Assessing Learners' Satisfaction towards Support Services Delivery in National Open University Nigeria: Implications for Counseling Services

2013 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 1-10 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fidel Onjefu Okopi ◽  
◽  
Ofole Ndidi ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Support Services ◽  
Counseling Services ◽  
Open University ◽  
Services Delivery ◽  
National Open University

scholarly journals ACADEMIC COUNSELLING SERVICES IN INDIRA GANDHI NATIONAL OPEN UNIVERSITY (IGNOU).

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
PRAVAT KUMAR JENA
Keyword(s):  
Support Services ◽  
Formal Education ◽  
Matter Content ◽  
Distance Learners ◽  
Open University ◽  
Learner Support ◽  
Counselling Services ◽  
Geographical Separation ◽  
Subject Matter Content ◽  
National Open University

Academic counselling is an important activity of learner support services offered by Open and Distance Learning (ODL) system. It is the key to the learners' success in ODL system. The geographical separation of the teachers and learners along with socio-psychological constraints i.e. language, culture, motivation, inadequate skill, anxiety etc., affects the distance learners in completing the courses successfully. The counselling sessions also offer the students an opportunity to interact with their peers. The counsellors perform various roles, such as facilitating learners about the subject matter content, assessing assignments, providing motivation and encouragement and supervising research papers/project works. Since counselling is an important component of distance education, it is necessary to understand the concept. The Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) provides highly integrated learner support services through the network of study centers, regional centers and the headquarters. One of the major objectives of IGNOU has been to provide opportunities of higher education to a large segment of population and to develop new programme for adult learners for whom formal education system was quite difficult or impossible.

scholarly journals Availability and Use of Library Resources by Distance Learning Students in National Open University of Nigeria

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 162
Author(s):  
Ogunmodede Thomas A ◽  
Omolabi Ibrahim B ◽  
Akinola John O ◽  
Oyetola Solomon O
Keyword(s):  
Distance Learning ◽  
Open University ◽  
Library Resources ◽  
National Open University

scholarly journals Employers’ Perception and Expectations of Professional Competency of Distance Learning Graduates: A Tracer Study of Nursing Graduates of the National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN)

Open Praxis ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 265
Author(s):  
Dorothy Ofoha ◽  
Onyeka Iwuchukwu
Keyword(s):  
Survey Design ◽  
Significant Proportion ◽  
Quadrant Analysis ◽  
Open University ◽  
Tracer Study ◽  
Graduate Nurses ◽  
Professional Competency ◽  
High Level ◽  
Descriptive Survey ◽  
National Open University

This tracer study was designed to track National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN) graduate nurses in their places of work with a view to ascertaining their level of professional competency and to explore employers’ expectation of graduate competencies. The study employed the descriptive survey design. Participants included 222 NOUN alumni who graduated in nursing programme and a corresponding 222 heads/top-level managers of the organizations where the graduate nurses were employed. Multiple instruments were used to collect data including competency test, survey questionnaire, and direct observation. A number of remarkable findings emerged from this study, both expected and unexpected. Majority of sampled graduates appeared to possess high level of professional competency in all three competency dimensions measured. A significant proportion of employers seemed to hold high perception regarding the graduates. In matching the employers’ perception of ODL graduates against actual competencies of NOUN graduate nurses with the use of quadrant analysis, the resulting values showed that a significant proportion of the graduates met and exceeded employer expectation.

Information Literacy Awareness, Perception and Skills Assessment Using Students of National Open University in Southwest Nigeria

2014 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. 15-28
Author(s):  
Kingsley N. Igwe ◽  
Elizabeth O. Ndubuisi-Okoh
Keyword(s):  
Data Collection ◽  
Information Literacy ◽  
Research Method ◽  
Descriptive Statistics ◽  
Skills Development ◽  
Skills Assessment ◽  
Open University ◽  
Rejection Level ◽  
Southwest Nigeria ◽  
National Open University

This study was carried out to find out the level of information literacy (IL) awareness, perception and skills of students of National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN). It was based on the fact that IL instruction course is missing in the curriculum of NOUN, thus, it is therefore a necessity to ascertain awareness and perception levels of the students about IL issues well as their skills assessment test. Survey research method was adopted involving 197 respondents that were found during visits to the four study centres for data collection. Questionnaire was used for data collection, which was administered, properly filled, returned, and used for data analysis with descriptive statistics. Findings revealed that NOUN students have poor level of awareness and perception about IL, as a result of rejection level in seven out of ten statements. However, the other accepted three see IL issues as antidote to poor IL skills of students. Generally, the IL assessment test shows that a greater percentage of the students, when summed together lack IL skills. Avenues through which they acquired IL skills were analysed as well as the challenges affecting their IL skills development. Recommendations were made among which are integration of IL Instruction into the curriculum of NOUN and provision of adequate and functional human, infrastructural and information resources for result-oriented service delivery in the libraries.

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