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MEGA-UNIVERSITY
2003 World Summit of Mega-universities2003 World Summit of Mega-universities
Shanghai, China7-9 November 2003
Mega-universities = Mega-impacton Access, Cost and Quality
John DanielAssistant Director-General for Education
UNESCO
Master’s in Educational Technology
Master’s in Educational Technology
Internship
Master’s in Educational Technology
Internship
THE OPEN UNIVERSITY
Master’s in Educational Technology
Internship
THE OPEN UNIVERSITY
“technological devices appropriate to higher education”
,
Walter Laing Macdonald Perry
(Lord Perry of Walton)
1921 – 2003
Harold Wilson
Harold Wilson
The University of the Air
Harold Wilson
The Open University
Civil servants:
“Do a small pilot project”
Civil servants:
“Do a small pilot project”
Walter Perry:
“No”
(1. Scale was essential for success
2. Political push was essential for success)
The Open University
25,000 students in 197140,000 students in 1972
(the UK had 130,000 students in all universities combined in 1963)
Master’s in Educational Technology
A drop out!
Master’s in Educational Technology
Dropped back in!
Master’s in Educational Technology
Graduated(after 25 years!)
MEGA-UNIVERSITY
MEGA-UNIVERSITY…a university whose primary mission is to teach at a distance and which has over
100,000 students simultaneously enrolled in degree-level programmes.
THE MEGA-UNIVERSITIES IN 1995THE MEGA-UNIVERSITIES IN 1995 THE MEGA-UNIVERSITIES IN 1995THE MEGA-UNIVERSITIES IN 1995
COUNTRY
CHINA
FRANCE
INDIA
INDONESIA
IRAN
KOREA
S. AFRICA
SPAIN
THAILAND
TURKEY
UK
MEGA-UNIVERSITY
China TV U.
CNED
Indira Gandhi Nat. OU.
U. Terbuka
Payame Noor U.
Korea Nat O.U.
UNISA
UNED
STOU
Anadolu U.
Open University
STUDENTS
530,000
184,614
242,000
353,000
117,000
210,578
130,000
110,000
216,800
577,804
157,450
F-T FACULTY
18,000
1,800
232
791
499
176
1,348
1,000
429
579
815
COST
AC
CE
SS
QU
ALITY
THE ETERNALLY CHALLENGING TRIANGLE
Education for All
COST
AC
CE
SS
QU
ALITY
THE ETERNALLY CHALLENGING TRIANGLE
COST
ACCESS QUALITY
The Open University
~200,000 students in 2003
(the UK had 130,000 students in all
universities combined in 1963)
What about
COST?
What about
QUALITY?
1 Cambridge 11 Loughborough 2 Imperial 12 Warwick 3 Oxford 13 Lancaster 4 York 14 Bristol 5 LSE 15 Sheffield 6= Nottingham 16 Birmingham 6= SOAS 17 St Andrews 6= UC London 18 King’s London 9 Durham 19 Cardiff10 OPEN UNIVERSITY 20 Southampton
BRITAIN’S TOP TWENTY UNIVERSITIES
Quality Rankings of Teaching Programs
(Source: The Daily Telegraph - 2000)
BRITAIN’S TOP NINE UNIVERSITIES
Quality Rankings of Teaching
based on all subject assessments 1995-2003(Sunday Times University Guide 2003)
1 CAMBRIDGE 96%
2 LOUGHBOROUGH 95%
3= LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS 88%
3= YORK 88%
5 THE OPEN UNIVERSITY 87%
6 OXFORD 86%
7 IMPERIAL COLLEGE 82%
8 UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON 77%
9 ESSEX 77%
COST
AC
CE
SS
QU
ALITY
COST
ACCESS QUALITY
HOW?
Two types oflearning
activities:
INDEPENDENT
Two types oflearning
activities:
INDEPENDENT
INTERACTIVE
Number of students
Total costmore interactive
more independent
MEGA-UNIVERSITY:
AREVOLUTION
INEDUCATION
2003 World Summit of Mega-universities2003 World Summit of Mega-universities
Shanghai, China7-9 November 2003
Mega-universities = Mega-impacton Access, Cost and Quality
John DanielAssistant Director-General for Education
UNESCO