1. What does open education
and the future of universities
“look like?”
ISTB01, March 26/2008
Stian Håklev

2. What is a university?

9. Accreditation?

10. Why is it organized as it is?

11. 4 year degree
5 courses per term
GPA
Big lectures
Small tutorials
Papers
Textbooks
Academic journals
Citation standards

12. Is that the only way?

13. What is the purpose of
university?

14. Current problems

15. The enrollment explosion

18. Is Canadian education in
crisis?

19. Jeff Rybak – ex-UTSC student

20. Professors from U Western

21. If this is Canada, how about
the developing world?

22. Colonial heritage
University of Pretoria

23. Language of instruction
Curriculum contents
Text books
Very restricted entry
Appropriate?

24. Challenges
Massive growth in enrolment
Teaching of local content
Accessibility and affordability
Flexibility
Indigenous knowledge
production/exchange
Access to Western knowledge
South-to-South knowledge exchange

25. Not possible with today’s
Western model

26. So?

27. Two trends:

28. Very scalable
Mixed modes of delivery
Flexible/Affordable
Massive universities

29. Examples
UK Open University
Indira Gandhi Open University

32. Accessability?
Tele/learning-centers
Video/CD/DVD
Satellite/TV/Radio
Paper-based

33. Affordable computers?

34. What does distance learning
“look like”
(isn’t it boring looking at a tiny
window with a professor talking on
the screen, don’t the students feel
disconnected, aren’t the
educational outcomes sub-
optimal?)

35. Introduction to Open
Education course
David Wiley, Utah State University

36. Introduction to Open
Education course
David Wiley, Utah State University

37. Introduction to Open
Education course
David Wiley, Utah State University

38. Introduction to Open
Education course
David Wiley, Utah State University

39. Introduction to Open
Education course
David Wiley, Utah State University

40. “Ingredients” for learning
a selected/gradated list of course material
(lenses, playlist)
assignments, deadlines, a beginning and an
end?
feedback/critique (from teacher/mentor/other
students)
Open Educational Resources
accreditation?

41. Accreditation
- The idea of excellent universities
- Separating teaching and accreditation
- The competency-based model
- Portfolio

42. Possible questions for
discussion
What elements are really necessary to constitute a
university, and what is “historical hubris?”
How will (higher) education look in the future?
Does the model of computer-mediated open learning give
an answer to the challenges of the developing world? Of
Canada?
How can/should UTSC or UofT play an active role in this?

43. Thank you!