User:Jbahuma
Website: | www.bocodol.ac.bw | ||
Employer: | BOCODOL | ||
Occupation: | Guidance & Counselling cordinator | ||
Other roles: | Projet management | ||
Nationality: | Motswana | ||
Country: | Botswana | ||
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Hello! my name is Julia, i am 40 years of age. I am currently employed as a guidance and counseling officer with the Botswana College of Distance and open Learning ( BOCODOL). I am a teacher by profession with 7 years teaching experience. My former employer was the then Ministry of Education, Botswana
ABOUT MY JOB
My core bussiness is basically to offer guidance and counselling ( G&C )support to distance learners.
WHY IS GUIDANCE AND COUNSELLING CRUCIAL IN OPEN DISTANCE LEARNING (ODL)
Learners in ODL have multiple roles, they are faced with a number of challenges one of them being how to juggle their multiple roles. As a result they need to be grounded on certain skills such as Stress Management, Time Management, anger Management, how to manage conflict etc. Study skills is one of the skills that the learners need most since they come from diverse educational background.
DISTANCE LEARNING VS CONVENTIONAL EDUCATION
Distance Education | Conventional |
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Accessibility | age restriction |
flexibility | Scheduled activities |
WHY IS ODL THE BEST OPTION
- It promotes independence
- It enables the learner to explore his/her full potential ( learner centrerd )
- It encourages an element of perserverence and commitment
This the link to the workshop homepage: 18-20 March 2009
http://www.wikieducator.org/Learning4Content/Workshops/Face-to-Face_schedule/L4C51
jbahuma
Notes from my Wikineighbours
Hi Julia, wellcome to WikiEducator. I'm your WikiNeighbour.
You might be interested to meet more wiki-colleagues.
Please let me know if I can be of any help to you. Gladys Gahona.--chela5808 23:24, 18 March 2009 (UTC)
--Jbahuma 13:01, 20 March 2009 (UTC)