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DELIVERY SYSTEM AND Teaching and Learning Management
TECHNOLOGY USE The teaching and learning management
With the development of the internet and are divided into three levels, namely,
technologies, the changing demands of the undergraduate degree level, the graduate
knowledge and skills continue to challenge degree level and the non-degree level with
formal education systems. Distance learning details as follows:
is becoming a well-accepted and essential
part of educational systems. STOU has Undergraduate Degree Level. The context
created various innovations and technologies and learning environment refer to learner
related to distance learning to ensure environment, physical environment, diverse
equitable access to quality education and of culture and learning style, such as self-
lifelong learning opportunities for all. learning in distance learning, learning
characteristics. They could also include the
Online teaching both in the form of interaction between learners and learning
e-Learning and m-Learning has continually media and also with the instructors and
been developed to conform to learners’ learning management in various ways to
behavior in the digital age and realize the facilitate learning. The types of learning
importance of using the technology in environments in distance education system
teaching and learning. The responsive web could be classified into the following.
design approach has been deployed to offer (1) Traditional Self-Learning Environment
access to learning content easily with the STOU has developed a self-learning
least restriction of the display on the learning package based on the open and distance
devices including laptops, tablets and smart environment. Determining academic
phones as well as to respond to the learners’ content through the main teaching media
preferences. has enabled to complete the content
in the form of publications including
In addition, STOU has faced challenges in the teaching materials, learning exercises
continuously decreasing number of students and supplementary materials. Video
and the increasing learning opportunities programs, radio programs, distance
for elderly and working-age population to learning supplementary programs,
conform to Thailand’s population structure. electronic media and some other
The notion of the university is to develop an methods have been adopted in order to
effective and modern teaching and learning facilitate learners’ self-learning without
management system that has the quality going to class.
and standards to provide the learners a (2) Virtual Learning Environment
fun and convenient way of learning. The The university has developed self-
Sukhothai Thammathirat Open University learning packages based on a virtual
Reform Committee (2019) has made learning environment. The information
recommendations for university reform in and communication technology tool in
five aspects as follows: education has been implemented on

Sukhothai Thammathirat Open University (STOU)