Uwioc edulink fiji presentation
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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?