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P. V. Arumugam & J. S. Emmanuel · Course learning re-design, capacity building and

learner engagement - Wawasan Open University (WOU), Malaysia

future. The survey required respondents to assess the importance of the di erent
areas of training on a scale of one to five; one being not important and five being

the most important. A separate interview was conducted on areas that received low

ratings.
Based on the survey conducted, the following results (see Table 2) were

obtained:

Table 2

Survey Results of Academics

Areas Mean

Capacity building activities on ODL 4.18
Video production 3.87

Online facilitation 4.02

E-lecturing 4.10

Assessment design 4.17

Capacity-building activities in the survey were defined as any training that

provides a basic understanding of ODL to academics. Most of the academics in WOU
come from conventional institutions of higher learning, and as such may lack

practical knowledge in ODL. Capacity-building activities received the highest mean

score of 4.18 in terms of their importance to academics. Video production received
the lowest score of 3.87 as academics deemed it to be additional work to come.

Based on the results above, several capacity-building exercises were

conducted as listed below in Table 3.

Table 3

Capacity Building Training and Attendance

No. Activities Attendance
1 Using the COI framework in ODL 55

2 Managing Online Classes using MsTeams 55

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