Will COVID 19 change the way we teach-learn? - Professor Asha Kanwar President & CEO
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Will COVID 19 change
the way we teach-learn?
Professor Asha Kanwar
President & CEO
April 21, 2020 |Teaching-Learning in the time of Pandemic: the Role of
Online Learning
>1.5 billion
Over 90% of student population
Affected by
school closure
Countries respond • Canada—student loan repayments deferred for next 6 months • Australia—funding to pay for technology • UK—students demand refund of fees Courtney Brown & Jamil Salmi, www.universityworldnews.com, 18 April, 2020
Countries respond
• India—offered 1900 Swayam online
courses
• Ghana—training for universities in online
provision
• Malaysia—suspended campus provision
of HE
• South Africa—students protest
Global: Internet users
Internet users per 100 inhabitant
60
50
40
30
20
10
0
2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
Global
Source: data.worldbank.org, retrieved on 16 April 2020
Issues •Connectivity and electricity •Access to platforms •Content •Capacity of teachers
Equity & Inclusion
Gender Parity in Enrolment Source: http://cemca.org.in/ckfinder/userfiles/files/Status%20of%20The%20State%20Open%20Universities%20in%20India(1).pdf
Reaching the unreached? 52% of rural
students enrolled in
Rural students
Open Universities
70.00
62.83 61.90
58.97 60.15
60.00
56.87 56.60
52.80 53.47
51.00
49.70
50.00
44.37
42.15
40.00
30.00 27.40
20.00
10.00
0.00
BRAOU VMOU NOU YCMOU MPBOU BAOU KSOU NSOU UPRTOU TNOU PSSOU UOU KKSHOU
Source: http://cemca.org.in/ckfinder/userfiles/files/Status%20of%20The%20State%20Open%20Universities%20in%20India(1).pdfInclusion
Access to HE
• Canada: 10.7%
• India: .56%
• South Africa: 1% . For
example, in South
Africa 80% of disabled
people aged 20-24 are
not in tertiary
education.More PWD joining ODL
CONVENIENT
• Study at your own pace, place, time
• Don’t require to travel to campus or accommodation
FLEXIBLE
• Option to listen, watch or read lecture in different formats
AFFORDABLE
• Costs less than F2F
ANONYMOUS
• Engage with professors and classmates without feeling discriminatedCOL Response
• Institutions should take emergency policy decisions to
adopt distance and online learning.
• Use appropriate technologies such as radio, TV, mobile
Statement devices so that no learner is disadvantaged.
and Resources • Identify and use existing OER.
• Implement strategies for synchronous/ asynchronous
approaches.
• Online capacity building for teachers
See: https://www.col.org/resources/keeping-doors-learning-open-covid-19• Open,
online community
support network for
educators
• address local needs to
transition to online
learning
• Share OER-enabled
online courses
• Provide open
technology tools
• Build capacity among
Promoting OER-based educators for OER
development and
Online Learning reuse
https://oer4covid.oeru.org/http://www.telmooc.ca/
https://www.blpmooc.org/Local support with global
reach
https://www.col.org/news/news/col-announces-series-webinars-online-learningVideo Resources and Micro-
learning
12 videos from
leading online
experthttps://opendoor.col.org/
•Intergovernmental organisations
40+ •Universities and educational
institutions
•Associations and networksRoad Ahead
‘New’ Normal •Increased learning crisis: more drop-outs •Wider digital divide •Unemployment
Intergovernmental Agencies
• Advocacy for distance and online
Inter-
governmental Governments
policies
Agencies • Frameworks for implementing and
monitoring online learning
Institutions • Online capacity building
• Share best practices/resources
• Promote global and regional
partnershipsGovernments
• ICT infrastructure
Inter-
• Policies for appropriate technologies
governmental
Agencies
Governments
• Monitor impact of distance and
online learning
• Flexible quality assurance and
Institutions
accreditation mechanisms for
recognition and mobility
• Incentives for institutions/learnersEducational Institutions
• Build the capacity of staff
• Invest in technology infrastructure
Inter-
governmental Governments • Develop new systems of assessment
Agencies and exams—micro-credentials
• Integrate OER
Institutions • Provide targeted support to
vulnerable learnersThank You The contents of this presentation, except logos/ graphics which are property of the respective owners, is made available under Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-SA 4.0).
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