The Study Guidebook for Written Assignments in Britain and in Pakistan

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Mumtaz AHMAD

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Like past, in present era formal education is not meeting the needs of individuals both in developed and developing countries. Therefore concept of distance education has evolved as an alternative to the formal system of education. Study guides are most widely used and well known medium of instruction in distance education. Writing study guides is correctly, clearly and concisely is an art itself. The present study is designed to know how to write study guides with special reference of UKOU and AIOU. Objectives of the study is to find out the similarities and differences in study guides at UKOU and AIOU to specify problems involved in writing study guides, process and to give recommendations for its importance. Writing study guides are improved in developed countries. But most of the less developed have similar developmental problem in writing study guides. So this research is an effort to overcome the challenges in this regard.

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AHMAD, M. (2011). The Study Guidebook for Written Assignments in Britain and in Pakistan. Asian Journal of Distance Education, 9(2), 32 - 39. Retrieved from https://asianjde.com/ojs/index.php/AsianJDE/article/view/189
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Vol. 9 No. 2 (2011): Asian Journal of Distance Education
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