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DELIVERY SYSTEM AND TECHNOLOGY USE: BROADCASTING AND INTERNET

Credit-granting Regular Courses
Depending on the educational media, credit-granting regular courses are classified into three
categories, which are: Broadcast Lecture Courses, Online Courses and Face-to-Face Courses
(Schooling).

Table 3
The Course Numbers of Broadcasting Subject, Online Subjects and Face-To-Face (F2F)
Subjects (FY2019)

FY2019 1 Semester 1 Semester
st
st
Broadcasting F2F Online F2F Online
TV Radio Σ TV Radio Σl
Under 155 121 276 - - 155 121 276 - -
graduate
Graduate 5 53 58 - - 5 53 58 - -
Total 160 174 334 1.549 48 160 174 334 1.483 50

Broadcast Lecture Courses (two credits). The 2. Printed Textbooks. The OUJ courses are
materials of broadcast lecture courses consist designed to be studied through both
of broadcast lecture and printed textbook. broadcast lectures and textbooks, which
are specially written for each of the
1. Broadcast Lectures (TV, Radio, and courses by the OUJ academic staff and/
Video-on-Demand, VOD). OUJ offers or other experts in the given field. Some
broadcast lectures as a series of 15 of the textbooks are highly valued by the
sessions per courses (45 minutes per general public, even after termination
session) through television, radio, of the courses; some are revised with
and VOD. More than 280 courses are a fresh look and sold as the “OUJ Book
available in undergraduate programs Series.”
and 60 courses in graduate programs,
totaling approximately 340 courses (as Online Courses (one or two credits). OUJ
of April 2019). About a fourth of the started offering full online courses in 2016
broadcast lecture courses are renewed and, comparing to other open universities,
each year, as the lifecycle is four years in the history is short. These courses are
principle. created by course teams that include
the instructor(s), instructional designers,
production staff members, and a program
manager. OUJ is planning to expand the line-
up of online courses in coming years.

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