OPEN COLLEGES
“ As we roll out our platform , we look at exactly how it ’ s being used and where , and that drives improvement ”
– Trevor McDougall , CIO
delivered online still use what he calls the campus cohort model where students progress through regular assessments to graduation . Translated to the digital world it makes little sense , but with 65,000 students to treat each one as his or her own ‘ cohort ’ clearly presents a challenge . The management team , including MD Nic Cola , proposed and executed a radical new approach which was supported by the owners of the business and would be become the biggest single investment in the business to date . “ Our learning management system and student management systems have left that old model behind . Furthermore we did everything we could to put mobile first and be responsive to the student ’ s context . They ought to be able to work on the bus , in bed , on their mobile phone or tablet , at their desktop or laptop and even while sitting in front of the TV .”
The answer was OpenSpace
190 July 2016