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Developing a new National Resource

Developing a new National Resource . Andrew Hodgers Irish Centre for Work Based Learning- Middlesex University . WBL involves radical change for Higher Education Institutes!. Radical Change . It changes: Regulations Curriculum Learning Relationships It Introduces: New practices

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Developing a new National Resource

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  1. Developing a new National Resource Andrew Hodgers Irish Centre for Work Based Learning- Middlesex University

  2. WBL involves radical change for Higher Education Institutes!

  3. Radical Change It changes: • Regulations • Curriculum • Learning Relationships It Introduces: • New practices It redraws: • The epistemological map Portwood. D. (2002)

  4. Our Mission !

  5. Mission “To advance education of the public by the promotion, support and undertaking of education in particular ‘work and activity based leaning’.” “To do so in the private and public sector for institutions, corporations, groups, individuals and in so doing facilitate life long learning in individuals and continuous organisational learning in institutions and corporations” Memorandum of Association (2003)

  6. Activity to date!

  7. Current Candidates Over 1100 internationally, over 200 at the doctoral level In Ireland 15 Doctors 28 Masters 1 Doctor and 1 Master conferred 2007

  8. 3 Centre sponsored Doctors Focussed on: • Enhancement of work based learning epistemologies • Customized Quality systems model for the delivery of WBL programmes certified to ISO 9001:2000

  9. Award winning Expertise

  10. Awards • 1996 Queens Anniversary Prize “This is pioneering work bearing directly upon a vital area of need in all modern economies….” • 2005 awarded one of the prestigious Centre’s for Excellence in Teaching & Learning in WBL by the Higher Education Funding Council for England Citation given at the Queens award ceremony 1996

  11. Learning tailored to Individual and Organisational needs !

  12. WBL is… A modern way of creating university-level learning in the workplace. Its special work linked features enable learning to take place at, and be centred on, the working environment. By using an actual work role and an organisation’s objectives as the focus for academic enquiry WBL is uniquely structured to drive personal, professional and organisational growth.

  13. National Award Pyramid

  14. Objective To Facilitate: • Continuous organisation learning in institutions and corporations

  15. The Irish Centre: Developing a new National Resource

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