The Traditional Model
The IBMR mode
Teacher/Instructor is an expert
Teacher/Instructor as knowledge facilitator
Extensive knowledge of the subject matter
Strategic knowledge of the subject matter
Bound by traditional instructional approaches
Unbound, innovative, instructional approaches
Lecture style - top down communications
Interactive
Directed learning
Proactive learning
Focus: what was, what is, what will be
Focus: what is, what can be
High academic performance standards imposed
upon students
High academic performance standards guided and monitored by instructors
Standardized student evaluation schemes
Flexible/Individualized student evaluation scheme
Premium upon retention of information
Premium upon application of information
Recognition of book learning
Recognition of experimental learning
Promotes rational thinking
Promotes innovative thinking
Traditional programmes remain largely inaccessible
to practitioners from distant universities or having
work responsibilities
Highly promotional and largely accessible for distance learning
Set curriculum, which require continuing students
to take course in already mastered skills
Flexible curricula tailored to student leaning and scheduling needs while
maintaining high academic quality
Number of years required to successfully complete
the programmes much more and student could lose motivation in mid-career
Allows for use of phased texts and programmes, thus permitting each student to progress at his/her pace