PENYERAHAN DAN PENILAIAN TUGASAN

ASSIGNMENT SUBMISSION AND ASSESSMENT

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OUMH1103
LEARNING SKILLS FOR OPEN DISTANCE LEARNERS
SEPTEMBER 2013
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ARAHAN KEPADA PELAJAR / INSTRUCTIONS TO STUDENTS
1. Tugasan ini mengandungi SATU (1) soalan sahaja yang disediakan dalam bahasa modul bercetak kursus
ini. / This assignment contains only ONE (1) question that is set in the language of the printed module for the
course.
2. Jawab dalam Bahasa Melayu atau Bahasa Inggeris. / Answer in Malay or English.
3. Muat turunkan templat tugasan versi bahasa yang berkenaan daripada MyVLE untuk penyediaan dan
penyerahan tugasan anda. Tugasan anda hendaklah ditaip dengan menggunakan saiz fon 12 Times New
Roman dan langkau baris 1.5. / Download the language version of the assignment template concerned from
the MyVLE for preparation and submission of your assignment. Your assignment should be typed using 12
point Times New Roman font and 1.5 line spacing.
4. Tugasan anda hendaklah antara 2500 hingga 3000 patah perkataan tidak termasuk rujukan. Bilangan
perkataan hendaklah ditunjukkan di hujung tugasan anda. Jangan menyalin soalan dan arahan tugasan dalam
jawapan anda. / Your assignment should be between 2500 to 3000 words excluding references. The number of
words should be shown at the end of your assignment. Do not copy the assignment question and instructions
to your answer.
5. Anda dikehendaki menghantar tugasan SECARA ON-LINE melalui MyVLE. Sila rujuk kepada portal untuk
arahan mengenai prosedur menghantar tugasan anda secara on-line. Anda dinasihatkan menyimpan senaskah
tugasan yang diserahkan untuk rujukan sendiri. / You must submit your assignment ON-LINE via the MyVLE.
Refer to the portal for instructions on the procedures to submit your assignment on-line. You are advised to
keep a copy of your submitted assignment for personal reference.
6. Anda hanya boleh menghantar tugasan SEKALI sahaja dalam SATU fail. / You can submit your assignment
ONCE only in a SINGLE file.

7. Tugasan anda hendaklah diserahkan antara 2hb - 10hb Disember 2013 (ONLINE) Serahan
selepas 10hb Disember TIDAK akan diterima. / Your assignment must be submitted
between 2nd December until 10th December 2013. Submission after 10th December 2013
will NOT be accepted.
8. Tugasan hendaklah disiapkan secara individu. Anda dilarang meniru tugasan orang lain. Anda juga
dilarang sama sekali memplagiat kerja orang lain sebagai kerja sendiri. / Your assignment should be
prepared individually. You should not copy another persons assignment. You should also not
plagiarise another persons work as your own.

SOALAN TUGASAN /ASSIGNMENT QUESTION

OBJECTIVES
The objective of this task is to assess your ability to:

search for information

summarise or paraphrase information

acknowledge other authors work

write an academic report

reference external sources used in writing

REQUIREMENTS

1. You are required to find information on "What are the attributes that will help you to
be a successful learner in an online learning environment?
2. For this assignment, you are only allowed to find information from reliable sources
credible websites, journal and newspaper articles. Below are examples of sources that
you can use for your report:
Title of Journal Article
Writers
Source
Date of publication

Title of Journal Article

Writers
Source
Date of publication

The influences of Distance Learning on Adult

Learners
Henry O Lawrence
Proquest Educational Journals (OUM Online
Collection)
2006

Factors Influencing Adult Learners' Decision to Drop

Out or Persist in Online Learning.
Educational Technology & Society
Park, J.-H., & Choi, H. J.
Proquest Educational Journals (OUM Online
Collection)
2009

Title of Journal Article

Source
Writers
Date of publication

Title of Journal Article

Source
Writers
Date of publication

The Online Learner: Characteristics and Pedagogical

Implications
http://www.citejournal.org/vol7/iss3/general/article1.cf
m
Nada Dabbagh
2007

