1. Open Universiteit Nederland SCOP Meeting / June 2007

2. Mission Open Universiteit Nederland seeks to be an institution that is strongly anchored in the Dutch higher educational system through its educational, research and innovation activities a frontrunner worldwide in open higher distance education and educational innovation a frontrunner worldwide in competency-based learning in an electronic environment an institution that operates successfully in the field of lifelong learning and is a much wanted provider of market- oriented and commercial education

3. Open Universiteit Nederland Founded in 1984 Distance education on an academic level Expert in development and innovation of education Leader in development and implementation of new scientific insights and new technologies Tackling the teacher shortage

4. Educational system Unique in its openness and freedom Open entry Freedom of place and time Freedom of pace year round enrolment Open programming the course

5. Educational system: distance teaching ­Student counselling by e-mail and telephone ­ELO: Studienet / BlackboardStudienet ­Face-to-face: tutoring sessions, national student days, mini-conferences, thesis students ­15 study centres in the Netherlands, 6 in Flanders (Belgium) ­Information channels: Modulair, ELO, Study guide

6. Faculties 7 faculties ­School of Management ­School of Cultural Sciences ­School of Informatics ­School of Science ­School of Psychology ­School of Law ­School of Education

7. Programmes ­270 courses ­7 bachelor programmes ­13 master programmes ­7 tutored master programmes ­short higher educational programmes ­(post) hbo-programmes ­Training programmes on a commercial basis

8. Students (1) ­Active students: 16.802 ­Courses: 38.098 ­Male 48%; Female 52% ­Age: 45 26% As per 31-12-2006

9. Students (2) Student profile: 41% fulltime job (35 to 40 hours per week) 49% opt for our university because of the freedom of time and place 44% second-chance students 89% the Netherlands 11% Belgium (443 students live elsewhere) As per 31-12-2006

10. Expertise centres ­Educational technology expertise centre ­Ruud de Moor Centrum for professionalization of teachers ­Netherlands expertise centre for Lifelong Learning

11. Expertise ­Instructional design ­Realisation of competency based education ­Integration of work and study ­Lifelong learning ­E-learning ­Assessments; examination and certification processes ­Curriculum development ­Development and implementation of self study materials and distance teaching ­Development and implementation of educational technologies ­Design and implementation of electronic learning environments ­Multidisciplinary educational development ­Strategy as to in-company training and educational infrastructure