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Researching the meaning of the OERu for HEIs in the UK
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The big question is: who is going to give the student the qualification and how is that going to be validated?
Last week I interviewed the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Salford, Professor Martin Hall, about his views on the OER university concept. This blog post contains a lightly edited transcript of the conversation. For entertainment value, I’ve included the bits where Martin turned the tables and started interviewing me… (By the way, I’m not sure […]
“I look upon this as a playground.”
May 27, 2012
This blog post contains the transcript from an interview I held with Professor Jeff Haywood, Vice Principal, Knowledge Management and Chief Information Officer of the University of Edinburgh. Jeff is leading the University of Edinburgh’s participation in a European initiative called OERTest, which is testing the feasibility of OER course certification, and so I was eager […]
“Don’t underestimate the earthquakes… What would happen if the physical university were no longer available?”
May 24, 2012
This post is a summary of my interview with Herbert Thomas, Electronic Learning Media Team Leader at the University of Canterbury, New Zealand, about his thoughts on the implementation of the OER university concept. Comments and contributions from the open education community will be welcomed. Many thanks to Herbert for his input. GW: Could you give […]
“We’ll be aiming at a self-contained student who is resolutely going to keep persevering…”
May 24, 2012
Earlier this year, I interviewed Kevin Bell, who spoke to me in his role as Associate Vice President for Learning and Development, College of Online and Continuing Education at Southern New Hampshire University (which was recently nominated as one of the 50 most innovative companies in the world by FastCompany). Since the interview, Kevin has […]
“I don’t see the death of the university that some people are going on about.”
May 24, 2012
Here is the interview I had with Irwin DeVries (Director of Instructional Design for Thompson Rivers University: Open Learning, Canada) earlier this year about how his institution was planning to implement the OERu concept. Many thanks to Irwin for his contribution to this process. GW: Could you give me a bit of background to Thompson […]
“We are focused on meeting community needs.”
May 24, 2012
This blog post contains the transcript of my interview with Vasi Doncheva, Flexible learning manager at NorthTec Polytechnic in New Zealand, about her institution’s implementation plans for the OER university. Like the other blogs in this series, the transcript has been slightly abridged and it is offered without commentary, with an invitation to the OER […]
“We need to have a far more efficient system.”
May 22, 2012
The TOUCANS project has involved interviews with two categories of people: 1) individuals from institutions that are part of the OER university (OERu) network, and 2) individuals in senior management positions in UK higher education institutions. I am in the process of blogging about both sets of interviews. This post is an abbreviated transcript of […]
“The more flexible we are, the worse it is for the students”
May 22, 2012
Over the last couple of weeks, I have been interviewing selected individuals in senior management positions in UK Higher Education institutions for their views on the OER university (OERu) concept. I started close to home, by speaking to Dave Hall, who is Registrar of the University of Leicester. The following extracts from the interview have […]
How compatible is your institution with the OERu concept? a 15-minute survey
May 22, 2012
One of the main aims of the TOUCANS project is to ascertain “the UK higher education view” on the OERu concept – which is basically the idea of institutions collaborating to offer assessment and accreditation services to informal learners who are studying from OERs, on a mass scale. One way of gathering data towards this […]
The OERu – a model for mass provision of higher education based on collaboration around OERs
May 4, 2012
The Open Educational Resources (OER) university, known as the OERu, is a global network of higher education institutions aiming to offer low-cost assessment and accreditation to informal learners. The point of reference for these assessment and accreditation services is a body of open educational resources which are available on the Web, and which include guidance […]
May 29, 2012
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