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Derginin Adı:
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The Turkish Online Journal of Distance Education
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Cilt:
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2012/13
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Sayı:
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3
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Makale Başlık:
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THE PAN AFRICAN E-NETWORK PROJECT: A New Learning Culture
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Makale Eklenme Tarihi:
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6.04.2015
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Okunma Sayısı:
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1
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Makale Özeti:
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This paper sets out to explore the paradigm shift in learning culture brought about
by the advent of online learning in the mostly print-based ODL system at the
Mauritius College of the Air (MCA). It delves into the perceptions of learners and
MCA staff involved in a range of undergraduate to Master’s programmes forming
part of the Pan African e- Network Project that wires 23 African countries with topranking
Indian universities through synchronous and interactive state of the art
technology. Learners across five of the disciplines offered through tele-learning
and a team of MCA staff participating in programme delivery were surveyed
through questionnaires and interviews to collect both quantitative and qualitative
data. For most of the respondents this new learning ethos has induced an
acculturation process requiring radical reconceptualisation of prior notions about
teaching/learning. MCA staff, too, have had to learn conducive behavior patterns
to consolidate existing support services. Survival in this new learning environment
where the tutor is a remote on-screen entity, where e-books replace printed
material, where connectivity can be a daily struggle, demands another mindset,
another set of values enabling learning and fine-tuned ICT skills. Socialisation with
tutors and fellow learners is possible through links in Facebook and Twitter.
However, learners still tend to feel somewhat isolated. It is proposed that an eplatform
be set up to link up learners as a mutually supportive learning community
engaged in the construction of knowledge.
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