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