1.

Introduction
- W hat is open distance learning? How it works?
- Mostly adult student.
- Identified problem, categori zed in internal (attitude, interaction & personal incompetency)
& external (tim e, technolog y & academic)
2. Body Text
Internal
- Attitude lack of supervision/urgency, easy to get discourage, frustration & anxiety/ stress
from work & family
- Personal incompetency language barrier/ learning cognitive/ Seek immediate response to
problem/ ability in communicate
- Interaction teachers & resources are awa y in terms of tim e & place/ sense of community
& actual engagement/seek feedback/share experience and resources
External
- Tim e working adult struggling between family and work/ efficiency in using time/build
habit and well organi ze
- Technology negative impact when cannot handle/inability in using hardware and software
- Academic complicated course design/insufficient course support/students satisfaction
can increase study result
3. Conclusion
- Implication of problem factors create im pact to each other/ personal hardwork ad
resources are required/ im prove with problem-based learning

on Effective Reading (refer to Attachment 1 of the assignment question)

(a) Prepare an annotation; and
(b) a mind map (can be done in handwriting or computer typing) of the essay
that you have read.