SIG-Transnational Education Second meeting Esther Wilkinson Transnational Education lead, GN4-2 Task 1, GÉANT Head of International, Jisc APAN45 28 March 2018

Agenda Introduction to GÉANT SIG-TNE (09.00-09.10) Esther Wilkinson, Jisc TNE data – regional, national and global (09.10-09.25) John Chapman, Internet2 Global TNE policies (09.25-09.40) Alexander van den Hil, SURFnet TNE service development, challenges and opportunities (09.40-09.55) Wan Li, CERNET Tools, Toolkits and resources (09.55-10.10) Introduction to GÉANT Up2U Project (10.10-10.20) Peter Szegedi, GÉANT Concluding remarks and next steps (10.20-10.30)

Transnational education and mobility Transnational education (TNE) is the mobility of higher education programmes and institutions/providers across international borders We need to focus in the E in REN, often obscured What do we mean by transnational education? More about global mobility of students, teaching and learning TNE in some form has existed for decades It can be confusing as there are many different names in different countries to refer to the same thing - cross-border, transnational, borderless and offshore education. British Council definition – “TNE is the mobility of HE programmes and institutions/providers across international borders.” Important to note the mutuality and reciprocal nature in this definition. It is no longer the case that TNE activity is one directional with for example UK, US and Australia looking to set up in other countries. It is more about mobility between countries. This year it was announced that Peking University will open a branch campus in Oxford. TNE is attractive to students seeking to gain a overseas qualification without moving from their country of residence Types of TNE activities can be divided into independent or collaborative. For example, international branch campuses can operate completely independently in an another country; whereas conversely a joint university will be shared enterprise and investment two or more partner universities. Type of TNE Activity Overseas branch of UK awarding institution (‘branch campus’) Overseas partnership - students registered at UK institution - students registered at overseas institution Distance/online learning (may involve in- country support centre) Blended learning can be a combination of these.

Fundamental aspects of TNE Global teaching and learning Achieving the highest levels of pedagogical impact in the classroom and beyond Synchronous: new pedagogical models, experiential and location based learning, hands on fieldwork in different parts of the world; simultaneous T&L across time and space Asynchronous: online learning, learning platforms The global student Supporting mobility on and off campus, in whichever country, learn collectively and opportunities to supplement and accentuate student experience Global administration and support Shared systems e.g. student records, examination and enrolment systems All of this needs to be seamless, and efficient connectivity fundamentally, although this is generally an afterthought. What are the requirements, technologies and software for each? Differing modes – Campus, partnership and online – will all have a different set of technical requirements. Expectations and demands of students are changing, with 24/7 connections and support, more face time interaction with those delivering education, and a more digitally enabled curriculum Additional background: Normally, international NREN service delivery is framed in terms of reachability between distinct, nationally organised NREN communities connecting across borders, responsible for arranging connectivity to other NRENs, and delivering connectivity nationally. TNE changes this paradigm by blurring the boundaries of community and geography:   An IBC from A is established in country B. The ICB may join the NREN community in B, however if they are unable to connect for whatever reason, will arrange their own connectivity (which may be costly, poor service). Clearly NREN B is better positioned to deliver. A partnership between country A and B delivering courses together. NRENs in both countries don’t have the specific knowledge of the specific connectivity requirements from respective user communities and there is no mechanism in place to ensure high quality connectivity delivery. This leads to a poor technological setup and student experience. The best outcomes are achieved if both NRENs are involved. So this needs good knowledge of global TNE, good coordination and a consistent approach. Other complexities include different NREN policies and offerings, and different country environments and regulations. We’ve built global R&E network infrastructure to enable T, L and R across national boundaries so how do we make the most of it. But this changes the paradigm of international NREN service delivery so that TNE services are better accommodated. Otherwise commercial providers may increasingly play a role to meet this need. Drivers include student digital education and experience, reciprocal country benefits and development of pedagogies The opportunity for collaboration: NRENs could increase their value to their core education constituencies by presenting a stronger TNE proposition, and that also provides differentiation from commercial providers; NRENs could increase their ROI already made in existing infrastructure by supporting TNE activities and potentially motivate new investment Increased demand for connectivity could provide new revenue opportunities Collaboration on TNE could lead to wider collaboration opportunities

Context GÉANT funded area of work – importance of supporting transnational education and mobility with technology requiring global infrastructure and services Past sessions at APAN 2016, TNC16, TNC17; Internet2 Global Summit 2016, 2017; Chinese American Networking Symposium 2015, 2016, 2017, and ASREN e-Age 2015, 2017 to share experiences, best practice and case studies Established GÉANT SIG for TNE led by Steering Committee: CERNET (Wan Li) GARR (Claudio Allocchio) Internet2 (Urszula Chomicka) Jisc (Esther Wilkinson) SURFnet (Alexander van den Hil) Workshop held at Internet2 Global Summit (April 2017) to identify key challenges and opportunities for working together Inaugural meeting of SIG-TNE at TNC17 An area that GEANT are supporting – see the relevance, and need for global collaboration Past sessions have focussed on sharing experiences/bets practice/case studies, but now need to move this area on to make a difference

