OER-based eLearning Online Facilitation and Assessment Workshop at Wawasan Open University, Malaysia
OER-based eLearning Online Facilitation and Assessment Workshop at Wawasan Open University, Malaysia
New Delhi, 12/11/2014: Commonwealth Educational Media Centre for Asia (CEMCA), New Delhi in collaboration with Wawasan Open University (WOU), Penang, Malaysia organised a workshop for Capacity Building of teachers on On-line Facilitation and Assessment for OER-based eLearning programme. The workshop was held at WOU main campus from October 14–16, 2014 for selected faculty members with the objective to enable them facilitate OER-based eLearning programme to be offered by WOU. With this workshop the WOU is preparing to launch the OER-based eLearning professional development programme for teachers developed jointly by CEMCA and WOU.
The workshop was facilitated by Dr. Som Naidu from Monash University, Melbourne, Australia. Twenty-two participants attended the workshop, of which 19 were from WOU’s academic Schools, Library and the Educational Technology & Publishing (ETP) unit, and three from DISTED College and Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM). The participants also belonged to three groups: facilitators for the CEMCA OER course, academics going through the ODL training modules, and facilitators from the Action Research project. The three-day workshop involved examining the learning outcomes of the five modules of the OER-based eLearning course, developing assessment criteria in line with the learning outcomes, and moderating discussion in an online learning environment. Participants in the workshop explored strategies for supporting students, and how and when to provide feedback to online learners. This was a hands-on experience in which participants engaged in online role play activities by taking part in simulation exercises for better understanding of online moderation.
WOU will soon launch the OER-based eLearning programme online for professional development of teachers in Malaysia to use Open Educational Resources for delivery of online programmes.
