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Sonam Penjor Manager, Educational Technology Office of the Vice Chancellor The Royal University of Bhutan Page x of y
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Remembering Robin Mason ALT-C 2011
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Bhutan Bordering with China and India Constitutional monarchy
Population of 700,000 Development philosophy of GNH
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Royal University of Bhutan
Established in June 2003 through the Royal Charter Distributed University A central coordinating office and 10 constituent colleges 6000 students 939 staff
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Members of the University
5 Members of the University
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Robin & Bhutan 2005 to 2006 Asia-Link project on Development and Management of Sustainable Systems for Distributed Higher Education in Nepal and Bhutan: Distributed learning: experiences of UHI and OU Systems development: expert advice on technologies suitable for distributed campuses Institutional systems: staff development workshops, conferences and exchange visits on the subject of institutional models for distributed education: pedagogy, online teaching, appropriate technology Sustainable systems: capacity building and exchange of good practice in the area sustainable rural education.
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Robin & Bhutan 2007 to 2008 EU Asia-Link project EduShare
OU, Lewis Castle College and Asian university partners Quality assurance workshops Development of course resources staff development (MPhil programme) Educational technology workshops –OU’s OpenLearn, etc Robin Mason & Frank Rennie published a book on Bhutan: Bhutan Ways of Knowing
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Educational Technology at RUB
Teaching/learning is predominantly book/lecture based Use of educational technology is just being understood Staff capability is very limited Telecommunication network is good across the country Internet connectivity & bandwidth is poor Moodle as university-wide VLE (2011), but challenged by lack of capability in instructional design Teaching/learning lacks use of educational technology and other educational resources
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Networking & Partnerships
Support and expertise in: Developing systems & capability in educational technology use Distributed education delivery Open educational resources Innovative programme development & delivery
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