THE UWI OPEN Campus STUDENT-CENTRED | AGILE | ACCESSIBLE | ENABLING Annual Report 2013/2014 A Campus for the times . . . A Campus for the future THE UWI OPEN Campus A C A M P U S F O R T H E T I M E S . . . A C A M P U S F O R T H E F U T U R E Annual Report 2013/2014 1 The UWI Open CampUs GUIDING PRINCIPLES The Open CampUs Of The UnIversITy Of The WesT IndIes Is based On The Idea ThaT The hIgh-qUalITy UnIversITy edUCaTIOn, researCh and servICes avaIlable aT OUr InsTITUTIOn shOUld be Open and avaIlable TO all peOple WhO WIsh TO reaCh TheIr fUll pOTenTIal InsIde and OUTsIde Of The CarIbbean regIOn. 2 The Open CampUs WIll adOpT qUalITy TeaChIng and learnIng experIenCes, InnOvaTIve pedagOgIC desIgn, relevanT researCh and COmmUnITy parTnershIps TO delIver faCe-TO-faCe, blended and OnlIne learnIng. Core Values sTUdenT-CenTred agIle aCCessIble enablIng UWI OPEN CAMPUS ANNUALREPORT 2013 /2014 TABLE OF CONTENTS principal’s Overview 4 1. FINANCIAL 14 Income source diversification 14 efficient resource Utilisation 242. EMPLOYEE ENGAGEMENT AND DEVELOPMENT 25 Competency-based development 25 Culture of employee engagement 28 2014 UWI OPEN CAMPUS STAFF AWARDS 32 3. INTERNAL OPERATIONAL PROCESSES 34 efficient and effective academic and administrative processes 34 4. TEACHING, LEARNING AND STUDENT DEVELOPMENT 40 Open and distance education 40 3 academic quality 50 student engagement and experience 52 OPEN CAMPUS STUDENT GUILD 55 5. RESEARCH AND INNOVATION 56 faculty-led research and Innovation 56 funding and partnership 61 Innovation 463 6. OUTREACH 66 national and regional development 66 marketing and Communications 73 alumni engagement 81 UWI OPEN CAMPUS GRADUATION 2014 84–85 UWI OPEN CAMPUS HONORARY GRADUATES 2014 86 UWI OPEN CAMPUS COUNCIL 2013/2014 88 UWI OPEN CAMPUS MANAGEMENT 2013/2014 89 HEADS OF COUNTRY SITES & DEPARTMENTS 90 APPENDICES 91 appendix I: graduation & enrolment statistics 2013/2014 92 appendix II: staff matters 2013/2014 104 acronymns 114 2013/2014 represented a year of significantachievements for the Open Campus. eCampus made considerable strides in achiev- PRINCIPAL’S ing the original aim for the Campus. at aim is providing increased open and flexible learning opportunities in both online and face-to-face OVERVIEW modalities to students across the region, and par- ticularly to those living in underserved territories. e Campus continued to align itself with the strategic objectives set for all of e UWI campuses in the 2012–2017 strategic plan. additionally, work continued in our endeavours to build solid rela- tionships with our sister campuses and increase collaborative efforts which would unite e UWI campuses and ultimately benefit all involved. more critically, such an approach would particularly ben- efit our students and stakeholders. by so doing, we move closer to achieving and strengthening our core values of being student centred, agile, accessi- ble and enabling and following our guiding princi- ples of providing high quality university education, 4 research and other services to all who wish to realise their potential through these means, both inside and outside the region. steps towards achieving the foregoing were made largely within the overarching strategic framework of e UWI. Challenges were present, particularly with respect to the financial constraints experi- enced throughout the region and which have The Campus made considerable strides in achieving the original aim for the Campus. That aim is providing increased open and flexible learning opportunities in both online and face-to-face modalities to students across the region, and particularly to those living in underserved territories. p r O f e s s O r v. e U d I n e b a r r I T e aU pro vice-Chancellor & principal UWI OPEN CAMPUS ANNUALREPORT 2013 /2014 A C AMPUS F O R T H E T I M E S . . . A C AMPUS F O R T H E F U T UR E impacted all of the campuses of e UWI. how- fee-paying programmes. further means of increas- ever, the Campus was still able to continue to offer ing income in this manner were identified and are quality courses and programmes to our regional being developed, particularly through the depart- citizenry and beyond and faced with regional and ment of foreign affairs, Trade and development – international competition remained a leading alter- strengthening distance education in the Caribbean native to on-campus study, thanks to the dedicated (dfaTd-sdeC) project, which allocated funding efforts of our staff and our determination in specifically for the development of new Cpe pro- advancing the mission of the Campus. grammes which will most benefit the region. With regard to staff engagement and development, OVERVIEW workshops, orientation sessions and training for In each of the 2012–2017 strategic perspectives the staff were conducted, especially in areas such as Open Campus recorded success. firstly, in the area banner, the revised gpa system, employee engage- of finance, the Campus continued to reduce its ment, performance management and customer dependence on regional governments and the service excellence. Improvements made in internal creative cost reduction and conservation initiatives operational processes, which enhance the efficiency which were implemented proved beneficial. addi- and effectiveness of departments and therefore tional income was generated from special projects, increase the quality of service which the Campus external grant funding and increased focus on offers, were visible especially in the academic pro- continuing and professional education (Cpe) pro- gramming and delivery division (apad) and e grammes, particularly those born out of strategic registry. Of particular note are the templates devel- partnerships which increased the student enrol- oped for conducting feasibility studies and compe- 5 ment and therefore the revenue collected from tition analyses to inform planning and design of At the 2014 Staff