2. Repositioning OU Leaderships in The Digital Era
Repositioning
OU Leaderships in
The Digital Era

3. Repositioning OU Leaderships in The Digital Era
Tian Belawati
Universitas Terbuka, Indonesia
AAOU Annual Conference, Yogyakarta, 26 September 2017

4. The good labels we are known for……
Industrialization of education
Liberation of education
Democratization of education
Modernization of education
Open Universities are leaders in providing massive, open, and inclusive education ~ using technology
Innovation

5. OU Leaderships Access Massive Mega universities (Daniel, 1999)
AAOU’s 45 full members serve >10 million students
In South East Asia (ASEAN), 8 OUs serve about 1 million students
Access

6. OU Leaderships Inclusivity Openness
Openness
OUs have always been in the forefront of implementing open and inclusive education concept and philosophy into practice/system
Open admissions policies
low cost
Study anywhere, anytime
Inclusivity

7. OU Leaderships Innovation
OUs have always been in the forefront of technology use for education
Innovation

8. The Era OUs has gone through...
Mid 19th century:
U of London’s external studies (degrees by exam)
The correspondence model - Print
The multimedia model - Print, Audiotape, Videotape, Computer-based learning (e.g. CML/CAL), Interactive video (disk and tape)
The tele-learning model - Audio-teleconferencing, Videoconferencing, Audiographic Communication, Broadcast TV/Radio and Audio-teleconferencing
The flexible learning model - Interactive multimedia (IMM), Internet-based access to WWW resources, Computer- mediated communication
The intelligent flexible learning model – all + Computer mediated communication, using automated response systems
The networked/connectivism model - Interactive Internet- based, use of OER, social media communication .
The birth of first generations of
open universities
The birth of
E-learning, mobile learning, ubiquitous learning, etc..
All are being used depends on ACTIONS
MOOCs

9. Reality Check: MOOCs Phenomenon

10. Born & grow predominantly not by nor in OUs
MOOCs Phenomenon
10+ millions students
Access, inclusivity, innovation
23+ millions students
Born & grow predominantly not by nor in OUs

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Reality check: Transformative Change
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12. The big question is … Can we regain our leaderships in massive,
open and distance education
to produce graduates who have
Wisdom & Creativity?
Who can transcend technology?

13. Distance no longer exist Skills needed are not known
The assumptions of OU have changed
Distance no longer exist
Skills needed are not known
The game field has changed & the speed of change is exponential
Business can no longer be as usual
curriculum/content, pedagogy/technology, learning scheme/pathway

14. The Challenges and New Focus
Technology
Students
Quality
Pedagogy

15. = Successful graduates
Quality
Second class
Compared to face-to-face learning
Quality is measured using face-to-face quality indicators
Quality
 Number of graduates
= Successful graduates

16. Pedagogy Behaviorism/constructivism to Connectivism
Fixed Curriculum to open curriculum
Pre-produced self-contained Learning materials to open/customizable Materials using OERs
Degree oriented to competency oriented (nanodegree, stackable credentials, competency-based education, etc.)
Global open movement & Sharing paradigm have led to the ample OERs

17. Illustration: Udacity
Nanodegree program is
a credential program: enroll, meet a series of expectations, and receive a credential affirming your successful completion of the program.

18. Illustration: MIT and U of Illinois
US News, 12 April 2016,
"MicroMaster's" online program offered through the MIT and edX, allows students to complete five MOOCs and earn a verified certificate from each, and then complete a capstone exam and receive the MITx MicroMaster's credential 
The University of Illinois—Urbana-Champaign, in collaboration with the MOOC provider Coursera, recently launched a stackable online MOOC-based Master of Computer Science in Data Science program. Students can, for instance, first earn a MOOC specialization certificate in data mining or cloud computing, and then choose whether to go on to finish the full master's degree. Overall, the degree costs less than $20,000.

19. Illustration: WGU
Curriculum is formed by competencies that are developed by a council of experts in the field
Degree is earned through demonstration of skills and
The key distinction is the modularization of learning. A student cannot move on until demonstrating fluency in each competency.
Not focus on seat time or credit hours, but assurance on high professional competency.

20. Technology The most crucial challenges for online learning:
Putting the learners at the heart of the system
Accessible
Ubiquitous
Open
Massive
Quality
Interactive
Personalized
Promote student success
Putting the learner at the heart of the system

21. The Near Future of OU
Kanwar, Mishra, & Cheng (2016)