Students' Support in an ODeL Context: Students in ODeL
Maboe, Kefiloe Adolphina
Open distance and e-learning (ODeL) gives students who occupy multiple roles and
are affected by the barriers of distance, cost, and time an opportunity to pursue their
studies; these students are called distance students. For them to be successful as
distance students, knowledge of technology is important as teaching and learning is
conducted online and students are expected to interact actively online. There is no
value if you have knowledge of technology as a distance student but do not interact
online. The student must actively interact with peers, lecturers, study materials,
and the university; failure to do so will affect learning and teaching negatively.
Most students do not interact online. ODeL institutions prescribe technological
tools for the students to interact online, but they lack academic, administrative, and
technical support, which is a concern. ODeL institutions must commit themselves to
always supporting distance students – academically, cognitively, administratively,
institutionally, and affectively
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