Awards in Saint Lucia, the DFATD/SDEC team celebrates with the Open Campus. From left to right: Professor Julie Meeks Gardner, Deputy Principal, Mr Kirk Humphrey, Senior Development Officer representing the High Commission of Canada, Professor V. Eudine Barriteau, PVC & Principal, Mrs Mitra Knight, Director of the DFATD/SDEC Project and Dr Joel Warrican, Director, APAD UWI OPEN CAMPUS ANNUALREPORT 2013 /2014 A C AMPUS F O R T H E T I M E S . . . A C AMPUS F O R T H E F U T UR E programmes and the new approach to program- more student friendly learning environment. One ming which allows greater flexibility and choice for such initiative, spearheaded by the programme students and also reduced costs in content develop- delivery department, identified at-risk indicators ment and delivery of related courses. focus was and provided academic and administrative inter- also placed on encouraging applicants to remain in vention strategies to support students. e student the stream by increasing the number of conditional experience was further enhanced through a more offers, allowing greater flexibility in documentation user-friendly leaning exchange platform. required for the application process and identifying Contributions to national and regional develop- at-risk points in the application process, for which remedies are in the process of being developed. ment were achieved thanks to partnerships which also served to increase the visibility and improve Teaching and learning was enhanced tremen- the public image of the Campus. ese initiatives dously due to dfaTd funding and increased were concentrated on social, educational and cul- course offerings throughout the Open Campus tural development. also of note in 2013/2014 was Country sites (OCCs). In terms of research and the Open Campus’ immediate and overwhelmingly innovation, the planning and Institutional research successful appeal for donations to those affected by department conducted several research projects the flooding in december 2013 of several islands in aimed at informing planning and decision making. the eastern Caribbean, particularly saint lucia, apad forged research partnerships with the Uni- dominica and st vincent. e Campus was grati- versity of Central florida and Csdr received grant fied to see the outpouring of community spirit and funding in the amount of Us$1.388m from the generosity demonstrated by its staff and other part- 6 United states agency for International develop- ment for a Transitional living project, UsaId/ ners in the swi and plentiful nature of the dona- UWI-OC Transitional living programme for Chil- tions received and also the assistance freely dren in state Care (Tlp-CsC). several innovative provided by multiple organisations who shipped initiatives were also undertaken, resulting in a the relief items free of charge. The launch of the Transitional Living Programme for Children in State Care project was held at the Regional Headquarters of The UWI in Kingston, Jamaica in 2014. Joining the Principal and Deputy Principal are the USAID Mission Director, Ms Denise Herbol, CDA representatives, Jamaican Minister of Youth and Culture, Ms Lisa Hanna, and the Vice-Chancellor, Professor E. Nigel Harris UWI OPEN CAMPUS ANNUALREPORT 2013 /2014 A C AMPUS F O R T H E T I M E S . . . A C AMPUS F O R T H E F U T UR E HIGHLIGHTS OF 2013/2014 compared to 8 males and 18 females and 11 males graduated with diplomas. One of the highlights of the year was of course the 2013/2014 Open Campus graduation, held in another high point of the year was the naming October 2013 in grenada. seven hundred and one ceremony which took place at the Open Campus (701) students graduated: 601 females and 100 Country site in e pine, barbados. On may 17, males. Of these, 624 (89%) received bachelor’s 2014, the Open Campus honoured dr lionel degrees, of which 79 (11.3%) received first Class shorey and the late dr bradley niles, two of its out- honours and 159 (22.7%) received Upper second standing educators, by naming the east and West Class honours; 194 (27.7%) received lower second wings of the Country site aer them in recognition Class honours and 192 (27.4%) received pass of their more than two decades of distinguished degrees. service with the Open Campus. at the graduate level, one hundred and four stu- dents (104) graduated with degrees; 99 females and 5 males. seventy-six students (74 females, 2 males) graduated with the master of education degree, while the other 28 students graduated with gradu- ate diplomas (25 female; 3 males). forty-four (44) of the graduate students received distinctions (41 females; 3 males) and 60 received pass degrees (58 females and 2 males). 7 at the pre-University level, 93 students graduated with associate degrees (42 students), certificates (23 students), and diplomas (29 students). as with the other classes of degrees, a greater number of females graduated. irty-nine females graduated with associate degrees in contrast to two males. Current Principal, Professor V. Eudine Barriteau, is flanked by similarly, 15 females graduated with certificates Former Principal Professor Hazel Simmons-McDonald and former Deputy Principal, Professor Vivienne Roberts at the 2014 UWI Campus Graduation in Saint Lucia Graduates at the 2013 Graduation Ceremony in Grenada UWI OPEN CAMPUS ANNUALREPORT 2013 /2014 A C AMPUS F O R T H E T I M E S . . . A C AMPUS F O R T H E F U T UR E FINANCIAL CONSTRAINTS tion of CIsCI Ip phones for international calls; reduction in the purchase of stationery resulting e on-going financial challenges mentioned from conservation and recycling measures; earlier are an inescapable reality for our region. increased course offerings, training sessions, work- rough prudent management, the Open Campus shops and seminars; increased revenue through showed considerable resilience. Of note is the fact partnerships with donor agencies and private and that we