Table 16: Pilot Models - continued Implementation Model Options Planned Activities Objectives Partners Option 1: Conduct awareness building TUT To clarify demand from Awareness activity with universities to TARENA students on the courses. Building inform students with To identify characteristics of opportunities for learning students who are interested in available online. taking online courses. Option 2: Conduct a quick assessment TSUC To clarify the feasibility of Universities through interviewing TUT including online courses as a make online universities in terms of part of university credits and courses 3: courses making online courses as part identify challenges and of the credits and identify necessary policies. Model challenges and necessary changes at the policy level needed to be changed. Supplementary Option 3: Run a Open a learning hub as a part Centre ICT To clarify the feasibility of learning hub of Coursera’s initiative and starting a learning hub in encourage students to Dushanbe. participate in informal learning sessions. Option 1: Explore the potential for To inform Tajik universities and TARENA Explore an introducing National the government about NREN option of using Research and Education at the practical level. NREN Network (NREN) in To assess the feasibility of Tajik universities to connect universities to join NREN and research and higher identify necessary government education sector. Conduct support and the feasibility of knowledge exchange implementing the support. activities with countries close to Tajikistan using NREN to learn from their experience. 4: Option 2: Explore the potential for TARENA To match demand of Management Explore an using learning management universities and supply of Model option of using tools in universities to learning management tools to learning improve administration solve school administration Learning management capacity of the universities problems. tools and teachers. If any To clarify the feasibility of universities and teachers are introducing learning interested, they could use management tools. the tools as pilot by having an agreement with learning management tools companies.
Table 16: Pilot Models - continued Model Options Planned Activities Objectives Implementation Partners Model 3: Supplementary courses Option 1: Awareness Building Conduct awareness building activity with universities to inform students with opportunities for learning available online. To clarify demand from students on the courses. To identify characteristics of students who are interested in taking online courses. TUT TARENA Option 2: Universities make online courses Conduct a quick assessment through interviewing universities in terms of making online courses as part of the credits and identify challenges and necessary changes at the policy level needed to be changed. To clarify the feasibility of including online courses as a part of university credits and identify challenges and necessary policies. TSUC TUT Option 3: Run a learning hub Open a learning hub as a part of Coursera’s initiative and encourage students to participate in informal learning sessions. To clarify the feasibility of starting a learning hub in Dushanbe. Centre ICT Model 4: Learning Management Option 1: Explore an option of using NREN Explore the potential for introducing National Research and Education Network (NREN) in universities to connect research and higher education sector. Conduct knowledge exchange activities with countries close to Tajikistan using NREN to learn from their experience. To inform Tajik universities and the government about NREN at the practical level. To assess the feasibility of Tajik universities to join NREN and identify necessary government support and the feasibility of implementing the support. TARENA Option 2: Explore an option of using learning management tools Explore the potential for using learning management tools in universities to improve administration capacity of the universities and teachers. If any universities and teachers are interested, they could use the tools as pilot by having an agreement with learning management tools companies. To match demand of universities and supply of learning management tools to solve school administration problems. To clarify the feasibility of introducing learning management tools. TARENA
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