Review of the Open Education - Cairo University

Raising the efficiency of the open education system

Prof Dr. Elsayed Tag Eldin

Cairo university- Egypt

Cairo University • Second oldest Egyptian university

• Established in 1908

• 28 faculties and institutes

• 7700 staff members and 5700 assistants

• 163000 Egyptian students

• Since its beginning about 7500 foreign students

• 160 centers

The Open Education Center• Important tool to support continuous learning .

• The beginning in March 1991 (program of Commerce and

program of Agriculture) with 5100 enrolled students.

• Now 25 different programs in 7 faculties (Faculty of

Commerce, Agriculture, Mass communication, Law, Dar al

Oloum (Arabic and Islamic studies), and Education Early

Childhood.

• At September 2016 the number of current enrolled

students reached about 30000 students(estimated to

be about 50000 at the end of the registration for this

semester), with a total of about 300000 registered

students since the beginning of the Open Education –

Cairo University in 1991.

• 5549 students have been graduated with a total of

118123 graduates since 1995.

• 2009/2010 the start of 9 online professional diplomas

for Post graduates (Professional diploma in accounting,

Sports media Diploma, Applied Nutrition, Landscaping,

Real estate rights, Women's political rehabilitation,

Electronic education, Special needs at pre-school and

primary level (Hearing impairment - Mental Impairment-

Learning difficulties - Autism), Arabic language teachers

for foreigners.

• At September 2016 the number of current enrolled

students in professional diplomas reached about

150 students(estimated to be about 400 at the end

of the registration for this semester) .

• 318 students have been graduated.

• 700 qualified members of the teaching staff participate in

teaching at the Open education system.

• 300 of technical and administrative staff provide high

quality services to the students.

• Open Education center manages the development of

about 870 different courses using the multimedia

methods of education’s technology and O E R.

Open education center partnerships and agencies• Partnerships with 10 other public universities (Mansoura

– Monofia – Alexandria –Suez –South Valley –Kafer el

Shiekh –Aswan – Suhag). As well as three branches in

remote areas (South Sinai – New Valley – Bahariya Oasis).

• Agencies in 4 Arab countries (Saudi Arabia –Emirates -

Kuwait – Qatar) .

How Cairo university has risen

the efficiency of the Open

Education System ?

A) Enhancing the resources of The Open Education Center

Technological resources

1- Servers for about 400000 users.

2- T.V. channel on the Nile Sat (24/7)

UNIV 1: frequency 12437, Symbol Rate: 27500,

5/6 error coefficient, Vertical.)

3- Applications and programs to create E-courses

and E- exams.(about 8700 multimedia hours )

4- E-Information system.

5- YouTube channel (4100000 views since 11/2013and 6000hours (video lectures) ) https://www.youtube.com/user/openedu2013

6- Website serving about 400000 students and graduates. http://www.ou.cu.edu.eg/

1- 300 High qualified administrative and technical

staff .

2- 25 Professional staff in education’s technology .

3- 700 Academic staff collaborate in the open

education system.

4- Continuous training for all staff members.

Human resources

1- 5 Studios equipped with modern Cameras

could register about 35 hours daily.

2- An educational building with 18 classrooms

equipped with data show .

3- An administrative building with studios,

conference rooms , a theatre.

Organizational resources

So the Open Education system of

Cairo University is providing

featured academic and

administrative services

Face-to-face (or virtual

classrooms) Periodical lectures

Reference book (PDF or E-book)

Multimedia lectures and applications

YouTube channel T.V.channel

Interactive communication channels with our students

A page on the website for

scientific productsAcademic E-mail

Administrative E-mail

Online conferences

Evaluation and Exams methods

• Starting from July 2016 the open education center

applied objectives exams for all the undergraduate

courses (about 870 courses) most of the exams are

MCQ and marked electronically.

• Online exams for about 80 courses for postgraduate

diplomas.

B) Accredited plan for more Efficiency

At first we must determine the challenges facing

the current system

Challenges facing the Current system

Institute-related Challenges

User-Related Challenges

Communication techniques-

Related Challenges

Methods of Development

• Propaganda and organized media campaigns to spread

the idea.

• Application of quality standards.

• Activating the Academic guidance role.

• Activating the acceptance tests, in order to measure the

students' skills .

• Organizing pre-courses .

Methods of Development

• Customizing courses, which allow the use of

educational techniques.

• Training courses for both of the educator and

learners

• Providing learners with facilities to get modern

technological devices

Methods of Development

• Establishing partnerships with international

universities

• Establishing partnerships between Cairo University

and production as well as service institutions

• Expand the adoption of educational and electronic

training programs

Our plan for new Programs

Professional Diplomas

Professional programs

Academic programs

Training courses

Thank you