ASSIGNMENT SUBMISSION AND ASSESMENT

COURSE CODE:
OUMH1103
COURSE TITLE:
LEARNING SKILLS FOR OPEN DISTANCE
LEARNERS
SEMESTER:
JANUARY 2011
(SMP Taken MAC 2011)

PREPARED BY:
WAN NORLYDIAWATI MD. RIDHWAN
820927 - 12 - 5970 - 001
Tel. No: O13-8792709
lydia2709@oum.edu.my

LEARNING CENTRE:
KENINGAU LEARNING CENTRE

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Distance education is one method of learning that can be taken by those who are working to get a
degree where it will be used for salary increases, promotion and remuneration, the remuneration
of other advantages. However, there are several obstacles that often arise until the study had to
be delayed and sometimes take longer to graduate.

The barriers consist of a variety of things. The main barriers that normally experienced by the
graduates is to take a program that not only consider the demand and can pass and get a degree
without thinking about the challenges that will arise later.

Therefore, the graduates must take six steps below if you want to graduate with a rapid time rate
is with plan your work , insist on transfer equivalencies, test, skip the minor, put together a
portfolio and do double duty.

1. Plan your
work

2. Insist on
transfer
equivalencies

6. Do double
duty

6 SURE
WAYS TO
GET YOUR
DEGREE
FASTER
5. Put
together a
portfolio

3. Test

4. Skip the
minor

Figure 1.1: 6 Sure Ways to Get Your Degree Faster

1. Plan your work

Plan carefully for the selection of the program you are interested and academic courses to be taken
through discussion with academic advisors if you want to get a degree in a short time.

2. Insist on transfer equivalencies

Get approval for the transfer of credits in the subjects or courses that qualify.

3. Test
Use opportunities through the CLEP test in various ways to reduce college credit.

4. Skip the minor

Ignoring the minor program is not beneficial or not needed in the study.

5. Put together a portfolio

Including portfolio of information and experiences related to the program to obtain college credit and at
the same time to reduce the number of college credit.

6. Do double duty
Including portfolio of information and experiences related to the program to obtain college credit and at
the same time to reduce the number of college credit.

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All people have the desire to learn up to higher levels of study are taken either full time, part
time, distance or online. However, it will give a strong impact and challenges of everyday
life for students who are married and have children in balancing life between family
and school in addition to maintaining good relations with all parties over time.
So, here are four ways that are used for purposes such as shown in Figure 1.1 below:
4 WAYS TO
BALANCE
FAMILY AND
SCHOOL

1. Set some ground

rules for all parties.

2. Do not forget the

time to play.

3. To Be an
example.

Figure 1.2: 4 Ways to balance family and school

4. Involve your
family in your
learning.

 Dividing time into several sections such as

the time to learn, work and family other than
making some new rules as appropriate.. It is
better to have discussions or activities that
put the notice is to inform the family or the

relevant parties so that they understand the

situation you are still under study and also to
avoid any unwanted problems later.

 Balancing studies and family to spend times

with relax and enjoy playing along with the

whole family. It is a bit much to help improve

the harmonious relationship among family.

 Getting the balance of study time to be an

example to the children how to succeed in
their studies through involvement in
studying together when studying and
applying various methods or study skills to
them. Try to be an excellent model through
observation of individual children.

 Involve your learning activities with family

members after obtaining their consent in the
semester tasks such as making the study of

history, social and so forth. Their

involvement will make your learning more
interesting and effective.

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Lessons are conducted in online education is extremely difficult for those who are less familiar
with the course requirements. Training courses online through Internet access requires a number
of techniques or methods which are suitable to facilitate its completion within the stipulated time
period.

High persistence is needed to continue learning, even more so in this online course to complete
the task. The main challenge of training courses that are usually faced by students is when they
are done in groups where there was among the group members about their cooperation and
commitment.

Finally, problems arising from it is slow to complete tasks. Accordingly, Table 1.1 below is a few
steps that can be taken to facilitate the task of training courses was conducted in a short time.

