Asian Association of Open Universities Journal: Volume 6 Issue 1 , Open Access

Cyber Social Network Management: Enhancing the Learning Power of Distance Learners in Learning Communities

Zhong Zhixian, Shen Jianhua

Based on the relevant concepts of Cyber Social Network Management (CSNM), this paper analyzes the necessity and possibility of CSNM from the perspective of connectivism and…

Ensuring Quality Education in Open and Distance eLearning (ODeL) Through Virtual Learning Communities

Melinda dela Pena-Bandalaria

A process documentation was employed to determine how virtual learning communities are built in an open and distance education context as one mechanism to ensure quality education…

Tutors and Learners Without Borders: In a Relationship but it's Complicated

Juvy Lizette Gervacio

Global tutoring and learning communities are composed of different people who share a common interest or a common goal. Learners aim to acquire knowledge and skills; while tutors…

e-Portfolio Standardization for Sustainable Learning Communities

Jin Gon Shon

A portfolio is used to plan, organize and document learning, and it accumulates results of learning. However, there are some problems in managing a portfolio. For example, it is…

Development of a Computer-Aided ODL Course Development Tracking System (CDTS)

Ishan Sudeera Abeywardena, Ho Sinn Chye

Constant emphasis and close attention paid to Quality Assurance in the production of Open Distance Learning (ODL) course materials at Wawasan Open University (WOU) had…

Developing Quality Learning Materials for Effective Teaching and Learning in an ODL environment: Making the jump from print modules to online modules

Tai Kwan Woo

This paper highlights the need to develop quality learning materials for effective teaching and learning in an online and distance learning (ODL) environment. This is especially…

Students' Interaction in the Online Learning Management Systems: A Comparative Study of Undergraduate and Postgraduate Courses

Teoh Ai Ping

The quality of interaction between learners and online content is one of the imperative factors in determining the efficacy of web-based teaching-learning towards the creation and…

Mobile Agents Approach for Transaction Processing in Mobile Database Systems – Mobile Learning Environment

Sheng-Hung Chung, Ean-Teng Khor

This paper describes the architecture of using the Mobile Agent and ACID (Atomicity, Consistency, Isolation and Durability) in Mobile e-Learning (mLearning). In the coming years…