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New friends for NV teacher

“I expected OLI
students to be highly
motivated,” says OLI
tutor Maureen Byrant
of North Vancouver.
“But I didn’t expect to
develop such good
relationships with them
by telephone.

Mrs’ Bryant, formerly a
Social Studies and English
teacher at Handsworth
Secondary School in North
Vancouver has been tutonng
students by mail and
telephone from all parts of
Batish Columbia in OLI's
Social Studies 010 and 020

courses for the past three
semesters

“LP still hear from students |
had last fall” she said, “and
so far had four in
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this summer. They even told
me to bring the kids.” she
added.

Maureen Bryant is part of
OLIs network of 71 tutors
who support students taking
coursework in three
program areas: University
studies, Career, Technical,
Vocational studies. and
Adult Basic Educaton The
tutor network its an essential
ingredient in OLI's recipe for
success in distance learning

Tutor’s functions = are
similar to those of con
ventional = professors and

teachers except for one thing

they rarely, if cver,
their students
munication ts
telephone (OLI
telephone in) cach tutors
home so that students may
call at agreed upon hours)
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and forth).

Because’ tutor-student
contact) is restmcted by
distance, the quality of the
contact must be very high.
Dr lan Mugridge, Dean of
Academic Affairs at OLI,
explains. “a tutor can make
or break a course at OLI
Since a student's) only
regular academic link with
the institution is his or her
tutor, high quality = tutor
support is essential. Distance
education = research
that student) completion
rates are low when
there 1s no regular contact
with the institution. OLI
wants to make sure that
students understand their
work, and that they are
encouraged to complete tt.
Tutors provide the
systematic advice and
human contact that are key

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Telephone tutor finds rewards

factors in student success.”
Most tutors work  part-
tume for OLI and part-time
in teaching or business or
industry. Their student loads
are determined by course
enrolments and by
availability of tutors to
handle them. While tutor
loads range from five to
cighty students, the average
load) per tutor is thirty
students. Their salaries are
composed of a base fee
which pays for ad-
ministration and preparation
tasks, and pieccework wages

on a permarked assignment
basis

For further information on
OLI and its courses, please
write to the Open Learning
Institute, Box 94,000,
Richmond. BC . V6OY 2A2
or telephone collect at 270-
4021

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