Time: This activity should take you about 30 – 40 minutes to complete
Study the grid which shows an infinite number of distance education options.
Match the 3 models you read about before the activity with institutions 1, 2, 3 and 4 plotted in the grid. To do this, you insert the institution number in front of the appropriate model.
Model A –
Model B –
Model C -
Describe the delivery features of institution 4
What are some of the challenges institution 4 learners are likely to face?
Share your answers with your peers in the discussion forum
Institution 1 is fully online and can access a lot of online materials which can also be made into paper work. Institution 2 is more of paper work but with frequent contacts a lot of resources can be obtained. Institution 3 is both web based and paper work so it’s good too. However institution 4 is highly disadvantaged to to no contacts and paper work.
Notice that institution 4 has no contact sessions and relies exclusively on the paper-based delivery mode. Institution 2 also relies on paper-based based resources but has frequent face-to-face contacts.
institution 4,students study on their own,learning materials have to be delivered to students or students have to physically go and collect them,all topics in books have to be covered
Challenges - printed materials may be expensive for most students, reading materials may not be distributed to those in remote locations,learners in remote locations may have to travel long distances to access the printed materials,some students may need teacher input e.g further explanation
Model A- is a print base and this institution 2 which this kind of institution are likely to access on some resources which can be very helpful for their face- to- face learning and teaching.
Model B – is print based with web support and institution 3 can be the kind of institution that access to these kind model. This institution has enhanced their way to provide information and resources on whatever session they have in their institution. They do paper work but then they can also access to digital technology for their further research. This makes their work so much easier to be done each day.
Model C – This is fully web -dependent and does not use print at all. This is institution 1 which all their sessions are fully digitize. They do not need face- to- face session or contacts because everything they need is already been install in their web system.
3 describe the delivery features of institution 4?
• The institution that has no access and no contact to every service that should be provided to them. With all of that they also have not access to wed support to help them to get information daily but they do have paper work for their face- to- face session. This also shown that this kind of institution make the learner to have no contact session.
4. challenges on institution 4
• Interaction and communication with teacher will no longer be easier since there is no wed system to support their learning session
• Resources will not be enough for them
• Timeline of their assessment will be affected because of prolong sending through postal company.
Model A – Institutions 2 & 4
Model B –Institution 3
Model C – Institution 1
Delivery features of institution 4: It is paper based with no web support. Learners also don’t have contact sessions
The challenges institution 4 faced is no contact with teachers, lack of interactions with other learners which they may find it hard to convey messages. Also resources are limited can result students to be behind of schedule.