Curriculum Framework for Distance, Open and Online Learning

An International Delphi Study
A Curriculum Framework for Distance Education Sanjaya Mishra, PhD IGNOU, STRIDE, India

March of Distance Education...
Unprecedented growth and development
Mostly in Asia with 15 Open Universities in India alone
Wide variety of courses and programmes
In IGNOU alone there are 1300 course and 135 programme
In almost all disciplines
At all levels
For all types of learners: motorcyle mechanic, farmers, doctors, engineers, managers, teachers, etc.

But, what is the status of Distance Education?
Is Distance Education a discipline?
How training on Distance Education is conducted?
Pre-service, vs. ad hoc in-service training
Content variation
Masters level training in only 4 universities: AU, DU, IGNOU, UKOU.
Context of usage is cited as the reasons for variation in content
Is it correct? Should not it be relatively uniform?

International Delphi
Phase 1: 398 email sent; 56 replied with over 560 topics
Phase 2: 398 email sent; additional DESO-L used; 100 usable responses
Phase 3: 389 email sent; 91 responses received
Persons from 19 countries participated
Eighty percent of the respondents had written at least a paper in a peer-reviewed journal in the last 5 years
Average age about 50 years and average distance education experience about 15 years
Studied DE/Online learning as a subject (65%) and 74% studied some subjects through DE/Online learning

Phase 1 Results
E-learning (13.84%)‏
Material Development and Production (I3.29%)‏
Instructional Design (10.1%)‏
Learner Support (9.67%)‏
Foundations of Distance Education (9.2%)‏
Educational Communication Technologies (7.69%)‏
Research Methodology (7.47%)‏
Management of Distance Education (6.81%)‏
Assessment of Learner Performance (5.93%)‏
Other 8 topics identified to group
See http://teachknowlogist.blogspot.com/2007/11/open-distance-and-online-learning.html

Phase 2 Results
Content Validity Ratio calculated for the 17 topics
Respondents asked to rate as Not necessary, Useful, but not necessary , and Essential.
Only 8 topics received 0.5 or higher CVR
These topics are: Instructional Design, Learner Support, Assessment of Learner Performance, E-Learning, Educational Communication Technologies, Quality Assurance, Curriculum Design and Development, Material Development and Production
Three topics received negative CVR: Costing, Staff training and case studies
Project work received a Null value

Phase 3 Results
In Phase 3, the 17 topics were subjected to detailed analysis based on content selection criteria: Self-sufficiency, significance, validity, Interest, Utility, Learnability and Feasibility.
Ratings asked: 1 Very Low, 2 Low, 3 Average, 4 High, and 5 Very High
Only 2 topics received more than 4 as average: Learner Support and Assessment of Learner Performance
More than 3.49 score received by other eight topics

A Curriculum Framework
Learner related issues at the centre
Curriculum design, content development, production, in varieties of media and technology, and Instructional Design
Management, QA, Programme Evaluation, Copyright, Costs, etc.
Philosophical, Psychological, Sociological, underpinnings; models and case studies
Research , Training and Technology may add value to the competencies of distance educator

Curriculum Framework for Distance, Open and Online Learning

by Sanjaya Mishra on Jul 06, 2008

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