Challenges One Staff Member Management Faces in Managing a Regional Centre in ODL: A Case for Centre for External Studies, University of Namibia

Autor/in	Mbukusa, Nchindo Richardson
Titel	Challenges One Staff Member Management Faces in Managing a Regional Centre in ODL: A Case for Centre for External Studies, University of Namibia
Quelle	In: World Journal of Education, 6 (2016) 1, S.1-12 (12 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1925-0746
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Distance Education; Qualitative Research; Interviews; Telephone Surveys; Organizational Communication; Geographic Isolation; Education Service Centers; Regional Programs; College Administration; Administrator Attitudes; Student Personnel Services; Social Isolation; Barriers; Namibia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Distance study; Distance learning; Fernunterricht; Qualitative Forschung; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Telephone interview; Telefoninterview; Education; Service center; Service centers; Service centre; Service centres; Pädagogisches Zentrum; Regional program; Regional programme; Regionalprogramm; College administrators; Hochschulverwaltung; Soziale Isolation
Abstract	Managing distance education regional centres as one staff member in Namibia is a challenge that calls for greater administrative and academic interventions. Although much work on student support by researchers and practitioners has been published, few scholars have recently begun to explore, through qualitative research, the challenges of managing regional centres alone. This paper contributes to the endeavour by first identifying the challenges of a case for the three regional administrative and student support officers (RASSOs) of the Centre for External Studies, University of Namibia. It then narrates and interprets the challenges collected through in-depth interviews via telephones supported by written documents. Main themes from the challenges include poor communication and isolation from the main campus, inconveniences caused to the RASSOs and loneliness. The conclusion of the study focuses on implications for student support services. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01