This document discusses the role and responsibilities of an academic counselor in IGNOU's open learning program. It explains that counselors provide advice and guidance to students about their academic program and courses. Counselors must have knowledge about the program structure, self-learning materials, assignments, examinations and how to provide feedback to students. They facilitate learning through counseling sessions and help students with various academic and non-academic issues. The goal of counseling is to support independent learning and enhance students' skills and performance.

1. D R . S . K I S H O R E
I G N O U
Open Learning
ACADEMIC COUNSELLING

2. Counselling
 Counselling means ADVICE
 Academic Counselling refers to advice and guidance
about academic and non-academic matters

3. Knowledge of Counsellors
 Programme Structure and courses
 Credits and study work Load
 Self-learning materials and its format
 Difference between teaching and Counselling
 Organising Counselling
 Assignments and Evaluation
 Writing Comments for two-way communication
 Facing term-end examination

4. Programme Structure
KNOWLEDGE ABOUT
 Programme
 Courses
 Credits – one credit -30 study hours
 Credits to be completed for programme
 Theory courses
 Practical Courses
 Project Courses ,if any

5. Purpose of Self-learning Material
 Counsellor to have knowledge about SLM
 SLM Allows Learning – Thinking+ doing + practice
+ Recall+ Reinforcement
 SLM Output - Learning + Retention +Recall

6. Self –Learning materials
 SLM different from text books
 Structure of SLM
 Blocks and Units
 Learning Outcomes
 Instructional design
 Learning tools

7. Structure of SLM
 Content presentation
 Content ordering
 Content Analysis
 Self- explanatory
 Forms of Learner activities like self-assessment
questions
 Devices for Motivation
 Learning outcome
 References

8. Academic Counselling
 Not Lecture-oriented
 Learner -oriented
 Counselling to facilitate learning

9. Sessions details
 For 4 Credit - Five 2 ½ hr session
 For 8 Credit - Ten 2 ½ hr session

10. What is Counselling
 Information
 Advice
 Help
 Guidance
 Motivation
 Support
 Listening

11. Requirements of Counsellor
 Good Knowledge about subject
 Human relation link
 Genuine interest towards learners
 Ability to listen
 Ability to observe and respond
 Treat learners individually as per the individual
needs
 Ability to create dialogue

12. Academic Counselling activities
 Clarification of doubts
 Discussion
 Interaction
 Active participation of Learners
 Group work
 Help
 Enhance self-confidence of learners
 Linking subject with life/work experience

13. Use of ICT in Counselling
 Use of VCD
 Radio
 Gyan Darshan
 Gyan Vani
 Teleconferencing
 ICT intervention help in better understanding review
and retention of subject knowledge

14. Tips during counselling
 Improving communication skills
 Study skills Tips
 Time to be allotted for self-study per week
 Tips for writing assignment responses

15. Tutor-marked assignments
Role of Academic Counsellor
1. Go through the responses
2. Award marks /grades
3. Write comments about responses for Two-way
communication and giving Feedback

16. Why Tutor Comments
 Learner in open learning is isolated
 Independent learner
 No regular contact with institution
 Absence of peer group interaction
 Comments are for guidance and motivation
 Comments for knowing about performance
 Future improvement

17. Tutor Comments
 Margin Comments written in the margin of every
page
 Global comments –overall performance with
justification of grades/marks awarded

18. What to look for in assignment responses
 Content
 Presentation
 Organisation of response
 Clarity
 Accuracy Coverage
 Logical sequencing
 Summary

19. Types of Tutor Comments
 Positive Comments
 Constructive Comments
 Global Comments
 Personal comments for motivation

20. Comments to AVOID
 Negative comments
 Harmful Comments
 Misleading Comments
 Hallow Comments
 Null Comments

21. Grading System in IGNOU
 IGNOU follows five point grading system
Grade Grade Point
 A 5
 B 4
 C 3
 D 2
 E 1

22. Features of Global Comments
 Two-way communication
 Feedback
 Suggestions for Future improvement
 Constructively conveying to include additional
information/content/any modification etc.
 Justifying the grade/marks awarded

23. Additional role of Counsellor
 Tips for writing examination
 Informing learner to contact by e-mail for doubts
 Informing learner to contact by mobile phone for
getting any help

24. Counselling for Practical Courses
 Organising
 Informing Methodology
 Facilitating Practical skills
 Hands-on experience of learners
Improving analytical skills
 Improving problem solving skills
 Help in arriving Results and its inference
 Report writing/record presentation
 Evaluation and awarding marks

25. Other than Counsellorrole
 Informing learner to maintain a file for written
communication submitted to university
 Informing about the last dates for submission of
assignment responses
 Reminding learner about the date for payment of re-
registartion fee for subsequent registration
 Reminding about the payment of examination form
and fee