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NATIONAL OPEN LEARNING SYSTEM PROJECT

Explore the principles and activities of the National Open Learning System Project, focusing on access, affordability, and learner success. Engage with self-directed learning, open educational resources, and innovative pedagogical practices.

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NATIONAL OPEN LEARNING SYSTEM PROJECT

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  1. NATIONAL OPEN LEARNING SYSTEM PROJECT Tanya Yohan Deputy Director: Open Learning Project Yohan.T@dhet.gov.za

  2. Considerations around the principles of Open Learning • Part of a social justice agenda – not a free market agenda • About access and success • Can be applied to any educational programme • Will be embedded in, as well as enhance and expand the current education and training system – not a separate system

  3. Open Learning Principles about…. • Increasing access and removing barriers • At an affordable price • Where prior learning and experience is recognised wherever possible • Where learning provision is flexible, allowing learners to increasingly determine where, when, what and how they learn • By creating the conditions for a fair chance of learner success through learner support, contextually appropriate resources and sound pedagogical practices

  4. Activities of the Open Learning Project • Pilot an open learning system in the following programmes: - one skills programme - five subjects for NASCA - two NCV subjects - a Career Development Practitioners’ programme; 2. Publish case studies on the application of open learning in PSET; and 3. Coordinate, research and promote the use of Open Educational Resources (OER) in PSET

  5. Features of open, self-directed learning materials… • Are contextually appropriate • Based on sound pedagogical practices • Encourages active engagement

  6. Features of open, self-directed learning materials… PEDAGOGY Knowledge of HOW we teach – teaching methods CONTENT Knowledge of WHAT to teach

  7. Qualification National Open Learning System Summative Assessment Registration for Summative Assessment Learner Support Self Assessment Open Courseware

  8. Open Educational Resources (OER) • Open educational resources (OER) are free and openly licensed educational materials that can be used for teaching, learning, research, and other purposes. • OER typically refers to electronic resources, including those in multimedia formats, and such materials are generally released under a Creative Commons or similar license that supports open or nearly open use of the content. • OER can be adapted to keep pace with new technologies and changes to academic disciplines and teaching methods. Depending on the resource, these updates might be made by the creator or by users of the resource. • OER are one way to address the rising costs of education, and they also have the potential to facilitate independent, self-directed study.

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