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(brief) history of IET
The document provides a brief history of the Institute of Educational Technology (IET) at the Open University from its establishment in 1969 to the present. It traces the evolution of IET from focusing on educational use of printed text and home experiment kits to embracing digital technologies like CDs, multimedia, and online learning in the 1990s with the rise of the internet. The document also notes that IET has played a key role in researching and applying educational technologies to help the Open University fulfill its mission of being "open to people, places, methods and ideas."
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- 1. A (brief &probably inaccurate) history of IET With thanks to Lesley McGrath and Patrick McAndrew
- 2. History is tricky! •Jan 1969 – establishment of An Applied Educational Sciences Unit • July 1969 – Council approves • Mar 1970 - Proposal for this to become IET • Jul 1970 - approval of IET staffing and cost
- 6. • The Needfor an IET (6.19, 13.54) • https://www.open.ac.uk/library/digital- archive/program/video:00525_8911 • David Hawkridge (7.15): • https://www.open.ac.uk/library/digital- archive/program/video:00525_7074
- 7. “Open to people,places, methods and ideas”
- 8. Pre-internet ed tech •Educational use of text was big! • Home experiment kits • Summer schools • TV/audio • Student evaluations • IET embedded in module design
- 9. The questions IETasked: • How could the text in printed units be effectively formatted to encourage interaction between the reader and the text? • What assessment methods worked effectively? • What is the best use of video or audio cassettes within a course structure? • How effective were residential summer schools?
- 10. The digital shift– late 80s • CDs • Multi-media • Simulations • Replacing analogue
- 11. The internet –mid 90s • MA ODE • Online graduation • CMC • Open conference • Ed tech now = online
- 12. To now • Openeducation • Assessment • Learning design • Mobile learning • AI • Learning analytics • The innovations in ed tech have a place here
- 13. Some IET trends •Push n pull with tech • Research folding into practice (also struggle to do this) • A good/bad relationship with faculties • Reviews! • Excellent external reputation • Appropriate criticism
- 14. Conclusion • IET iscentral to the OU’s operation • If it didn’t have one, it’d invent one now
Editor's Notes
- #8 Mission statements are often bland and interchangeable but ours is very powerful, and I would argue, as relevant now as it was in 1969. This mission statement defined our model People – anyone can study with the OU, there were no entry requirements Places – you could study at a distance and didn’t need to attend a campus Methods – part time, distance education, augmented by the use of television, summer schools, face to face tutorials and then other technologies Ideas – focus of this talk