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What does OERu mean for a blended university?
Professor Sandra WillsUOW Executive Director, Learning & Teaching
Wollongong
main campus one hour drive from Sydney airport
seven smaller locations along the coast
UOW Dubai Campus
UOW Wollongong Campus
teaching partnerships in international locations eg China, Singapore & Malaysia
26,000 students
30% international off-shore & on-shore
Why call Wollongong a blended university?
UOW is a blended university
• Not distance education university• Multi location university• Therefore online is a given – 80% of
subjects use learning management system, lecture capture, videoconference etc
• Challenge for OER - high satisfaction scores (& university rankings) derive not from flexible access to content but from quality of personal (f2f) interaction
• Top 200 Times Higher Ed Rankings 2009, 2006 & 2007• #1 for Student Satisfaction Sweeney Research Group 2009 • Decade of 5 stars in Good Universities Guide• #1 for 3 years of National Teaching & Learning Performance Fund• # 1 for 4 years of Citations for Outstanding Contribution to
Teaching & Learning• Inaugural Commonwealth University of the Year Award for
Community Engagement - The Times Higher Ed & Commonwealth Association of Universities 2006
• Top 500 - Shanghai Jiao Tong Index 2006• University of Year for Research Partnerships 2000• University of Year for Preparing Graduates for e-World 1999
Not sandstone however 60 years old research intensive & international
1994 Post grad distance ed via TV & print2004 Shared Teaching Resources2011 Content Beyond Borders &
Creative Commons
What’s our experience with OERs?
about 100 items so far…
What does a course look like as an OER?“Teacherless” content or collection of OERs
orchestrated by a teacher?Asynchronous self-directed OER access or
synchronous cohort activities?Massively online or quota?Blend of credit & not-for-credit students?
Challenges for UOW in OERuni?
Cost-effective? Marginal cost of open content vs marginal cost of open teaching
Sustainable? What if that committed teacher leaves?
Challenges for UOW in OERuni?
Maths ALIVE: Access Live Interactive Virtual Environments
Dr Caz Sandison
Access Grid
Pathway to becoming a Uni studentOER ALIVE Watch recording in own time
Open ALIVE Participate, no credit
UOW ALIVE Enrol for credit
Why Mathematics?Essential for a digital economyShortage of maths teachers especially in rural & regional Australia
Teaching the teachers Improve the education of our childrenTwo subjects for primary teachers to improve skills & confidenceTwo subjects for secondary maths teachers
Parents tooPrimary level subjects suit general audience
OERu is a charitable trustnot a business venturedoes not change UOW’s core business
OERu@UOW is a social inclusion strategya taste of university study
Why is UOW an OERu anchor partner?
Open UOW
resources
activities supports
= UOW experience
taster
UOW quality open resources
Articulation to enrolment @ UOW
?subject degree
courses
UOW Social inclusion
oSchool studentsoPeople up skillingoMature age peopleoRegional peopleoPeople in developing nations
UOW open practices
integrated/collaborative/engaged
Mission: maintain UOW’s position as Australia’s #1 university
for teaching & learning
through creative & sustainable
eLearning practices
Draft eLearning Strategic Plan 2012
DRAFT DRAFT DRAFTGoal 1: eLearning used to achieve excellent learning outcomes
Goal 2: eLearning used to enhance public & professional networking
Goal 3: Open educational practices used to transform
university accessGoal 4: Quality planning & review processes used to support innovative teaching