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Anuchai  Theeraroungchaisri, Ph.D.Thailand Cyber University Project

Office of the Higher Education CommissionMinistry of Education, Thailandanuchai.t@pharm.chula.ac.th

Thailand OER, OCW and MOOCStrategy toward lifelong learning of Thai people

Thailand

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TOPICS

I. Background

A. OER, OCW and MOOC

B. Higher Education Situation

II. ICT for Higher Education: Thailand Cyber University Project

III.Thailand Digital Economy Policy and The Establishment of

Thai-MOOC

IV.Conclusion & Proposal

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I. Background: OER, OCW and MOOC

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OER = Open Educational Resources

OCW = Open Coursewares

MOOC = Massive Open Online Courses

teaching, learning and research materials in any medium, digital or otherwise, that reside in the public domain or have been released under an open license that permits no-cost access, use, adaptation and redistribution by others with no or limited restrictions

OER Definition (Open Educational Resources)

Open Educational Resources (OER) are teaching, learning, and research resources

that reside in the public domain or have been released under an intellectual

property license that permits their free use or re-purposing by others.

William and Flora Hewlett Foundation

UNESCO

Video clips / Pictures / documents from..

OCW Definition (Open Coursewares)

a free and open digital publication of high quality college and university level educational materials which are organized as courses, often include course planning materials and valuation tools as well as thematic content, and are free and openly licensed, accessible to anyone, anytime via the internet.

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Open.. Open.. And Open

cc licenced image from http://classroom-aid.com/2013/05/31/free-oer-mobile-course-free-learning-in-summer/

Open Educational Resources (OER)• Educational resources Materials• Allow “Retain/Reuse/Remix

/Revise/Redistribute”• Free• Big Exposure, Worldwide • Not complete as course/subject

Online Distance Education• Learning Activities & Course Materials• Paid enrollment• Enrolled students only, limited numbers• Accredited Course Certificate• Full Degree

OpenCourseWare (OCW)• Course Materials• Free• Big Exposure, Worldwide audience• Both Bachelor and Master level• No interaction with faculty• No accredited certificate

Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs)• Learning Activities & Course Materials• Free• Enrolled students only, massive numbers• Bachelors level• Certificate of Completion

Massive Open Online

Courses (MOOCs)

Open Course Ware (OCW)

Online Distance

Education (ODE)

Campus Education

On Campus Education• Direct access to education• Research facilities• World Class Library• Student social tissue• Student projects

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I. Background:Higher Education Profile

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Student drop out statistics

Student education level N / 10Have job within one year -Graduate bachelor degree -

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Enter university  ----

Enter upper secondary school ------

Enter lower secondary school (compulsary)

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Enter elementary schoole (6 years old) ----------

*   Quality Learning Organization (2012) Public organization supported by Government** Grade 9 is compulsory education9

Demographic of Thailand HEIs

95 Public HEIs 73 Private HEIs 20 Community Colleges

2,100,000+ students in higher education institutes

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Public HEIs Private HEIs Community CollegeAutonomous University University College and Institute Diploma

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Only 34 HEIs that founded more than 20 years, The oldest HEIs founded 100 years

More than 85 HEIs that founded less than 10 years

ปฐมวยัและอนุบาล

การศึกษาพืน้ฐาน 12 ปี

อาชีพการศึกษาในระบบปรกติ

0.85 ล้านคนต่อปี

0.6 ล้าน

จบม 3ออกทาํงาน0.2 ล้านคนต่อปี

จบม 6ออกทาํงาน 0.2 ล้านคน

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อุดมศึกษา

คนในวยัทาํงาน 31 – 32 ล้านคน

มนุษย์เงนิเดือน คนในภาคราชการ ธุรกิจ อุตสาหกรรม ประมาณ 3 - 5 ล้านคนที่มีวุฒิ

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เป้าหมายของอุดมศึกษาปัจจุบัน

