Open AccessAn Examination of Open and Distance Learning Support System using Data Analytics: A Case Study of AIOU
Author(s) -
Muhammad Iqbal,
Kamran Mir,
Safia Janjua
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
international journal of distance education and e-learning
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2520-7164
pISSN - 2520-7156
DOI - 10.36261/ijdeel.v5i2.1042
Subject(s) - android (operating system) , learning analytics , computer science , analytics , mobile apps , descriptive statistics , world wide web , distance education , open source , software , multimedia , data science , psychology , operating system , statistics , mathematics , mathematics education
This research paper was aimed to explore the trends in Allama Iqbal Open University (AIOU) open and distance learning support system (ODLSS). The study was quantitative in its approach and descriptive research design was adopted. Data were collected through Google data analytics software. In this research the data of ODLSS for four years were included from 2016-2019. To explore the trends in ODLSS the data were collected on number of visitors, visitors by time, city, country, technology, screen resolution, and language used. It was found that over the time period AIOU students increased in accessing the ODLSS using mobiles through android and windows sets. They mostly used chrome to access the website. At present no mobile APP has been developed by AIOU for the mobile users. So, it was recommended that AIOU should develop a mobile application for android users so that students may get information easily anywhere.