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Key issues in open and distance learning
Will SwannDirector, Students, The Open University, UKPresident, European Association of Distance Teaching Universities
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The Open University
• Founded in 1969• Over 200,000 students• Nearly 7,000 part time tutors• 1,200 academic staff• More than 3,500 administrative and support staff
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Key issues
• Scale• Access• Cost• Open-ness• Student-centredness• Quality based on outcomes• Technology enables and liberates people …
but it’s just a tool
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Open University students
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• Aged from 12 to over 90 with an average of 32
• 70% work and study• 44 per cent without
standard HE entry qualifications
• 18% live in the UK’s 20% poorest areas
• 12,000 students with disabilities
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Where the students are
167,000
15,700
8,400
4,200
8,800
6,300
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Mia
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David
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Deborah
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Bobby
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What do you like about the OU?
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Socio-economic profile
New UK undergraduates, by IMD quintile
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Age profile
New UK undergraduates, 18+
1999/00 2004/05 2009/10
Under 21 3.7% 5.2% 6.5%
21 - 24 10.2% 14.0% 14.3%
25 - 49 75.8% 70.6% 68.7%
50 and over 10.3% 10.2% 10.5%
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What makes for successful teaching?
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Learning materials
Student support
Business systems and processes
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Annual volumes
1.25 million telephone calls 580,000 emails 240,000 registrations (33% online) 500 courses and 200 qualifications 800,000 student assignments 125,000 examinations 87,000 end-of-course assessments 33,000 qualifications awarded
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Learning to learn at a distance
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Structure andorganisation
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16Support from real people
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17Supporting tutors
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Information and support online
… and offline
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Managing relationships with students
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Rank UniversityPercent satisfied/very satisfied with overall
quality of course
1 Open University 93%
2 Buckingham 92%
3 Cambridge 92%
4 Oxford 92%
5 Bath 91%
6 Exeter 91%
7 Heriot Watt 91%
8 Keele 91%
9 Kent 91%
10 Lancaster 91%
UK governmentNational Student Survey, 2012