จาก กรอบแผนอดุมศึกษาระยะยาว 15 ปี ฉบับที่ 2 (2551-2565)

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Thailand Higher Education Crisis

Budget LimitTrans-National

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Changing education paradigm

Equal higher education opportunities

Multi-disciplinary

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12 years compulsory education

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II. ICT for Higher Education:Thailand Cyber University 

Project (TCU)

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‐ Development of ICT Infrastructure for Education ‐ Tele‐Conferece / Tele‐Education‐ R&D on ICT Infrastructure

Office of HIGHER Education Commission: OHEC

Office of BASIC Education commission

Office of VOCATIONAL Education Commission

Inter‐University Network(UniNet)

Thailand Cyber University Project

(Primary – Secondary level)

(University, College, Continuing Education)

(Vocational training for skilled workforce)

Office of PermanentSecretary

Office of EducationalCouncil 

Ministry of Education: MOE

(founded 1996)(founded 2005)

-- Utilize ICT and ICT Infrastructure to improve the quality of higher education through e-Learning-- R&D on e-Learning quality / guideline- Human resource development 18

CHE strategies for ICT in Higher Education

Initiative

Encourage & Coordinate

Raise the quality level

Sustainable Development

- Investment in share resources- Fund researh and development

Courseware, LMS, VCS, Opensource educational software

- Encourage to join onvolunteer basis

- Research development- International cooperation

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Credit bank and credit transfer

Co-operation for new and rare resources

curriculumSharing human and

educational resources

Multi-disciplinary curriculum

Raise the quality level of higher education

Extended Higher Education Opportunities for Thai People and Alls

The consortium of all Thai universities

Uninet connects more than 10,743 sites including:1. All public universities and campuses 223 sites2. Vocational education and campuses 426 sites3. Secondary schools 9,715 sites4. Others public institutes / libraries

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Thailand University and Research network

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Sharing resources among universities in consortium

Thailand Higher education have competitive potential Accommodate

more students

Raise the quality level ofhigher education

Changing higher education paradigm

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and open opportunities for cross curriculum

learning

Thailand Cyber University and 3 Strategies

Research and development ine-learning including Quality guideline

Quality assurance

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for Thailand higher education crisis

Prince of Songkla University

Walailak University

Burapha University

King Mongkut’s University of Technology Thonburi

Chulalongkorn UniversitySuranaree University of Technology

Khon kaen University

Naresuan University

Chiangmai University

9 regional universities as e-Learning hubs

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TCU’s projects and lesson learned before Thai‐MOOC

Sharing open courseware and learning resources

1. TCU Open courseware project (TCU‐OCp)

2. TCU‐Globe project (interconnecting open courseware 

portal throughout Thailand and the world)

Human resources development

3.   e‐Learning professional certificate program

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TCU Open Courseware project• TCU invites Universities to share courseware 

• TCU funds Major Universities to produce quality courseware and 

then opens for sharing via TCU portal

• TCU supports Universities to localize (quality) open MIT open 

coursewares

• TCU conducts courseware contest in some specific areas 

(courseware for teaching Democracy, Moral and Ethic, Thai 

studies) 

• TCU provides training on courseware development to university 

staffs 

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http://www.thaicyberu.go.th

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Number of registered users

Number of Open coursewares

Number of Full curriculums

Number of universities/Institutions join TCU consortium

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TCU-Globe project

• TCU implements TCU‐Globe for interconnected 

major Thailand courseware repositories and 

connecting to Globe network to increase the 

“courseware FINDABILITY” and “Global‐Reach” 

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TCU-GLOBE Project: The GLOBE

• GLOBE (Global Learning Objects Brokered Exchange) is 

a one‐stop‐shop for learning resource broker 

organizations. Each of them manages and/or federates 

one or more learning object repositories. 

• GLOBE makes a suite of online services and tools 

available to its members for the exchange of learning 

resources, and it is established as a worldwide Open 

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(Global Learning Object Brokered Exchange)

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TCU-GLOBE Project: About the Project

•TCU establishes a “Common Infrastructure” for inter‐connecting major open courseware providers (universities, institutions) to provide one‐stop‐shop service to coursewares and learning resources. 

