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Agenda
Motivationfortheproject Maincharacteristicsoftheproject Currentexperiences Futurescenarios
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Motivation for the project (1)
2000/Lisbon Agreement:Howcanweincreasethenumberofpeoplewithhighereducation?
Bringmorenon-traditional groups(i.e.employedandunemployedpeople)tohighereducation
Extendopportunitiesforlifelonglearningbased,amongstothers,onane-learningapproach
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Motivation for the project (2)
Lowering existingtresholds:
institutional,formal,financial,social,
time,place,pace Makingaccess easyandattractive Transferfrominformal to formallearning
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Main characteristics of the project
Flexible,open,time-independent,easyaccessible Onlyinvesttimeandeffort Researchandmeasurementsofeffectivenessaroundthe
project Dutchlanguage
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Intended outcomes
16 coursesof25studyhourseach(=1 EC) auser-friendlyon-line deliverysystem user-friendlyon-linefacilitiesforself-testingand
assessment opportunitiesforformal testing and certification
asastarting pointforhighereducationstudy substantialmarketing and communicationto
createawareness withtheDutchpopulationaboutOpenERandtheOUNL
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Current experiences (1)
250.000uniquevisitorssincelaunch Alotofmedia attentionfromlocalandnational
press,radioandtelevision >3400visitorshaveregistered(voluntarily) >340surveyformshavebeensubmitted Numerousfeedbackforms
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Current experiences (2)
Personal data 71%ofthepopulationaged25-55years 43%didnotparticipateinhighereducation
before
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Current experiences (3)
Data of visit to website 80%returningvisitors Reasonsforvisit(>1choice)
followafreecourse:64%. testonabilitytocopewithuniversity
courses:23% tryoutastudyattheOpenUniversiteit
Nederland:43% reusethematerialintheirowncourses:5%.
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Current experiences (4)
Use of material 20%didnotlookthroughanycourse 37%browsedthroughacourse 43%studiedacourse
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Current experiences (5)
Studyplans 75%iscurrentlynotinvolvedinanyformal
learningtrajectory 18%iscurrentlyinvolvedinsomeformof
highereducation 16% has plans for starting a formal study in
higher education 38% has plans for buying courses on the
level of higher education 71%indicatedthatthisprojectaffectstheir
furtherstudyplans
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OpenER after 2007
Scenarios
1. OUmakeshighereducationborderlessandattractivefornon-traditionalgroups
2. OUisdirectorfordevelopmentofopenlearningmaterialforhighereducationintheNetherlands
3. OUisdirectorforofferingopenselfstudylearningmaterialinternationally