<> "The repository administrator has not yet configured an RDF license."^^ . <> . . . "Engaging the Open Distance Learners : a strategy to increase retention and improve graduation rates"^^ . "This paper investigates the impact of the various interventions implemented by Open \r\nUniversity Malaysia, on the learners’ level of Engagement in the Online Community \r\ndeveloped through the interaction between the various participants; learners, instructors and \r\nmanagement staff of the university. The intensity of the Online Community which is the result \r\nof the interventions was measured using four variables: Learner-Learner, Learner-Tutor, \r\nLearner-Staff and Learner-Content interaction. The learners’ level of Engagement and \r\nCommitment to stay in their programmes were also measured and a correlation was then \r\nestablished. Data for the research were collected from 1550 undergraduate learners of \r\nOpen University Malaysia located throughout Malaysia using self-administered \r\nquestionnaires. Results obtained from 1116 respondents showed that there was a strong \r\ncorrelation between Learner-Learner, Learner-Instructor, Learner-Staff, Learner-Content, \r\nEngagement and Commitment to stay. Multiple regression analysis carried out showed that \r\nthe learners’ Engagement explains 72 percent of the variance of their Commitment to stay. \r\nThis study is important as it will help future researcher to develop a tool to measure \r\nengagement of learners in the Online Community. (Abstract by author)"^^ . "2011-11-14" . . . . . . . "Richard"^^ . "Ng "^^ . "Richard Ng "^^ . . "Open University Malaysia"^^ . . . . . "The International Lifelong Learning Conference (ICLLL) 2011 "^^ . . . . . "Seri Pacific Hotel, Kuala Lumpur"^^ . . . . . . "Engaging the Open Distance Learners : a strategy to increase retention and improve graduation rates (Text)"^^ . . . . . "engaging_Richard_Ng.pdf"^^ . . . "Engaging the Open Distance Learners : a strategy to increase retention and improve graduation rates (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "lightbox.jpg"^^ . . . "Engaging the Open Distance Learners : a strategy to increase retention and improve graduation rates (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "preview.jpg"^^ . . . "Engaging the Open Distance Learners : a strategy to increase retention and improve graduation rates (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "medium.jpg"^^ . . . "Engaging the Open Distance Learners : a strategy to increase retention and improve graduation rates (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "small.jpg"^^ . . . "Engaging the Open Distance Learners : a strategy to increase retention and improve graduation rates (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "indexcodes.txt"^^ . . "HTML Summary of #644 \n\nEngaging the Open Distance Learners : a strategy to increase retention and improve graduation rates\n\n" . "text/html" . . . "LC5201 Education extension. Adult education. Continuing education"@en . .