• This “Common Infrastructure” enables access of the educational resources that belong to major open courseware providers. 

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2. TCU-GLOBE Project: Regional hubs connect together and to GLOBE

Thailand Regional Universities Network

GLOBE Network

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Human Resources Development (HRD)

•TCU provides in‐class and online training to 

university staffs and faculty members.

• TCU conducts “e‐Learning Professional 

Development” certificate program as a model for 

capacity building of “e‐Learning professionals” 

which is first MOOC style online course opened in 

November 2006.33

Thailand Cyber University: e-Learning Professional Development Program

First MOOC in Thailand launched Nov, 200634

Lessons Learned• Thai Higher Education Institutes (HEIs) have a wide range of 

education quality. 

• Thai HEIs are willing to share courseware as well as learning resources with the management and support from OHEC.

• University students are the majority learners of open coursewares.

• Students as well as teacher need alternative courseware to supplement / complement their teaching and learning.

• Pilot Fully online course is possible and at least shows higher success rate than traditional distance education.

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OER / OCW portals & findability

Reliability & FastNetwork

Readiness oflearners

Consortium ofUniversities

Experience of fully online teaching

Wide range of Higher Education Quality

Accommodate morehigher education student

Support drop outstudents

Flexible pathways accessto Higher Education

Credit transfer between HEIs

THAI-MOOC

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III. Thailand Digital Economy Policy and

The Establishment of Thai‐MOOC

Thai-MOOC

Thailand Massive Open Online Course

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Thailand Digital Economyand Society Development Plan

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Challenges in Thai Context

Escaping the Middle Income Trap Raising the capacity of agricultural, manufacturing and service sectors

Adapting and seizing opportunities from

economic integration

Reducing inequality

Preparing for ageing society

Fighting corruptions

Building capacity of people

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Policy Challenges Vision Landscape Goals ActivitiesStrategies

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Digital Thailandis defined as a transformed Thailand that maximizes the use of digital

technologies in all socio-economic activities in order to develop infrastructure,

innovation, data, human capital, and other digital resources that will ultimately drive the

country towards wealth, stability, and sustainability.

Transform towards Digital Thailand

VISION

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Policy Challenges Vision Landscape Goals ActivitiesStrategies

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20-Year Thailand Digital Landscape

Phase 1Digital Foundation

Investing and building digital foundation

Phase 2

Digital Thailand I: Inclusion

Ensuring everyone can reap the

benefits of digital technology

Phase 3

Digital Thailand II:

Full Transformation

Driving the country with digital technology

and innovation

Phase 4

Global Digital Leadership

Leading with digital technology

and innovation

(Becoming a developed country)

1 Year 6 Months

5 Years

10 Years

10-20 Years

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Policy Challenges Vision Landscape Goals ActivitiesStrategies

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1. CompetitivenessThailand will place in the top 15 of the World Competitiveness Scoreboard

Digital sectors will make at least 25% contribution to GDP.

2. Equal Opportunities

All Thais will have access to broadband Internet, as a basic utility.

All Thais will be digitally literate.3. Human Capital

4. Government Reform

Thailand will place in the top 50 of the UN e-Government rankings

Digital Thailand

Thailand will place in the top 40 of the ICT Development Index (IDI)

10-Year Goals

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Policy Challenges Vision Landscape Goals ActivitiesStrategies

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Strategies

1. Build country-wide

high-capacity digital

infrastructure Ensuring accessibility, availability,

and affordability

2. Boost the economy

with digital

technology

Driving New S-Curve, Raising Competitiveness, Building new businesses, Creating values

3. Create a

knowledge-driven

digital society

Building participation, Ensuring inclusive and

equal usage

5. Develop

workforce for the digital

era

Developing skilled workforce, Creating jobs

Building strength from within

4. Transform into digital governmentCreating open government, Facilitating people and businesses, Integrating into One Government

6. Build trust and

confidence in the use of

digital technology

Updating laws and regulations, Encouraging investments,

Ensuring security

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Policy Challenges Vision Landscape Goals ActivitiesStrategies

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• People of all groups, esp. rural villages, elderly, people with disability, will be able

to access and make use of digital technology.

