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8 OPEN AND DISTANCE EDUCATON IN ASIA
Good Practices from AAOU Members

learning. TV lectures are the most common lecturing medium in the sense that anyone
as well as KNOU students can easily access them. Since 1995, TV lectures have been
transmitted via KNOU cable channel OUN. TV lectures are divided into undergraduate
lectures and TV liberal arts lectures. Undergraduate lectures are provided so that students
can understand educational contents in depth. In addition to professors’ instructions,
TV lectures include expert interviews, case studies, etc. Lecture contents are produced
in various ways using multimedia materials. Through TV liberal arts lectures, students
can understand higher education contents more deeply and easily. These lectures are
produced as lectures, conversations, documentaries, etc.

Students can watch lectures via OUN of cable TV/satellite TV/IPTV and study anywhere,
and at any time using the Internet LOD. In addition, they can connect to U-KNOU+ Mobile
Service using their smartphones anywhere. OUN broadcasting scheme is as shown in
Figure 5.

Figure 5
OUN Broadcasting

(2) Multimedia lectures
Multimedia lectures are a type of e-learning lectures that maximized learning effects
using videos, texts, and various visual materials. Therefore, multimedia lectures are
based on e-learning tools. Multimedia lectures are divided into Video+PPT(PowerPoint),
Audio+PPT(PowerPoint), and Video. Video+PPT(PowerPoint) and Audio
Lecture+PPT(PowerPoint) delivers lecture contents using e-blackboard.

Multimedia lectures consisting of Preparation, Lecture, Quiz, and Summary is designed
so that students can study the subject in order. In addition, these lectures provide Expert

Korea National Open University (KNOU)