Beyond Open CETL The Open University’s Centres for Excellence in Teaching & Learning

Where are we now?

Dr Raquel Perry, Faculty of Business & Law, The Open University

Open CETL• HEFCE funded initiative 2005-2010• Collective of 4 centres,

– Centre for Open Learning of Mathematics, Science, computing and Technology (COLMSCT CETL)

– Personalised Integrated Learning Support (PILS CETL)– Physics Innovations Centre for Excellence in Teaching &

Learning (pi CETL)

– Practice-Based Professional Learning Centre for Excellence in Teaching & Learning (PBPL CETL)

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PBPL CETL• Collaboration between 4 Open University faculties;

• Health & Social Care• Education & Language Studies• The Business School• Institute of Educational Technology

• Promoting better understanding and use of PBPL and giving learners wider access to excellent PBPL opportunities

PBPL CETL cont/• Generation of ‘practice-learning topics’ (PLTs) through

funded projects and investigations and special interest groups

• Repository of resources in 5 PBPL-related areas;– Assessing practice-based learning– Building professional identity– Developing practice learning materials– Encouraging reflection – Learning in communities

• Dissemination through events and publication as well as engaging with key stakeholder communities

Where are we now?• Refreshed of our research themes

• Work of PBPL CETL will continue under the revised theme of Innovation in Teaching & Learning (InTeL) in development and delivery of high quality learning experiences

• Opportunity to pause, reflect and look forward

Aims of the Workshop

• Open discussion on practice-based learning

• Share knowledge and experience

• Learn from each other

Questions for considerationQ1:How do you define practice-based learning in your

own context?

Questions cont/Q2: What approaches to practice-based learning have

you adopted?– What factors influenced your decision?– What was it’s impact?

Questions cont/Q3: Do you think adopting a practice-based learning

approach gives an educational institution a competitive advantage?

Next Steps………….• Continue the dialogue on PBL

• Build a network to exchange ideas and information

• Look for opportunities for collaborative working in pursuit of further scholarship and research

THANK YOU FOR PARTICIPATING