PGDDE January - IGNOU

Assignment 02 (ES-312) Due date: May 30, 2011
1. Answer the following question in about 800 words.
Explain any two theories of communication with the help of graphics/illustrations.
Discuss their implications in the context of distance education.
2. Answer any three of the following questions in about 300 words each.
a) Distinguish between course maintenance and course revision. Discuss how you
should decide on the need for revising the distance teaching materials.
b) Compare self-learning print materials with conventional text materials. Discuss
the pedagogical aspects of both types of materials.
c) Describe the importance of assignments in the context of distance education.
Support your discussion with your personal experience as a distance learner.
d) Compare the roles of an editor of a newspaper and the editor of distance
teaching materials.
3. Consider yourself a writer of self-learning materials. Write a unit of 1200 words on a
theme of your choice. Specify the level of your target group before you write a unit.
Your unit should have all the features of self-learning materials.
Course Coordinator: Prof. Basanti Pradhan
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