materials, I could not do anything concerning learning” (Student ,centre B February 2014). Yet, another student had remarks as follows: Open University provides inadequate learning materials so as to make “The learners active locaters of it. What they are doing is good because if you provide all things to all learners, at the same time you will make learners dormant. This system should continually be in practice because even in conventional universities, learners are not given learning materials”(Student centre B, February 2014). From the responses, students not only are dependent on the institution to provide the reading materials, but also they are quite satisfied with what they access. The same view was held by lecturers who also thought that provision of learning materials would satisfy students’ learning needs. One academic staff said that- do provide learning materials and reference books. Sometimes “We they are not enough to some courses. We advice the learners to photocopy the learning materials so that they get their own copies.” (Academic staff, centre A, 16 February 2014) Another lecturer had this to say: students‘ support provided in this institution (OUT) among others includes “The soft and hard copy materials. Hard materials are books, modules, journals and the
materials, I could not do anything concerning learning” (Student ,centre B February 2014). Yet, another student had remarks as follows: “The Open University provides inadequate learning materials so as to make learners active locaters of it. What they are doing is good because if you provide all things to all learners, at the same time you will make learners dormant. This system should continually be in practice because even in conventional universities, learners are not given learning materials”(Student centre B, February 2014). From the responses, students not only are dependent on the institution to provide the reading materials, but also they are quite satisfied with what they access. The same view was held by lecturers who also thought that provision of learning materials would satisfy students’ learning needs. One academic staff said that- “We do provide learning materials and reference books. Sometimes they are not enough to some courses. We advice the learners to photocopy the learning materials so that they get their own copies.” (Academic staff, centre A, 16 February 2014) Another lecturer had this to say: “The students‘ support provided in this institution (OUT) among others includes soft and hard copy materials. Hard materials are books, modules, journals and the
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