Reframing Open in the Context of the Digital University

Sheila MacNeillKeith SmythBill Johnston

#OER16

Problem

"despite the early promise of open online education, including developments such as

MOOCs, the Higher Education sector as a whole has fallen short in using digital spaces to provide

equitable distribution of access to education."

"the sheer scale of numbers of students led to bold proclamations of education disruption and a sector on the verge of systemic change. However, from the perspective of 2015, these statements appear increasingly erroneous as MOOCs have proven to be simply an additional learning opportunity instead of a direct challenge to higher education itself."

(Siemens et al 2015)

"areas in need of exploration include faculty development, organizational change, innovative practices and new institutional models, effectiveness of teaching and learning activities, the student experience, increasing success for all students, and state and provincial policies, strategies, and funding models."

(Siemens et al 2015)

Conceptualising the Digital University

'Third space' thinking

Curriculum as a co-located space

Reframing 'open' in the context of the Digital University

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Potential research implications

https://chrissinerantzi.wordpress.com/

http://go-gn.net/

Our next steps

Reframing open in the context of the Digital University

Part 1 https://howsheilaseesit.wordpress.com

Part 2 https://3eeducation.org