%A Chooi Chea  Chiam 
%A Tick-Meng  Lim
%A  Norbaini Abdul Halim 
%A  Nur Azlin Omar
%T Towards Excellence in Higher Education ?The Experience of 
Open University Malaysia (OUM) 

%X With the advancement in communication technology via the Internet and World Wide Web, 
attention has been drawn to Open Distance Learning  (ODL) as an alternative mode for 
teaching and learning.  In Malaysia, OUM is well acknowledged as the pioneer for ODL 
education.  OUM has placed great effort in leveraging ICT aimed at making higher education 
more accessible and affordable across the country.   This paper will discuss how OUM has 
contributed towards the democratisation of higher education in Malaysia.  The paper will also 
examine OUM?s delivery of online teaching and learning using the My Virtual Learning 
Environment (MyVLE). 
%C Pune, India
%D 2011
%K online teaching and learning ; My Virtual Learning 
Environment (MyVLE)
%L library_repository568