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Dr Kate Clarke

Open University Validation Services (OUVS)
Accreditation of institutions
Validation of HE programmes

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The Open University in 2004

Over 2.5 million students since 1971
200,000 students
45,000 outside UK

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The Open University
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HEFC
RAE
Teaching
Research
QAA
Q A
Production
StudentSupport
Fees
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Why have an Open University?

To make higher education (HE) available to many
more people widening participation
To exploit technologies, methods and pedagogy to
achieve increased access to HE
To pioneer a new system of educationsupported
open learning
To take the university to the student
High quality, cost-effective, open learning
accessible to all

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What is an Open University?

Open to peoplePlaying a leading role in the
transition to mass higher education by serving an
increasingly large and diverse student body
Open to placesContributing to a widening of
educational opportunities by making our
programmes, courses and services available
UK-wide and internationally
Open to methodsExploiting distance-teaching
methods, new learning technologies and teaching
techniques to serve home- and work-based students
Open to ideasThe OU will be a vibrant academic
community dedicated to the expansion, refinement
and sharing of knowledge

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open to time
Increasingly, students will study in a time of
their own choosing and at a pace that suits
them.
The OU will help students manage home, family,
work and study.

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Open all hours a single days log-on record of
students on-line to the OU (Course M206
Object Oriented Programming 1996)
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Study with the OU

Open entry no entry qualifications are usually
required
Exit levels more important than entry levels
All registered students have a local tutor
Network of over 300 UK study centres
A typical undergraduate course involves about
1014 hours study per week over 32 weeks

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Who are OU students?

Majority are aged between 20 to 40 Youngest
student 9 and the youngest graduate 17. Median
age is 33.
Fastest growing cohort of OU students 1824
age-group
About 40 studying for a second degree or
additional qualification
40 of OU students do not have the school-leaving
qualifications that usually enable university
entrance
Currently some 10,000 disabled students are
studying with the OU
Over 75 OU students are in employment
About 80 of finally-registered undergraduates
pass their first-year examinations

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Academic organisation

6 Faculties Arts, Social Sciences, Maths
Computing, Science, Technology, Education
Language Studies
2 Schools Health Social Welfare (SHSW), Open
University Business School (OUBS)
Institute of Educational Technology (IET)
Knowledge Media Institute (KMi)
13 Regional Centres covering the UK
1200 full-time academic staff
Research and teaching throughout the OU

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Regional Centres

The University has 13 regional centres in the UK
each has a Director and a staff of academics and
administrators. Staff Tutors are based in
Regions.
Staff in the centres are responsible for
the admission, tuition and advising of students
the recruitment, training and supervision of
8,000 part-time associate lecturers
the organisation of tutorials, residential
schools and examinations

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Qualifications

Defined set of courses, with regulations about
academic levels, combinations, etc.
pre-Degree or Access courses
Certificates and Diplomas
Bachelors degrees
Masters degrees
Research degrees
325,000 OU graduates since 1971

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Credit Structure (CATS)

Modular structure credit awarded for courses
Module or course size 30 or 60 points (120
points full-time year)
360 points BA or BSc degree
Each course is at one of four academic levels
levels 1, 2 and 3 for bachelors degrees
level M for taught graduate programmes

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Course Components

Study Guide and workbooks
Computing software, practical kits
Face-to-face or on-line tutorials
TV or radio broadcasts on BBC
Audio-,video-tapes, CD-ROM, DVD
Day Workshops or Residential Schools
Assessment and Examination

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Typical Assessment Model

50 Continuous Assessment(Tutor-marked
Assignments)
50 End-of-course Examination
New forms of assessment introduced
One 60 point OU course is roughly equivalent to
one semester in a traditional university at
undergraduate level...

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Quality Learning and Teaching
The Open University Course Development Process
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Vision of the Future? (c. 1898)
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What e-Learning is Not
What eLearning is not
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Innovation in teaching methods and media

OU offers an alternative higher education,
student-centred
The OU has pioneered new curriculum,
instructional design and use of media
Academics and teaching support staff need more
professional skills

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Course Production Team
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Quality depends on people and on process

Multi-skilled course team
Peer group review
Reiteration
Briefing and training
Objective scrutiny of the results research

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Quality Assurance

OUs own processes course teams, external
assessors, external examiners, student surveys
UK QAA academic infrastructure
Research assessment exercise

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Rapid growth of online conferencing at the OU
160,000 users 180 courses 16,000 conferences
2,000 student moderators
Average daily activity 51,000 connections
7,000 different users 20,000 messages
sent 150,000 messages read
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The Open University in 2004