reduced our dependency on regional gov- public entities; and rental of Open Campus facili- ernments substantially since our inception. Our ties for proctoring examinations and housing dependency on regional governments for the meetings. period under review was reduced from 46% to 43% and projections indicate a further decline to 37% in notwithstanding these facts, the difficulties faced the 2014/2015 period. While the dependence on by some of the regional governments to honour governments declined, income from student fees their financial contributions highlighted the neces- and other income generating activities steadily sity of increasing self-generated revenue by increased from 57% in the 2013/2014 period to a expanding our student base and further capitalising projected 65% in the 2014/2015 period. Of note on other income generating initiatives. One avenue also is the fact that revenue from special projects to achieving an expanded student base was facili- rose from 1% of total revenue in 2012/2013 to 6% tated by the funding acquired from the dfaTd- in 2013/2014. sdeC project. part of the Cad$19.26m grant, allocated to apad, resulted in the development Cognisant of the need to remain financially viable, and approval of at least 27 new and revised under- 8 the Open Campus also implemented a number of graduate programmes, two master’s and two cost reduction measures, which included the instal- doctoral programmes, with additional programme lation of energy efficient air conditioners; utilisa- Members of the Ramesar family join officials from the Government of Trinidad & Tobago and The University of the West Indies at the ceremony to officially name the new building to house the UWI Open Campus Esmond D. Ramesar Centre, due to be completed in 2015 in Chaguanas, Trinidad & Tobago at a cost of approximately TT $57 million UWI OPEN CAMPUS ANNUALREPORT 2013 /2014 A C AMPUS F O R T H E T I M E S . . . A C AMPUS F O R T H E F U T UR E development ongoing. Increased student intake meeting e UWI strategic objectives for should materialise from the increased programme 2012–2017. offerings and concomitantly, an increase in income from student fees. It is estimated that income of Of special note also is the contribution of land by Us$1.651m will be generated from the increased the governments of e republic of Trinidad and enrolment in 2014/2015. Tobago and grenada. e government of the republic of Trinidad and Tobago donated 10 acres e Campus is committed in its endeavours to of land in Chaguanas to the Open Campus. e become self-sustaining and therefore continues to first phase of construction is on-going and funds research and utilise all financial generating avenues have been advanced to progress this project with an with the aim of becoming self-sufficient and well- approved budget of TT$57.0m. e infrastructure respected regionally and internationally, as a works are in progress with final construction tar- Campus of e University of the West Indies. geted for may 2015. e government of grenada also contributed land to the University, which has PLANS FOR THE FUTURE been included in the books of the Open Campus at a value of eC$8.6m. It is envisioned that an To ensure the path of sustainability and growth, the expanded Open Campus Country site will be built Open Campus continues to explore every avenue of on this land and proposals for funding this are in funding. To this end, the preparation of concept progress. papers is ongoing with the hope of generating addi- tional funding through continued partnership with ese new facilities will improve the work and dfaTd and new alliances with other funding study environment and improve the capacity for 9 agencies. e expected additional funding will attracting additional students, thus increasing our facilitate the Open Campus’ mission in successfully potential revenue generation. Principal V. Eudine Barriteau with the ACUITAS Engineering team at the development site in Chaguanas, Trinidad & Tobago. The construction of Phase 1 is off the ground with the focus being on draining and laying down underground infrastructure to support the Campus’s buildings UWI OPEN CAMPUS ANNUALREPORT 2013 /2014 A C AMPUS F O R T H E T I M E S . . . A C AMPUS F O R T H E F U T UR E as the graduation statistics mentioned earlier illus- I anticipate that from the next academic year, the trated, the trend of significantly more female than Open Campus will take the UWI mission and male students continues. Inspired by a desire to vision into every corner of the geographic promote change in this regard, a new project enti- Caribbean and begin the penetration of interna- tled “Off the Blocks and In Front eir Laptops” was tional markets. e Campus will do so by pursuing conceived. While it is still in the concept phase, this many strategies. e Campus will: project aims to work with 30 young men per partic- • expand open, online, distance and Continuing ipating country who would receive tablets or laptops professional education from a private sector donor to complete a particular programme offered by the Open Campus. e • Collaborate with the residential campuses pri- project is conceptualised as entailing a tripartite marily, but not exclusively, through utilising partnership among the Open Campus, UWI, gov- the platform of the single virtual University ernment agencies to assist in identifying and select- space (svUs) system to facilitate the delivery ing the young men, and the private sector to provide of a range of programmes the laptops/tablets and sponsor the courses. • expand the presence of UWI in the Caribbean through working with national governments to VISION FOR THE FUTURE establish College Campuses of UWI among many accomplishments, professors emeriti • expand the presence of UWI in the Caribbean hazel simmons-mcdonald and vivienne roberts diaspora in north america and Central and their team firmly and decisively completed