Netaji Subhas Open University Endowment Lecture

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Netaji Subhas Open UniversityEndowment
Lecture 13 April 2005 Extraordinary Education
for Ordinary People Sir John Daniel PresidentCo
mmonwealth of Learning
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Globalisation
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Globalisation a new word for an old phenomenon
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• OPEN UNIVERSITIES
• Core values
• Importance of the individual
• Importance of education

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• Universal Declaration of Human Rights
• individual
• education
• Education is a human right

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OPEN UNIVERSITIES
Respect for human rights
River of opportunity
Education for fulfilment
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• Higher Education in a Globalised Society UNESCO
• Knowledge society/economy

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• Higher Education in a Globalised Society UNESCO
• Knowledge society/economy
• Cross- border higher education

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• Higher Education in a Globalised Society UNESCO
• Knowledge society/economy
• Cross- border higher education
• ICTs

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• Higher Education in a Globalised Society UNESCO
• Knowledge society/economy
• Cross- border higher education
• ICTs
• Market economies

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• Expanding higher education

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• Expanding higher education
• Conventional methods (rich countries no
  alternatives)

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• Expanding higher education
• Conventional methods (rich countries no
  alternatives)
• New approaches (poorer countries, new
  alternatives)

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IRON TRIANGLE
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IRON TRIANGLE
ACCESS
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IRON TRIANGLE
ACCESS
QUALITY
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IRON TRIANGLE
ACCESS
QUALITY
COST
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• Face-to-face education(successful and durable)

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• Face-to-face education(successful and durable)
• The Teacher
• Plans lessons
• Prepares materials
• Teaches students
• Assesses achievement
• Reviews process

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IRON TRIANGLE
ACCESS
QUALITY
COST
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when many people think about education they
instinctively link quality with exclusivity,
usually without realising what an insidious link
they are making.
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Fortunately technology has now broken the
insidious link between quality and exclusivity.

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TECHNOLOGY is the application of scientific and
other organized knowledge to practical tasks by
organizations consisting of people and machines
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Two types oflearning activities INDEPENDENT
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Two types oflearning activities INDEPENDENT (the
basis of using technology to increase access,
raise quality and cut costs)
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ACCESS
QUALITY
COST
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Two types oflearning activities INDEPENDENT INTE
RACTIVE
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Two types oflearning activities INTERACTIVE (mor
e expensive)
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Netaji Subhas Open University An example
ofINDEPENDENTINTERACTIVElearning at work
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Two types oflearning activities INTERACTIVE (mor
e expensive but alloweffectiveness of scale)
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Total cost
more interactive
more independent
Number of students
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Total cost
old interactive
new interactive
Number of students
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New media Ask the students!
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NSOU Seek NUMBERSandQUALITY!
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you can never take quality for granted!
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Creating a vibrant academic and intellectual
community
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• Mission of universities
• Teaching
• Research
• Service

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a spate of seminars, symposia, workshops,
conferences and memorial lectures
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using media to open up the work of the
university to the public gaze
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• To educate is to give people the keys to the
  world, which are independence and love granting
  them the ability to walk alone, at the happy pace
  which is that of natural and free individuals.
• Jose Marti

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Development as Freedom Amartya Sen
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the object of education is to give man the unity
of truth. Rabindranath Tagore
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the object of education is to give man the unity
of truth. true modernism is freedom of mind,
not slavery of taste. It is independence of
thought and action. Rabindranath Tagore
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Netaji Subhas Open UniversityEndowment
Lecture 13 April 2005 Extraordinary Education
for Ordinary People Sir John Daniel PresidentCo
mmonwealth of Learning
,
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We can look at a road from two different points
of view. One regards it as dividing us from the
object of desire in that case we count every
step of our journey over it as something attained
by force in the face of obstruction. The other
sees it as a road that leads us to our
destination and as such is part of our goal. It
is already the beginning of our attainment.
Rabindranath Tagore
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Netaji Subhas Open University is making a stellar
contribution an open university can be a fully
authentic university
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THANK YOU BEST WISHESTO NSOU!
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