title: Teaching and Learning in an ODL University: Bridging the Gap between the Learning Environment, Learners and Instructors
creator: Woo, Tai-Kwan 
creator: Tick-Meng , Lim
subject: LC5201 Education extension. Adult education. Continuing education
description: Many researchers have commented that educators need to use different techniques and methodologies in an online, distance learning (ODL) environment. The constructivist perspective is said to be especially relevant to the ODL environment as it emphasizes independent learning and the active construction of knowledge, which suits ODL learners as they are usually self-motivated and more mature. However, two questions come to mind – do instructors and learners in the ODL environment really embrace constructivist principles in teaching and learning, or is there a gap between the learning environment, learners and instructors? This paper attempts to answer these questions by determining the preferred teaching and learning styles of instructors and learners in an ODL university, to gauge if they are more behaviourist or constructivist in their teaching beliefs and practices. It also attempts to identify the constructivist elements present in an ODL university and come up with conceptual framework for nurturing constructivist practices.(Authors' abstract)
date: 2009-08-12
type: Conference or Workshop Item
type: PeerReviewed
format: text
identifier: https://library.oum.edu.my/repository/295/1/teaching_ici9.pdf
identifier:   Woo, Tai-Kwan  and Tick-Meng , Lim  (2009) Teaching and Learning in an ODL University: Bridging the Gap between the Learning Environment, Learners and Instructors.  In: ICI9 - International Conference on Information, 12-13 August 2009, Kuala Lumpur.     
relation: https://library.oum.edu.my/repository/295/