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Simon Atkinson
Associate Dean of Learning and Teaching(Teaching Enhancement)
August 2011
BPP Education Group
1976: BPP formed London
home study and flexible training for the finance sector
1986 Floated as BPP Holdings plc
2007 first for profit company to gain UK Degree Awarding Powers
2009 a wholly owned subsidiary of Apollo Inc £306m acquisition.
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Apollo Education Network• University of Phoenix (US)
– established 1973
– 458,600 students
– 1 enrolment every 20 seconds
• BPP University College (UK)
• College for Financial Planning (US)
• Institute for Professional Development (US)
• Western International University (US)
• Meritus University (Canada)
• Universidad de Artes, Ciencias y Comunicación “UNIAC “ (Chile)
• Universidad Latinoamericana “ULA” (Mexico)
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BPP University College : Why Mobile?
• Flexiblility
• Opportunity
• Enabling the committed learner
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What is “Flexible Learning”?
• Customers require ever greater flexibility over 3 key aspects of their training:
PRICE!LOCATION!
TIMING!
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Flexibility of price
Traditional
Distance learning
Traditional face to face classroom
Online classroom
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Flexibility of location
28 UK Study Centres
13 International Study Centres
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Flexibility of timing
• 2000 courses towards Professional Qualifications in the UK– Exams on demand
• … how can a course start whenever a customer wants?
• Degree world: step on step off– 2 year or 4 years– Acknowledging Employment
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A feeling of isolation
• How can we avoid it?
• Overhauling the online experience
• Flexible pedagogies where appropriate
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Pilot Opportunities
• Accountancy & Tax Professional Qualifications (On-going 5 week ‘blocks)
• PG Certificate Professional Education (January 2012 8 week units)
• Non-BPP – Olympics project GE1851 (On-going…)
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BPP’s Professional Accountancy Programmes
• Provide a range of study solutions to prepare students over 5-15 week period for externally assessed exams – (multiple choice through to case studies).
– Individual Books, E-content
– Traditional paper based distance learning
– Online classroom programmes
– Face to face classroom programmes
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Price and level of tutor interaction increasing
Start Date
Learning Phase
Practice & Revision Phase
Rehearsal Phase
The Exam
GuidanceFocusAdvice
Guidance & regular email updates.
Final Mock with online debrief
Assigned tutor from
start to finish
A forum for queries
monitored by your
tutor throughout
2 Course Exams with tutor review.
Guided revision questions & exam technique advice
Ad hoc pieces of set work
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Guidance: ‘test-prep’13
Annotated ‘walk-through’14
BPP’s PGcert Professional Education
• Modelling Instructional Design norms for ‘new’ approach to degrees
• Modularised for ‘pick & mix’ professional development
• Initially in-house but intendedfor international market
• Currently being designed – radical pedagogies possible
• Pilot January-April 2012 – 25-50 people
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Brokerage
• Our educational experience
• Evaluation and design
• Other sectors – health / heritage
• Heritage option – Olympics 2012 Hyde Park – GE1851 visualisation.
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