/1302-6488
dc.source The Turkish Online Journal of Distance Education, Vol 6, Iss 4, Pp 118-127 (2005)
dc.subject Distance education
dc.subject women learners
dc.subject Universiti Sains Malaysia
dc.subject factorial analysis
dc.subject video conferencing
dc.subject the support system.
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 The Support System in Distance Education:Factors Affecting Achievements Among Women Learners
dc.type article


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