15 articles in this issue
WAJEEHA AURANGZEB
Information and communication technologies have made a profound and deep impact on educational organizations, especially at higher level. Leaders are required to adopt ICT tools not only for their own competence but for meeting the demands of e-leadership... see more
AWAB US SIBTAIN,Ahmed USMAN,Baqir Husnain
This article draws from narratives of 14 slum dwellers of Christian Colony, Islamabad, Pakistan, to explore their struggle through a web of barriers and enablers to participate in higher education. Using the qualitative approach, primary data was collecte... see more
Rizwan Saleem Sandhu,Nida Qamar,Shakira Nazir
Low degree completion rate within the prescribed time due to exceedingly large failure rate of students has become a growing concern for Distance learning Institutes. High failure rate in courses as much as 70% in freshman courses and 60% in advanced cour... see more
rukhsana durrani
ABSTRACTThe concept of Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) grasp the attention of the world after the UN decade (2005-2014) of Education for Sustainable Development. People around the world realized the need of its integration on all levels of edu... see more
Shakeel Ahmad
The current study explored the possible effect of workplace diversity on employees’ performance in Allama Iqbal Open University. The purpose of this study was to assess the effects of workplace diversity on the performance of employees. The sample of stud... see more
Muhammad Amaad Uppal,Samnan Ali,Zunaira Zahid,Muhammad Basir
The evolution of mobile technology and its widespread use has prompted educators to research the use of mobile phones for education. Students of all ages use mobile phones not only for communication but also for entertainment, storage of data and accessin... see more
Moneeba Iftikhar
YouTube is becoming part of popular culture. To explore this advanced advent of technology in learning prospect, this study aims at finding the popularity of the YouTube tutorials among youth, along with their dependency on these videos and their usefulne... see more
Muhammad Ajmal,Mahek Arshad,Javaria Hussain
Higher Education Commission, Pakistan established fourteen Distance Learning Directorates in formal universities to cater the need of education for external students through open distance learning. Open Distance Learning needs a compact instructional desi... see more
Kamran Mir,Muhammad Zafar Iqbal,Jahan Ara Shams
Open and Distance Learning (ODL) plays an important role in providing education to the students of rural and remote areas. In ODL, learning feedback and assessment process of learners requires time and cost using classical communication techniques. Emergi... see more
Syed Imran Haider,Muhammad Ali
The usage of various media methods in distance education shows its historical development path. It is said that AIOU has been using radio and television broadcasts, special textbooks and reading materials for distance education. To assess the level of tec... see more
SAGHIR AHMAD,Dr. Ayesha Batool,Dr. Abid Hussain Ch.
The primary achievement of distance and regular students is managing time effectively. Mismanagement disturbs the academic achievements of learners. Time administration plays a significant role in improving learners’ performance and accomplishments. It is... see more
Nauman Abdullah,Munawar S. Mirza
Entry qualification scores and earlier academic achievements are the quality attributes of learners. Studying those in correlation and as predictor of their academic achievement in undergraduate and postgraduate levels is valuable for students, universiti... see more
Farooq Nawaz Khan,Mehnaz Begum,Maryum Imad,Sajjad Hussain
Home is the first institution of a child that have significant relationships with students’ overall life. Current study have investigated the relationship of home environment with secondary school students performances. The focus of the study was to find ... see more
Abir Hassan Naqvi
This study was designed to explore the role of National Vocational and Technical Training commission in the implementation of National Skills Strategies 2009-2013 in context of instructors training. It was descriptive research and survey design in nature.... see more