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What Have The Researchers Ever Done For Us?

What Have The Researchers Ever Done For Us?. A Review of Institutional Research in IET at the UKOU. Ancient Institutional Research. IET Mark1. Underpinning Model “R & D”. Main work is curriculum development Research and evaluation feeds into this We are the experts.

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What Have The Researchers Ever Done For Us?

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  1. What Have The Researchers Ever Done For Us? A Review of Institutional Research in IET at the UKOU Alan Woodley

  2. Ancient Institutional Research

  3. IET Mark1

  4. Underpinning Model “R & D” • Main work is curriculum development • Research and evaluation feeds into this • We are the experts

  5. And then came the computer…………

  6. The RAE

  7. The DES Review

  8. IET Mark 2

  9. Underpinning Model “Flexibility” & “Partnership” • Recognition of New Technology • Changing development role • Consolidation of student research • Attempted “Matrix” model • “Home base” and “Programmes” • New paradigms

  10. Please shoot the other guy!

  11. IET Mark 3 - Current

  12. Underpinning Model: “Survival” • Teach courses • More staff development • Be more responsive • Become more efficient (“Industrialising”) • Detailed workplans • Project-focus • Get more external grants

  13. The Super Highway to salvation? • More accessible knowledge • More user-friendly knowledge • Faster knowledge • Better knowledge

  14. More accessible knowledge • Not enough people to send it out • Too much for one person to know • Create the Knowledge Network • .. enables OU staff to explore, share and build knowledge and experience of teaching and learning.

  15. Public access to KN • http://www.open.ac.uk/kn/ or http://kn.open.ac.uk/public/

  16. More user-friendly knowledge • Web-based stats • Interactive stats • Powerpoint attachments

  17. Faster knowledge • E surveys • PRESTO • ACES

  18. Better knowledge • In depth e-interviews • E focus groups • E coding • E editing

  19. Other ways of industrialising research • Scanning • The CURV project • Market research

  20. The internal research market • Overhead and Service • Internal competition • - Knowledge Media Institute • -Learning and Teaching Solutions • -CAL group • -Telematics group • -Student Services • Etc, etc

  21. The Student Research Centre

  22. SRC- Others • Working with Faculties • Working on regular IR projects • Working on internally funded research projects eg PRESTO • Working on externally funded projects eg CHEERS

  23. The Research Mix in SRC • That done for the OU generally (Overhead) • That done for Funding Units (Service Flow) • That done for outside agencies • That done for personal research

  24. “What have we learned about the research audience?” • They have short and selective memories • They want simple answers to complex problems • They want more • They want it done cheaper • They start to do it themselves

  25. Coming shortly… Seminar II The Meaning of Life

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