The ‘Big Issues’ TNE data – regional, national and global – what exists now and how do we obtain it? What more do we need? Global TNE policies (the strategic challenge) – how do we develop consistent policies to support TNE, e.g. connectivity and services, charging models? TNE service development, challenges and opportunities - (the operational challenge) – interoperability, measurement, what will a service bundle look like, for both NRENs and the institutions we support? Tools, toolkits and resources - what is in development/do we need to develop to help us share information and support TNE, for both NRENs and the institutions we support? These are the four big issues that we identified as a SC from the I2GS meeting in 2017 Now need help and engagement in addressing each of these four areas – how can you be engaged and involved? Important to consider the different audiences and perspectives: Sending NREN Receiving NREN NREN developing TNE support Education institution delivering TNE Possibly also policy stakeholders and government in country – those we may need to influence

Workstream 4: Tools, toolkits and resources Esther Wilkinson Transnational Education lead, GN4-2 Task 1, GÉANT Head of International, Jisc APAN45 28 March 2018

Scope: Tools, toolkits and resources To identify tools and resources already in existence to enable NRENs to support TNE, individually and globally and enable accessibility To develop a suite of tools and resources to enable NRENs to support TNE, individually and globally and enable accessibility To understand requirements of tools and resources to more directly support education institutions or policy stakeholders in the NREN country What is out there that we can share? What do we need to develop – for you, for your education sector and stakeholders? What do we need to do next? Need to consider audiences – what are we developing for who.

Example: GÉANT Interactive Connectivity Map Audience: global NRENs, policy stakeholders, education institutions Find at map.geant.org Further development work planned on TNE by Jisc and Global REN CEO Forum Overlays may include: NREN contact details and connection policies Local ISP connectivity and contact details TNE activities (both sending and receiving) Regulatory and policy information including British Council ‘Global Gauge’ Quality assurance information Web map is being developed and linked in with other NRENs e.g. Canarie. TNE interactive map planned with for example local NREN and ISP contacts, regulatory and policy info. The Global Gauge is an interactive higher education policy monitor to be used alongside ‘The shape of global higher education’ research reports.  https://www.britishcouncil.org/education/ihe/knowledge-centre/global-landscape/global-gauge   This study identifies three areas where national governments can provide an enabling environment to their higher education institutions to internationalise and forge collaborations: a) Openness: government-level commitment to internationalisation; environment enabling international mobility of students, researchers, academic programmes and university research; b) Quality assurance and recognition: A regulatory environment to facilitate the international mobility of students, education providers and academic programmes. c) Access and sustainability: Promoting student/academic mobility and international research collaboration; consideration of possible unintended consequences of internationalisation.

Example: ‘In the Field’ Audience: global NRENs, policy stakeholders, education institutions Handful of case studies on TNE – more needed! We need more Education examples

Example: Jisc TNE Toolkit Audience: UK higher education institutions Developed in response to community demand Developed by the Jisc TNE Tech SIG Launched in summer 2018 Toolkit will: Share advice and best practice Highlight common challenges Provide country-specific information Will be developed into online tool and become part of Jisc ‘TNE offer’ Jisc is developing a toolkit for the UK community, in consultation with the community. Highlighting common challenges as possible solutions. This will be developed for NRENs. Simple checklists for an NREN to consider (and for an education institution to consider) when embarking on establishing and supporting TNE Country specific info – this is where we can all work together to help develop this.

Example: UK (Jisc) TNE Tech Special Interest Group Audience: UK education institutions (both higher and further education) Established in March 2016, made up of representatives from UK HEIs (including IT, library leads, academic leads, coordination roles and international departments ) as well as TNE policy leads across the sector (Quality Assurance Agency, Universities UK international, British Council, Association of Colleges) Current membership: 34 representatives from 23 HEIs (and expanding) Building a network to share best practice, provide peer to peer advice Discussion topics have included: the future of TNE/TNE 2.0; support packages for TNE; overseas licensing Initially tasked with developing a toolkit to support delivery of TNE due to be published summer 2018 Sector group being established in UK Sharing developments in the sector Including stakeholder leads, NRENs role in facilitating this?

Example: TNE Registration Form Audience: global and regional RENs Operational tool for (N)RENs to capture appropriate information and contacts to support and TNE Adapted and adopted for HEAnet Jisc working on online form to make ‘application’ to (N)RENs An example of efficiencies – practical tools to capture information needed to take the next steps in TNE support.

GÉANT SIG-TNE Wiki Audience: global and regional RENs, education institutions Access to past TNE sessions, reports and presentations Resources: articles and blogs, reports and case studies, links and websites, other groups Events past and future Have set up GEANT TNE SIG and Wiki site with resources Access to previous resources and discussions Needs input from you

Concluding remarks and next steps Esther Wilkinson Transnational Education lead, GN4-2 Task 1, GÉANT Head of International, Jisc APAN45 28 March 2018

Next steps for SIG-TNE Launch SIG-TNE Workplan at Internet2 Global Summit, May 2018. Call for SIG members to engage with specific tasks Develop white paper on TNE support for consultation with SIG- TNE members Established sub-group of Global REN CEO to focus on TNE and develop global connectivity policy (links with GNA) Continue to develop SIG-TNE Wiki site global resources Continue outreach and engagement activities with NRENs and their communities Develop Value Proposition for Education?

Contact: esther.wilkinson@jisc.ac.uk