MDE-413 (2020-21) EM ISC

MDE-413 Assignment
1. Answer the following question in about 800 words:
Why do learners’ need support services and how are they benefited from the support services
provided by the distance education institutions?
2. Answer any three of the following questions in about 250-300 words each:
a) How is counselling different from tutoring? Give examples to justify your answer.
b) Discuss briefly the components of self-directed learning.
c) What are the qualities a counsellor needs to organize the counselling sessions in an effective
way?
d) What is a study centre? Describe its major functions.
e) What is SWOT technique? Discuss the use of SWOT in problem solving with examples.
3. Answer the following question in about 800 words:
Explain and illustrate the tutor’s comments on learner’s assignment responses and discuss how
these comments are helpful for the learners.