Open distance learning ODL and DLI, all you need know

ODL is a strategy and alternative to provide access to higher education, in addition to traditional conventional face -to- face mode. ” It is important to enlighten all members of the university community and the general public on the potential of DL as an alternative mode of comparable standards and quality, in the provision of access to university education, to qualified candidates who may not otherwise have access due to the limited carrying capacity and space constraints in the conventional brick and mortar / face_to_face institutions”, revealed stressing that it was made worse because most Nigerians prefer university to polytechnics, college of education and others. According to him, it was in an effort to make learning easily accessible and flexible that ODL was established to accommodate those who could not be admitted through the regular learning method. Dr. Yusuf who was a guest speaker at the seminar and ODL Desk Officer in the NUC stressed that distance learning was not inferior to the conventional face -to- face learning neither was it a second learning or second chance education but the beginning of knowledge, an alternative to regular education, a potent weapon of mass instruction and a key to enhance human development He regretted that Nigerian University system has not fully exploited the ODL mode in its quest to enhance access despite the perennial yawning gap between the demand and supply sides of the university access equation, while in the few universities where degree programmes were being offered by distance learning, the practice was far from the standard of global best practice. The NUC official said to ensure full optimization, people should stop having poor perception of the programme and give it a pride of place in the institutions. He added that NUC was making efforts through its ODL project to bring the practice up to the global best practices; create centre of excellence in ODL as well as organising workshop on how to teach distance learning students UNIVERSITIES THAT OFFER ODL/DLI PROGRAMME. COLLABORATION AMONGST THE PILOT UNIVERSITIES S/N UNIVERSITY COURSES AVAILABLE 1. University of Ibadan Economics, Statistics,Political Science, CLA, Psychology, Philosophy, English, Guidance and Counseling, Educational Management, Teacher Education, Special Education …Click here to read more 2. University of Lagos Accounting, Business Administration, Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Mathematics … 3.University of Abuja English, Public Administration, Business Administration, Sociology, Philosophy and Religion, Guidance and Counseling, Geography, Political Science, .. 4.Obafemi Awolowo University Economics, Geography ,Political Science, Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Mathematics, Language Art, Mathematics / Integrated Science, Physical Education, Nursing Science … 5.Federal University of Technology, Yola Accounting, Business Management, Educational Management, Guidance and Counseling, …Cl 6.University of Maiduguri Faculty of Arts, Faculty of Social and Management Science