Overview

Open University of the Netherlands

Centre for Learning Sciences and Technologies

Wim Westera

The Open Universiy of the Netherlands

1. Distance education

2. Innovation (technology-enhanced learning)

3. Teacher training in the Netherlands (influx)

OUNL, facts & figures

• Founded in 1984• 19000 students (parttime)• Adult education, continuous education• 700 fte• 15 local study centers in the Netherlands and Flanders• Main office in Heerlen• Budget M€ 60

Organisation OUNL

CelstecSchools SupportRdMC

Board

LawEnvironmental sciencesArts sciencesComputer sciencesBusiness sciencesPsychology

Master progr.Learning &

CognitionLearning NetworksLearning Media

Support progr. ICTLogisticsFinance

Institutional LLL research programme

Institutional Innovation programme

Open Educational Resources (OPENER)

Education’s shifting focusInitial learning Lifelong learning

Supply driven Demand driven

Teacher-controlled Learner-empowered

Formal Non-formal

School Workplace

Face to face Any device

School Anywhere

Uniform schedule Anytime

Uniform schedule Any tempo

Content Support

Uniform product Personalised product

Pedagogical starting points

• Individual differences of learners• Independent learning• Student empowerment• Knowledge construction• Virtual learning• Virtual collaboration• Virtual communities

CELSTEC

• “Centre for Learning Sciences and Technologies”• Budget M€ 7 (40% external funding)• ± 90 fte scientific staff; 10 fte support staff• Programme management:

-Masters in Learning Sciences-Learning & Cognition-Learning Networks-Learning Media

• Working in projects

Master programme

• Instructional design masters programme• 150 students• Director Els Boshuizen

Learning & Cognition Programme

• Cognitive principles of:– Learning tasks– Learning arrangements– Learning assesments

• Director Fred Paas

Learning Networks Programme

• Informal and distributed learning– Professional development– Learning network services– Professional communities

• Director Peter Sloep

Learning Media Programme

• Exploration of new media technologies for education– Immersive media– Social media– Mobile media

• Director Wim Westera• Celstec Laboratory