america 10 phase 1 of the mission of the Open Campus. e • vastly improve and streamline internal opera- Campus’ first pro vice-Chancellor & principal and tional procedures by building and strengthen- deputy principal respectively, established the entity, ing the existing staff structures and rolled out a menu of relevant online and face to face administrative processes programmes, sourced significant, external funding, • vastly improve services to students, greatly upgraded and refurbished multiple sites, and main- improving the experience of our students tained financial solvency in a very challenging envi- ronment. ey successfully completed phase 1 of • very critically, improve staff development the mission of the Open Campus. e leadership of approaches and processes. e Campus is pvC simmons-mcdonald bequeathed us progress, committed to strengthening staff development. leadership and transformation. We are now as we move forward into the latter stages of the embarking on phase 2 of that mission and that UWI 2012–2017 strategic plan, the Open Campus phase is characterised by a focus on expansion, continues to provide relevant educational goods penetration and financial sustainability. and services to the people of the Caribbean. The Open Campus travels across bandwidths, different technological platforms, to deliver a UWI education with institutionally-accredited quality assurance standards. UWI OPEN CAMPUS ANNUALREPORT 2013 /2014 A C AMPUS F O R T H E T I M E S . . . A C AMPUS F O R T H E F U T UR E FAST FACTS 2013/2014 17 Caribbean Countries Served 44 Locations in Caribbean Countries 23 960 Total Student Enrolment 6 684 Online Student Enrolment 17 276 Face-to-Face Student Enrolment 701 Total Student Graduates 79 First Class Honours Undergraduate Students 104 Postgraduate Degrees Awarded 11 21–69 Age Range of Graduates 438 All Staff (Full Time) 34 Student Guild Chapters DONOR FUNDS US$473 000 from external donors and US$9.1 million from Trinidad Central Project UWI OPEN CAMPUS ANNUALREPORT 2013 /2014 enhancing the 12 student experience Our students are central to our mission . . . to help them reach their full potential 13 UWI OPEN CAMPUS ANNUALREPORT 2013 /2014 A C AMPUS F O R T H E T I M E S . . . A C AMPUS F O R T H E F U T UR E PERSPECTIVE 1. FINANCIAL 14 The challenging economic environment faced in INCOME SOURCE DIVERSIFICATIONthe region continued to impact the Open Reduce the reliance on government Campus during the 2013/2014 period under financial assistance and increase the review. It has become critically important for edu- contribution from other sources cational institutions to find ways to diversify their income and expand their range of services and e Open Campus once again reduced the portion appeal in order to maximise their income generat- of revenue allocated to government contributions, ing potential and consequently reduce the reliance moving this from 38% for the 2012/2013 period to on regional governments for funding. 37% for 2013/2014. additionally, revenue from special projects rose from 1% of total revenue in To this end, increasing student enrolment in both the prior year to 6% in 2013/2014. online and face-to-face programmes became the focus, and a number of new programmes were Continuing education programmes have always developed and approved which will further been a source of revenue generation for the Univer- increase student enrolment. sity. In the current era of reduced financial contri- butions from governments, the University is e Open Campus continued to provide quality pursuing a policy of self-sustaining revenue genera- educational services to the UWI-14 countries and tion which is intended to reduce the reliance on underserved communities in the residential cam- government financial assistance. pus countries and also expanded its footprint One example of this was achieved through a joint despite the challenging environment thanks to the initiative of the planning and Institutional research hard work and dedication of its various depart- (paIr) department and the academic program- ments, divisions and units. ming and delivery (apad) division. a project UWI OPEN CAMPUS ANNUALREPORT 2013 /2014 A C AMPUS F O R T H E T I M E S . . . A C AMPUS F O R T H E F U T UR E Caribbean delegates at the annual TAC Meeting held in St Kitts & Nevis in February 2014 proposal entitled Training for Teaching of ICT in hour seminar for the sharing of best practices was 15 Secondary Schools in Dominica: A Continuing and also included. e programme was delivered for 40 Professional Education Programme Project was pre- participants and ran from may 2014 to January pared to secure a contract to provide services to the 2015. is project generated Us$75,800.00 in dominica ministry of education. is was success- additional revenue for the Open Campus. ful. is programme was designed to strengthen the capacity of the teachers of Information and additional means of increasing revenue from fee- Communication Technology (ICT) in secondary paying programmes have been identified and are in schools in dominica to provide quality instruction the process of being developed. for example, in ICT as well as to provide guidance within their through funding from the department of foreign schools for ICT initiatives. affairs, Trade and development – strengthening distance education in the Caribbean (dfaTd- To this end, the programme consisted of subject sdeC) project, the Office of Open Campus Coun- matter and pedagogical knowledge. e pro- try sites (OCCs) began the development of a suite gramme covered areas such as the use of ICT in of new Continuing and professional education education, knowledge of computer hardware and (Cpe) programmes. OCCs revised the costing for soware, programming, and the use of microso face-to-face programme development and set a Office productivity tools. since the programme was target of 43 new Cpe programmes