Presentation as a panelist at a Webinar organized by the Mauritius Institute of Education

1. C
ODL DISRUPTED:
ADAPTINGTOTHE ‘NEWNORMAL’IN
HIGHER EDUCATION
Zoraini Wati Abas
Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic and Educational Technology)
Wawasan open university, penang, Malaysia
zorainiabas@wou.edu.my

2. Greetings from Penang, Malaysia
• Open & Distance Learning Institution
• Full-time on campus (7 percent)
• Part-time ODL (93 percent)
• First Intake of 700+ students in 2007
• Five Regional Centers
• Kuala Lumpur, Johor Bharu, Ipoh, Kuching
• About 5,000 enrolment (FT and PT)
• University by the Sea (HQ in Penang)
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3. The World has Changed!
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4. Friend:
A Silver Lining for
Advocates of 21st Century
Learning
Foe:
No choice but to go into
remote learning
Image Credits: Rost-9D / Getty Images
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Friend or Foe?

5. Immediate
Challenges
• Tutors with no previous experience (technical or pedagogical)
• Students with no previous experience
From f2f sessions to remote online sessions
• Students with no access to computers (only mobile phones)
• Limited to mobile internet
• No wifi at home
Students with no access or poor connectivity
• Handholding of tutors by the Course Coordinators (FT academic)
• Practice sessions
• Tip Sheets
Overcoming the challenges
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6. Immediate
Challenges
• Online tests
• Assignment
Final Exam Alternatives
• Better grades *
• Increased passing rates*
• Non submissions
Lessons Learnt
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7. CMOVING FORWARD
Ideas and Suggestions
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8. Brian Chesky, CEO of Airbnb, predicts that after the
pandemic, there's going to be a big change in the
reason people travel: They will be traveling for fun,
not for work.
Previously, people have travelled for work and
entertained themselves on screen. That's a pattern he
predicts is about to invert.
There could also be a rise in people choosing to live
as digital nomads because they won't be tied to one
city for their job.
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9. 1890 2010
120 years
apart
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10 years
apart
2020

10. The ’new
normal’ in
ODL
New Culture
of Learning
New
Mindset
Learning
Design
Assessment
Equity
Connectivity
(Access)
Affordabilit
y
Mobility
(Learning
on the go)
Self-reliant
Self-manage
Enablers
Policies
Infrastructure
Learning Design
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11. Pedagogy-Technology Integration
Face-to-Face Pedagogy
• Technology 1 (Blackboards/Whiteboards/Flipcharts, etc)
• Technology 2 (OHP, Slide Projectors, Video Players, etc)
• Technology n
Blended Pedagogy
• Technology 1 (Face-to-Face: Smartboards/Flipcharts/Personal Devices, etc)
• Technology 2 (Online Learning: LMS, Social Media, Mobile Apps, Zoom, MS Teams, Google Meet, etc)
• Technology n
Online Pedagogy
• Technology 1 (Asynchronous: Google Classroom, LMS, YouTube, Interactive E-books, Infographics)
• Technology 2 (Synchronous: Facebook Live, Zoom, Microsoft Teams, Google Meet, Kahoot)
• Technology n
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Student Engagement
Appropriate
Technology
Suitable
Pedagogical
Approach
Highly-
Skilled
Teacher
Pedagogy-Technology
Integration should result
in Student Engagement

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It’s time to humanize education
Student Engagement is key to
Student Success
Student Engagement
Student Success

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Thank
You