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Zahid Majeed Faculty of Education Allama Iqbal Open University Islamabad, Pakistan. [email_address]

ALLAMA IQBAL OPEN UNIVERSITY (AIOU)
Allama Iqbal Open University (AIOU) is the first Open University in Asia.
AIOU is a unique institution in Pakistan because of its philosophy, system, approach, functions and overall structure.
The University with its main campus at Islamabad and huge network of regional centers spread all over the country is serving its clientele all over Pakistan and in the Middle East
AIOU is a Distance Education institution, which provides multi disciplinary education from basic to doctoral level programs.
ALLAMA IQBAL OPEN UNIVERSITY, ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN 24 th AAOU Conference 26-28 October 2010, Ha Noi

Brief History
Established in May 1974
On the name of national poet and philosopher, Allama Muhammad Iqbal
4th in Mega Universities list
Main objectives of providing educational opportunities to masses and to those who cannot leave their homes and jobs.
Educational opportunities for the working people
Access to the female at their door steps
Pioneering in the field of Mass Education

Breaking new grounds in the fields of professional, scientific, and technical education
Attempting to reach out to the remotest areas of Pakistan.
Part-time educational facilities through:
Correspondence courses
Tutorials, seminars
Workshops
Laboratories
Television and
Radio broadcasts

Teaching Methodology
Specialized books with reference to distance mode and students’ needs (self learning)
Tutorial Support (Face to Face, Email, Videoconferencing, Voice Chat, Telephone, Website)
Media Programs
TV Programs
Radio Programs
Videoconferencing
Online Teaching
Assignments
Workshop/Practical, Face to Face Teaching Internships
Final Examination

AIOU in Figures (2009)
Course Enrolment: 1.7 Million
Student Enrolment: 1.3 Million
Participation Rate:
44% Male
56% Female
Regional Campuses: 36
Coordinating Offices: 102
Part Time Tutor: 58,452
Study Centers: 1274
Examination Centers: 1135
Books Printed: 42,04,784
Radio Programs: 264
TV Programs: 470
Award Degrees: 1,68,871

Administrative Structure

FACULTIES Faculty of Social Science and Humanities Faculty of Basic and Applied Science ALLAMA IQBAL OPEN UNIVERSITY, ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN 24 th AAOU Conference 26-28 October 2010, Ha Noi Commerce Economic Management Sciences Population Study Iqbaliyat Islamic Studies Pakistan Studies Social Sciences Urdu English Mass Communication Library and Information Sciences Agricultural Sciences Basic Sciences Mathematics Statistics and Computer Sciences Technical and Vocational Education Women's Education Continuing and Remedial Education

Faculty of Education
Distance & Non Formal Education
Science Education
Elementary Teacher Education
Secondary Teacher Education
Institute of Literacy & Mass Education
Special Education
Educational Planning and Management
Faculty of Arabic and Islamic Studies
Quran & Tafseer
Islamic Law and Jurisprudence (Fiqh)
Arabic
Islamic Thought, History and Culture
Hadith and Seerah

Teacher Education
Faculty of Education was established in 1975 with as the Institute of Education.
Initial responsibility was the in-service training of 1,55,000 primary teachers with the new primary curriculum that was introduced in country.
With the up gradation of the Institute of Education to Faculty of Education, in 1985, consisting of six departments, making it the largest faculty catering for training of both in-service and pre-service teachers.

Teacher Education Programs
PTC (for Primary School Teachers)
CT (for Elementary School Teachers)
B. Ed (for Secondary School Teachers)
M.Ed / MA Edu. (Specializations)
M. Phil and PhD (Specializations)
Diploma in Special Education
M.Ed / MA-Special Education
MA Inclusive Education

Top Ten Mobile Users in Asia
3.48 Billion People
1.68 Billion Mobile users.
4.15 Billion Mobile Phone Users in world
1.04 Billion (25%) mobile phone users are China and India
China: 644.8 million subscribers
India: 391.6 million
Indonesia: 144.6 Million
Japan: 135 Million
Pakistan: 98 Million (PTA, May 2010)
Vietnam: 73.2 Million
Philippines: 71.7 Million
Thailand: 62.7 Million
Bangladesh :46.3 million
South Korea: 46.2 Million

Top Four SMS Users in Asia Pacific
Total Asia Pacific sent 6.36 billion messages
MMS messages : 9.54 million
Philippines: 2.36 billion messages
Indonesia: 1.193 billion
Malaysia: 1.075 billion
Pakistan : 763 million

Special Needs Students
Total Special Needs People: 2.49% (1998 census)
WHO Reported 6% of total population
87% using mobile phone
83% Visually Impaired
72% Hearing Impaired
78% Physically Handicapped
12% Intellectually Challenged
29% Learning Disabled
Just 1% of 2.49% in Schools
Approx. 300-400/year in Higher Education
Special Needs Students
Hearing Impaired
Visually Impaired
Physically Handicapped
Learning Disabilities
Dyslexic
Communication Disorders
Highest numbers are visually impaired students

Study Aims/Objectives
Acceptability online courses and Mobile Learning by disabled students of AIOU.
Technical and financial problems in Mobile Learning.
Tutors’ skills of guidance for Mobile Learning.
Recommendations for the AIOU for developing online courses and Mobile Learning for the disabled students.

