the usp oer
DESCRIPTION
This presentation was made together with collegue, Louise Vakamocea at the EDULINK-SIDECAP Project Final Dissemination Event held at the University of the South Pacific, Laucala Campus, Fiji Islands in February 2010.TRANSCRIPT
The USP OER
Louise Vakamocea & Alanieta Lesuma-Fatiaki
Overview
• USP Student Demographics
• OER Project @ USP
• Sustainability Issues
• A look at the USP repurposed OER
• We have a dream
USP Student Demographics
OER Project @ USP
• Academic support for students
• Repurposed to the needs of the “student of today”
OER Project @ USP
1: Learning & Teaching
2: Student Support
3: Research, Graduate Affairs and Innovation
• Is self-paced contributes to learner autonomy
• Expanding student support capacity for academic success
• EDULINK-SideCAP project pilot outcomes at USP
OER Project @ USP
4: Regional & Community Engagement & Internationalisation
5: Human Resources
6: Governance, Management & Continuous Improvement
• Collaboration between five international higher education institutions & possibilities for continued collaborations
• Enhancement of knowledge and skills of USP staff in OERs
• Outcomes & feedback can contribute to more effective uses of OERs across the university
Sustainability issues
• Technical requirements
• Continued usage
• Human resources
We have a dream…
• Repurposing other modules in the series
• OER pilots for USP courses
• Sharing what is no more
• Collaboration
• Working group; OER institutional policy