Iracema Faria Dias Master of Ped agogy Mathe matics Teaching Angola |
Stella Marys Peso Master of Education Education Argentina |
Peter Jeremy Arnold Bachelor of Education Education Australia |
Keene Hannes Kurusa Doctor of Business Administration Business Administration Botswana |
Kan Clicksmiller Mbuwel Master of Public Health Public Health Cameroon |
Diana Carolina Morales Valenzuela Doctor of Philosophy Business Administration Colombia |
Luis José Rodríguez Garay Doctor of Education Education Colombia |
Karlen Chaverra Mosquera Bachelor of Science Civil Enginee ring Colombia |
Diana Milena Martínz Doctor of Business Administration Business Administration Colombia |
Milton F. Marín Cedeño Master of Education Highe r Education Costa Rica |
Sireesha Bala Arja Master of Public Health Public Health Curaçao |
Georgine Kyungu Kamuze Master of Business Administration Quality Control D.R. Congo |
Gregoria Acosta Aragones Bachelor of Literature Literature Dominican Rep ublic |
Doris del Carmen de la Cruz Mena Doctor of Science Physics Dominican Rep ublic |
Mildred Teresa Font Frias Estrella Doctor of Science Research Methodology Dominican Rep ublic |
Eliseo Romero Dominguez Doctor of Accounting Financial Accounting Dominican Rep ublic |
Altagracia Josefina Suárez Galán Doctor of Education Highe r Education Dominican Rep ublic |
Pedro Adrian Cajas Rivera Bachelor of Science Sports Science Ecuador |
Viviana Soledad Aguayo Pareja Bachelor of Marketing Marketing Ecuador |
Juan José Olivo Peñate Doctor of Business Administration Business Administration El Salvador |
Enriqueta Nse Mico Master of Science Political Science Equatorial Guinea |
Worede Tariku Dagne Master of Science Civil Enginee ring Ethiopia |
Moses G. Campbell Master of Science Renewable Energy Gambia |
Paul Yeboah Bachelor of Business Management Business Management Ghana |
Edwin Estuardo Rodas Arreaga Doctor of Project Management Project Management Guatemala |
Yanet Cima Doctor of Education Educational Administration and Leadership Guatemala |
Miguel Angel Veliz Morales Master of Business Administration International Business Guatemala |
Ulrish Escobar Zúñiga Bachelor of Business Administration Marketing Guatemala |
Byron Saul Flores Estevez Doctor of Business Administration Business Administration Guatemala |
Luis Ernesto Barrios Escobar Bachelor of Science Information Systems Guatemala |
Adilia Iliana Estrada Chapetón Bachelor of Science Nutrition Guatemala |
Juan Manuel Ciudad Joya Doctor of Science Statistics and Social Research Honduras |
Hugo Ernesto Tabora Alverenga Doctor of Business Administration Business Administration Honduras |
Manuel Arturo Somoza Pineda Bachelor of Arts Psychology Honduras |
Lucy Sarahi Mejia Galeana Bachelor of Science Industrial Enginee ring Honduras |
Lenarth Reniery Ferrari Valladares Bachelor of Project Management Project Management Honduras |
Samuel Jos Master of Science Computer Enginee ring India |
Itay Gil Doctor of Philosophy National Security and Defe nse Israel |
Lilian Gesare Nzavi Doctor of Philosophy Human Resource Management Kenya |
Ramokoena Camilla Matseko Doctor of Philosophy Education Les otho |
Francis T. Sam Bachelor of Science Automotive Enginee ring Liberia |
Rev. Fr. Albert B. Floe Master of Education Education Management Liberia |
Ahmed Denton Master of Science Enginee ring Management Liberia |
Ousmane Maiga Master of Science International Relations Mali |
Jorge Domingos Bande Bachelor of Project Management Project Management Mozambique |
Alexandre Nhacuongue Júnior Doctor of Education Didactics and Curriculum Development Mozambique |
Nongo Unongo Peter Bachelor of Business Administration Business Administration Nigeria |
Anzaku, Peter Joseph Doctor of Philosophy Public Health Nigeria |
Ricardo Javier Raymore Master of Science Sanitary and Environmental Enginee ring Panama |
Ricardo López Gouldbourne Doctor of Mathematics Mathe matics Panama |
Lourdes Liseth Reyes V. Bachelor of Business Administration Business Administration Panama |
Ciro Acosta Villegas Bachelor of Journalism Journalism Peru |
Deyvis Sadat Bocanegra Leon Bachelor of Business Administration Business Administration Peru |
Julio Francisco Salazar Gonzales Bachelor of Science Nutrition Peru |
Ubaldo Carazas Meza Bachelor of Theology Spiritual Accompaniment Peru |
Carmen Leonor Maldonado Rosa Doctor of Legal Studies Legal Studies Puerto Rico |
Bushayija Paul Doctor of Philosophy Project Management Rwanda |
Sibida Noella Quayritta George Doctor of Philosophy Healthcare Administration Sierra Leone |
Samuel Gatkel Beliew Bachelor of Science Nutritional Science South Sudan |
Carlo Rudy Godlieb Doctor of Political Science Research Methodology Suriname |
Sthembile Mbatha - Mbingo Master of Science App lied Psychology Swaziland |
Hakan Kocan Bachelor of Science Civil Enginee ring Turkey |
Edith Nalyanti Kakuba Doctor of Management Management Uganda |
Shine Shaji Bachelor of Business Administration Business Administration United Arab Emirates |
Joaquín Vicente de Castro Murialdo Bachelor of Science Food Enginee ring Uruguay |
Eduardo Custodio Ngumba Bachelor of Science Business Management USA |
Carlos Ernesto Romero Master of Finance Financial Management USA |
Kimberly Lauren Mack Master of Social Management Research USA |
Lee H. LaRue Doctor of Philosophy Physics USA |
Ahmad Berri Master of Science Architecture Zambia |
James Zulu Master of Arts Strategic Management and Planning Zambia |
Nelson Waitolo Bachelor of Science Public Health Zambia |
Lilliana Nakamba Bachelor of Accounting Accounting Zambia |
Objective
Objective of the study is to
sort out strength, weakness,
opportunity and threat from
participating students at Atlantic
International University.
