18. Papua New Guinea19. Samoa20. Seychelles21. Sierra Leone22. Solomon Islands23. St. Kitts & Nevis24. St. Lucia25. St. Vincent & The Grenadines26. Swaziland27. The Bahamas28. The Gambia29. Tonga30. Trinidad & Tobago31. Tuvalu32. Vanuatu

1. Antigua and Barbuda2. Barbados3. Belize4. Botswana5. Brunei Darussalam6. Cyprus7. Dominica8. Fiji 9. Grenada10. Guyana11. Jamaica12. Kiribati13. Lesotho14. Maldives15. Malta16. Mauritius17. Namibia

Is it a University?Will it offer courses?When will it offer courses?Who gets to DECIDE management and staff? Who PAYS the management and staff?What does MY country get out of IT?How can I benefit?

WillNOT

becomea

UNIVERSITY

The VUSSC

A network rather than an institutionHelps countries collaborateStrengthens the capacity of national education institutionsAND

will be as much concerned with adding value to conventional on-campus instruction as it is with serving learners at a distance.”

ICT CapacityBuilding

Institutions that haveonline programmes

Institutions create online programmes

TQF & Portal

TQFMeeting

TQF work party

Six Interlocutors; representation from all three regions , 2 from each, forms the Management CommitteeChairperson (elected by consensus of members)COL staff - ex officio memberTerm: 3 yearsMeetings: virtual (quarterly) and face-to-face (annually)

ManagementCommittee

CountryTeams

COL AdvisoryCommittee

TQFManagementCommittee

CountryInterlocutors

Commonwealth of LearningThe William and Flora Hewlett FoundationThe Commonwealth Fund for Technical Cooperation

2006 2008 2012

2010 Interlocutors’ Meeting

Professionals in small states gained relevant ICT skillsProfessionals developing DE materialsOne institution in each region gained skills to begin implementing ODLContextually relevant learning materials (OER) from workshops used by institutionsProcess to create a Transnational Qualifications Framework startedTQF Implementation document being finalised VUSSC Website launchedCourse offering startedVUSSC & TQF Management Committees set up

Workshops were held in 6 host countries 26 countries were involved More than 130

participants were trained

• • •

•

International Materials Development (OER) and Training Workshops

Workshop focused on

Capacity building Course materials

development Transfer of courses, credits and

learners

2006 - Mauritius: Tourism and Entrepreneurship2007 - Singapore: Professional Development of Educators2007 - Trinidad: Life Skills2007 - Samoa: Disaster Management2008 - Seychelles: Fisheries2008 - Bahamas: Construction2009 – Samoa: Maritime Industry2010 – Maldives: Agriculture and Agro Industry2011 – Lesotho: Business and Entrepreneurship

The 3-week face-to-face workshop

Has served the VUSSC well…

The Instructional Design (ID) Template used by VUSSC

All rights reserved

Creative Commons:

Attribution

Share-Alike

No Derivatives

Non-Commercial

The TQF is a translation instrument for the classification of VUSSC qualifications according to set criteria for specified levels of learning achieved, to improve credit transfer and promote common accreditation mechanisms between VUSSC member countries.

Non-regulatory

Will not replace sectoral, national or

regional qualifications frameworks or

authorities

Based on the principles of simplicity,

incrementalism and local involvement

Aimed at supporting the transfer of credits

achieved in different countries.

The purpose of the TQF is to facilitate the development and effective delivery of relevant and quality-assured VUSSC qualifications.

• Overarching system of levels and credits• Virtual translation instrument• Housed within a web portal• Requiring minimal human and financial resources

Country XCountry X Country YCountry Y

NQF Qual

At Level 5

NQF Qual

At Level 7

TQF QualAt Level 6

The pitching of qualifications on TQFThe pitching of qualifications on TQF

Level Qualifications TitlesMinimum Credits

10 Doctoral Degree 360

9 Masters Degree 240

8Postgraduate Certificate and

Diploma; Bachelor’s Degree with Honours

120

7Bachelor’s Degree

Graduate Certificate and Diploma;360

6Advanced/ Higher Diploma

Associate Degree/ Foundation Degree240

5 Diploma 240

4 Advanced Certificate 120

3 Certificate III 40

2 Certificate II 40

1 Certificate I 40

TQF Official Launch, Namibia April 2010

Financial support is crucial at this stageMember states taking ownership via VUSSC Management CommitteeRegional and national relationships to promote participation and facilitate fundingRate of course development/course offerings via INSTITUTIONSThe continued support of the 32 Small States

VUSSC Learning Management System

VUSSC OER

http://www.vussc.info