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COMMUNICATING AT SEA:
FLEXIBLE LEARNING FOR MARITIME EDUCATION
RAQUEL LOZADA - LAQUIORES
SUBMITTED TO THE FACULTY OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION STUDIES, UP OPEN UNIVERSITY
IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS
FOR THE
DEGREE OF
DOCTOR OF COMMUNICATION
APRIL2016
This rcscarch rcpoii liilccl "COMMUNICA'l ING AT SIIA: I- 1 .l-XIIM.1-: I.I:ARNING I-QR MARl I lMl- llDUCA I'ION" prcparcd aiid submillcd b\' RAQUId, 1.0/.ADA-LAQUIORIvS in partial ruiniinicnl of thc rcqiiircnicnts for llic COMM 400. Dissertation is hcrcb\ acccptcd.
i-aeult\ in Charue
Date
Prourani Cliaii
Date
V' :• 1, ? ^ 7i
\hs tract
Introduction
A IVanicwork for comiiiiinicating al sca was dcxclopcd lollowlng thc concepts ol'
Ancliorcd iiislruclion l.caniing Modcl and ihc coninuinicalion inlcraciion in an allcrnaii\c mode ol" cdiicalion. Thc modcl wilh planncd rcal-lilc probicms is a \\a\' lo dcxclop among sludcnis
ihcir abilil}' lo design rcal-lilc solnlions. A llcxibic mode Ibr scalarcrs was sccn as a polcnlial modcl Ibr Icarning whilc scalarcrs arc dcploxcd al sca which coiild bc donc online, or ihroiigh orninc/lacc-lo-facc if ihcy arc on land. In ihc dcxclopcd iVamcwork. an cqiial cmphasis was
gixcn lo inlcractions bclwccn sludcnis and sludcnis. sludcnis and Icachcrs. and sludcnis and
conlcnl. Thc dcvclopcd modcl is an answcr lo llic dcmand for scalarcrs Ibr carccr dcxclopmcnl ihrough highcr cducalion and also lo cnsurc ihc organi/.ations oI clTicicnl opérations from ihcir employées. Dcscriplixc and quanlilalixc mclhods wcrc uscd in ihc data galhcrcd from modcls of distance cducalion in ihc Philippines and abroad. Ibicully- and sludcnl-rcspondcnls wcrc ihosc
polcnlial comnuinicalors in ihc Hcxiblc type of cducalion. and ihcy wcrc dclcrmincd as lo Ihcir communication pracliccs in a Iradilional classroom sclling and wilh ihc ulili/alion of Information Communication l'cchnologics. Thc rcsulls show Ikwv adcpl thc rcspondcnls arc whcn il cornes lo communication and use of ICT which can cnhancc thc Icarning aclivilics of .sludcnis and
cITcclivcly dclivcr qualily cducalion dcspilc ihc challenges of communicaling al sca. Scalarcrs and shipping companics arc nol lo bc limilcd wilh opporlunilics ofcnhancing ihcir skills bccausc
oIThc nature oIThcir work.
k'cvMon/.s: C\)mniunîcatin^ ai sca, Flcxihle Lcarnin^, Mari finie lùliicalion
