An Approach to Integrate Skills Development in Open Distance Learning (ODL) Environment: Part 2
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Authors
Hlalele, TS
Mothibeli, PM
Sumbanyambe, S
Issue Date
2018-12-20
Type
Article
Language
en
Keywords
Engineering , Open learning , Curriculum
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Abstract
ODL education has been developing rapidly in
Southern Africa recently. The system involves study that is
not limted by geographical boundaries and in practice tend
to extend knowledge beyond that is offered by contact or
tradional univeristies. At the University of South Africa
(UNISA), adoption of this method on theoretical knowledge
has been successful. The practical component has not been
effective, particularly in Electrical and Mechanical
Engineering Curriculum. This has resulted in high volume
of dropouts, contributed to unskilled graduates and
unemployment growth within the academic space. In this
paper, an emerging centered learner and a developed
centered learner method is proposed. These two methods
simulate unemployed and employed students who study
part-time at the university in their first entry level.
Employed are classified as developed centered learner
(DCL) and unemployed, newly matriculated, as emerging
centered learner (ECL). The results show a measure of
correlation between the two groups of students in their
learning method. Developed centered learner attained a
better pass-rate than an emerging centered learner. A
conclusion is made by drawing attention to the integration of
practical curriculum elements and lasting understanding of
theory in practice for ODL graduates.
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T. S. Hlalele, P. M. Mothibeli and S. Sumbanyambe, "An Approach to Integrate Skills Development in Open Distance Learning (ODL) Environment: Part 2," 2018 IEEE International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management (IEEM), Bangkok, 2018, pp. 321-325.
Publisher
IEEE