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TU Delft Online Short Learning Programmes Ir. Willem van Valkenburg Manager Production & Delivery Extension School [email protected] @wfvanvalkenburg slideshare.net/wfvanvalkenburg
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Page 1: Online Short Learning Programmes for EADTU/ENQA seminar

TU Delft Online

Short Learning ProgrammesIr. Willem van ValkenburgManager Production & Delivery Extension School

[email protected]@wfvanvalkenburgslideshare.net/wfvanvalkenburg

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Agenda

1. Introduction

2. Policy and Strategy framework

3. Examples

4. Challenges

5. Solutions to the challenges

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What is a Short Learning

Programme?• Target audience

• Duration (relative to full programmes?)

• Study load per week

• Certificate / Credits / recognition

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Policy and Strategy Framework

TU Delft education vision (Aug’2017):• “We strive to offer a comprehensive portfolio of bachelor,

master, doctoral and professional courses and

programmes in the fields of science, design and

engineering that are internationally acknowledged as

world class.”

• “A variety of professional and post‐academic courses

and continuous education programmes for working

professionals, leading to professional certificates,

advanced science diplomas or advanced science

degrees.”

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Open & Online Programme

• Target audience: professional learner

• First phase: focus on courses

• Second phase: focus on short programmes

“Group courses into short learning programmes to

guide the learner through a relevant learning path

to obtain a relevant certificate”

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Portfolio Themes

Aerospace Engineering

Affordable & Clean Energy

Responsible Leadership of Technology

Data Analysis & Programming

Design & Architecture

Medical & Environmental Technologies

Industry, Innovation & Infrastructure

Fundamental Science

Sustainable Cities

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Examples of SLPs

• Professional Education Course Advanced Leadership

for Engineers

• Online Academic Course Introduction to Wind

Turbines

• Xserie on Business Model Innovation

• MicroMaster programme on Solar Energy

Engineering

• Professional Certificate Programme Data Analysis &

Visualisation with Excel

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Challenges

• Focus in faculties is on initial learners, not

on the professional learners

• Diversity of business needs

• Pace of development of a new programme

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Assignment

What are the challenges

you see with online SLPs

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Challenges identified during discussion

1. Lack of expertise in online education

2. Additional workload for teachers

3. Accreditation will slow down

4. Mindset/culture

5. Clear business model

6. Diversity in offerings (e.q. level, size, certificate,

format)

7. Finding SLPs / how to market

8. Making the connection with the field

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Solutions to the challenges (1)

1. Lack of expertise in online education

• Create course teams with different expertise

• Provide trainings for teachers

• Guide teachers through design process

2. Additional workload for teachers

• Extra money (free to spend by teacher)/research time/support

• Recognisation (awards, prizes)

3. Accreditation will slow down

• Trust in the institute and its QA processes (institutional

accreditation)

• No individual accreditation of SLPs

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Solutions to the challenges (2)

4. Mindset / Culture

• Recognition for teachers

• Financial incentives

• Support of whole university (from Executive Board to teachers)

5. Clear Business Model

• Revenue direct to department

• Need seed money for the initial investment

6. Diversity in offerings

• Clear learning objectives and descriptions

• Clear number of hours, workload per week, number of weeks

• Customer review /company recommendation

• Free course or MOOC as a starter of SLP (self check for learners)

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Solutions to the challenges (3)

7. Finding SLPs / How to market

• Use network of the course team to promote the SLPs

• European framework for SLPs

• Setup portal for SLPs

8. Making the connection with the field

• Use subject matter experts from companies

• Involve your alumni

• Connect with branch organisations

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