Table 1.1: 5 Ways To Make The Most Of Your Online Exercise Course

NO.

STEPS

EXPLANATION

1.

Keep a journal.

Make a journal that contains the training course rewarding to

drive and motivation to continue working hard.

2.

Compete against yourself.

Getting compatible colleagues in education to work together

and help each other to complete the training course was also
exchanged notes.

3.

Find a buddy.

Build a positive self-competition in order to provide a source of

inspiration to complete the task with good and excellent.

4.

Visit a local gym.

Relax your mind with seeking a peace through sports that can
provide power and allow the regeneration of knowledge.

5.

Frequent the message boards.

Chatting with friends by describing the matters relating to

education, training courses and other to gain experience and
information-date information.

Keep a jurnal

Frequent the
message
boards.

Visit a local
gym

5 WAYS TO
MAKE THE
MOST OF
YOUR
ONLINE
EXERCISE
COURSE

Find a buddy

Compete
against
yourself

Figure 1.3: 5 Ways To Make The Most Of Your Online Exercise Course

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Being a student is not easy to excel even it requires commitment and continuous efforts are
strong. Measurement of success can be seen through various training courses provided in
addition to the course exam. By following the 5 Ways to Make the Most of Your Online Exercise
Course as has been stated before, would he be able to help you implement the training courses

more effectively, efficiently and systematically.

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Distance education is one of the types of studies are usually taken by those with careers to get a
certificate, diploma, degree, and so forth. Distance education does not require the full and
classroom learning is only performed at a predetermined time period in each semester.

However, most students enrolled in this study has value in decreasing the motivation of each
semester, forcing them to become lazy or stopped directly from such studies can be seen in Chart
1.1 graphs the expected value of percentage of students each semester for three years (1 year for
3 semester) Motivation For Distance Education Students .

This expected value is the percentage derived from interviews with two of his junior high school
students OUM has successfully completed their studies.

Expected Percentage Of Distance Education Students'

Motivation For The Last 3 Years
100%

100%
90%
80%
70%
60%
50%
40%
30%
20%
10%
0%

90%

Sem 1

80%

Sem 2

70%

Sem 3

60%
50%

Sem 4
40%
30%

Sem 5
25%

Sem 6

Sem 7
Sem 8
Sem Sem Sem Sem Sem Sem Sem Sem Sem
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
Chart 1.1: Graphs The Expected Percentage Of Distance Education
Students' Motivation For The Last 3 Years

Sem 9

To enhance and maintain motivation throughout the semester in the study, there are five tips that
can be applied to the student that:

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TIPS AND TRICKS TO HELP YOU PASS YOUR EXAMS

Almost all the students who are studying do not like to face a test or exam more so it requires
revision of action to enable their students to answer exam questions correctly and brilliance.
Therefore, these students must learn to know the secrets and mastered the various skills and
techniques of effective learning for exams. Here are five guidelines that can help students deal
with the situation.

Survey your textbook or workbook before you read.

Attack your textbook with sticky notes.
Use a graphic organizer to take notes when you read.
Make your own practice test.
Create visual flashcards

TIPS AND TRICKS TO HELP YOU PASS YOUR EXAMS

Survey your textbook or workbook before you read.

Make a survey and review of the information of the course being taken. Review the key
topics and summarizes the relevant contents of the small notes that are easily understood
and remembered.

Attack your textbook with sticky notes.

Reading progress by reading the whole chapter and then provide a summary and
conclusions through the notes or a small patch to facilitate information searches done in
a short time before the examination.

TIPS AND TRICKS TO HELP YOU PASS YOUR EXAMS

Use a graphic organizer to take notes when you read.

Using graphical techniques, and organize notes while studying and to improve the quality
of education because of a topic.

Make your own practice test.

Applying a test after studying the training. This is one skill that is very effective in

helping to rehabilitate and re-considering the topics that have been studied.

TIPS AND TRICKS TO HELP YOU PASS YOUR EXAMS

Create visual flashcards.

Make a visual flashcards containing key information of a subject's learning through
photos and text will also be related to assist students in recalling important information
needed in the test.

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