to be developed offered to practicing teachers, consideration was with the aid of dfaTd funding. ese new pro- given to the best approach for delivery to ensure grammes will be comprised of one to four courses that as wide a selection of individuals as possible with a typical duration of 10 weeks. On completion could be reached with minimum disruption to of development, these programmes will be offered schools. Consequently, learning activities were at Open Campus Country sites across the region, delivered primarily online (60 hours), with sup- with the objective of significantly increasing self- porting face-to-face workshops (60 hours). a 15- generated revenue for the Campus. UWI OPEN CAMPUS ANNUALREPORT 2013 /2014 A C AMPUS F O R T H E T I M E S . . . A C AMPUS F O R T H E F U T UR E In addition to the above is a new hazard analysis and Critical Control points (haCCp) programme, which is at an advanced stage of planning. is pro- gramme is being developed in collaboration with the ministry of health in barbados to train food handlers and providers. It is anticipated that at least 5,000 people will be required to undertake the training. Other countries in the region will simi- larly have to train their citizens, and therefore once the programme is launched in barbados, attention will be turned to mounting it across the region. is programme has the potential to become a significant source of extra income for the Open Campus. The Hon. Jerome Fitzgerald, Minister of Education, Science and Technology (at right) greets Sir George Alleyne, Chancellor of The University of the West e Units within the Consortium for social devel- Indies at a welcome reception at Government House in The Bahamas. opment and research (Csdr) also made efforts to Chancellor Alleyne and other members of the University were in Nassau for diversify the income stream. e hugh lawson their Annual Business of Council Meeting 2014 shearer Trade Union education Institute their pursuit of online learning. In 2013 two (hlsTUeI) increased the income earned from lenovo laptops were purchased and a rental training courses and donations to Ja$5.217m, an programme was launched aer the local Country 16 increase of 115% over the previous academic year. site Orientation session in september 2013. e e Institute continued to stage approximately two income from the rental of these laptops, though training activities per month, and in January 2014 small, helps to demonstrate student-centeredness expanded its Interest based bargaining (Ibb) train- in a tangible way and serves as a template for future ing programme into the region through collabora- creative income-generating initiatives. tion with the Open Campus dominica site. e social Welfare Training Centre (sWTC) also con- tributed to the reduction of reliance on regional governments by earning Ja$1.5m of new income from consultancy by completing data entry, analy- sis and reporting for the evaluation of the national youth service (nys) programmes. In addition to this, a workshop on the statistical package for the social sciences (spss) soware programme was held in may 2014 with 8 students and yielded an income of Ja$45,000.00. e Centre has also reduced costs by having residential students clean their individual rooms and provide their own linen. One creative way of diversifying income sources was carried out in montserrat. e social security Professor V. Eudine Barriteau, (third left), Pro Vice-Chancellor and Principal of fund in montserrat was approached to provide two the Open Campus, made a courtesy call on Saint Lucia’s Minister of Education laptops that would be rented to students who were Dr Robert Lewis (fourth left). The Government of Saint Lucia recently received approval from their parliament to guarantee a sum of EC$18,200,000 for the experiencing technology challenges that affected purpose of extending The UWI Open Campus at Morne Fortune UWI OPEN CAMPUS ANNUALREPORT 2013 /2014 A C AMPUS F O R T H E T I M E S . . . A C AMPUS F O R T H E F U T UR E Strategic Partnership to fund 15 partial scholarships for students pursu- ing the one-year Certificate in ngO management partnership and collaboration are key ingredients course. e value of the second phase of the project for the success of developing entities; the OCCs is in the amount of approximately bds$41,600.00. have therefore embraced the notion of strategic alliances with governments, ngOs, and key also in barbados, garage limited, a subsidiary of community stakeholders in the interest of goddard’s enterprises limited made a financial organisational enhancement. contribution of bds$500.00 towards the 15th anniversary Celebrations of the UWI in the Com- e sites, with the UWI brand name and the munity lunchtime lecture series held from June yeoman efforts of its committed staff, have been 20–27, 2014. e barbados site also successfully successful in attracting the support of local and negotiated an agreement with bryden stokes lim- regional partners to address some of the OCCs’ ited to provide sponsorship, in the form of gi bags ever-growing financial needs. some examples of and product vouchers for use as prizes for the first these partnerships are demonstrated in the activi- quarter of 2014 at the UWI in the Community ties of the following Open Campus Country sites. lunchtime lecture series. Open Campus Barbados In a collaborative undertaking between the e Open Campus barbados site engaged in strate- national employment bureau, ministry of labour, gic partnerships that will assist the site in carrying barbados government and the national Insurance out its training and development activities as well board, the Open Campus barbados site will train as its community outreach programmes. e individuals who have been displaced from their 17 maria holder memorial Trust is a strategic partner employers. as a result of this collective effort, the that has approved funding in