Improving online learning: Student perceptions of

useful and challenging characteristics
http://esinglet.myweb.uga.edu/portfolio/singleton_ihe.p
df
Liyan Song, Ernise S. Singleton, Janette R. Hill,
Myung Hwa Koh
2004

3. Do not limit yourselves to only the articles above. Find a few more articles and books
and make notes from these sources.
4. Based on the notes made, prepare an academic report of approximately 2500- 3000
words on the following:
a) An overview of online learning environment.
b) The attributes (characteristics of adult learners, learning styles, other
important matters) of the learner and how it can help them to be
successful in online learning environment.
c) Practical suggestions of the strategies that can be adopted by the
learners to be successful in an online learning environment.
*An academic report resembles an academic essay. However, an academic report is
divided accordingly using appropriate headings and subheadings.
5. Your academic report should have the following sections:
Preliminaries
-

Table of Content (containing the main content and page number)

Main Content
Introduction

The introduction should contain background information, for example, what

is online learning and its importance on education.

The introduction must contain a statement of purpose/ or a thesis statement.

This statement would provide the reader the general idea of what would be
discussed in the body of your report.

Body of Academic Report

o

In the body of your report you should provide clear explanation on at least
FOUR significant attributes of the learners and how these can help the
learners to be successful in an online learning environment.

Each attribute should be deliberated under a separate heading. In other

words, if your state four attributes, you should have four main headings in the
body of your report.

Appropriate deliberations and examples are necessary to make your points

clear. It is essential that you substantiate your points with experts opinions
and survey findings.

Suggestions
o

Provide at least FOUR practical suggestions of strategies that a learner

can take to be successful in an online learning environment.

Each suggestion should be deliberated under a separate heading. In other

words, if your state four suggestions, you should have four main headings in
this part.

Reference List
Write proper in-text citations when including external sources in writing.
o

Students are required to paraphrase or to summarise information from

external sources and not only lifting word by word from any external sources.

A reference list should be prepared to acknowledge all external sources

utilised in writing.

The reference list should utilise the APA citation style (as shown in Topic 5 of
OUMH1103).

GUIDELINES FOR COMPLETING THE ASSIGNMENT

1. To know more on how to write a good essay type of assignment, read Topic 5 of the
module.
2. To complete this assignment, you need to search for information.
a) Information on the online learning and its importance in the education;
attributes of the learners and how do these attributes help the learners to
become successful in an online learning environment; and strategies to be
successful in the online learning environment can be found on the internet
through search engines (i.e. Google, Yahoo) and OUM digital library. Read
Topics 7, 8 and 9 of your OUMH1103 module to learn more about Information
Retrieval Skills.
b) To retrieve more information on the topic, read Topics 7, 8 and 9 of your
OUMH1103 module to learn about Information Retrieval Skills.
c) Select only scholarly articles/ books/ websites that are relevant to the assignment
topic. The resources of information obtained and used in your writing must be
listed in the Reference section.
3. Marks will be granted based on the rubrics as given below:

Assignment Guidelines (Content and Scoring)

NO

ASSESSMENT
CRITERIA

WEIGHT

Introduction

Body
paragraphs:
Findings

2.5

MISSING
ITEM
0
No
introduction.

No body
paragraph.

POOR

AVERAGE

GOOD

EXCELLENT

1
Introduction has
inadequate
development and does
not contain a clear
statement of purpose
of the assignment
topic.

2
Introduction has
adequate
development but
statement of purpose
of the assignment
topic was not clear.

3
Introduction has
adequate
development and
contains clear
purpose of the
assignment topic.

4
Introduction is welldeveloped and
contains clear
purpose of the
assignment topic.

Body paragraphs are

not well-developed
and contain many
illogical and irrelevant
ideas.

Body paragraphs are

not adequately
developed but
contain some logical
and relevant ideas.

Body paragraphs
contain adequately
developed, logical
and relevant ideas.

