EDULINK/SideCAP Final Dissemination EventEDULINK/SideCAP Final Dissemination Event

University of the West IndiesOpen Campus

8 – 12 February, 2010USP, SUVA, FIJI

• Established in 2008

• An amalgamation of UWIs outreach bodies

School of School of The UWI Distance The UWI Distance

About UWIOC

UWIOCUWIOC

Board for Non-Campus Countries &

DE

Board for Non-Campus Countries &

DE

School of Continuing

Studies

School of Continuing

Studies

Distance Education

Centre

Distance Education

Centre

The Tertiary Level

Institutions Unit

The Tertiary Level

Institutions Unit

• Distributed throughout the Caribbean

• Physical presence in 16 countries

• Delivers over 40 programmes

About UWIOC

• Total regional enrollment – approx. 20,000

• F2f, blended & online DE delivery modes

Course Delivery

F2FOnlineVideo conf.

Audio conf.

Blended

Learning

Centres

Online

Moodle LMS

Audio conf.Web conf.CD-ROMsPrint

Course Delivery

Learning Centres

Course Delivery

Learning Centres

Course Delivery

• Programme Coordinator

• Course Coordinator

• E-Tutors

• Initial training (MFOI)

• Learner Support

Supervisor

• Learner Support

Assistants• Initial training (MFOI)Assistants

Learner Support

Course Delivery

• Structure of courses

• Activities

- discussions

- debates- debates

- flash cards

- reflections

- projects

- assignments

- readings Moodle LMS

Course Delivery

Team approach

• 1 programme coordinator

• 1 course writer

Course Development

• 1 curriculum development

specialist

• 1 production asst.

Course Development

The Process: Creating from scratch = 1 Yr

Course plan

Draft Script

Second Draft

Peer Review

Further Revisions

Produc-

tion

Sign-off

& Deliver

revisions

Challenges

• Courses created from scratch

• Development time = 1 yr

Course Development

time = 1 yr

• High production cost

• Predominantly print format

• Access to resources

Challenges

• More quality courses

• Higher student enrollment nos.

Course Development

enrollment nos.

• Increased graduation rate

• Rapid response to funding agencies

Solution?

• Reuse existing OERs

• Resistance to change

Course Development

change

Course

writer

appointed

Course Peer

production

asst.

Course Development

Course

plan

drafted

Finding

OERs

Re-

Purposing

OER

Peer

Review &

Revision

Challenges

• Sourcing appropriate multimedia resources

• Mixing OERs with non-OERs

Course Development

OERs

e.g. using copyrighted readings, definitions / excerpts from copyrighted texts

• Intellectual property issues

• policies

Pluses

• Shorter development time

• Reduced burden to develop entire course

Course Development

develop entire course from scratch

• Availability of an appropriate OER

• Institution to use OERs to develop more courses

• Lower production cost

Under consideration

• Policy development

• Revising course development model

Course Development

• Training in repurposing OERs

• Engage in collaborative authoring using wikis (e.g. wikieducator)

The OER

Masters in Bus. Mgt(Units used)-Preparing a project-Planning a project-Managing projects through people-Implementing the project-Completing the project

Cert. in Project Mgt(Units developed)- Intro. to PM- Planning the project- Implementing the project- Case study- Proj. Man. HR- Proj. Communication- Closing the project

Course Development

Future Directions?