Motivation of Study
M-Learning for Special Need Students (SNS)
Inclusive Education
Very Few Higher Education Institutions accommodating Special Needs Students
Limited Resources/Facilities
Technological Limitations
Trained Teachers
Awareness
Universities and Colleges Negative Attitudes
Future after Higher Education

Methodology
Survey Research
Mixed Research Paradigm
Population: Special Needs Students in Higher Education
Islamabad and Rawalpindi based students
Convenient Sampling
Sample: 84 AIOU Graduates with 14 Current Students
Visually Impaired: 72
Physically handicapped: 22
Dyslexic : 01
Hearing Impaired: 03
Learning Difficulties: 02

Information Areas
M-Learning Awareness
Special Needs Education at Higher Education
Cost Effectiveness
Socially Acceptable
Special Needs Compatible/Friendly Technology
Website Accessibility
E-Content
Trained Manpower (Teachers/Tutors)

Data Collection
17 items on five point Likert Scale
Acceptability
Problems in mobile and online learning
The numerical value:
Strongly Agreed=5
Agreed=4
Uncertain=3
Disagree=2
Strongly Disagree=1.
Semi-structured interviews from the twenty one disabled students (Qualitative Analysis)

Findings Statement N Min Max Mean Standard Deviation Variance 1 Mobile phone important to me for email, text, voice 100 3 5 4.60 .670 .499 2 and computer education/learning is costly 100 1 5 3.46 1.182 1.396 3 Mobile learning is socially acceptable 100 1 5 2.12 1.350 1.822 4 Mobile phone and computers are modified as per my disability 100 1 5 3.40 1.069 1.143 5 Computer applications are known to me 100 1 5 4.24 0.960 0.921 6 AIOU digital services are disabled friendly 100 2 5 3.32 1.019 1.038 7 Bandwidth Services at home are convenient 100 1 5 2.92 1.158 1.340 8 Computer Softwares are easily available 100 1 5 3.32 1.491 2.222 9 Computer Softwares appropriate to access AIOU’s digital material 100 2 5 4.04 .989 0.978 10 Skilled Tutors/Instructors are available 100 1 5 3.80 1.178 1.388 11 Digital library facility is available from AIOU 100 1 5 4.14 1.340 1.796 12 Delivery of digital material in alternative formats 100 1 5 2.58 1.311 1.718 13 General accessibility to AIOU Website (Webpage, Headings, Paragraphs, Tables, Forms, Links, Text, Alternative text, Graphs) 100 1 5 2.80 1.143 1.306 14 Department Special Education provided proper Feedback 100 1 5 3.30 1.374 1.888 15 Disabled students are ready for mobile and computer assisted learning 100 1 5 3.72 1.089 1.185 16 Self Study will be possible by the M-Learning 100 1 5 2.58 1.311 1.717 17 M-Learning opens avenues of higher education to disabled people 100 1 5 3.80 1.177 1.387

Qualitative Data
Visually Impaired
Handling hand held devices
Reading Small text
Interpreting graphs and tabular information
Compatible Software
Access Barriers
Hearing Impaired
Teleconferencing and Videoconferencing
Learning Disabilities
Difficulties in Memorization and Learning New things
Physically Handicapped
Speech Input Devices
Problems in Hand Held Devices
Dyslexic
Functionality with various set of Multimedia Elements
Font type, size and colors
Fine Motor Coordinating
Handling small devices and buttons

Conclusions
Tutors or faculty members need M-Learning training to teach SNS.
Mobile learning will be easy because of phone weight and easy to handle for the physically handicapped.
Use of mobiles with JAZZ soft ware (text to speech) for the learning and examination for the visually impaired.
Mobile as an advantage of the rich visual content such as photos, images and text for the hearing impaired/deaf
Navigating web resources and use of rich visual material for Dyslexic.

Students with disability agreed M-Learning will be a great educational opportunity to them in order to overcome the barriers encountered in a traditional learning or Open Distance Learning.
The survey recommended that the university may use the mobile as teaching and learning tool as equal education opportunities and full access to all the educational programs at AIOU.

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