LAUTECH ODL

POLICY DOCUMENT Ladoke Akintola University of Technology as the name implies is a science and Technology Institution owned by the Governments of Oyo and Osun States in South Western Nigeria. It is located in Ogbomoso, a city of over a million inhabitants in the North of Ibadan. It is less than twenty minutes from ancient Oyo to the South and Ilorin to the North. It is thus surrounded by several cities and big towns with huge populations. The idea of a Distance Education policy is to provide a conceptual framework that will form a basis for an institutional engagement of the ODL practice. A well thought-out conceptual framework and policy clarifications is a first step in this direction. The policy covers but is not restricted to Quality Assurance, Course Materials development; Use of Open Educational Resources; Course Delivery; Staff Recruitment and Progression; Learner Support; Information Advice and Guidance and so on. These are not presented in a linear order. Ladoke Akintola U...