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Widening Participation and Disruption

Widening Participation and Disruption. Professor Belinda Tynan, Pro-Vice Chancellor (Learning and Teaching) The Open University. Challenges for the Conference. What new models of partnership and curriculum delivery are addressing social inequality and what evidence is there of impact?

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Widening Participation and Disruption

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  1. Widening Participation and Disruption Professor Belinda Tynan, Pro-Vice Chancellor (Learning and Teaching) The Open University

  2. Challenges for the Conference • What new models of partnership and curriculum delivery are addressing social inequality and what evidence is there of impact? • Can we revisit curriculum theory to look afresh at redressing differential success rates for different groups in society? • What is the impact of curriculum reform in higher education institutions and what lessons can be learned?  • How are students being engaged creatively in the process of improving the student experience of higher education for all students?

  3. Megatrends

  4. Challenges and opportunities Challenges Opportunities Productively sharing benefits of growth etc. Investment in the long term Collaboration and cooperation Shared values Education- participation and access Resilience and adaptability within complexity • Globalisation • Future jobs • Resources • Health • Education • Excessive consumption in the developed world • Geopolitics • Governance

  5. What is our calling? • Conscience • Character • Calling • Competence and craft • Citizenship, conversation and capability • Other?

  6. HEA Principles for Learning in the Future • learner empowerment • future-facing education • decolonising education • transformative capabilities • crossing boundaries • social learning

  7. pedagogies for complexity, uncertainty and change

  8. Knowing diversity: The role for Learner Analytics

  9. A pedagogy for widening participation On the go Motivation

  10. Interaction as a transaction (dyadic) or on a continuum with substantive dialogue? More likely that where dialogue occurs, learning outcomes will be stronger and learners will do better Engagement= persistence Dialogue = interaction (not interactivity)= engagement Online education environments offer the opportunity for increased interaction (dialogue) opportunities a high degree of interactivity and participation positive social and educational benefits dynamics of interpersonal communication and theories of immediacy overlay with interaction Learner-teacher dialogue which develops a high degree of interactivity and participation is critical for success Ensuring that dialogue is personal, tailored to the individual and is dynamic, helps to bridge the transactional gap

  11. Disruption in practice: Free and open learning

  12. What is The Open University, UK? Open Distance Blended Online 16,093 4,538 3,272 Scale Quality Research Broad Curriculum 163,721 9,014 7,960 Part time Fee based Loans available Inclusive with Free 14

  13. Why do we do free learning? “Advancement and dissemination of learning and knowledge … to promote the general wellbeing of the community.” OU Charter 15

  14. What do we do with free learning? “Advancement and dissemination of learning and knowledge … to promote the general wellbeing of the community.” OU Charter 16

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  16. Reach new learners 18

  17. Channels 2014-15 Awareness and Inspired Interest … … & Explore Interests … … & Engage with Community & Courses … … & Register Identity 19

  18. BBC and the OU: A Powerful Partnership Engaging millions in learning for over 40 years Free Learning Qualifications Inspirational Broadcast Print 315m viewing / listening events. 24 TV/radio series co-produced across most channels each year. 21m iPlayer downloads. 13% of visitors to OpenLearn enquire about studying with OU, e.g. the Frozen Planet course was fully subscribed. 11m visitors to free OU learning online. 60m downloads on iTunes U. Largest YouTube presence of any EU university. Over 10,000 hours of free learning materials. 1.7% of broadcast viewers engage in the next step, e.g. 2.9% of Frozen Planet viewers took the next step with the OU. 396k print items distributed for free by the OU, e.g. 200k ordered Frozen Planet poster. 600k clicked through to the OU from the BBC, e.g. 19k took free OpenLearn Frozen Planet course. High performing output: average AI 86

  19. Disruption in practice:Citizen Science - The Open Science Lab

  20. New Opportunities in Open Education OpenLearn Works Hub for Free Learning capacity building… • Underway: The OU has a pilot project which copied OpenLearn and provided a free public space for people to run their own free learning projects. TESSIndia, HEAT, Gates Foundation and other projects use this as a development and hosting space. • We will add: • more content on OER capacity building, • MOOC presentation capability, • multi-format (including eBook) publishing tools • and new support mechanisms like badging

  21. Challenges for the Conference • What new models of partnership and curriculum delivery are addressing social inequality and what evidence is there of impact? • Can we revisit curriculum theory to look afresh at redressing differential success rates for different groups in society? • What is the impact of curriculum reform in higher education institutions and what lessons can be learned?  • How are students being engaged creatively in the process of improving the student experience of higher education for all students?

  22. Learning and TeachingThe Open UniversityWalton HallMilton KeynesMK7 6AA www.open.ac.uk

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