Beyond Open CETL The Open University

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Beyond Open CETL The Open Universitys Centres
for Excellence in Teaching LearningWhere are
we now?

• Dr Raquel Perry, Faculty of Business Law, The
  Open University

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Open CETL

• HEFCE funded initiative 2005-2010
• Collective of 4 centres,
• Centre for Open Learning of Mathematics, Science,
  computing and Technology (COLMSCT CETL)
• Personalised Integrated Learning Support (PILS
  CETL)
• Physics Innovations Centre for Excellence in
  Teaching Learning (pi CETL)
• Practice-Based Professional Learning Centre for
  Excellence in Teaching Learning (PBPL CETL)

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PBPL CETL

• Collaboration between 4 Open University
  faculties
• Health Social Care
• Education Language Studies
• The Business School
• Institute of Educational Technology
• Promoting better understanding and use of PBPL
  and giving learners wider access to excellent
  PBPL opportunities

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PBPL CETL cont/

• Generation of practice-learning topics (PLTs)
  through funded projects and investigations and
  special interest groups
• Repository of resources in 5 PBPL-related areas
• Assessing practice-based learning
• Building professional identity
• Developing practice learning materials
• Encouraging reflection
• Learning in communities
• Dissemination through events and publication as
  well as engaging with key stakeholder communities

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Where are we now?

• Refreshed of our research themes
• Work of PBPL CETL will continue under the revised
  theme of Innovation in Teaching Learning
  (InTeL) in development and delivery of high
  quality learning experiences
• Opportunity to pause, reflect and look forward

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Aims of the Workshop

• Open discussion on practice-based learning
• Share knowledge and experience
• Learn from each other

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Questions for consideration

• Q1How do you define practice-based learning in
  your own context?

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Questions cont/

• Q2 What approaches to practice-based learning
  have you adopted?
• What factors influenced your decision?
• What was its impact?

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Questions cont/

• Q3 Do you think adopting a practice-based
  learning approach gives an educational
  institution a competitive advantage?

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Next Steps.

• Continue the dialogue on PBL
• Build a network to exchange ideas and information
• Look for opportunities for collaborative working
  in pursuit of further scholarship and research
• THANK YOU FOR PARTICIPATING

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