the amount of Open Campus barbados site obtained budgetary Us$106,335.00 to continue the ngO management project approval in the amount of bds$661,000.00 Certificate programme in barbados. In the first for continuation of training in the Unemployment phase the barbados site will receive Us$35,445.00 retraining programme. Participants attending the Training of Trainers Workshop hosted for Environmental Health Officers at the UWI Open Campus Barbados in February 2014 UWI OPEN CAMPUS ANNUALREPORT 2013 /2014 A C AMPUS F O R T H E T I M E S . . . A C AMPUS F O R T H E F U T UR E Open Campus Belize Cost Reduction Measures e belize site introduced financial growth initia- several cost reduction measures were implemented tives, including partnership initiatives that totalled during the 2013/2014 period, since the effective bZ$239,125.00 in incremental income. ese new management of resources and the implementation measures of enterprise include signing of new con- of processes to improve work efficiency can go a tracts to launch new programmes, seminars, work- long way towards cost-cutting efforts. additionally, shops and local short courses which will derive staff and students at all sites were encouraged to be added income. One new partnership which was vigilant about reducing electricity usage, keep established was with the ministry of public service. printing at a minimum, and recycle or repurpose is partnership involved a contractual arrange- paper and other supplies. Other examples of cost ment with the ministry of public service to deliver reduction measures made by some of the divisions a Certificate in secretarial studies course for 48 and departments within the Open Campus are secretary IIs, and a Certificate in advanced secre- discussed below. tarial studies for 24 secretary Is. e enterprise earned the belize site bZ$180,000.00. In the academic programming and delivery divi- sion (apad), the programme delivery depart- additionally, an alliance was established with the ment (pdd) reduced costs by modifying payment Chief Justice of belize and the supreme Court for to adjunct facilitators who taught in courses with the Open Campus belize to participate in the less than 25 students. national mediation Committee and to develop and implement the training for Court annexed media- e Computer and Technical services (CaTs)18 tion. is collaboration generated over department also contributed to a reduction in bZ$53,000.00. Other partnership interests directed costs by replacing the web conferencing tool by Open Campus belize earned more than offered by the blue Jeans network which was used bZ$22,000.00 in additional revenue. in 2013 with a more cost effective solution from Zoom for calendar year 2014. Zoom continued where blackboard Collaborate and blue Jeans net- Open Campus St Kitts & Nevis work assisted in reducing the Campus’s operational e most significant financial measure imple- costs by reducing the need for travel and interna- mented by the st Kitts & nevis site for this period tional telephone toll calls. is the signing of the memorandum of Understand- e Caribbean Child development Centre (CCdC) ing (mOU) between the Open Campus and the maintains a relatively small staff complement and nevis Island administration (nIa). is mOU for- was constrained in its ability to hire additional malised the pre-existing relationship between the human resources to undertake special projects. two entities and confirmed the nIa financing of is gap was partially filled by engaging student the infrastructure and staffing of the site in nevis. interns. In so doing, the Centre was able to assist subsequent to the signing of the mOU by former students’ economic needs, while accessing addi- principal professor hazel simmons-mcdonald and tional human resources at a lower cost than full premier of nevis hon. vance amory, the site was time employees would have required. relocated to facilitate much needed renovation at the permanent facility. a technology upgrade is Two notable examples of cost reduction measures also expected at the site in nevis during the taken within the OCCs are from the belize and 2014/2015 academic year under this partnership dominica sites. In belize, mrs Jane bennett, head arrangement. of site, and dr sharmayne saunders, programme UWI OPEN CAMPUS ANNUALREPORT 2013 /2014 A C AMPUS F O R T H E T I M E S . . . A C AMPUS F O R T H E F U T UR E Fundraising & Donations e division of OCCs takes a strategic approach to identifying and soliciting investment in the organi- sation and participation in organisational activities to secure financing. e following are some exam- ples of the fund raising activities undertaken by some of the Open Campus Country sites. Open Campus Belize e site implemented several fund raising initia- tives in the 2013/2014 academic year. UWI educa- tion Week, including the UWI day of races and UWI Women’s Week, were intended to contribute to the financial sustainability of the site while addressing the community needs in conjunction with the vision and mission of the University. Open Campus Montserrat Dominica staff say farewell to Principal Hazel Simmons- McDonald e alliouagana festival of the Word is a major event hosted in part by the montserrat site. a sou- 19 Officer, facilitated professional development semi- venir booklet which was developed for the festival nars and workshops which significantly reduced attracted the sale of advertising space in the the cost of hiring lecturers to deliver those pro- amount of eC$33,318.95. e major sponsors of grammes. Other initiatives to redeploy resources the event comprised the montserrat Tourist board across the site included realignment and reschedul- and the government of montserrat. Contributions ing of the saturday schedule to bring about a totalled eC$27,940.00, which included reduction in the number of staff required to work eC$13,010.00 from the montserrat Tourist