Transcript KPU Open Studies - Kwantlen Polytechnic University

KPU Open Studies
Alan Davis
March 10 2014
“Open” means being…
• receptive, honest, transparent
• innovative, progressive, creative,
revealed
• unconstrained, unrestricted,
unsuppressed, unfettered, unlimited,
unprejudiced, unchained
• accessible, reachable, available,
helpful, generous, inclusive, flexible,
public, tolerant
• an agent of freedom and democracy
Open learning occurs when we….
• engage learners as full partners in
the formulation of their education;
• create policies that respect
learners’ previous educational
experiences as well as their busy
lives;
• develop approaches and
technologies that bridge time and
distance and which foster deep
engagement;
• provide support services and
accommodations for individual
students’ circumstances.
Open learning in a digital age
It also has increasing currency across
higher education: the concept of open
learning has expanded with the
ubiquity of the Web to include:
• open content and resources and texts;
• open software;
• open networks and seminars for
professional development and training;
and
• open access journals
Educause Review, Summer, 2010: the Open Edition
Learners
Knowledge etc.
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Learners
Knowledge etc.
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Learners
Knowledge etc.
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Learners
Knowledge etc.
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Learners
Knowledge etc.
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Learners
Knowledge etc.
OER
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me later
create
share
publish
on site
on line
campus
work
community
pub
MOOCs
blogs
LMS
wikis
connect
collaborate
discuss
my artifacts
writing
speaking
media
• closer to my dreams and goals
• lifelong learner with a rich e portfolio
seek feedback and
accreditation,
contribute
Open Textbooks
smart people
& resources
especially OER
me now
browse, gather,
organize, read,
and listen
OERu
KPU Office of Open Studies
Formal Learning
Assessors,
training and
research
networks
Experiential
Learning
Documented
Learning
Assessment
and personalized
degree plan
Degree
Completion
Etc.
Learning Portfolio
(for life)
Employment etc.
Emergent
Learning
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North Arizona University
Personalized Learning
http://pl.nau.edu/
“With Personalized Learning, we are
opening a new era in academic
instruction at NAU. This program is a huge
step toward transforming our institution
through technology.”
–John Haeger, President
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KPU’s Challenge
 10,000 points of light
 Curriculum: the holy grail
 Scholarship of T and L?
 35 seats times 4 times 2
 Individualised professional
development
 Governance and oversight?
 Inertia to change: do not practice
what we preach
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KPU Office of Open Studies
 Offers a small number of open degree
program that enable personalised
degrees (adult learners)
 Houses the PLA process
 Offers an e-portfolio for life
 Promotes innovation: OERs,
independent study
 Asks Senate for variances to current
policies: then codify in due course
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Anya Kamenetz
http://diyubook.com/
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Initiatives
Vice Provost T and L
INSTL
OER universitas http://oeruniversitas.org/
bccampus open text book project
COHERE
numerous conferences
Etc.etc.
David Porter
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