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18. Papua New Guinea19. Samoa20. Seychelles21. Sierra Leone22. Solomon Islands23. St. Kitts & Nevis24. St. Lucia25. St. Vincent & The Grenadines26. Swaziland27. The Bahamas28. The Gambia29. Tonga30. Trinidad & Tobago31. Tuvalu32. Vanuatu
1. Antigua and Barbuda2. Barbados3. Belize4. Botswana5. Brunei Darussalam6. Cyprus7. Dominica8. Fiji 9. Grenada10. Guyana11. Jamaica12. Kiribati13. Lesotho14. Maldives15. Malta16. Mauritius17. Namibia
Is it a University?Will it offer courses?When will it offer courses?Who gets to DECIDE management and staff? Who PAYS the management and staff?What does MY country get out of IT?How can I benefit?
WillNOT
becomea
UNIVERSITY
The VUSSC
A network rather than an institutionHelps countries collaborateStrengthens the capacity of national education institutionsAND
will be as much concerned with adding value to conventional on-campus instruction as it is with serving learners at a distance.”
ICT CapacityBuilding
Institutions that haveonline programmes
Institutions create online programmes
TQF & Portal
TQFMeeting
TQF work party
Six Interlocutors; representation from all three regions , 2 from each, forms the Management CommitteeChairperson (elected by consensus of members)COL staff - ex officio memberTerm: 3 yearsMeetings: virtual (quarterly) and face-to-face (annually)
ManagementCommittee
CountryTeams
COL AdvisoryCommittee
TQFManagementCommittee
CountryInterlocutors
Commonwealth of LearningThe William and Flora Hewlett FoundationThe Commonwealth Fund for Technical Cooperation
2006 2008 2012
2010 Interlocutors’ Meeting
Professionals in small states gained relevant ICT skillsProfessionals developing DE materialsOne institution in each region gained skills to begin implementing ODLContextually relevant learning materials (OER) from workshops used by institutionsProcess to create a Transnational Qualifications Framework startedTQF Implementation document being finalised VUSSC Website launchedCourse offering startedVUSSC & TQF Management Committees set up
Workshops were held in 6 host countries 26 countries were involved More than 130
participants were trained
• • •
•
International Materials Development (OER) and Training Workshops
Workshop focused on
Capacity building Course materials
development Transfer of courses, credits and
learners
2006 - Mauritius: Tourism and Entrepreneurship2007 - Singapore: Professional Development of Educators2007 - Trinidad: Life Skills2007 - Samoa: Disaster Management2008 - Seychelles: Fisheries2008 - Bahamas: Construction2009 – Samoa: Maritime Industry2010 – Maldives: Agriculture and Agro Industry2011 – Lesotho: Business and Entrepreneurship
The 3-week face-to-face workshop
Has served the VUSSC well…
The Instructional Design (ID) Template used by VUSSC
All rights reserved
Creative Commons:
Attribution
Share-Alike
No Derivatives
Non-Commercial
The TQF is a translation instrument for the classification of VUSSC qualifications according to set criteria for specified levels of learning achieved, to improve credit transfer and promote common accreditation mechanisms between VUSSC member countries.
Non-regulatory
Will not replace sectoral, national or
regional qualifications frameworks or
authorities
Based on the principles of simplicity,
incrementalism and local involvement
Aimed at supporting the transfer of credits
achieved in different countries.
The purpose of the TQF is to facilitate the development and effective delivery of relevant and quality-assured VUSSC qualifications.
• Overarching system of levels and credits• Virtual translation instrument• Housed within a web portal• Requiring minimal human and financial resources
Country XCountry X Country YCountry Y
NQF Qual
At Level 5
NQF Qual
At Level 7
TQF QualAt Level 6
The pitching of qualifications on TQFThe pitching of qualifications on TQF
Level Qualifications TitlesMinimum Credits
10 Doctoral Degree 360
9 Masters Degree 240
8Postgraduate Certificate and
Diploma; Bachelor’s Degree with Honours
120
7Bachelor’s Degree
Graduate Certificate and Diploma;360
6Advanced/ Higher Diploma
Associate Degree/ Foundation Degree240
5 Diploma 240
4 Advanced Certificate 120
3 Certificate III 40
2 Certificate II 40
1 Certificate I 40
TQF Official Launch, Namibia April 2010
Financial support is crucial at this stageMember states taking ownership via VUSSC Management CommitteeRegional and national relationships to promote participation and facilitate fundingRate of course development/course offerings via INSTITUTIONSThe continued support of the 32 Small States
VUSSC Learning Management System
VUSSC OER
http://www.vussc.info