Design Options for Open Education

Design Options for Open Learning with Formal Credentialing

Professor Mike Keppell Pro Vice-Chancellor, Learning Transformations Dr Xiang Ren, Australian Digital Futures Institute

SCIENCE | TECHNOLOGY | INNOVATION | BUSINESS | DESIGNCRICOS Provider: 00111D | TOID: 3059

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SCIENCE | TECHNOLOGY | INNOVATION | BUSINESS | DESIGN

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Dr Xiang Ren

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Dr Wayne Mackintosh

Director OER Foundation

UNESCO/COL/ICDE Chair in OER

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Overview

Introductions and background (10 mins)

Models and practice of OERu (10 mins)

Input evaluation (5-10 mins)

Group activities (20 mins)

Wrap-up (5-10 mins)

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Introductions

Introduce yourself:

First name

Organisation

Previous experience in designing open courses with formal credentialing.

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Models and Practice of OERu

Brief overview of the models and practices of OERu

Input evaluation - CIPP model

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Academic Credit

Recognised universities, polytechnics and community colleges

Designed for formal academic credit

Receive credential from the OERu partner you choose for your studies

Bachelor of General Studies

Transfer credit for individual courses

Diploma in Tertiary Education (Otago Polytechnic)

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Full Course

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Micro-courseSub-component of full course

Learning flexibility around personal commitments

Recognised prior learning system

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Partners, Sponsors, Donors

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Oceania Partners

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Input Evaluation of OERu

The evaluation aims to: assess different design options identify major challenges in online curriculum developments challenges in designing and nominating open courses by participating institutions open business models open governance

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CIPP Evaluation Model

Stufflebeam (2003) “Systematic collection of information about the activities, characteristics, and outcomes of programs to make judgments about the program, improve program effectiveness, and/or inform decisions about future programming.” (Patton, 1997, p. 23).

https://ambermazur.wordpress.com/2013/06/10/the-cipp-evaluation-model-a-summary/

https://ambermazur.wordpress.com/2013/06/10/the-cipp-evaluation-model-a-summary/

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Stufflebeam (2003) CIPP Evaluation Model

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Intention is to improve the program

Context: big picture Input: mission, goals, plan of program Processes: Quality Product: Outcomes

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Design Options for Assessment and Credentialing of Online Learning

“One of the cornerstones of the OERu philosophy is that the components of higher education that are traditionally packaged together in a single institution can be disaggregated and provided by different institutions” (McGreal, Conrad, Murphy, Witthaus, & Mackintosh 2014, p.127).

Assess and comment on the possible: design options and challenges for curriculum design alternatives and challenges for course development options and challenges for assessment of open learning.

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Design Options for Assessment and Credentialing of Online Learning

“The study also suggested that the notion of disaggregating traditional university services, while providing a useful conceptual framework for considering assessment and credentialing alternatives in open learning environments, has yet to be fully understood by the wider higher education community and has yet to be operationalised in practice at anything approaching a meaningful scale.” (McGreal, Conrad, Murphy, Witthaus, & Mackintosh 2014, p.127).

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Business Models for Open Education

Are open business models sustainable?

Determine what aspects are sustainable? What are the key challenges for sustainability? Discuss in relation to your own experiences and challenges of open education.

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Open Education and Institutional Ecosystems

Discuss the integration of open courses into the traditional learning and teaching curriculum within Institutions

What are the benefits? What are the challenges? Is credentialing the answer? What is the future?

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Wrap-up

Insights, comments and questions

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McGreal, R., Conrad, D., Murphy, A., Witthaus, G., & Mackintosh, W. (2014). Formalising informal learning: Assessment and accreditation challenges within disaggregated systems. Open Praxis, 6(2), 125-133.https://oerknowledgecloud.org/sites/oerknowledgecloud.org/files/114-540-2-PB.pdf

Patton, Q. M. (1997). Utilization focused evaluation: The new century text (3rd Ed.), London: Sage Publications.

Stufflebeam, D. (2003). The CIPP Model for evaluation. Paper presented at the 2003 Annual Conference of the Oregon Program Evaluators Network (OPEN). 10 March 2003. Retrieve from: http://goeroendeso.files.wordpress.com/2009/01/cipp-modeloregon10-031.pdf

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https://oerknowledgecloud.org/sites/oerknowledgecloud.org/files/114-540-2-PB.pdf

http://goeroendeso.files.wordpress.com/2009/01/cipp-modeloregon10-031.pdf