<> "The repository administrator has not yet configured an RDF license."^^ . <> . . . "Efficacy of the Learning Skills Workshop on New\r\nLearners' Academic Performance and Persistence In\r\nOpen University Malaysia (OUM)\r\n"^^ . "Improving the first semester learners' experience has been part of a broader set of\r\ninitiatives to increase learner retention and achievement in Open University Malaysia (OUM). One\r\nset of challenges faced by OUM in this respect is to help learners develop appropriate expectations\r\ninitially and then to ensure that the quality of learners' experience, once they are already in is as\r\npositive as it can possibly be. In meeting the challenges, the Centre for Student Affairs (CSA) at\r\nOUM has carefully crafted and designed several programmes which prepares them to be effective\r\nODL learners.. This paper examines the efficacy of a Learning Skill Workshop (an orientation\r\nprogramme) on the new learners' academic performance, measured in terms of Grade Point\r\nAverage (GPA) as well as their persistence in the programme, i.e. whether they go through the\r\nwhole semester workload up to sitting for the final examination and followed through to the reregistration\r\nprocess and become an active learner in the subsequent semester. The study involves\r\nthe collection of data of new learners who attend the Learning Skill Workshop, labeled as the\r\n�treatment� group and the remaining new learners who do not attend as the �control� group. The\r\nresults indicate that the learning skill workshop has a positive impact on both learner performance\r\nas well as learner persistence. When the likelihood of success of the new learners is increased, so\r\nwill their chances of completing their undergraduate education."^^ . "2007-08-23" . . . . . . . . ""^^ . "Latifah Abdol Latif"^^ . " Latifah Abdol Latif"^^ . . "Open University Malaysia (OUM)"^^ . . . . . "International Conference on Open Distance Education 2007"^^ . . . . . "Dr B.R. Ambedkar Open University, Hyderabad, AP"^^ . . . . . . "Efficacy of the Learning Skills Workshop on New\r\nLearners' Academic Performance and Persistence In\r\nOpen University Malaysia (OUM)\r\n (Text)"^^ . . . . . "Efficacy_of_LSW2007.pdf"^^ . . . "Efficacy of the Learning Skills Workshop on New\r\nLearners' Academic Performance and Persistence In\r\nOpen University Malaysia (OUM)\r\n (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "lightbox.jpg"^^ . . . "Efficacy of the Learning Skills Workshop on New\r\nLearners' Academic Performance and Persistence In\r\nOpen University Malaysia (OUM)\r\n (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "preview.jpg"^^ . . . "Efficacy of the Learning Skills Workshop on New\r\nLearners' Academic Performance and Persistence In\r\nOpen University Malaysia (OUM)\r\n (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "medium.jpg"^^ . . . "Efficacy of the Learning Skills Workshop on New\r\nLearners' Academic Performance and Persistence In\r\nOpen University Malaysia (OUM)\r\n (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "small.jpg"^^ . . . "Efficacy of the Learning Skills Workshop on New\r\nLearners' Academic Performance and Persistence In\r\nOpen University Malaysia (OUM)\r\n (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "indexcodes.txt"^^ . . "HTML Summary of #95 \n\nEfficacy of the Learning Skills Workshop on New \nLearners' Academic Performance and Persistence In \nOpen University Malaysia (OUM) \n\n\n" . "text/html" . . . "LC5201 Education extension. Adult education. Continuing education"@en . . . "LB2300 Higher Education"@en . .