1. 21 September 2016
Prof. Dato’ Dr. Ho Sinn-Chye
Vice-Chancellor & CEO
Status ofStatus of OEROER
Development in MalaysiaDevelopment in Malaysia
(Advocacy, Policy, Application, Training)(Advocacy, Policy, Application, Training)

2. How is Higher Education (HE) trending?How is Higher Education (HE) trending?

3. Source: http://www.moe.gov.my
Enabling Environment for ODLEnabling Environment for ODL

4. Shift 3Shift 3:: Create A Nation ofCreate A Nation of
Lifelong LearnersLifelong Learners
• Creating a framework for recognizing prior learning;
• Launching stakeholder engagement programmes that
incentivize participation and improving the existing
marketing infrastructure;
• Continuing to provide financial support to disadvantaged
groups and tax reduction incentive schemes to companies,
and to work with financial institutions to create financial
assistance for all groups.
Source: Ministry of Education (2015). Malaysian Education Blueprint
2015-2025 (Higher Education), 240 pages.

5. Shift 9Shift 9:: Promote GlobalisedPromote Globalised
Online LearningOnline Learning
• Launching MOOCs in subjects of distinctiveness for
Malaysia such as Islamic Banking and Finance;
• Making online learning an integral component of higher
education and lifelong learning; and
• Establishing the required cyber infrastructure and
strengthening the capabilities of the academic
community to deliver online learning.
Source: Ministry of Education (2015). Malaysian Education Blueprint
2015-2025 (Higher Education), 240 pages.

6. Definition ofDefinition of OEROER by Butcher (2015)by Butcher (2015)
“Any educational resources* that are openly
available for use by educators and students, without
the need to pay royalties or license fees”.
* including curriculum maps, course materials, textbooks,
streaming videos, multimedia applications, podcasts, and
any other materials that have been designed for use in
teaching and learning.
Reference: Butcher, N. (2015). A basic guide to Open Educational
Resources (OER). Commonwealth of Learning, Vancouver
and UNESCO.

7. OER activities in MalaysiaOER activities in Malaysia
Activity Institution
Institutional Repositories
Development
Public universities (17);
Private universities (8)
(Source: MyUniNet Portal, PERPUN)
Massive Open Online Courses
(MOOCs) developed by local
universities supported by the
Ministry of Higher Education
Public universities (13)
Private universities (3)
Taylor’s University; Global University of
Islamic Finance (INCEIF)
(Source: OpenLearning.com)
Wawasan Open University (WOU) – Using
Moodle platform
MOOC Training of Trainers
(TOT) Workshops (Training in
developing OpenCourseWare)
The Higher Education Leadership
Academy (AKEPT) under MOHE has taken
the major role in promoting awareness of the
importance of MOOCs
Examples:

8. Activity Institution
OpenCourseWare
Development
Ten Institutional Members involved:
Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, Universiti Malaysia
Sabah, Universiti Sains Islam Malaysia, Universiti
Teknologi Malaysia, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia,
Sultan Idris Education University, Universiti Sains
Malaysia, Universiti Teknologi Mara, University
Malaya and Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka
(Source : Open Education Consortium - Malaysia)
Training in OER by the
Center for Development
of Academic Excellence
(CDAE)
Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM)
[https://cdae.usm.my/index.php/en/2015-06-05-08-
53-00/open-educational-resources]
IMU Webinar Learning
Series
International Medical University (IMU)
[
http://imuelearning.blogspot.my/p/imu-learning-webinar-se
]
OER activities in MalaysiaOER activities in Malaysia
Examples:

9. URL: https://www.openlearning.com/malaysiamoocs

10. MOHE – OpenLearning CollaborationMOHE – OpenLearning Collaboration

11. Global E-Learning Mainstream
WOU’s e-Learning
Road Map
21st
Century
Education
Web 2.0 & 3.0 tools and
Education 3.0
• Student centered
• Inquiry based
• Interactive learning
modules, activities
• Customizable lessons
• Online chats
• Social
networking and
media sharing
• OER & FOSS**
• MOOC
** OER = Open Educational Resources
FOSS = Free and Open Source Software
MOOC = Massive Open Online Courses
e-Books
Teaching
and
Learning
OER
and
MOOC

12. • OER policy of the university
• OER application by Schools
• OER use capacity building
• OER repository in the Digital Library
WOU’sWOU’s OEROER RoadmapRoadmap

13. • WOU-OER Integration Steering Committee
(2011) directed by University Council
• OER Training Workshop (2-4 May, 2011)
• UNESCO-COL-AAOU OER Workshop (1 Oct.
2011) held in WOU, Penang
• OER-Asia Website hosted by WOU (2011)
EarlyEarly OEROER Initiatives at WOUInitiatives at WOU

14. • Town hall meeting and training session on OER
conducted for WOU staff (March 2012).
• 1st
Regional Symposium on OER: An Asian
Perspective on Policies and Practices (24-27
Sept 2012)
• 2nd
Regional Symposium on OER: Beyond
Advocacy, Research and Policy (19-21 June
2014)
MoreMore OEROER InitiativesInitiatives

15. EnablingEnabling
PoliciesPolicies
(Feb 2012)(Feb 2012)

16. • TCC 242/05: Web Database Application © 2011
• EED502/05: ICT in Education © 2012
• TCC121/05: Programming Fundamentals with
Java © 2012 (2nd
revision)
• BBM102/05: Introduction to Microeconomics ©
2013
• BBM 208/05: Business Ethics © 2015 (2nd
edition)
OEROER Integrated CoursesIntegrated Courses
& more in the pipeline

17. This publication is available in Open
Access under the Attribution -
Share Alike 4.0 International
(CC-BY-SA 4.0) license.
WOU PressWOU Press
ISBN 978-983-3910-02-1 (ePub)
OEROER:
Vignettes ofVignettes of
Selected AsianSelected Asian
ExperienceExperience
Edited by G. Dhanarajan (2016)
(ePub)

18. A database created by WOU using WEKO, an open source repository
software developed by the National Institute of Informatics, Japan

19. A series of workshops on processes of OER
integration for course development
• CEE and Mysore Univ. (India) (8-12 Nov 2014)
• WOU (Dec 2015, Jan 2016)
• USM (Penang, Malaysia) (Dec 2015, Jan 2016)
• OUSL (Sri Lanka) (7-8 Jan 2016)
• UiTM (Malacca, Malaysia) (24 Mar 2016)
OEROER Workshops by WOUWorkshops by WOU
Research funded by IDRC-ROER4D Project: An action
research study of teacher educators

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Feb – May 2015
5 Modules
4 Modules

21. To remain relevant in this
21st
century, e-Teacherse-Teachers
need training too!
Workshop on how to
produce a ScreencastScreencast

22. https://oerasia.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10&Itemid=48

23. An Asian Forum created by WOU to share
information, views and opinion, research studies
and knowledge resources in addition to guidelines
and toolkits on good practices on and about Open
Education Resources in the Asian Region.
(Launched in 2011)

25. • Institutional commitment
• Senior management support
• Enabling policies and environment
• Mainstreaming of faculty capacity building
• Developing quality assured and
pedagogically sound course contents
• Providing the right enabling environment for
online learning
CriticalCritical Success FactorsSuccess Factors