<> "The repository administrator has not yet configured an RDF license."^^ . <> . . . "An empirical study of the effect on learning skills workshop on learning readiness in an ODL environment"^^ . "Learners in higher education institutions require a set of learning skills in order to \r\ncope with their studies. This is even more crucial for ODL learners, majority of whom \r\nare working adults with multiple commitments. At Open University Malaysia (OUM), \r\nMalaysia’s first ODL institution, a Learning Skills Workshop is conducted for new \r\nlearners to assist them in adapting to their new learning environment and to equip them \r\nwith the relevant skills to be an effective ODL learner. This paper examines the effect of \r\nthe Learning Skills Workshop on the learning readiness of OUM learners. The study \r\nemploys a survey approach using a set of 40 close-ended questionnaires distributed to 263 \r\nlearners in four learning centers across the country. Pearson Correlation, Independent \r\nSample t-Test and Stepwise Regression Analysis were carried out using the SPSS version \r\n11.5 for Windows. The results showed that the workshop contents, namely, ODL \r\nConcept, Time Management, Assignment Preparation, ICT and using LMS have a \r\npositive impact on the level of learning readiness. The results also indicated that learners’ \r\nlevel of satisfaction towards the conduct of the workshop, its perceived benefits derived \r\nfrom it and learners’ self-confidence arising out of it have a positive influence on learning \r\nreadiness. Out of the eight variables, only four explained 58 percent of the variation in the \r\nlevel of learning readiness. The variables are ODL concept, LMS, self-confidence and the \r\nlevel of satisfaction. The study thus indicates that the Learning Skills Workshop has been \r\neffective in enhancing learning readiness among new learners. This result concurs with \r\nthat of another study on the efficacy of learning skills workshop on new students at OUM \r\n(Latifah & Jamaludin, 2007) (Authors' abstract)\r\n "^^ . "2008-11-04" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ""^^ . "Ramli Bahroom"^^ . " Ramli Bahroom"^^ . . ""^^ . "Latifah Abdol Latif"^^ . " Latifah Abdol Latif"^^ . . ""^^ . "Ahmad Izanee Awang"^^ . " Ahmad Izanee Awang"^^ . . "Richard"^^ . "Ng "^^ . "Richard Ng "^^ . . "Open University Malaysia (OUM)"^^ . . . . . "8th Annual SEAAIR Conference "^^ . . . . . "Surabaya, Indonesia"^^ . . . . . . "An empirical study of the effect on learning skills workshop on learning readiness in an ODL environment (Text)"^^ . . . . . "wshop_learning_readiness.pdf"^^ . . . "An empirical study of the effect on learning skills workshop on learning readiness in an ODL environment (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "lightbox.jpg"^^ . . . "An empirical study of the effect on learning skills workshop on learning readiness in an ODL environment (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "preview.jpg"^^ . . . "An empirical study of the effect on learning skills workshop on learning readiness in an ODL environment (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "medium.jpg"^^ . . . "An empirical study of the effect on learning skills workshop on learning readiness in an ODL environment (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "small.jpg"^^ . . . "An empirical study of the effect on learning skills workshop on learning readiness in an ODL environment (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "indexcodes.txt"^^ . . "HTML Summary of #401 \n\nAn empirical study of the effect on learning skills workshop on learning readiness in an ODL environment\n\n" . "text/html" . . . "LC5201 Education extension. Adult education. Continuing education"@en . .