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Naveed A. Malik
Virtual University of Pakistan
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VUP – A brief introduction
The state of K-12 education in Pakistan
The challenges
Technology to the rescue
The intervention
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Established – March 2002
To provide ◦ High quality
◦ Affordable
◦ Uniform
higher education to all aspirants regardless of their physical location
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The Model
◦ Broadcast television/cable/Internet used to deliver pre-recorded video lectures
◦ Interaction via a comprehensive Learning Management System over the Internet
◦ Assessment through proctored examinations at designated centers
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Presence in over 120 cities of Pakistan
◦ 200 active Virtual campuses
VU Operated: 26
Public-private partnership: 174
Enrolment
Total 100,000+
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Pakistan
◦ Ranked 145 / 187 countries in the UNDP Human Development Index
◦ Unlikely to meet MDG goal of universal primary education by 2015
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Higher Education
◦ Still serving only 7% of relevant age group
◦ Mostly concentrated in large cities only
◦ Still expensive, rather, more expensive
◦ Faculty shortage still exists
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Punjab – (largest province, 65% of Pakistan)
◦ 58,000+ functional government schools
◦ 8.4 million children enrolled in grades 1+
◦ over 300,000 teachers
Demand (population) growing but Quality ???
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Increasing by approximately 3 million per year ! = Additional load on the school system
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Punjab statistics
PTC Matric 61,153
PTC FA/FSc 20,683
PTC BA/BSc 11,600
PTC MA/MSc 1,366
CT FA/FSc 13,030
CT BA/BSc 16,970
CT MA/MSc 2,788
BEd BA/BSc 44,097
BEd MA/MSc 61,657
Source: Punjab Monitoring and Implementation Unit
PTC = Primary Teaching Certificate; requires 10 years schooling
CT = Certificate of Teaching; requires 12 years schooling
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Huge, growing demand
Shortage of properly qualified teachers
Production of teachers not meeting demand
Teacher education has quality issues
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The issues are the justifications:
◦ Shortage of properly trained teachers
◦ Huge demand / number of students
◦ Capacity issues in institutions
◦ Cost of education
◦ Quality & uniformity
◦ Standardization
The World is going e !
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Subdivided by age into different levels involving:
◦ Entertainment
◦ Discovery
◦ Construction
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Get inspiration from everywhere but ◦ Design & develop for local conditions
Fund development of content but ◦ Deliver for free (OER)
Open doors to contribution of content but ◦ Publish after moderation/editing – conforming to
VU standards
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Domain knowledge
Instructional strategy – (may be domain specific) ◦ e.g. STEM requires different approaches as compared to
language skills
◦ Younger children require a different approach as compared to young adults
Instructional design
Content design and writing
e-Tools and skillsets
Pilot studies and testing
Scale-up and deployment
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Non-technical ◦ Communication skills – General ◦ Writing / Script writing skills ◦ Assessment design – Domain + Education
Technical ◦ Platform specific tools (e.g. HTML5, web design,
scripting etc.) – IT ◦ Videography - Professional ◦ Graphics design – Professional (influenced by IT) ◦ Interactive animations – IT (influenced by Graphics) ◦ Incremental publishing (pushing updates only) – IT ◦ The M domain!
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Platforms
◦ Browser based
◦ Mobile implications
◦ WiFi, WiMax, 3G….
◦ Collaborative networks….
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e-Books for school ◦ Browser based – (write once, use many)
◦ English & Urdu content
◦ Tablets
Provided free of cost
Actual cost includes contribution towards content
◦ School/teacher to offer free wi-fi to download new chapters / content
Test effectiveness through pilot projects then scale
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Started for grades 11-12
Developing video content based on BLOSSOMS pedagogy ◦ Duet between on-screen and in-class teachers ◦ Primary delivery through video topics ◦ Drilling and practice through in-class sessions
Use LMS for practice and formative assessment ◦ Includes interactive content
Use Tablets and create in-class LANs for teacher-
led activities and crowd sourcing
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Back to school!!!!!
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Thank You