Leiden University’s strategy for open and online education innovation

Prof. Simone Buitendijk Vice-RectorLeiden University, the Netherlands

Leiden University Online Learning Lab Report 2014Download from http://leidenuniv.onlinelearninglab.org/

Open and online learning strategy: start with general strategy

Evidence-based innovation in teaching and learning

International classroom/international context for research and education

Impact and outreach

Use of digital technology to innovate pedagogy and improve student experience, motivation and retention

Leiden University Teachers’ Academy

Majority involved in open and online learning experiments

Open and online technology enhances the international classroom (sometimes in the

home!)

International classroom via SPOC:Prof Maurits Berger: “I have 25 professionals doing research at master level on sharia in the west in their countries, in exchange for education“

• On demand MOOCs

• Open online inter-university curricula(open content, private communities)

• MOOCs as part of official curricula (in 'flipped' setting)

Next steps ECTS

• MOOCs as global teaching tools• MOOCs contributing to addressing global

challenges • MOOCs as tools for research projects• MOOcs and SPOCs as building blocks for

Lifelong Learning

Best proposals were discussed with UN experts in a Google Hangout. One was so good that it will be discussed further.

In her MOOC ‘The Changing Global Order’ Prof. Madeleine Hosli challenged students to develop proposals for reform of the UN Security Council.

“Taking the course enabled me to understand how I can participate in a political process intended to boost peaceful coexistence. I am now eager to take part in my country's future policies by using peaceful methods”

== Abdinor Hassan Dahir, aged 24, from Mogadishu in Somalia, participant in the MOOC

‘The Changing Global Order’

• Open and online learning can contribute to pedagogical excellence

• Use of open online technology can contribute to being part of a global community of learning

• Innovation in open and online pedagogy is rooted in freedom to experiment

Final reflections