Practices and Problems of Distance Education Implementation: The Case of Open 2020 University College
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2010-06
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Addis Ababa University
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The Purpose of this study was to find out the practices and problems of distance
education implementation: The study conducted with reference to open 2020
University college, Adama center. A qualitative case study method was used;
interview, observation document analysis were employed for gathering data
while learners, tutors center coordinators and document were taken as source of
data. Then the collected data have been analyzed interoperated and the major
findings of the study were presented. Accordingly, distance education program,
has enabled distance learners to access to education who otherwise couldn't join
the higher institutions regular program due to various reasons. However, during
the conduct of the distance program, many problems such as absence of various
reference materials, facilities, loose communication, learners' financial
constraints inconvenience of tutorial center, inflexible schedule of tutorial session,
absent from tutorial session, lack of orientation, difficulty with distance
materials, insufficient support serVIce and lack of employing different
instructional media were observed. Lastly, same important points of the study
were summarized and conclusions were drown from it about implementation of
distance program. At the end some recommendation were made for observed
problems of distance program.
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Distance Education Implementation