board. on saturday and to effect a reduction in overhead e diaspora, which assists with funding of the fes- costs. tival every year, raised approximately eC$2,500.00. e dominica site has taken tremendous steps to utilise existing resources and to reduce costs, in particular staff costs that constitute the greater part of the cost base of the site. rough the effective deployment of skills within the site, the unit suc- cessfully curtailed costs that would have been incurred for temporary hire of staff due to resigna- tion, absence for study leave and promotion. In one instance, the library assistant assumed the respon- sibilities of the administrative assistant who had applied for and proceeded on seven months’ study leave. at approach allowed an opportunity for staff enrichment and the potential for upward Head of Open Campus Montserrat, Ms Gracelyn Cassell (right) mobility. with a presenter at the 2013 Alliouagana Festival of the Word UWI OPEN CAMPUS ANNUALREPORT 2013 /2014 A C AMPUS F O R T H E T I M E S . . . A C AMPUS F O R T H E F U T UR E In may 2014, business solutions and supplies, an authorized Canon distributor in antigua for 17 years and which in 2012 won the contract to pro- vide equipment for government departments in montserrat, donated a new Canon ir1023n desk- top to the Open Campus montserrat site. is benevolence stemmed from an initiative led by the owner of Office Tech ltd., a local company that services the printers and copiers at the site. Benefactions Library Assistant, Ms Margaret Roberts and Acting Head, Mrs Claudia Halley, set up donated computers at the Grenada Site Open Campus Grenada two saving devices, was donated to the library for a generous gi of modern computer hardware and users who would wish to conduct online searches. soware in the value of Cad$2,000.00 was donated e donation was presented in may 2014. to the T.a. marryshow memorial library by mr & e republic bank of grenada offered bursaries to mrs peter horsman. e equipment, which UWI Open Campus online students in the amount included two laptops, two handheld scanners and of eC$39,690.00. is is an annual award to students who apply and meet the bursary requirements. 20 Jonas brown & hubbards ltd also extended bursaries to Open Campus online students. e bursaries are valued at a total of eC$6,000.00. ree students received eC$2,000.00 each toward tuition in 2013/2014. is amount is received annually. Mr Peter Horsman and daughter Anais Bursaries totalling EC$20,250.00 were paid to 16 students pursuing studies through The UWI Open Campus Grenada for Semester II 2013/2014. Total disbursement for the academic year was EC$39,690.00. The Manager of Republic Bank Grenada, Mr Keith Johnson, hands over a cheque to Acting Head of Open Campus Grenada, Mrs Claudia Halley, while the awardees look on UWI OPEN CAMPUS ANNUALREPORT 2013 /2014 A C AMPUS F O R T H E T I M E S . . . A C AMPUS F O R T H E F U T UR E Open Campus Saint Lucia department of foreign affairs, Trade & develop- ment (dfaTd, formerly the Canadian Interna- e Open Campus saint lucia site benefitted from tional development agency or CIda). e the generous contributions of a number of com- availability of project funds from the dfaTd- mercial entities on the island. One such contribu- sdeC project resulted in the planning department tion was from the first national bank, which ending the reporting year on a very high note with offered a donation of eC$10,000.00 in sponsorship the conceptualising and planning for the design of of the association for Commonwealth literature over 15 programme proposals. Within the context and language studies (aClals). e total cash of the planning for these programmes the depart- received for the academic year 2013/2014 was ment developed an approach to programme design eC$16,300.00. that reduced development and delivery costs since courses are shared across a set of related pro- Increase Philanthropic Giving, External grammes at levels 1 and 2 as far as possible. Grant Funding and Sponsored Research e Consortium for social development and Philanthropic Giving research (Csdr) was awarded Cad$300,000.00 as e Open Campus received ten scholarships for the part of the dfaTd grant to the Open Campus. e 2013/2014 academic year. ese were as follows: director’s Office worked closely with the dfaTd project Team in order to ensure that the courses American Foundation for e University of the and programmes put forward by the respective West Indies (AFUWI) scholarships Units were approved. 21 Shanika French – st Kitts & nevis Doniecia Ganness-Phillip – grenada Sarecia Hinds – antigua & barbuda DFATD/SDEC Project Canadian Foundation for e University of the West Indies (CFUWI) scholarships Management Unit Natasha Cuffy – dominica Kairann George – dominica Valene Hagley – grenada Russell John – grenada Dwight Timothy – dominica Jinelle Henry – st Kitts & nevis (larry quinlan scholarship) Mrs Mitra Knight Mr Bernard Thomas Ms Shirley Campbell Open Scholarship Project Director Finance Officer Gender Specialist Christine McFarlane – Jamaica, Camp road External Grant Funding during the reporting period, the academic pro- gramming and delivery division (apad) received funding for the implementation of project activities Mr Alan Robinson Ms Tracey Edwards Ms Gail Watson under the “strengthening distance education in Project Manager Project Manager Administrative Assistant the Caribbean” (sdeC) project financed by the UWI OPEN CAMPUS ANNUALREPORT 2013 /2014 EXTERNAAL CA MFPUSI FNOR TAHE NTIMECS . .I .AA CLAMP USS FOUR THPE FPUTUORE RT FOR THE UWI OPEN CAMPUS CAnADiAn govErnMEnt’S DFAtD ProJECt to StrEngthEn DiStAnCE EDuCAtion in thE CAribbEAn (SDEC) Project Summary: CAD $31,062 million dfaTd: Cad $19.26 million UWI: Cad $7.658 million Cdb: Cad $3.00 million Usf (Jamaica): Cad $1.144 million Duration: April 2014–June 2018 EligiblE CountriES anguilla, antigua & barbuda, bahamas, barbados, belize, bermuda, british