Transcript Impacts of MOOCs to Vietnamese Higher Education System.

ITS IMPACT ON VIETNAMESE HIGHER EDUCATION
Ly Pham
HCMC
Aug 2, 2014
MASSIVE OPEN ONLINE COURSES:
Center For Higher Education Evaluation and Research (CHEER)
Nguyen Tat Thanh University
OVERALL CONTEXT
• Massification of higher education
Number Number of Number
of HEIs
Students
of
Faculty
Student/
faculty
rate
HE
Enrollment
participation
rate
rate
1993
110
162,000
5.309
29,5
2%
117
2013
421
2,177,299
87,682
24,8
23,4%
250
40%
450
Planned
for
2020
Source: Adapted from MOET (2013 statistics) and the World Bank (accessed July 20, 2014)
and Vietnamese Education Strategic Planning 2009-2020)
OVERALL CONTEXT
Source: HERA, Adapted from Vietnam, HE Skills for Growth, 2012, World Bank Report)
OVERALL CONTEXT
• Decreasing state funding – Increasing tuition-fees
200
5
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
Public funds as
% of GDP
0.52%
0.58%
0.64%
0.69%
0.75%
0.80%
0.84%
0.89%
Private funds as
% of GDP
0.33%
0.40%
0.43%
0.50%
0.55%
0.61%
0.66%
0.72%
340
455
Tuition at public
HEIs per m
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
Public funds as %
of GDP
0.93%
0.97%
1.01%
1.05%
1.08%
1.11%
1.14%
1.17%
Private funds as %
of GDP
0.77%
0.83%
0.88%
0.94%
1.00%
1.05%
1.11%
1.17%
Tuition at public
HEIs per m
570
685
800
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
OVERALL CONTEXT
• Technology development and digitalized teaching
and learning
OVERALL CONTEXT
MASSIVE OPEN ONLINE COURSES
DIFFERENCES between MOOCS and
TRADITIONAL MODE OF DELIVERY
MOOCS
Characteristics
Consequences
TRADITIONAL SCHOOLS
Massive
Elitist - Selective
Open
Only for registered students
Online
Ground-based
Learner autonomy
personalized learning
Teacher domination
one size fits all
Interaction is almost 0
Active Interaction
Diverse learners
Mostly similar group members
FREE or Affordable
HIGHLY EXPENSIVE
TUITION FEES IN
PRIVATE
UNIVERSITIES
(USD estimated,
towards the
degree)
CAN TRADITIONAL SCHOOLS
BE REPLACED BY MOOCS?
What matters
• Degrees recognition : Quality of courses and assessment.
• Sustainability: costs recovering
• Languages
Challenges to overcome?
• Professional and accreditation bodies involvement
• Selling student information; fee-based assignments and
assessments, advertising
• GiapSchool
IMPACT ON VIETNAMESE HEIS
Current situation:
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Enrollment rates have been decreasing
Tuition has been increasing
Unemployment rates of graduate
HE reforms are slower than expected and than society
requires
Tendencies:
• HE= global market
• Employment = global market
Competition is fierce
WHAT ARE OUR RESPONSES?
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