Aim is to assess real case
scenario of distance learning
education situation at AIU.
This will help AIU to improve
its educational quality from
student response. Ultimate
goal of this effort is to provide
AIU students quality education
to foster their career
endeavor afterwards.
Method
Statistical method is used
for this real case SWOT analysis.
Data are acquisited by
tally method and are plotted
by MS Excel 2010 software
using histogram plot. Multiple
histograms are plotted on the
same X and Y axis for analysis
and comparison purpose.
Procedure
Questionnaire survey
process is used to get feedback
from the participating
students. Questionnaire
survey form is prepared on
category: strength, weakness,
opportunity and threat.
Each category is divided into
four sub categories based on
relevance of distance learning
education at AIU. Sub
categories for strength are
flexibility, compatibility,self-sustained curriculum and
user friendly online platform.
Sub categories for weakness
are gap between student and
academia, difficulty in finding
study material, comparability
with class room based education
and vulnerability. Sub
categories for opportunity are
world-wide acceptance, spatial
freeness (not confined in
any space), vocational learning
and development opportunity.
Sub categories for threat are
affordability (educational cost),
degree valuation, local acceptance
and finding job after
education. Each sub category
is rated by +2, +1, 0, -1 and -2
ratings. Where +2 is the best
and -2 is the worst rate.
Analysis
School of science and engineering
students (20 no.) were
selected for the questionnaire
survey.
Few of the students responded.
60-100% of the students
responded strength of different
sub categories. Among
these, 100% of the students
responded their satisfaction on
self-sustained education. The
students also expressed their
satisfaction on user friendly
online platform and flexibility.
However 40% of the students
remained neutral on compatibility
of the education.
On weakness side, student
responses were scattered.
0-40% of the students experienced
their hardship on gap
between them and academia.
This is very usual for distance
learning system. Students response
were positive on comparability
between class based
education and vulnerability.
0-40% of the students experienced
hardship in finding their
study materials. However 20-
60% of the students remained
neutral on weakness side of
the distance learning system
at AIU.
On opportunity side, student
responses were very impressive.
100% of the students
responded their satisfaction
on development opportunity.
Below sverage students (0-40%)
responded on spatial freeness
(not confined in any space)
of their education. 0-60%
students responded positively
on vocational learning feature
which is unique facility of the
AIU education system. However
above average students
remained neutral on worldwide
acceptance of their university
education.
Above average students
(60%) responded positively on
affordability, degree valuation,
local acceptance and finding
job after education. However
below average students (0-40%)
remained neutral on various
threats of their education.
Conclusion
SWOT analysis on distance
learning education at AIU
revealed impressiveness. The
participating students expressed
their satisfaction on
strength and development
opportunity of the AIU education
system. Like all other
education systems, self-pace
distance learning education
system at AIU has weakness
and threat. But merits of the
AIU education system outweigh
demerits. It identified
potential sectors (gap between
student and academia and degree
valuation etc.) where AIU
can improve in future. However,
the SWOT study identified
overall sustainability of unique
distance learning education
system at AIU.
At Atlantic Intenational University, we
have two libraries. They are both accessed
through the “Access Student Resources”
link in a student’s section. The
page that opens up includes two separate
links that open up the different libraries.
1 “Online Library”
link
This link will take you to the
EBSCOhost library. This library
is more well known by students.
The EBSCOhost library
has 30,000 books that you can
search through.
The online library will
not ask you for a username
or password. If you want to
download a book from the
online library, you will be
asked to set up a personal account
at the library with your
own personal username and
password.
2 “Additional Resources”
link
This link will take you to the
second library at AIU. This
second library was created
by AIU with textbooks and
educational books that are not
available in the EBSCOhost
library, but which are essential
for many courses in AIU.
The AIU library has over 2500
books that you can search
through.
There is a box where you
can search through the books
by topic, title, major and
school.
Remember to login to your
student account before accessing
the libraries.