%0 Conference Paper
%A Latifah Abdol Latif, 
%A Open University Malaysia,
%B UNESCO Asia and Pacific Regional Bureau for Education
%D 2007
%F library_repository:35
%T A Case Study of Teachers Coping as Distance Learners at the Open University Malaysia
%U https://library.oum.edu.my/repository/35/
%X Compared with full-time on-campus learners, part-time distance learners are faced with greater challenges as they pursue their higher education. Currently, Open University Malaysia (OUM) has 10,000 teachers out of its 23,000 learners. These teachers are sent by the Ministry of Education under a  special contractual programme. Being distance learners, they have to cope  with their responsibilities as full-time teachers while at the same time study on  a part-time basis. As part of an effort by both OUM and the Ministry to  ensure that this group is able to cope with their studies, OUM examined the  academic performance of these teachers to see if special measures need to be  taken to help them manage their learning effectively. This paper reports on  their performances and compares them with those of the learners from the  open market. The paper also discusses the issues and challenges faced by this  special group of learners, and highlights some of the measures that have been  taken to help them improve their academic performances.