royal university of bhutan 1 sonam penjor manager, educational technology office of the vice...
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Sonam PenjorManager, Educational TechnologyOffice of the Vice ChancellorThe Royal University of [email protected]
Royal University of Bhutan
Remembering Robin Mason
ALT-C 2011
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• Bordering with China
and India
• Constitutional
monarchy
• Population of 700,000
• Development
philosophy of GNH
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Bhutan
Royal University of Bhutan
Established in June 2003 through the Royal Charter
Distributed University
A central coordinating office and 10 constituent
colleges
6000 students
939 staff
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Members of the University
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Robin & Bhutan
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Robin & Bhutan
2007 to 2008
EU Asia-Link project EduShare
• OU, Lewis Castle College and Asian university partners
• Quality assurance workshops
• Development of course resources
• staff development (MPhil programme)
• Educational technology workshops –OU’s OpenLearn, etc
Robin Mason & Frank Rennie published a book on Bhutan: Bhutan Ways
of Knowing
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Teaching/learning is predominantly book/lecture based
Use of educational technology is just being understood
Staff capability is very limited
Telecommunication network is good across the country
Internet connectivity & bandwidth is poor
Moodle as university-wide VLE (2011), but challenged by lack of capability
in instructional design
Teaching/learning lacks use of educational technology and other
educational resources
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Educational Technology at RUB
Royal University of Bhutan
Support and expertise in:
Developing systems & capability in educational technology use
Distributed education delivery
Open educational resources
Innovative programme development & delivery
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Networking & Partnerships
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