1. PROBLEMS
DIY U - ContextWHAT IS THE PROBLEM?
Quality? Cost? Equality?
Impact?
HE maybe at 1000 yr
inflection point
(hard to see when you’re there)
DIY U as a crucible for
innovation
(Silicon Valley)
Learning  Teaching
Facilitator  Teacher
Process Skill  Content
Framework / Syllabus
“You need one”
Recognition/Quality key
To Whom?
Awarder? Employer?
DIY U needs concrete
experiments to test
e.g. DIY Engineering (demand)
It needs a business
model - they will
emerge (STEEPLE)
Young Learners who
aren’t ready to decide
vocation?
What about Interest Driven
Learning?
archaeologist  lawyer
Geologist  teacher
The Technology already
exists
– or does it?
CETIS  CHEIS: Centre
for Higher Education
Innovation Studies ?
National study of student
employment outcomes
– in detail and long term
(Meta-analysis of existing data?)
Better understanding of learners
and their requirements
(key to implementation of DIY U
model and solutions)
Continue implementation of XCRI
and check outcomes with
students (in confidence)
Better understanding of
capabilities and changes in
capabilities (in order to inform the
market and to select appropriate
learning resources and design)
PROBLEM: WE ARE FISH IN THE
WATER OF POLITICS + EDUCATION.
WE THINK WE ARE DOING
SOMETHING NEW, BUT IT’S THE
SAME OLD CONTEXT.
PROBLEMS: DIY IS OLD HAT:
(ILLICH + FREIRE). PROBLEMS ARE:
a) POLITICAL (SOCIAL CONTROL /
ACCESS TO WORK)
b) PRACTICAL (HOW TO INTEGRATE
WITH GOV + INSTITUTIONS)
IF DIY UNIVERSITY, THEN ASLO:
SCHOOL?
PRIMARY SCHOOL?
DIY MODEL IS NOT A VIABLE
SOLUTION FOR HE SECTOR BECAUSE
IT HAS NO CONTROL OVER
ACCREDITATION + RECOGNITION
PARADOX A VIABLE DIY COURSE
BUILDER FROM CROSS-
INSTITUTIONAL MODELS REQUIRES
STATE INTERVENTION
(+ DIY MODELS)
QUESTION: CAN A DIY/SELF-
ORGANISING CO-OPERATIVE
APPROACH BE (in part) ADOPTED BY
HE WITHIN CURRENT BUSINESS
MODEL.? HOW SHOULD IT CHANGE?
PRACTICALLY: (TECHNOLOGY)
DIY = MORE SELF-ORGANISATION IN
THE ORGSANISATINOAL MODEL OF
THE UNI. (support for co-teaching),
SO PLE (WITH ALL ITS PROBLEMS) +
ITS TECHNICAL AGENDA
Knowledge entrance exams
(and a DIY U solution to helping
students revise)
Traditional University ? DIY U
DIY U
Open Content
Social Networking
Accreditation
Technology
/ Enablers
Degree Awarding
Charter
Howto
Link?
Widening Participation
High Fees  Learner’s Risk
So Reduce Fees:
Free: Content, Activities, Self-test
Pay for: Staff Time & Accreditation

Course Fees vs. Lifelong Membership
- Flexible time to complete
- Continuous Updating
- Previous students help current
Traditional University  DIY U
Provide: - Syllabus+OER+
(Free) Self-Assessment
- Tools for Self-Organising
+Access to: - Staff & Students (paid?)
(Paid) - External Expertise
Traditional University ? DIY U
COMMUNITY OF LEARNING
PAID FREE
STAFF STUDENTS NOT (yet) STUDENTS
Help
SAMBA SCHOOL MODEL (cf. Papert)
BUILDING THE WIDER COMMUNITY
Local = F2F + (some) Online
Global = Online + (some) F2F
Cross-Link Local & Global
(Dai’s Doubts)