Body paragraphs
contain welldeveloped, logical
and relevant ideas.

Essay demonstrates
very little
understanding of the
issue.

Essay demonstrates
some understanding
of the issue.

Essay
demonstrates indepth
understanding of
the issue.

Essay clearly
demonstrates indepth understanding
of the issue.

MARKS
(MAX)
4

10

Suggestions

2.5

No
suggestion.

Suggestions given are

generally
inappropriate.

Suggestions given are

reasonably acceptable
with some being
inappropriate.

Most suggestions
given are
appropriate.

All suggestions
given are logical,
appropriate and
workable.

10

Coherence/Flow

1.5

No flow from
one paragraph
to another.

Writing is generally
lack of flow and
sentences /
ideas/details do not fit
together due to
ineffective utilisation

Writing is partly in
the correct flow but
some parts the details
do not fit together
due to ineffective
utilisation of

Most writing
flows and details
fit together clearly
due to effective
use of cohesive
devices

Writing has a good

flow and details fit
together clearly due
to effective use of
cohesive devices.

of cohesive devices.

Unclear and illogical

connections in most
parts of writing.

cohesive devices.
Unclear and illogical
connections in some
parts of writing.

Clear and logical

connection
between parts of
writing.

There is clear and

logical connection
between parts of
writing.

References

1.5

No references.

Writing is not cited

and referenced OR
inappropriate style of
referencing/ citing
external sources.

References and
citations contain a
number of errors.

Most writing is
properly cited and
referenced.

Writing is properly
cited and referenced.

Language

Not structured
and full of
mistakes.

Limited range of
structures utilised and
many are wrongly
constructed.

Sentences are
moderately varied but
some are wrongly
constructed.

Most sentences
are varied and are
skillfully
constructed.

Sentences are varied

and are skillfully
constructed.

Essay has serious

flaws in grammar that
seriously affect
readers
understanding.

Essay may have some

grammatical errors
that sometimes affect
readers
understanding.

Essay may have a

few grammatical
errors but these
mistakes do not
affect readers
understanding.

Writing is free from

flaws in grammatical
errors.

TOTAL
POINTS

10

TOTAL

40

Appendix 1: Title Page

FACULTY OF < >

OUMH1103
LEARNING SKILLS FOR OPEN AND DISTANCE LEARNERS

ASSIGNMENT TITLE

Name
Matric number
NRIC
Telephone number
E-mail address

Tutors name:
Learning Centre:

January 2013 Semester

PENILAIAN / EVALUATION
Tugasan ini akan menyumbangkan 40% markah kepada kursus tersebut dan akan dinilai
berdasarkan kepada Rubrik atau Skema Jawapan. / This assignment accounts for 40 % of
the marks for the course mentioned and shall be assessed based on the Rubrics or Answer
Scheme.
Anda akan dimaklumkan tentang markah tugasan ini sebelum Peperiksaan Akhir Semester
bermula / You would be informed of the assignment mark before the Final Semester
Examination commences.
PLAGIARISME : POTONGAN MARKAH / PLAGIARISM : MARKS DEDUCTION
Amaran : Tugasan yang diserahkan secara automatik akan disemak untuk persamaan. Jika
plagiarisme dikesan, markah akan dipotong seperti berikut: / Warning: The submitted
assignment will automatically undergo a similarity check. If plagiarism is detected, marks
would be deducted as follows:

Tugasan dengan pertindihan kandungan antara 10 - 30 % : potongan 20% daripada

jumlah markah yang diperoleh.
Tugasan dengan pertindihan kandungan antara 31 - 50 % : potongan 40% daripada
jumlah markah yang diperoleh.
Tugasan dengan pertindihan kandungan lebih daripada 50%: Markah sifar akan
diberikan.
Assignments with 10 - 30 % overlap with others: 20% deduction from the total marks
scored.
Assignments with 31 - 50 % overlap with others: 40% deduction from the total marks
scored.
Assignments with more than 50% overlap with others: Zero mark would be given.

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