Challenges and Opportunities for Private Universities in Developing Open Courseware:

A Case Study of Fu Jen Catholic University

Dr. Yung-chi Hou (Angela)Director of Faculty Development & Teaching Resources Center, Fu Jen Catholic University

May 6th, 2010

Hanoi

OCWC Global 2010 Conference

Outline

• Taiwan Higher Education in Global Times

• OpenCourseWares in Taiwan

• Case study - Fu Jen Catholic University• Current situtation • 3 stages for developing OCW

• Challenges• Opportunities

• Conclusion

Taiwan, Republic of China

• Area : 36, 191 km2• Population : 23.124 million• Capital : Taipei• Taiwan President Ma, the alumni of Harvard University

, most top officials got Ph.D. degrees from American /ivy league universities

• The best Chinese Treasures Museum National Palace Museum• Talented but friendly people, powerful IT industry, food

and Chinese culture

Fact Sheet in Taiwan higher Education

1. Number of universities and colleges Increased by 120% in the past 10 years with more than 163 institutions

2. Student enrollment With a total number of 1.3 millions increased 65% with a number of 33751 Ph.D

students, 183401 graduate students , 1 million undergraduates 3. University Entrance Exam admission rate

More than 98% in 20094. Net enrollment in higher education/ /Gross enrollment

55.3% (total number of 18-22 year-old students studying at a university and a college / school-aged population between 18-21 years old)

5. Gross enrollment rate increased 78.6% (total number of students studying at a university and a college / school-

aged population between 18-21 years old)6. Tuition 1800 USD for National universities / 3300 for private universities7. GDP average 17,507 USD in 2008

Characteristics of Taiwan Higher Education

• Universal type• Equity • Accountable / competitive for governmental

support • Academic freedom• Limited autonomy

Response to three Higher Education Issues in Global Times

• Accessibility

• Affordability• Accountability

OpenCourseWares in Taiwan

• Taiwan Open Courseware Consortium (TOCW) was founded in

2008.

• Based on 4 major concepts, “Openness, Sharing,

Collaboration and Mutual benefit”, TOCWC aims to

– share Taiwan higher education resources with local and

international self-learners

– strengthen teaching quality of Taiwan institutions and to

improve global academic competitiveness of Taiwan

universities and colleges. (TOCW, 2010).

OpenCourseWares in Taiwan

• 80% of all members are pubic institutions compared

with only a number of 4 private religiously affiliated

(TOCWC, 2010)

臺藝大

OpenCourseWares in Taiwan

• with more than 160 open coursewares are offered by 15 Taiwan

schools

Level Institution

OpenCourseWares in Taiwan

• Three major types of courses are Sciences, Humanities

& Arts and General Education.

Fu Jen Catholic University

• Current situation • Three stages for developing OCW

History and background

• founded in Beijing in 1925 by the Benedictines of St. Vincent Archabbey (Roman Catholic Church)and re-established in 1961 in Taipei (3 religious orders)

• Grow from a liberal arts college into a comprehensive university – have 9 colleges, including ,a medical school, a law

school, a liberal arts college• Started OCW in 2008

Fu Jen Mission & Purpose

• History

– Fu-Jen formally joined & initiated OCW: November, 2008

• Initiative goal

– Academic sharing

• Three developmental stages

– Academic Sharing (2008-2010)

– Recruitment of international

students (2010-2015)

– Reputation promotion (2015~)

Current Situation in Fu Jen OCW

• Platform: Moodle

• Types of instructors: administrators or OTA teachers

• Types of Courses:

2008-2009: 10 courses 2009-2010: 7-10 courses • Business Ethic• Methodology & Philosophical Counseling• Cognitive Psychology• Web found• Economic• English literature• IO…, etc

Research MethodologyServant-leadership Children & FamilyCultureAesthetics…,etc

Who are vistors ?

Taiwan

China

Taiwan

Fu Jen OpenCourseWare

Fu Jen OCW Map Overlay

Fu Jen OCW Course Content

Strategies for Fu Jen OCW Development

• Administrative strategies

GerminalAcademic

Sharing

Top-down Take-off Recruitment

Of international

Students

Excellence Teaching

Mature

Sustainable Development

Reputation

PromotionB. invite outstanding teaching award recipients

C. Invite those who received grant of teaching material design & development

D. Recommend by deans of schools

A.all administrative faculty members share their courses

F. All Fu Jen Faculty

Challenges• Without strong incentives for faculty members

• cultural factor

• Resources constraints

• decreasing grant from MOE

• Intellectual property

• Marketing concern

• How to target users

• How to enhance visibility

• Quality assurance

Opportunities

• Catholic mission • Sharing culture

ConclusionKnowledge is meant to share

Thank you for listeningDr. Yung-chi Hou (Angela)Fu Jen OCW http:// ocw.fju.edu.tw