The presentation considers how open education innovations can contribute to solving the equity/equality gap in Europe, as described by the aims of the Bologna Process.

1. Responding to Equity
Challenges in Higher
Education
Some innovations in a lifelong learning perspective
EURASHE Annual Conference 2012
Anthony F. Camilleri Riga, LAtvia
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2. Our aspiration
„We share the societal aspiration that the
student body entering, participating in and
completing higher education at all levels
should reflect the diversity of our
populations―
London Ministerial Communique
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3. The facts
The EQUNET 2011 report found that access
across the EHEA is inequitable.
Countries so wide divergences on: Lower socioeconomic backgrounds
- gender balance are:
- net entry rates - less likely to attend Higher
- entry via alternative routes Education
- participation based on occupational - likely to choose different courses of
/ educational background study
- income gap of students - more likely to work during studies
- Ratios of foreign students - far less likely to have a mobility
experience
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4. How realistic?
„we commit to securing the highest possible.
level of public funding for higher education „
Bucharest Ministerial Declaration
Do you think ‚equity‘ funding
is crisis proof?
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5. Solutions on Offer by Ministries
• Provide adequate support to
underrepresented groups
• Promote flexible learning pathways / RPL
• Involve students as active participants in
their own learning
• Higher Education should be an open
process
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6. Solutions on Offer by Ministries
• Provide adequate support to
underrepresented groups
• Promote flexible learning pathways / RPL
• Involve students as active participants in
their own learning
• Higher Education should be an open
process
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7. Current approaches are
incrementalist
80
70 point of equity
60
50
2125
First stage secondary
40
Tertiary
30 Linear (First stage secondary)
Linear (Tertiary)
20
10
0
55-64 45-54 35-44 25-34
1970-1980 2000-2010 Projection of percentage of students entering higher
education based on father‘s education
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8. the time is right for
Incentive to
change
Failure of Availability
Current of tools
Approach
Vision of a
Better future
DISRUPTIVE INNOVATION
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9. Innovating the
Social Dimension
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10. innovation - the OU model
Remove Entry Requirements
result:
• Currently 260000+ students
• 70% are able to work during studies, 5% are
disabled
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access

11. innovation – open textbooks
Create licence-free textbooks
• Average spent by US student on textbooks
per year $981
• Approx cost to produce textbook: $120000
- $150000 (estimates flat-world knowledge)
• SB 1052 / 1053 (California) will create
open source textbooks, free or $20
hardcopy
• Estimated savings (overall): up to $ 1
billion
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12. innovation – OERu
Credentialise Open Learning
• 15 anchor
universities, supported by
UNESCO and CoL
• First pilots are underway right
now
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13. innovation - MOOCs
automate reproducable teaching
• Piloted by Stanford ‚Intro to AI‘ – 100000+
students
• MITx – limited certification for MOOC including
virtual lab-work
• EDx – MIT + Harvard $60 million investment
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14. What else can we do?
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15. Educationis changing....
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16. unbundling: a vision flexibility
Credit: OERTest
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17. social entrepreneurship:
education
• 55000 social enterprises in the UK –
generating 27 billion GBP per year (2005)
• 15% of the market is in education
• approx. equivalent to total yearly spend on
HE of Austria
'a social enterprise is a business with primarily social objectives whose surpluses are
principally reinvested for that purpose in the business or in the community, rather than
being driven by the need to maximise profit for shareholders and owners' (UK
DTI, 2002).
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18. Open Education means
Increased access
Increased participation
Increased completion
at lower cost
and Higher Quality
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19. HEIs can
take the lead
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20. Information knows no borders
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21. Thank-You for Your Attention
Responding to Equity Challenges in Higher
Education
Anthony F. Camilleri
anthony@camilleri.com
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22. Thank-You for Your Attention
Responding to Equity Challenges in Higher
Education
Anthony F. Camilleri
anthony@camilleri.com
Presentation available from:
http://www.slideshare.net/anthonycamilleri
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