Title
Allocation of Tutors and Study Centers in Distance Learning Using Geospatial Technologies.
Abstract
Allama Iqbal Open University (AIOU) is Pakistan's largest distance learning institute, providing education to 1.4 million students. This is a fairly large setup across a country where students are highly geographically distributed. Currently, the system works using a manual approach, which is not efficient. Allocation of tutors and study centers to students plays a key role in creating a better learning environment for distance learning. Assigning tutors and study centers to distance learning students is a challenging task when there is a huge geographic spread. Using geospatial technologies in open and distance learning can fix allocation problems. This research analyzes real data from the twin cities Islamabad and Rawalpindi. The results show that geospatial technologies can be used for efficient and proper resource utilization and allocation, which in turn can save time and money. The overall idea fits into an improved distance learning framework and related analytics.
Year
DOI
Venue
2018
10.3390/ijgi7050185
ISPRS INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF GEO-INFORMATION
Keywords
Field
DocType
geospatial technologies,distance learning,resource allocation,AIOU
Geospatial analysis,Data science,Open university,Computer science,Distance education,Twin cities,Resource allocation,Learning environment,Analytics
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
7
5
2220-9964
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
0
0.34
2
Authors
6
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Shahid Nawaz Khan100.34
Kamran Mir200.34
Ali Tahir3203.93
Muhammad U. Arshad46724.16
Zaib un Nisa500.34
Syeda Areeba Gillani600.34