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Beyond Open CETL
The Open University’s Centres for
Excellence in Teaching & Learning
Where are we now?
Dr Raquel Perry, Faculty of Business & Law, The Open
University
Open CETL
• HEFCE funded initiative 2005-2010
• Collective of 4 centres,
– Centre for Open Learning of Mathematics, Science, computing
and Technology (COLMSCT CETL)
– Personalised Integrated Learning Support (PILS CETL)
– Physics Innovations Centre for Excellence in Teaching &
Learning (pi CETL)
– Practice-Based Professional Learning Centre for Excellence in
Teaching & Learning (PBPL CETL)
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PBPL CETL
• Collaboration between 4 Open University faculties;
• Health & Social Care
• Education & Language Studies
• The Business School
• Institute of Educational Technology
• Promoting better understanding and use of PBPL and
giving learners wider access to excellent PBPL
opportunities
PBPL CETL cont/
• Generation of ‘practice-learning topics’ (PLTs) through
funded projects and investigations and special interest
groups
• Repository of resources in 5 PBPL-related areas;
– Assessing practice-based learning
– Building professional identity
– Developing practice learning materials
– Encouraging reflection
– Learning in communities
• Dissemination through events and publication as well as
engaging with key stakeholder communities
Where are we now?
• Refreshed of our research themes
• Work of PBPL CETL will continue under the revised
theme of Innovation in Teaching & Learning (InTeL) in
development and delivery of high quality learning
experiences
• Opportunity to pause, reflect and look forward
Aims of the Workshop
• Open discussion on practice-based learning
• Share knowledge and experience
• Learn from each other
Questions for consideration
Q1:How do you define practice-based learning in your
own context?
Questions cont/
Q2: What approaches to practice-based learning have
you adopted?
– What factors influenced your decision?
– What was it’s impact?
Questions cont/
Q3: Do you think adopting a practice-based learning
approach gives an educational institution a
competitive advantage?
Next Steps………….
• Continue the dialogue on PBL
• Build a network to exchange ideas and information
• Look for opportunities for collaborative working in pursuit
of further scholarship and research
THANK YOU FOR PARTICIPATING