1) Shriram Raghunathan, an Associate Professor in India, enrolled in OUM's Master of Instructional Design and Technology (MIDT) programme, the first fully online programme in Malaysia. 2) MIDT aims to improve teaching and learning practices through emerging technologies. Shriram hopes to use the knowledge to introduce distance learning and bridge the digital divide in rural India. 3) Shriram coordinates his studies remotely from India through OUM's online learning system. He believes MIDT will give him an edge in innovating education accessibility and quality improvement efforts.

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AS the catalyst of knowledge OUM introduced the MIDT I became aware of OUM
education completes a person programme conducted fully after attending a guest
Also when the knowledge online beginning with the January
acquired is used for the intake this year A first in lecture by Professor Dr
betterment of the mankind the Malaysia MIDT is a breakthrough Abtar Kaur who is the
true meaning of life is attained in the local education milieu The co ordinator of the
Therefore knowledge is an ideal unique programme is being
tool to lead an enriched life taught by experts from all over MIDT programme The
True to this sentiment Shriram the world including Canada the lecture changed my
Raghunathan embarked on his United States Brazil Indonesia outlook on education
tertiary education first japan Korea Denmark and this led me to visit
completing his bachelor s degree Netherlands Australia the
then his Master s in Engineering Middle East United Kingdom and OUM and signing up
and now he is pursuing a PhD in Malaysia for the programme
Computer Science Engineering OUM s e learning channel Shriram Raghunathan
A firm believer in lifelong called the Learning Management
learning he set his sights on System myLMS connects the programmes to make higher
Open University Malaysia OUM geographically dispersed learners education accessible to the Indian
to take up his second Master s with the university population I believe that MIDT
The 34 year old enrolled in the On why he took up MIDT will give me an edge in fighting
Master of Instructional Design Shriram said Besides teaching for the cause
and Technology MIDT early this Computer Science Engineering OUM said Shriram must be
year my work also revolves around lauded for introducing a niche
Shriram is an Associate research and innovation on
programme like MIDT
Professor at the Computer emerging computing I became aware of OUM after
Science and Engineering technologies I aspire to bring attending a guest lecture by
Department of one of the top profound changes to the Professor Dr Abtar Kaur who is
higher learning institutions in community especially the rural the co ordinator of the MIDT
India BS Abdur Rahman dwellers of Chennai by bridging programme The lecture changed
University An Indian national he the digital divide On the other my outlook on education and this
resides and works in Chennai hand I also strive to improve the led me to visit OUM and signing
India quality of teaching and learning up for the programme
One may wonder how Shriram practices of the university where I The true success of any
co ordinates his studies in work I am eyeing the possibilities innovation is when it can be
Malaysia despite being thousands of introducing distance learning applied for the betterment of
of miles away society As such I aim to utilise
the knowledge gained from MIDT
to improve the livelihood of my
fellow countrymen
predominantly the economically
disadvantaged he concluded
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