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Sonam PenjorManager, Educational TechnologyOffice of the Vice ChancellorThe Royal University of Bhutans_penjor@rub.edu.bt

Royal University of Bhutan

Remembering Robin Mason

ALT-C 2011

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• Bordering with China

and India

• Constitutional

monarchy

• Population of 700,000

• Development

philosophy of GNH

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Bhutan

Royal University of Bhutan

Established in June 2003 through the Royal Charter

Distributed University

A central coordinating office and 10 constituent

colleges

6000 students

939 staff

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Members of the University

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Robin & Bhutan

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Robin & Bhutan

2007 to 2008

EU Asia-Link project EduShare

• OU, Lewis Castle College and Asian university partners

• Quality assurance workshops

• Development of course resources

• staff development (MPhil programme)

• Educational technology workshops –OU’s OpenLearn, etc

Robin Mason & Frank Rennie published a book on Bhutan: Bhutan Ways

of Knowing

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Teaching/learning is predominantly book/lecture based

Use of educational technology is just being understood

Staff capability is very limited

Telecommunication network is good across the country

Internet connectivity & bandwidth is poor

Moodle as university-wide VLE (2011), but challenged by lack of capability

in instructional design

Teaching/learning lacks use of educational technology and other

educational resources

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Educational Technology at RUB

Royal University of Bhutan

Support and expertise in:

Developing systems & capability in educational technology use

Distributed education delivery

Open educational resources

Innovative programme development & delivery

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Networking & Partnerships

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