ICT role in 21st century education and it's challenges.
The OERu: sharing, collaborating and educating
1. The OER university: collaborating,
innovating and educating
Gabi Witthaus, 22/02/2012
For “New Models for Education and Training Built on
Open Educational Resources” Workshop (An OU-UNED-
EADTU event)
2. This kid wants to go
to university one
day…. So does
this
one...
Image by Steve Jurvetson
44. To shape the future
for them…
and for them?
Images by by Steve Jurvetson, James Cridland, Walt Stoneburner
45. Many thanks to the following people for their generous sharing of information:
•Prof. Terry Anderson (Professor and Canada Research Chair in Distance Education,
Athabasca University, Canada)
•Dr Elizabeth Archer (Specialist: Institutional Research at the University of South Africa)
•Kevin Bell (Innovation Team: Leader of Learning and Development, Southern New
Hampshire University, USA)
•David Bull (Director: University Preparatory Programs, University of Southern
Queensland, Australia)
•Irwin DeVries (Director, Instructional Design, Thompson Rivers University, Canada)
•Vasi Doncheva (Flexible Learning Manager, Northtec Polytechnic, New Zealand)
•Wayne Mackintosh (Director: International Centre for Open Education, Otago
Polytechnic, New Zealand, and Founding Director of the OER Foundation)
•Prof. Rory McGreal (Associate Vice-President, Athabasca University, Canada)
•Prof. Joyce McKnight (Associate Professor, State University of New York/ Empire
State College, USA. Speaking in her personal capacity as a scholar.)
•Terry Neal (Flexible Learning Manager, Open Polytechnic, New Zealand)
•Paul Stacey (Director, Curriculum Development, BC Campus, Canada)
•Herbert Thomas (Electronic Learning Media Team Leader , Canterbury University,
New Zealand)
•Prof. Sandra Wills (Executive Director, Learning and Teaching, Wollongong University,
Australia)
Thanks also to Patrick McAndrew at the Open University and colleagues at the
University of Leicester, especially Dr Ming Nie and Dr Alejandro Armellini, for their
support in this research.
46. Thanks also to Palitha Edirisingha, Alejandro Armellini, Paul Rudman,
Terese Bird and Ming Nie for feedback on earlier drafts of this
presentation.
Image by Mykl Roventine
47. CONTACT:
E-mail: Gabi.Witthaus@le.ac.uk
Website: www.le.ac.uk/beyonddistance
Blog: toucansproject.wordpress.com
Twitter: @twitthaus
Please use the blog to continue the discussion
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mastababa/2254468211/ Babak Fakhamzadeh (MastaBaba on Flickr)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/tara_siuk/3689051284/ I’m going to tell the story of how, from the students’ perception, a university degree has been gradually moving from this… Ralph Daily http://www.flickr.com/photos/ralphandjenny/4612732045/