what have the researchers ever done for us?
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What Have The Researchers Ever Done For Us?. A Review of Institutional Research in IET at the UKOU. Ancient Institutional Research. IET Mark1. Underpinning Model “R & D”. Main work is curriculum development Research and evaluation feeds into this We are the experts. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
15th Nov 2002 Alan Woodley
What Have The Researchers Ever Done For Us?
A Review of Institutional Research in IET at the UKOU
Ancient Institutional Research
IET Mark1
C ourse developm ent
A ssessm en t S u rvey R eseach D ep t Text M ed ia Tu it ion & C ou n se llin g
Institutiona l resea rch
D irector
Underpinning Model “R & D”
Main work is curriculum development
Research and evaluation feeds into this
We are the experts
And then came the computer…………
The RAE
The DES Review
IET Mark 2
Student R esea rch C entre T ea ching & C onsulta ncy C IT E
D irector a nd Ma na gem ent C om m ittee
Underpinning Model “Flexibility” & “Partnership”
Recognition of New Technology
Changing development role
Consolidation of student research
Attempted “Matrix” model
“Home base” and “Programmes”
New paradigms
Please shoot the other guy!
IET Mark 3 - Current
Student Research Centre C IT E C O U R SES
D irector + B igger Ma na gem ent C om m ittee
Underpinning Model: “Survival”
Teach courses
More staff development
Be more responsive
Become more efficient (“Industrialising”)
Detailed workplans
Project-focus
Get more external grants
The Super Highway to salvation?
More accessible knowledge
More user-friendly knowledge
Faster knowledge
Better knowledge
More accessible knowledge
Not enough people to send it out
Too much for one person to know
Create the Knowledge Network
.. enables OU staff to explore, share and build knowledge and experience of teaching
and learning.
Public access to KN
http://www.open.ac.uk/kn/ or http://kn.open.ac.uk/public/
More user-friendly knowledge
Web-based stats
Interactive stats
Powerpoint attachments
Faster knowledge
E surveys
PRESTO
ACES
Better knowledge
In depth e-interviews
E focus groups
E coding
E editing
Other ways of industrialising research
Scanning
The CURV project
Market research
The internal research market
Overhead and Service
Internal competition
- Knowledge Media Institute
-Learning and Teaching Solutions
-CAL group
-Telematics group
-Student Services
Etc, etc
The Student Research Centre
S tu d en t S ta tis t ic s Team S u rvey O ffice IC D L O th ers
H ead
SRC- Others
Working with Faculties
Working on regular IR projects
Working on internally funded research projects eg PRESTO
Working on externally funded projects eg CHEERS
The Research Mix in SRC
That done for the OU generally (Overhead)
That done for Funding Units (Service Flow)
That done for outside agencies
That done for personal research
“What have we learned about the research audience?”
They have short and selective memories
They want simple answers to complex problems
They want more
They want it done cheaper
They start to do it themselves
Coming shortly…
Seminar II
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