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ODL-Major Transition, Challenges & Future Trends in Univ of Mumbai
Hemlata Chari PhDUniversity of Mumbai
1/12/2011
IntroductionThis session is in Three PhasesFirstly a brief introduction on India and Higher
Education in IndiaSecond Phase is on Maharashtra-Regional hubThird phase walks through the University of
Mumbai Current trends and Challenges in ODLIDOL-A department of University of Mumbai and
its present role in Implementing ODL-OER for a M.A Education program
Theme: OER
M.A (Education) student’s training through ODL : The University of Mumbai Experience
Challenges and Achievements Theme: OER , M.A EducationSub Theme: Implementing Online
learning using OER & MOODLE
INDIAIndia is a country of diversityPresent scenario of higher education is
overwhelming.Second populous country of the worldGrowing imbalance between the intake of
students and those seeking admissionsIndia follows a 10+2+3 pattern in Education
Historical Background of IndiaAfter 1947, the post-independent
state promoted education as an instrument of social development.
As a result both the central and the state governments encouraged the establishment of universities and colleges in their areas of jurisdiction.
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Today there are around 300 universities and equivalent institutions together with 13,000 colleges with 8.8 million students.
Though such an expansion has democratized higher education, (40 per cent of students are from low socio-economic strata together with 35 per cent being women).
This has increased the reservoir of scientific and technical professionals, it has given rise to numerous problems including the most important of them all: state dependence for funding.
India is the current hub for technological growth
Higher Education at Crossroads
Implications for Higher Education
Social entrepreneurship in education on the rise
Ground-up developments can impact institutionalized, top-down processes
New incentives necessary for established players
– New qualifications?– What of quality?
GlobalizationGlobalization has changed radicallythe structure of higher education as the
trade in this service nowcrosses national boundaries. Earlier education encouraged the
movement of people across borders. Thus in order to access quality education, there was migration outside underdeveloped regions such as India.
Now education migrates from its location to new locations in search of partners for collaboration.
This change affects not only the organizational structure of institutions of higher education, especially in countries like India, but also the way institutions of higher education perceive education, and thus reorganize their authority structure.
In the case of India ONE should consider the changes in the shift in demand for applied education especially in IT & Computer Science areas as an opportunity .
Since globalization is inevitable , India is looking to build on the existing resources. IT thus has a positive impact on a country like India wherein education is limited to few.
Main Objective to enforce TechnologyIt acts as a catalyst in expanding the
potential users of higher education, because as a technology it has a potential to make education truly democratic, and give opportunity to students in remote areas and from deprived communities to have access to education.
Mobile is one such device that has reached almost every house in India
Growth of Distance EducationFive StagesCorrespondence-printPrint + Audio+TelevisionSatellite based educationComputer -internet based educationOpen Educational Resources- Using
various resources
Influence of Peters model in IndiaPeter(1998) revisited his theory of
industrialization.Peters looks at globalizationPeter asserts that there is a need to
balance the teaching-learning processHence a learner centered approach
Peters model of Industrialization suits the Indian condition.
Currently India has 13 open Universities plus one National Open University-IGNOU
221 Distance Education Institutes,Catering to mass population of students
who opt for distance education
The Third Generation: the freedom cultureThird Generation of Distance Education refers
to the Freedom CultureFreedom to useFreedom to studyFreedom to redistributeFreedom to modify and reshape Richard Stallman
MaharashtraTotal Population in Maharashtra— one
croreOne Open University -YCMOUMostly catering to the regional populationHence Dual Language of Delivery-English
and MarathiCities that contribute effectively in Higher
Education: Pune, Nashik, Nagpur, Mumbai and Aurangabad
MaharashtraThird largest state in India with about 1.2
Billion population.Literacy ate-7.0%Highly Industrialized state, Financial capital of
India2/3RD is farming Mumbai-State capitalPopulation-approximately one million people
MumbaiUniversity of Mumbai-the oldest 154 years old
SNDT Women’s University is a women’s university
www.mu.ac.in
University of Mumbai
54 Departments in its fort and Kalina campus
IDOL is a distance education institute affiliated to the University of Mumbai
Our Vice Chancellor’s vision of integrating Technology based teaching learning
Making the university a paperless university
IDOL14 PROGRAMSAPPROXIMATELY 80,000 STUDENTSONLY COMMERCE stream has AROUND 15,000Challenges in dissemination , creating course materials
translation and evaluation/ assessment.Started online admission and hope to conduct online
examination for few professional coursesMismatch between the available full time academic
staff on campus with those of student’s taking admissions
Implementing ODL in Teacher Education-IDOL
. Teacher education has seen tremendous transformation in the use of Technology, specially with colleges offering B.Ed programs in English.
This is supported by investment in ICT-projects supposed to strengthen student teachers active learning processes.
The off-campus-students face problems with understanding the purpose of collaborating on-line with students they met every day and also with participating in learning activities in an asynchronous situation.
In Maharashtra the numbers of students registered for Graduation program in regional Language is high
There is difficulty faced in getting the course materials translated in Marathi the regional language. The other major concern is most of the international reference books are in English; it is difficult for them to enhance their skills and understanding in the subject area.
SPECIALLY WITH REFERENCE TO RESEARCH
IDOL (Institute of Distance and Open Learning),University of Mumbai has proposed to collaborate with IIT-Mumbai to engage students actively a group of students teachers actively by incorporating spoken tutorials , OER & MOODLE in the second year of their Post graduation program in the area of Open and Distance Learning.
ODL-OER,MOODLERecently IDOL have started training of
faculties using OER for development of course materials.
Number of workshops and training programs are held.
Implementing online teaching from Dec 7th our M.A Education course goes online
Maintaining Quality in implementing ODL-
Challenges facedInfrastructurePower in semi urban areasTrained facultiesTechnical support systemStudents Issues and ConcernsDual modeVisit to main campus for getting hall tickets,
study materials—Lack of materials in Marathi
Future/VisionIn a short time after taking over as Vice
Chancellor (VC), our current VC has taken a number of effective steps in the implementation of ODL.
He was earlier the VC of YCMOU-Nashik where he has made tremendous change in DE
Implementing Interdisciplinary subjectsCollaborations with foreign university one
major collaboration recently took place is with China.
Open Educational Resources a major step in the right direction
References
Chari & Haughey(2006) Administrative & Implementations Issues at YCMOU-An Indian Open University, pp 8-10
Peters O (1998) DE in a post industrial society. In D.Keegan (Ed) :theoritical principles of de, London: Routledge
www.mu.ac.inwww.mu.ac.in/idolEclipse.mu.ac.inMagnum.mu.ac.in