Capacity-Building to address Innovation

Some examples from the University of Mauritius

Associate Professor (Dr) M I SantallyCentre for Innovative & Lifelong Learning

21st Century Education for Innovation

21st Century Education

Media-Driven

Learner-Centered

Personalised

Virtual & Global

Networked

Knowledge Societies for Sustainable Development

Sustainable Development

Knowledge Societies

EducationScience &

TechnologyInnovation

Information and Communication Technologies

Excerpt from the SP 015-2020

To enhance research and innovation capacity

To drive research based on industry and societal needs

To promote regional and international collaborations for research

To stimulate performance in research

To develop centres of excellence in Niche Areas

To disseminate research results

The Setup of a Knowledge Transfer Office

To facilitate the dissemination of knowledge

To strengthen the university-industry partnership

To foster innovation and applied research at the University of Mauritius

The Setup of a Doctoral School

The doctoral school is an institutional (university) organisational structure with a leadership (director and professional staff) and autonomy which provides or supports academic, research and transferable skills training for doctoral candidates in a flexible and countinuous way.

The Setup of a Doctoral School

It ensures quality of doctoral education by supporting/ managing procedures from the access and selection to monitoring of progress of each doctoral candidate to improving quality of supervision (by training of supervisors).

The UoM Research Week

Centre of Excellence in Research and Development

International Centre for Sustainable Tourism and Hospitality

The Centre for Biomedical and Biomaterials Research (CBBR)

Centre for Innovative and Lifelong Learning

Ensures wider access to higher education opportunities through lifelong learning by utilising ICT-based innovative pedagogies

Brings grass-roots level innovation in educational practices to align with 21st century education models to address KS needs

Centre for Innovative and Lifelong Learning (2014)

To consolidate the University of Mauritius as a Dual-Mode Institution

To contribute to the Internationalization of the University

To promote an innovative culture of teaching and learning at the University of Mauritius

To contribute to the University’s goal of the knowledge Society Development

To be a high quality provider of online education

Living Labs for Teaching and Learning

Key Capacity-Building Initiatives

Key Capacity-Building Initiatives

21st Century Skills for Educators in collaboration with COL and Microsoft under Living Lab

Interactive Materials Development

Teaching with Technology

Education Leadership

Exchange Programme

Key Capacity-Building Initiatives

Launching of a postgraduate programme in Virtual Reality and 3D Development

Innovative Partnership Model with Industry ( EON Reality Ltd)

UoM Programme delivered in the industry by experts of the field

Key Capacity-Building Initiatives

Launching of an online Masters Programme in Leadership Development in ICT and Knowledge Society

Innovative Partnership Model the Global e-Schools and Communities Initiatives (GESCI)

Programme offered in about 16 African Countries to develop leadership capacity in public sector to embrace innovation for knowledge society development

Key Capacity-Building Initiatives

Launching of the DUCERE MBA (Innovation & Leadership)

Provide real-world learning through invaluable industry engagement underpinned by traditional academic rigour

Participants work with three different MBA Industry Partners to complete real industry projects and develop invaluable skills

Operates on a ‘eminent pool of global faculty’ model

Innovating the University’s Education System

Use of ICTs and digital technologies to establish a blended learning model (online/face to face/industry)

Reviewing existing modes of assessments and examinations to depart gradually from exams-driven education

Focusing on outcomes – based education and activity-based learning (skills development and application)

Future Initiatives

Makerspaces to integrate making into the classroom (with Intel/Microsoft)

Alignment to Innovation Pathways

Review our traditional model of learning to explore industry-based curricula on a larger scale

Develop and implement a university-wide system of accreditation and recognition of prior learning

Promote entrepreneurship and collaborative business startups (academia/students) – the existing consultancy scheme is not sufficient to address thisThe legal and public governance framework – and its compatibility with private sector activity e.g potential conflicts of interest, ethical issues, exposure of public officials to risks….

Conclusion

The need for strong and stable leadership at all levels of the institution

Coherent visioning and consistency to achieve the strategic goals

The need for new structures based on flexibility, autonomy and accountability

Staff empowerment at all levels to foster innovation, creativity and new thinking

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