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Good Practices from AAOU Members

(ICT), STOU has realized the importance of media, and using e-Leaning to access more
seeking more innovative teaching models as supplementary media.
well as implementing new media not only to
supplement, but to transform and improve Teaching and Learning Support
the learning process. Online teaching and The university is committed to supporting
learning activities using ICT are offered to both lecturers and learners in creating media
a variety group of learners for degree and in a variety of forms. Continuous improvement
non-degree programs. SPOC (Small Private of the digital studio production enables the
Online Course) is a teaching and learning university to produce supplementary media
model for a small group learners based on and to create comprehensive University’s TV
Moodle whereas MOOCs (Massive open and radio programs with digital media cloud
online course) are online courses with video archives services. Moreover, in response to
content for a large number of learners based the COVID-19 pandemic, STOU uses Microsoft
on edX platform. Teams for education alongside Learning
Management System (LMS) integration
Media/Learning Support Resource into Moodle to facilitate distance learning.
STOU utilizes learning support resources This integration helps lecturers collaborate
delivered to learners to engage in their around Moodle courses within Teams,
learning activities according to main and compensates for face-to-face learning and
supplementary media such as textbooks, increases interaction between learners and
workbooks, study guides in print-based and lecturers through online platform. In addition,
computer-based (e-book and e-paper), video Microsoft Teams are used for course-team
clips and audio clips. Moreover, there are meeting in university in order to avoid on-
various external media resources in different site teaching and learning as well as to have
learning support sources, such as libraries, measures to maintain social distancing.
databases, websites, social media and open
educational resources published on the Besides, using artificial intelligence technology
internet. leads to the opportunity to improve the
learning processes. Guidelines on the use
Communication and Distribution of AI in education issued by STOU School of
Channels Science and Technology, provide information
Since the communication and distribution services about distance education systems
channels of the university have been by classified groups of people such as public,
continuously modified to cope with the current learners, and alumni as well as
needs of learners, STOU Channel, the information and communication services
university’s own C-band television station such as application, programs, registrations,
broadcasting 24 hours a day, has enabled learning activities, and examinations by using
learners to have equitable access to various learner web portal (Samark Chaisanguan and
programs through DLTV14 (Klai Kangwon) Walisa Romsaiyud, 2017).
such as YouTube, Facebook and social

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