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Strategic Alliances - The Role of UWI Open Campus in the Development of the Management Consulting Industry in the Caribbean. The Management Consulting Business Symposium June 29 – July 2, 2010. Focus of the presentation. What is the Open Campus? What are its distinctive features?
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Strategic Alliances - The Role of UWI Open Campus in the Development of the Management Consulting Industry in the Caribbean The Management Consulting Business Symposium June 29 – July 2, 2010
Focus of the presentation What is the Open Campus? What are its distinctive features? What is the potential for partnering with Management Consulting? What are some of the programme development options?
Our Mandate In furtherance of the mission and vision of UWI, the UWI Open Campus was set up to expand the scope, enhance the appeal, and improve the efficiency of UWI’s service to the individuals, communities and countries which it serves across the region, the diaspora and beyond.
Antecedents of the Open Campus BNCCDE 4
What is the Open Campus? The UWI OC does not have Faculties but draws on faculty members from the other UWI campuses or resource persons from the region and the world. Its programme development, design and delivery are informed by the market and many of its programmes are transdisciplinary and solutions focused. Its research is issues driven and its agenda drawn up in consultation with other stakeholders.
What is the Open Campus? Its organizational structure shows a student centred design, a flatter administrative hierarchy and the use of teams in many of its processes. The campus functions in a distributed environment with staff based in 16 countries and potential learners from all over the world accessing programmes.
What is the Open Campus? The infusion of information and communication technology in its teaching and learning and administrative processes is a given, Marketing is considered important and quality assurance is jointly pursued with a wide cross section of interest groups.
What have we achieved so far? We are legally established, have an organisational structure, have filled some positions, and are operational A slate of new programmes is on offer for September 2010 and January 2011 The first graduate programmes were launched in January 2010 The first open access programmes are to be launched in September 2010
Student population In 2009 more than 1,000 students graduated with a range of certificate programmes taken at OC sites. 760 students graduated, received certificates, degrees with most of these participating in the inaugural graduation ceremony of the Open Campus in St. Lucia.
Operations of the Open Campus Improve service to the UWI 12 and ‘under-served’ communities in campus countries. To support the economic, social and cultural growth of the countries served by UWI. To provide regional and equal access to education and professional development opportunities.
Operations of the Open Campus Provision of education anywhere, anytime through development of online and face-to-face capabilities. Provision of access at all sites to those without computers. Develop programmes that meet economic and social needs of countries (based on surveys). Offer courses through a laddered system to make access possible; also use of PLAR.
Operations of the Open Campus The Open Campus attempts to increase access: by giving opportunity to second chancers to re-enter the higher education system through open access programmes through assessment and recognition of experiential learning by providing the opportunity for learners to practise laddering of qualifications
Operations of the Open Campus Form partnerships with regional and international institutions of higher learning to build capacity. Conduct periodic labour market surveys of countries in the region to determine needs. Provide education in multimode format – through Distance, ICT and Face-to-Face.
Academic Programming Approach Programme Laddering External Writers UWI Writers Academic Support Team Course Development Team
Certificates & Diplomas Certificates Criminology Entrepreneurship Human Resource Management Information & Communications Technology Tourism and Hospitality Management in the Caribbean Diplomas Business Administration Gender & Development Studies NGO Administration Office Administration Public Sector Administration Social Services Youth in Development Work
Associate and Bachelor’s Degree programmes Associate Degrees Administrative Professional Office Management Business Management Criminal Justice Paralegal Studies Public Sector Management NGO Management Social Work • Bachelors Degrees • Literacy Studies • Primary (Language Arts Option) • Secondary with Options in: • English / Literature Education • Mathematics Education • Educational Leadership & Management • Accounting • Banking and Finance • Management Studies (Special) • Management Studies (Major) • Economics (Minor)
Postgraduate programmes New postgraduate programmes Graduate diploma and Masters in Instructional Design with concentration in : Instructional Technology Instructional Systems Open and Distance Learning Masters in Adult and Continuing Education Masters in Literacy Studies
Partnerships Build networks with other colleges and institutions to • enable staff development • foster course and programme development • develop capabilities for designing, delivering and managing ODL programmes & to use varied technologies.
Potential of the OC Costing Model Application of a transparent costing model which itemises all development costs and all delivery costs, providing a framework within which partner inputs and returns can be identified, agreed to and shared to the mutual satisfaction and mutual growth and development of all partners.
Areas of Negotiation to establish a partnership Programmes or courses required Target Modality Inputs to programme development and delivery Costs Timelines Memorandum of Understanding
