Attitude, Perception and Use of E-Learning at Open University Malaysia

To ensure the success of the e-learning initiatives,OUM has developed its own e-learning management system,known as myLMS.Since its introduction,many modifications and improvements have been introduced to increase its effectiveness.It is now timely that OUM take stock of its students'attitudes towards e-learning.Thus,a survey was conducted on about 1,000 students at one of OUM's own learning centres,that is,the Kelantan Regional Centrel.The study indicated that generally the teacher cohort had a somewhat neutral attitude towards e-learning.The use of e-learning was more specifically aimed at achieving short term goals of obtaining good coursework and examination grades by capitalizing on the use of the Discussion Board and Courseware.A closer examination reveals that the females prefer the Discussion Board while the males prefer the Courseware.Learners in the Engineering and English programmes had more positive attitudes towards e-learning compared to learners in the Mathematics and Science programme. Learners with CGPA＞3.0 who are categorized as high achievers are more positive towards e-learning as compared to the low achievers(CGPA＜3.0).Age difference,learners‘income per month,learners’Internet and e-learning habits were also found to be predictors of attitude towards e-learning.

Comparing the Open University Systems of China and India:Origins,Developments and Prospects

The national open universities of China and India are unique adaptations of the open university model that emanated from the UK.These institutions have expanded to become the largest universities in the world as measured by current enrollment of approximately four million each.This article comparatively analyzes how these open universities have differentiated themselves from the open university model and from each other amidst similarities of outcome and differences of approach.Historical contexts,national governance of higher education,institutional administration,curriculum and international operations are the foci of analysis.The article contributes to the literature on national and local forces that shape higher education systems and aims to spur collaborations between the institutions in question for mutual benefit.

Analysis of Learner’s Behavior Characteristics Based on Open University Online Teaching

The analysis on the learning behavior characteristics based on big data is beneficial for improving the learning resource construction,teaching mode and interactive mode of online course platforms.Multiple aspects of analysis were conducted on nearly three million pieces of learning behavior data,which is from seven courses of 3,315 learners in the same major at a university.According to the quantity of course resources and policy of course scoring,four typical learning behaviors were selected,and the correlation between final exam results and learning behavior were analyzed.The analysis of behavior influences on the final exam results were also conducted.The analytical results give suggestions for online teaching and learning.

A Survey into the Motivations of Adult English Learning

Adult English learners have their own unique characteristics. This research adopts a questionnaire consisting of 9 dimensions to explore their English learning motivations, which turn out to be mainly instrumental ones. And the author has postulated suggestions about adult English teaching.

Should Elite Universities Only Be Open to the Wealthy?

Attending a prestigious university is the dream of almost every young person. But for children from poor families in China, it remains only a dream, because the annual tuition can be several times the family income. Since China started its economic reform in the late 1970s, the country has gone through the transformation from a planned economy to a market economy. In