I would like to know anybody study in "Open University Malaysia"? http://www.oum.edu.my/portal/index.php
There is a few question,i wanna to ask:

1) which are the 11 public universities in Malaysia that set up this "open university".

2) Since Open University Malaysia (OUM) only got its official launching on 26 August 2002,so how is the quality of its course and prestige for employment?

3) Is this distance-learning (E-learning) difficult? because students have to access course syllabus, course objectives, lecture notes, tutorials, assignments, solutions for tests by theirselve through online.

4)How many batches of successful graduate degree student that they have already?

5) I know the fees of OUM is rather cheap but is it really worth it to study there compare to others private colleges?

Hope guys and gals can kindly to clear my doubtful as much as u can,tq!

This post has been edited by Janice88: Mar 7 2006, 01:58 AM

i'll try and answer what i can:

1) the 11 public universities are

um, utm, usm, uitm, ukm, upm, uum, uia, unimas, ums and upsi (virtually all public universities in msia).

3) e-learning have been employed in all public universities in malaysia. all universities will have full use of e-learning available to all students by 2008. it's basically easy to use, intuitive, and the best part, u have access to learning materials virtually 24/7. i cant see why that would make life harder.

5) OUM is primarily designed to cater for professionals seeking to further their education, or expand into new niches or area of expertise. the core of OUM is for them to study without taking "study leave" or "leave without pay". this is very, very common among government officers (taking degree or masters).

is it worth it? i cant say. havent seen their syllabus/curriculum per se. but with backing from 11 public universities... it gives quite an impression.

I wouldn't want to study in an institution which practises discrimination.

http://blog.limkitsiang.com/?p=375

This post has been edited by feynman: Mar 7 2006, 01:39 PM

also they seem to been really bad in finding grammar error in their ads

This post has been edited by robertngo: Mar 7 2006, 10:37 AM

Yeah, I found that to be quite disturbing...

OMG How about University of Tunku Abdul Razak(UNITAR) ?

i disagree. i am a non-bumi studying at OUM. nothing wrong there, i only have all good things to say about OUM.

seriously folks, the staffs there are nice,no discrimintaion practiced there.

remember, dont just go trusting articles written or published. decide for yourself.

kit siang accused the website for not being updated for 2 years...what a load of bullshit. i study there, and they have a system called LMS, updating daily. gosh....kit siang surely lives under someone's backside. no wonder he never amounte to anything.

well for your info, the advertisement was published by OUM, something official mind you. It was after the uproar that they removed it.

LKS merely pointed out the standard of english and the discriminating policies set by the university besides providing some entertaining commentary.......

This post has been edited by feynman: Mar 7 2006, 11:45 PM

got backing from public uni is not a good reason?after all,does public uni in malaysia really good?

Hi,Where are u study actually? in the main OUM campus or OUM learning centre in other state?

Taking MBA at OUM.. is it worth?

hi, i'm studying under OUM in the north, i don't see any type of discrimination, n the blog doesn't really provide soild proof that discrimination ar practise here in my campus, the lecturers are in hired under OUM are no tom d*** or harry. the lecturer here does not only have the qualification to back them but they also have the vast experience, that enable them to teach us here.

since there r some ppl whwo is studying there, i wish 2 know how they work actually, nv been distance study b4..how they study anyway? they do it in a campus or just post u some material, n sit 4 exam at their campus after?

You don't get it do you?...........the blog is not a part of the evidence, it leads to the evidence. An advert by OUM, not official enough for you?

Besides, it is not a matter of discriminating who to teach and who not to teach, it is the admission policies which are discriminating.....If you can't figure that out, God knows what type of degree you are studying for..........

This post has been edited by feynman: Apr 9 2006, 12:17 AM

lets keep it cool.... no gud flaming each other rite? diff ppl diff thought mah.. haha.. lets keep it cool! so.. any1 can help me? still considering 2 apply 4 it..

This is not a matter of opinion, if LKS blogs about it without any proof, then it is disputable since that can be considered as a personal opinion.

But if it something official, an advert which states such admission policies, I don't think opinions have anything to do here.

The situation is like a scene in a Bruce Lee film, "Chinese and dogs are not allowed to enter". I don't think personal opinion comes in here either.

Such an irony that I saw one of OUM's ad during my trip to KL , with more than one chinese interns in it .

This post has been edited by Fatimus: Apr 9 2006, 07:29 PM

at this moment, Master courses offer by OUM is not recogise... So anybody know when it will be recogise??
Thank You Very Much...

i do not think any of us would know either
it's best that you enquire them about it

enquiries@oum.edu.my

http://www.oum.edu.my/portal/index.php?op=view&m=8&page=32