Cross-institutional development of an online open course for educators

Confronting current challenges and imagining future possibilities

Authors

  • Keith Smyth
  • Panos Vlachopoulos
  • David Walker
  • Anne Wheeler

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14742/apubs.2013.1415

Keywords:

online learning, open educational practice, cross-institutional collaboration, academic development, globalisation and internationalisation of higher education

Abstract

The Global Dimensions in Higher Education module is a fully online open course for educators, jointly developed by three UK universities through a process of consultation and inquiry involving colleagues within the global education sector. The purpose of the module is two-fold. Firstly, to engage academics within and beyond the partner institutions in a critical exploration of transnational and global issues within higher education. Secondly, to provide the project partners with an opportunity to understand and address the challenges of jointly developing and delivering an online course that is to be offered both openly as well as integrated within credit-bearing and continued professional development provision for academics in the partner institutions. This short paper describes progress to date in developing the Global Dimensions in Higher Education module, our current activity focused on validating and implementing the module, and lessons learned to be considered for the collaborative development of open online courses.

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Published

2013-11-30

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ASCILITE Conference - Concise Papers