<> "The repository administrator has not yet configured an RDF license."^^ . <> . . . "Supporting New ODL Learners via Face-to-Face Academic Advising to\r\nIncrease Retention: Sharing Open University Malaysia’s Experience "^^ . "The last decade has witnessed an increased demand for tertiary education via Open and Distance\r\nLearning due to advance methods in technology for educators, administrators and learners that make\r\na difference in effective instruction being delivered at a distance. More people too are beginning to\r\nembrace adult education and lifelong learning. Institutions that offer such mode of learning which\r\ninclude the Indira Gandhi National Open University, Islamic Azad University, Anadolu University\r\nand Allama Iqbal Open University, have all attained the ‘Mega’ university status with enrolment\r\nexceeding 1,000,000 learners. Attrition rate which can be based on completion or graduation rates of\r\ntheir learners is as low as 50 percent to as high as 80 percent. A high rate of attrition is always linked\r\nto the learners’ background, which includes their academic and social background, workplace\r\nsettings, their ability to adapt to the new learning environment as well as their ability to finance their \r\nstudies. As the cost of attracting learners to an ODL institution is higher than the cost of retaining\r\nthem, thus the subject of retention has become a widely researched subject until today. At Open\r\nUniversity Malaysia, the retention rate is within 69-79 percent among new learners and varies from\r\none faculty to another and also varies for learners from different intakes. Data collected over the last\r\nfive years revealed that attrition is highest for learners in their first semester as compared to later\r\nstages. Thus, several interventions were taken to reach out to new learners to provide support\r\nservices to engage them actively in learning. Research conducted on 6,141 learners from all over\r\nMalaysia throughout a one-year period in 2011 found that early interventions that include face-toface\r\nmeetings\r\ncum Academic\r\nAdvising sessions conducted\r\nby Directors of Learning\r\nCenters, have\r\n\r\nsuccessfully\r\nincreased the\r\nretention rate of first semester learners\r\nto\r\n80.1 percent in January\r\n2012.\r\nThis\r\nstudy\r\nis important\r\nas\r\nearly\r\nintervention\r\nand\r\nengagement with new learners\r\nwill\r\nhelp to\r\n\r\nimprove retention rate and enable an ODL institution to remain sustainable. (abstract by authors)"^^ . "2012-10-16" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ""^^ . "Rosli Hamir"^^ . " Rosli Hamir"^^ . . "Richard"^^ . "Ng "^^ . "Richard Ng "^^ . . "Raghavan"^^ . "Santhi "^^ . "Raghavan Santhi "^^ . . "Open University Malaysia"^^ . . . . . "The 26th Annual Conference of Asian Association of Open Universities (AAOU2012)"^^ . . . . . "Chiba, Japan"^^ . . . . . . "Supporting New ODL Learners via Face-to-Face Academic Advising to\r\nIncrease Retention: Sharing Open University Malaysia’s Experience (Text)"^^ . . . . . "library-document-882.pdf"^^ . . . "Supporting New ODL Learners via Face-to-Face Academic Advising to\r\nIncrease Retention: Sharing Open University Malaysia’s Experience (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "lightbox.jpg"^^ . . . "Supporting New ODL Learners via Face-to-Face Academic Advising to\r\nIncrease Retention: Sharing Open University Malaysia’s Experience (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "preview.jpg"^^ . . . "Supporting New ODL Learners via Face-to-Face Academic Advising to\r\nIncrease Retention: Sharing Open University Malaysia’s Experience (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "medium.jpg"^^ . . . "Supporting New ODL Learners via Face-to-Face Academic Advising to\r\nIncrease Retention: Sharing Open University Malaysia’s Experience (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "small.jpg"^^ . . . "Supporting New ODL Learners via Face-to-Face Academic Advising to\r\nIncrease Retention: Sharing Open University Malaysia’s Experience (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "indexcodes.txt"^^ . . "HTML Summary of #882 \n\nSupporting New ODL Learners via Face-to-Face Academic Advising to \nIncrease Retention: Sharing Open University Malaysia’s Experience \n\n" . "text/html" . . . "LC5800 Distance education"@en . .