Learning Community for Postgraduate Learners in the Final Year Project Course of Open University Malaysia
The learning community approach offers a promising way to facilitate the learning process of postgraduate learners in their final year project course at the Open University Malaysia. This is important because the final project requires a substantial amount of commitment and needs to be carried ou...
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| author | Hazalina Hashim, |
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| description | The learning community approach offers a promising way to facilitate the
learning process of postgraduate learners in their final year project course at
the Open University Malaysia. This is important because the final project
requires a substantial amount of commitment and needs to be carried out
independently. Moreover, students often experience challenges that delay or
prevent them from completing their projects. Therefore, integrating a learning
community into the course to address administrative or academic matters with
peers and faculty members assists progression and completion. The purpose
of this study was to gain insight into the learning community used by
postgraduate learners for the final year project course. A survey was
administered to 52 postgraduate learners and observation of the community
site was conducted. The results were positive and encouraging, especially
when learners tried to make sense of the learning community in order to be
connected and motivated, to receive continuous support and to learn the
required knowledge for the course. (Abstract by author) |
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| institution | Open University Malaysia |
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| spelling | oai:eprints.oum.edu.my:13742021-08-01T07:02:14Z Learning Community for Postgraduate Learners in the Final Year Project Course of Open University Malaysia Hazalina Hashim, LC Special aspects of education LC5800 Distance education The learning community approach offers a promising way to facilitate the learning process of postgraduate learners in their final year project course at the Open University Malaysia. This is important because the final project requires a substantial amount of commitment and needs to be carried out independently. Moreover, students often experience challenges that delay or prevent them from completing their projects. Therefore, integrating a learning community into the course to address administrative or academic matters with peers and faculty members assists progression and completion. The purpose of this study was to gain insight into the learning community used by postgraduate learners for the final year project course. A survey was administered to 52 postgraduate learners and observation of the community site was conducted. The results were positive and encouraging, especially when learners tried to make sense of the learning community in order to be connected and motivated, to receive continuous support and to learn the required knowledge for the course. (Abstract by author) ASEAN Journal of Open and Distance Learning 2018 Article PeerReviewed text https://library.oum.edu.my/repository/1374/1/library-document-1374.pdf https://ajodl.oum.edu.my/vol10a.php Hazalina Hashim, (2018) Learning Community for Postgraduate Learners in the Final Year Project Course of Open University Malaysia. ASEAN Journal of Open & Distance Learning (AJODL), 10 (1). pp. 49-58. ISSN 2232-0814 https://library.oum.edu.my/repository/1374/ |
| spellingShingle | LC Special aspects of education LC5800 Distance education Hazalina Hashim, Learning Community for Postgraduate Learners in the Final Year Project Course of Open University Malaysia |
| title | Learning Community for Postgraduate Learners in the Final Year Project Course of Open University Malaysia |
| title_full | Learning Community for Postgraduate Learners in the Final Year Project Course of Open University Malaysia |
| title_fullStr | Learning Community for Postgraduate Learners in the Final Year Project Course of Open University Malaysia |
| title_full_unstemmed | Learning Community for Postgraduate Learners in the Final Year Project Course of Open University Malaysia |
| title_short | Learning Community for Postgraduate Learners in the Final Year Project Course of Open University Malaysia |
| title_sort | learning community for postgraduate learners in the final year project course of open university malaysia |
| topic | LC Special aspects of education LC5800 Distance education |
| url | https://ajodl.oum.edu.my/vol10a.php https://ajodl.oum.edu.my/vol10a.php |