Profiling the Supervision Experiences of Postgraduate Research Students with Different Personal and Institutional Factors in Open and Distance Learning Environment

• Published in: Bulletin of education and research Vol. 45; no. 3; p. 83
• Main Authors: Saleem, Tooba, Nasir Mahmood
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Lahore Knowledge Bylanes 31.12.2023; University of the Punjab Lahore Institute of Education & Research
• Subjects: Candidates; Case studies; College Faculty; College Science; Developed Nations; Distance Education; Distance learning; Doctoral Programs; Education; Educational Environment; Educational Quality; Educational Technology; Formative Evaluation; Humanities; Influence of Technology; Information technology; Islamic studies; Literature Reviews; Mass Instruction; National Surveys; Open Universities; Physical sciences; Questionnaires; School environment; Social aspects; Social sciences; Student Experience; Students; Supervision; Supervisor Supervisee Relationship; Supervisors; South Dakota; United Kingdom; Pakistan; United Kingdom > UK; Australia
• ISSN: 0555-7747

Quality in research supervision is one of the main concerns among the institutions and stakeholders today especially those involved in open and distance learning (ODL). This research examined the supervision experiences of postgraduate research candidates during different stages of research at the biggest open and distance learning institution of Pakistan. The study was based on mixed-method approach using sequential design (Quan→qual). Survey was conducted from the postgraduate research candidates enrolled under the four different faculties of Allama Iqbal Open University, Pakistan. An adapted version of Supervisor-Supervisee Relationship Questionnaire (Saleem, 2014) was administered along with autobiographical accounts of the research candidates selected through a multi-stage sampling design. The generated data were used to identify the supervision related experiences of research candidates with respect to the different personal and institutional factors. Further, to explore region specific supervision issues, their reasons with respect to the ethnic and cultural aspects focused group discussion was conducted at Provincial Head Quarters (PHQs) of the university. The findings implicated valuable academic and administrative adaptations for improving the quality of research supervision practices for open and distance learning institution.