Tutor-Marked Assignments: Evaluation of Monitoring in India
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This article examines the practical aspects of assignment evaluation performed by distance education tutors at Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU). The optimal aspects of assignment evaluation are examined in this article. Of interest is the degree of discrepancy as observed in the experimental group vis-à-vis the ideal concepts. The study takes into consideration, all possible divisions in the experimental group, specifically age, gender and programmes of study. Our findings revealed that a properly structured and periodically repeated training programme can reduce the extent of non-teaching comments among distance education tutors.
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SHARMA, R. C., & RAJESH, M. K. (2007). Tutor-Marked Assignments: Evaluation of Monitoring in India. Asian Journal of Distance Education, 5(3), 10 - 27. Retrieved from https://asianjde.com/ojs/index.php/AsianJDE/article/view/103
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Cole, S., Coats, M. & Lentell, H. (1986). Towards good teaching by correspondence, Open Learning, 1(1), pp. 16-22
Cole, S., Coats, M., & Lentell, H. (1987). Towards a new emphasis in monitoring, Open Learning, 2 (3), pp. 13-18
Edwards, D. & Metcalfe, J. (1988). More than merely monitoring, Open Learning, 3 (2), pp. 17-22
Evans, T. (1984). Communicating with students by audiotape, Teaching at a Distance, 2 (3), pp. 108-110
Faculty of Education McGill University (1998), From Our Side: Comments from Distance Learners in Education, March 1998 [Online] Available at: http://www.education.mcgill.ca/distance/co mments.htm
Freeman,R. (1983). Mail from the NEC, Teaching at a Distance, No. 24, pp. 80-82.
Grugeon, D. (1977). Editor’s comment, Teaching at Distance, No. 8, pp. 47
Harrison,G. (1980). Correspondence tuition in Mathematics, Teaching at a Distance, No. 17, pp. 30-38
Holmberg, Borje. (1986). A Discipline of Distance Education, CADE: Journal of Distance Education [Online] Retrieved January 15, 2002: http://cade.athabascau.ca/vol1.1/holmberg. html
Hussain, S. Zakir & Sahoo, P. K. (1994). Tutor- Comments on Assignments of IGNOU students, Media and Technology For Human Resource Development, 6 (2), pp. 171 - 176
Indira Gandhi National Open University. (2001). Interaction Through Assignments, ES-313, pp. 13-50
Jarvis, P. (1978). Students’ learning and tutors’ Marking, Teaching at a Distance, No. 13, pp. 13 - 17
Lee, Victor, & K.S. Yuen. (1993). Ensuring the Quality of Tutoring in Distance Education. In A. Tait, ed., Quality Assurance in Open and Distance Learning: European and International Perspectives. Proceedings of an international conference on issues of quality for new models of education, Open University East Anglian Region, Cambridge, September 28-30, 1993, pp. 138-43. [Online] Available at: http://www1.worldbank.org/disted/Manage ment/Teaching/inst-03.html
Mcakenzie, K. (1974). Some thoughts on tutoring by written correspondence in The Open University, Teaching at a Distance, No. 1, pp. 45-51
Moore, M. (1999). Monitoring and Evaluation, Editorial, American Journal of Distance Education, 13 (2), pp. 1-5
Moore, Roger. (1998). Learner Identified Characteristics of Quality Learning Experiences in Distance Education. [Online] Retrieved March 15, 2000 at: http://www.athabascau.ca/html/collab/adet a/newslett/1098/distance.htm
Morgan, Chris and O’Reilly, Meg. (1999). Assessing Open and Distance Learners, London: Kogan Page.
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ASIAN JOURNAL of DISTANCE EDUCATION
Mullett, T. (1983). Fast feedback on T101, Teaching at a Distance, No. 24, pp. 72-76
Muro, A., Mbenna, I.C., Ndaalio, A. & Reuben, N.Z. (1988). “The Role to be Played by Part-Time Tutors”, A paper presented at the NCI's Annual Tutors' Conference on Saturday, May 28, 1988. [Online] Retrieved Jan. 15, 2002: http://www.saide.org.za/worldbank/Teachi ng/Instruction/tl37btan.htm
Orton, L.J. (1978). ‘Improving two-way communication in correspondence teaching’, Teaching at a Distance, No. 11, pp. 80-91
Pradhan,G.C (2002). Comparative reliability between marking and grading, University News, 40 (11), pp. 14-17,20
Rickwood, P. (1992). Student perceptions of the benefits from assignments, Open Learning, 7 (2), pp. 51-53
Roberts, D. W. (1984). Ways and means of reducing early student drop-out rates, Distance Education, 5 (1), pp. 50-71
Ronan, N. J. (1997). Mentoring the Distance Learner, Open Learning, 12 (3), pp. 62-64
Satyanarayana, P., & Sesharatnam, C. (1992). Student Assignments for Submission in Distance Education. Kakatiya Journal of Distance Education, 1 (2), pp. 33-45
Thomas, Pete & Taylor, Dean, “Reducing the Distance Education”, The Open University, 4th international CAA Conference Abstracts, (Jan, 2000). [Online] Available at: http://www.lboro.ac.uk/service/ltd/flicaa/c onf2000/abstracts/thomas.html
Walker, R. (1987). Correspondence Tuition – a training exercise, Open Learning, 2 (3), 47-49.