Leiden  University’s  strategy  for  open  and  online  educa6on  innova6on      Prof.  Simone  Buitendijk    Vice-­‐Rector  Leiden  University,  the  Netherlands    

Leiden  University  Online  Learning  Lab  Report  2014  Download  from  h>p://leidenuniv.onlinelearninglab.org/  

Open  and  online  learning  strategy:  start  with  general  strategy  

Evidence-­‐based  innova6on  in  teaching  and  learning    Interna6onal  classroom/interna6onal  context  for  research  and  educa6on    Impact  and  outreach    

 Use  of  digital  technology  to  innovate  

pedagogy  and  improve  student  experience,  moFvaFon  and  retenFon  

Leiden  University  Teachers’  Academy  

Majority  involved  in  open  and  online  learning  experiments  

 

 

     

 

   

Open  and  online  technology  enhances  the  internaFonal  classroom  (someFmes  in  the  

home!)          

International classroom via SPOC:!Prof Maurits Berger: “I have 25 professionals doing research at master level on sharia in the west in their countries, in exchange for education“!

•  On  demand  MOOCs      

•  Open  online  inter-­‐university  curricula  (open  content,  private  communiFes)    

•  MOOCs  as  part  of  official  curricula  (in  'flipped'  seTng)  

Next  steps  

ECTS

•  MOOCs  as  global  teaching  tools  •  MOOCs  contribuFng  to  addressing  global  challenges    

•  MOOCs  as  tools  for  research  projects  •  MOOcs  and  SPOCs  as  building  blocks  for  Lifelong  Learning  

Best proposals were discussed with UN experts in a Google Hangout. One was so good that it will be discussed further.  

In her MOOC ‘The Changing Global Order’ Prof. Madeleine Hosli challenged students to develop proposals for reform of the UN Security Council. !

“Taking  the  course  enabled  me  to  understand  how  I  can  par8cipate  in  a  poli8cal  process  intended  to  boost  peaceful  coexistence.  I  am  now  eager  to  take  part  in  my  country's  future  policies  by  using  peaceful  methods”        

==  Abdinor  Hassan  Dahir,  aged  24,  from  Mogadishu  in  Somalia,  par6cipant  in  the  MOOC  

‘The  Changing  Global  Order’  

•  Open  and  online  learning  can  contribute  to  pedagogical  excellence    

•  Use  of  open  online  technology  can  contribute  to    being  part  of  a  global  community  of  learning  

•  InnovaFon  in  open  and  online  pedagogy  is  rooted  in  freedom  to  experiment  

Final  reflecFons