Universities are increasingly using technology to provide students with more flexible modes of participation. At the same time, they challenge established views and practices regarding how learning should be organized and carried out. The distributed learning and open learning aims to break down barriers and provide more flexibility for students.

 

An open learning environment is an asynchronous form of learning which is available to anyone, students are provided online textbooks, video recorded lectures, web-based textual materials to complete their assignments, and allowing students to work at their own pace in order to practice their independent skill. Distributed learning environment is not a central site or time that everyone needs to visit for class. It includes all modes of delivery of instruction to remote students. Distributed learning allows students, instructors to communicate in different, non centralized locations (“Difference between open schooling and distance learning”, 2020). And students receive course materials through email, accepts an immediate response or grade after an exam. As for our persona, we recommend him (Eric) to use open environment learning system. Because of the time flexibility, and he could manage his phase between when to study and doing business. This also helps him to develop a time management skill and independent learning skill.

 

According to Cris Charbonneau (2018), writing in the voice of others is a good way to encourage students to voice, which indicates that encouraging students to take on the voice of others can help students to develop empathy and be open to other perspectives. There is no doubt that our student can know more about voice of others since a mass of information, ideas and even resources can be accessed in an open environment. In that way, Eric is more likely to express his own “student voice”.

 

As for our persona, we recommend him (Eric) to use an open environment learning system. Because of the time flexibility, and he could manage his phase between when to study and doing business. Meanwhile, considering our student is poor in English and has to start learning from the basic level, he need to have an access to lots of public resources, tools and practices to consolidate the foundation of language learning. For Eric, a determined and social man who is familiar with the usage of electronic devices, opening learning is his best choice and is more possible to help him achieve his goal.

 

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