• 75% of population are digitally literate within 5 years.

• People of all groups will be able to access education, health, and other public

services via digital means.

3.1 Ensuring inclusive and equal access to digital technology

3.2 Develop digital literacy/ media and information literacy

3.3 Create local content, knowledge archives/resources

3.4 Provide education opportunities with digital technology

3.5 Increase access to healthcare with digital technology

Strategy 3.Create a knowledge-driven digital society

Building participation, Ensuring inclusive and equal usage

Actions

Goals

1 2 3 4 5 6 7

Policy Challenges Vision Landscape Goals ActivitiesStrategies

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Education and Lifelong Learning

Healthcare

Digital Literacy

Developing a Personal Health Record system (PHR) that links all country-wide Tambon hospitals to

benefit at least 1,000,000 people (expecting at least 150,000 people in the first year)

SocietySociety

• Training digital skills for vocation/ income generation to 8,000 people of

disadvantaged groups (people with disability/ disadvantage and the elderly)

• Providing all-the-time online vocational content to 700,000 students in

vocational schools and 400,000 people from general public

• Training digital literacy to at least 600,000 people from general public

• (Integrating platforms) Providing Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) for the public both in education and non-education settings

• Building an English-learning mobile application/ system for all groups of people

including public servants, business owners, workers, and general public (to

prepare for AEC)

• Piloting a digital package (of electricity, Internet, and e-Learning) in 20 most

marginalized schools to bridge the digital divide

1 ½ - Year Priority Activities

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Policy Challenges Vision Landscape Goals ActivitiesStrategies

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Thai MOOC (s)Massive Open Online Course(s)

“Lifelong learning space for all”

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1.To design and develop MOOC platform with standard guideline for supporting Thai HEIs to provide MOOC

2.To support HEIs in developing content and MOOCs 

3.To provide opportunity for HEIs students to take courses from other HEIs (provider HEIs) both for credit and non‐credit.

4.To implement “the credit bank system” for transfering credit from host HEIs to home HEIs

5.To conduct research on MOOC: system, pedagogy, media and courseware guidelines for providing MOOC in Thai context

Thailand Massive Open Online Course

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Student learns for knowledge(not for credit)

Thai‐MOOC

Subject A2

Subject A1

Subject C1

Subject B

Subject D

Subject C2

Provider HEIs

Gain knowledge

Student learns for credits

Assessment services

CreditBank

HOME HEIs

Credentialservices

Student learnsfor certificate /diploma/degree

Certificate / Diploma /Degree

Free for service Fee for service

Resourcesfor learning

ICT infrastructure

Student administration

Supportingservices

Quality Assurance/ Courses/ Program Accreditation

Transfer credit / Grade

Thailand Massive Open Online Course:The System

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Interoperability Framework from OER to MOOC

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System Architecture

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• General education courses 

(for first & second year students / common for all 

universities)

• Computer and Technology courses

• Languages and Culture (especially Asian countries)

• Life and Health Sciences courses

• Business Administration courses

Thailand Massive Open Online Course:The Priority MOOC Courses

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IV. CONCLUSION& PROPOSAL

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IV.Conclusion & Proposal

• The long history of Thailand ICT for education policy and strategy layed the foundation of Thailand ICT for education in the new century.

• MOOC will be the new and innovative way to extend the opportunity for education and gain full support from Thai government under Digital Economy Policy.

• Thai MOOC will officially be launched by 2016, targeting higher education as well as lifelong learners.

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Q/A & Discussion

Thank you ขอบคณุครบั

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