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In the present paper, the authors report on a comparative study on the pedagogic
effectiveness of printed self-learning text with face-to-face tutorial support,
interactive multimedia CD-ROM and online learning in an introductory computing
module at the certificate level offered at Indira Gandhi National Open
University(IGNOU), India. The study was based on an analysis of the existing
instructional practices in open universities in India in respect of difficulties faced,
learner preferences, quality of support structure and services, mode of interaction,
instructional and technological ingredients for success in learning. Both descriptive
as well as experimental research methods were used. A web server was established
for use in the experiment with the students. An achievement test and a Response to
Learning Activity Scale were developed and administered on the three groups of
learners. The study reports that the use of interactive multimedia CD-ROM was
found pedagogically more effective with a variety of learning activities than that
presented through print with face-to-face support and that presented through the
web with online learner support.
