Utilization of Instructional Media in Distance Education: The Case of two Distance Institutions
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2008-06
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Addis Ababa University
Abstract
The major purpose of this study was to deal with utilization of instructional
media. It particularly emphasized on the role, status of utilization, and
major factors that hampered utilization of media in AUC and PADEA by
taking the GSS distance education programme at the Addis Ababa study
centers as a case. To realize the objectives stated, data were gathered
from different parties by using in-depth interviews, and observations as
well as document analysis. The informants were intentionally chosen
based on their concerns, responsibilities, cooperativeness, experience, and
other related qualities. The data rigorously collected were presented with
the help of long and short direct quotations; and narrative statements
based on the participants' understanding and interpretations besides the
researcher's his reflective analysis. !]:If! major research findings revealed
that the use of different media forms has a paramount importance so as to
well-facilitate the entire instructional process at a distance. In terms of the
status of utilization of media, presently both institutions have been
utilizing, limited media forms out of which students were largely relied up
on text-modules, but face-to-face tutorial sessions suffered from serious
shortage of attendants. More or less, in the institutions some activities
were observed to gear for the betterment of the existent media utilization
status. Nonetheless, various factors, such as the place that media have got
in the curricular materials; factors emanated from the institutions
themselves; factors related to learners, tutors, finance, the medium itself;
and others were found responsible to hamper the institutions' media
utilization. Thus, the institutions give due attention for the inclusion of
different media forms other than text media in the curricular materials;
attempt to provide the necessary orientation, or trainings, and instructional
materials; and at last, the institutions have to make ready themselves to
cope up with the fast technological progress of the day
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