Norwegian National Policy for Open Online Higher Education

Susanne Koch

HOME Policy ForumBrussels June 28, 2016

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Agency for Digital Learning in Higher Education

Directly under the Ministry of Education and ResearchMission: to stimulate use of digital technology in the HE

sector to promote quality in teaching and learning, we:advise the Ministry of Education, the HEIs, and other

sector stakeholders fund institutional projects that explore innovative

technology enhanced educational practices maintain knowledge base on digitisation in higher

education

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Openness in Norwegian Higher EducationAll public higher education is free and openAlmost all higher education is publicHE sector is well established and has sufficient capacityAny candidate holding a high school diploma may access

higher educationNo Norwegian Open UniversityNot much political focus on opening up education

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Challenges to Open Online LearningDigitisation of higher education is lagging behindFaculty members hold copyright of the teaching material

they prepareThere is no common platform for sharing OER HEIs are very autonomous, so a top-down approach is not

sufficientUncertainty around business models for MOOCS Institutions do not always offer the right kind of supportFaculty are slow to change their teaching methods. MOOCs

require new ways of engaging students

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Policy Landscape: Window of OpportunityNo unified national strategy for MOOCs and/or open online

learning2014 official Norwegian report MOOCs for Norway not

implementedA structural reform in higher education is being implemented

Fewer institutions New strategies Multi campus institutions

Upcoming government whitepaper on quality in higher education

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Policy Recommendations for DigitisationTo advance digitisation as a tool for quality of education, the ministry should:Develop a national strategy for coordinating and promoting

digitisation for pedagogic innovation and qualityMake digitisation a topic in their governance of public higher

education institutions and as a criterion for future public funding

Strengthen the digitisation of higher education by expanding the national infrastructure and cloud-based services

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Policy Recommendations for MOOCs Include a strategy for MOOCs and open learning in the

upvoming government whitepaper on quality in HEEstablish a national agency for coordinating and supporting

open online learningUse MOOCs to reach strategic goals such as imparting 21st century skills improving collaboration between academia and the

workplaceensuring affordability of and access to higher education for

new modes of teaching and learning

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Without a National Policy for MOOCsThe institutions will not reap the full benefits of MOOCsThere will be no common MOOC platform in NorwegianNorwegian MOOCs will continue to be invisible abroadWe will not have the research to learn from the MOOCs we

already have nor to make better MOOCs in the futureNorway will not have the framework of MOOCs to help with

the demographic and economic challenges ahead

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Molent lam aut que et auditas perorum voloremo ommodis ant ommod ut aturiatas et officiaspe rerum voluptat.Thank you for your attention!

Contact me at:susanne.koch@nuv.no@susanneanette