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Open and Distance Education: A Pathway to Development & Prosperity of Small States in a dispersed environment Global Distance Learning Congress World Corporate Universities Congress Mumbai June 27, 2014 Professor Hazel


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Open and Distance Education: A Pathway to Development & Prosperity of Small States in a dispersed environment

Global Distance Learning Congress – World Corporate Universities Congress Mumbai June 27, 2014

Professor Hazel Simmons-McDonald The University of the West Indies, Open Campus

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FOCUS OF THE PRESENTATION

DISPERSED SIDS IN THE CARIBBEAN

Provision of ODL (by UWI) in the Caribbean – a Developmental perspective The Educational Landscape: Current realities and some challenges affecting critical

  • utcomes

The potential of ODL for further development of SIDS.

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Dispersed Small Island Developing States in the Caribbean

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The Caribbean

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UWI – CAMPUSES: CAVE HILL; MONA; ST. AUGUSTINE & OPEN CAMPUS

CAVE HILL ST AUGUSTINE MONA OPEN CAMPUS

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Open Campus – Jurisdiction and Reach – 44 Locations in 16 Countries

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UWI Distance Education Timeline

7 UWI Established *************** Mona Campus UWI Expands ************* Barbados & Trinidad Campuses UWIDITE Created ************ Audio-conference Courses Offered Across Campuses UWIDEC Created ************ Dual Mode Programmes Offered to UWI 15 UWIDEC Changes ***************** Blended Learning & Moodle Introduced Open Campus Launched ***************** Formal Opening to students Open Campus Created ***************** UWIDEC, SCS TLIU & Special Units Combined Open Campus Concept ***************** Initial discussions and planning Creation of Radio Education Unit (REU) 1977 ******* Challenge Education Scheme
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UWI Strategic Plan 2007-2012: Aim (#4)

To create an Open Campus to enable the University to expand the scope, enhance the appeal and improve the efficiency of its service to the individuals, communities and countries which it serves (p.31)

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The Single Virtual University Space

The Single Virtual University Space (SVUS) is an initiative … designed to use technology to integrate the collective strengths and resources of the four UWI campuses, to achieve greater efficiencies and to enhance its service to the under-served communities in the region. The SVUS is a seamless environment that will enable students located anywhere in the region to access the best teaching/learning resources from any of the four campuses of the UWI

(UWI Single Virtual University Space Project: ProCare Progress Report (2) Executive Summary, August 4,2010, p.4)
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SVUS Potential

…If successfully implemented as a complement to the reform introduced by creation of the Open Campus, it may well also become the missing link that ensures a strong buy-in for the

  • ptimization of the transformed Open Campus potential at UWI

and the region. The Single Virtual University Space has the potential to alleviate the competition between the residential campuses amongst themselves and with the Open Campus

(ProCare Report- Executive Summary, August 2010:4)

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The Educational Landscape: Current Realities and Some Challenges affecting Outcomes

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Responses to economic crisis

Britain - threatened a cut close to £2.5bn Germany -“pumped a total of €18bn into promoting world-class research alongside university education.” The Caribbean – large cuts to UWI budget

(Arthur, Michael and Wendy Platt. Universities face meltdown – and all of Britain will

suffer.guardian.co.uk, Monday 11th January 2010 2030 GMT)

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Foreign Providers of Higher Education across the Caribbean

136 foreign providers 49 In twinning or franchising 16 External providers of distance education 52 Private 15 Offshore 5 Virtual

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Opportunities & Challenges – Foreign Education Providers

Opportunities Challenges

Increased supply of education Affordability of tuition for locals Greater access for students Concern about quality of provision Support for the knowledge economy Inequality of access leading to a two-tier system Development of joint degrees Homogenization of the culture Fusion / Hybridization of cultures Weakening of the state in establishing national policy objectives Growing comparability of qualifications Decline in some liberal arts and pure science disciplines Increasing role for market-based approach Economic benefits for education providers Diversification and generation of new academic environments

Higher Education in a Globalized Society: UNESCO Education Position Paper. UNESCO Division of Higher

  • Education. 2004.
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The educational landscape

A linked system marred by gaps and other weaknesses

Early Childhood Primary Secondary Tertiary Unregulated Approaches Curriculum Literacies Pedagogical approaches Remediation Curriculum Dropouts Access Addressing workplace needs Remediation

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Disconnect between education and employment

The education system in the OECS is not adequately preparing young people for the new skilled jobs. School leavers – understood to be all pupils, including those that graduate successfully and those that leave school before completing a degree – often do not possess the skills required for the service jobs in the new global economy (p.13).

(Skill Challenges in the Caribbean: Phase I Report – School and Work. World Bank Human Development Sector. 2007.

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Recommendations of WB Report

Assess students’ learning against international standards

Use principle – Learning to Learn – to fashion new teaching methods and programmes for developing critical thinking. Nurture life skills at all levels: use cooperative learning and participatory methods. Colleges partner with “outside institutions e.g. CKLN, UWI and

  • ther offshore institutions for ”

higher quality and internationalising curricula”

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EFFECTS OF MIGRATION ON THE EASTERN CARIBBEAN

Migration within the sub-region remains

  • ne of the highest in

the world, with the Eastern Caribbean exporting the largest proportion of its constituent population in percentage terms globally

(Situation Analysis of Children and their Families in the Eastern Caribbean. UNICEF Office for the Eastern Caribbean; (2011:3).

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CARICOM Ideal person- Attributes

 Loves life  Emotionally intelligent  Environmentally sensitive  Democratically engaged  Culturally grounded  Historically conscious  Has multiple literacies  Respectful of gender and diversity  Entrepreneurially capable

(Slide graphic used with permission)

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The Potential of ODL for the further development of Small Island Developing States

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Students’ critique of system

Failure of the education system to provide a learning environment that is stimulating and encourages learning.

(CARICOM 2010 Report of the CARICOM Commission on Youth Development)

Lack of enthusiasm from teachers who appeared to be often stressed and unable to deal effectively with students.

(St. Lucia Focus Group – April 10)

Failure of the education system to adequately cater to the different abilities and aptitudes of students.

(CARICOM 2010 Report of the CARICOM Commission on Youth Development – p.61)

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Powerful Use of ICT Tools

Use of stimulations Interactive learning Animations of hard- to-see processes Online videos with possibility for discussion Coaching by staff Teleconferences

Scott, Geoff.(2003)

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Learning Resources Course & Programme Delivery

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Students

Programme Development

Contract Expertise

Technical Services

(UWI and elsewhere) Instructors Coordinators E-Tutors Writers Developers Editors Multimedia

Open Campus Programming

Programme Planning CPE Online CPE F-T-F

Open Campus Sites/CSDR

Local Programmes

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Student

Cave Hill Mona St. Augustine Open Campus Online Delivery Other TLIs Regional Centre

The World

Partners

Student

Fle lexi xibl ble e path thway ays to to hi highe her e r edu ducati ation

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Single Virtual University Space Synchronous Delivery

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QUESTIONS