virgin Islands, e Cayman Islands, dominica, grenada, Jamaica, montserrat, st Kitts & nevis, saint lucia, st vincent & e grenadines, Trinidad & Tobago and collaboration with guyana and suriname. thE SDEC ProJECt obJECtivES is project aims to increase employment and other income-generation opportunities by improving access to post- 22 secondary education for women and men living in Caribbean communities underserved by e UWI Open Campus. Under the sdeC umbrella, e UWI will develop and introduce a suite of distance education (de) programmes and build the University’s institutional capacity to deliver these programmes to a broader student base. Other project components include: • marketing (gender-sensitive promotion of new and renewed programmes) • strengthening the Institutional Capacity of e UWI Open Campus – organisation, leadership, human resource, finance and fundraising • development of ICT and physical facilities • delivery of prior learning assessment Courses for adults with experiential knowledge gained from work and on-the-job training and • Implementation of an Open education resource system ProJECt ACtivitiES • prior learning assessment (pla) established; 25 scholarships available • 10 new undergraduate, 2 masters, 2 doctoral, 7 Certificate and 41 Cpe programmes to meet labour market needs • multimedia production studio for the production of course material for staff and student education and training • new electronic digital record management system (edrms) • establishment of data Centre • gender sensitivity Training delivered to management and staff • preparations for the implementation of the new enterprise resource planning system (banner by ellucien) • planning for ICT and physical structure upgrades UWI OPEN CAMPUS ANNUALREPORT 2013 /2014 A C AMPUS F O R T H E T I M E S . . . A C AMPUS F O R T H E F U T UR E e Caribbean Child development Centre (CCdC) Support from Governments sourced funding for programme activities and a new payment procedure for government-spon- received project grants as highlighted in the table sored students will mean a curtailing of increased below. additionally, the Centre submitted a pro- debt figures for the Open Campus. In 2013/2014, posal to the Chase fund and was successful in however, Open Campus sites continued in their this endeavour. It will receive a grant to refurbish efforts to recover fees from students sponsored by and extend the existing building to accommodate government. additional offices and extend the training facility. In montserrat, positive news came from the island’s Cabinet secretary concerning the arrears owed to the Open Campus by the government. e gov- ernment not only promised to clear the arrears by march 2014, but also committed itself to paying for maintaining the local site going forward. dialogue between the department for Interna- tional development (dfId) education advisor, mr don Taylor, the government Cabinet secretary and the Open Campus principal and Chief financial Officer led to dfId agreeing to provide the funds Deputy Principal Professor Julie Meeks Gardner, receives the to clear the arrears. by may of 2014, the govern- signed MOU for Early Childhood scholarships from Chairman of the Board of the CHASE Fund, Mr Billy Heaven, at a cere- ment of montserrat paid eC$5,297,271.00 in 23 mony in Kingston, Jamaica arrears and has since covered its current obligation Table 1: CCdC active projects, 2013/2014 academic year Title of Grant Funding Source Duration JA$ US$ RESEARCH PROJECTS International partnership – youth Concept note violence and gang research submitted await-ing response UWI-sUe Caribe research group research on Children and violence seeking and early Childhood Transitional living programme July 2014– for Children in state Care UsaId July 2017 1,388,000 OTHER PROJECTS Child rights Training of the Jamaica Constabulary force, a UnICef (Ja) may 2014– 5,850,000 sustainability Initiative august 2015 re-establishment of a model early may 2014– Childhood Institution at CCdC Chase fund septmber 2015 44,900,000 global Child development group bvlf January 2014– secretariat (year 2) december 2014 82,951 UWI OPEN CAMPUS ANNUALREPORT 2013 /2014 A C AMPUS F O R T H E T I M E S . . . A C AMPUS F O R T H E F U T UR E of eC$1,190,000.00. additionally, a significant has allowed staff members at the site who were pre- portion of outstanding fees owed by students was viously involved in the processing of the payroll to collected during the academic year. is was a concentrate more on site-specific student related significant achievement by the Open Campus functions in line with the Open Campus student- montserrat site and it is hoped that other Open Centeredness. Campus Country sites will be equally successful. Leverage ICT to Generate Financial EFFICIENT RESOURCE UTILISATION Efficiencies Over Time To Increase the Use of Outsourcing for e Office of finance successfully used argos Selected Activities reporting soware to generate financial statements, In the Office of finance, the payroll processing for the balance sheet and statement of Comprehensive the part-time tutors based in Trinidad & Tobago Income in the preparation of the financial state- was outsourced in January 2014 to the same firm ments for 2013/2014, moving from the pilot in which processes the payroll for the UWI-12. is 2012/2013. Film Fundraisers 24 e Open Campus held several film events over the period under review in st Kitts & nevis, dominica, saint lucia, the british virgin Islands, barbados and Jamaica. both film documentaries focus on seminal Caribbean icons and events. Rex Nettleford – Renaissance Man is directed by lennie little-White. Forward Ever: e Killing of a Revolution is produced and directed by bruce paddington. UWI OPEN CAMPUS ANNUALREPORT 2013 /2014 PERSPECTIVE 2. EMPLOYEE ENGAGEMENT AND DEVELOPMENT 25 Providing staff with the relevant training is COMPETENCY-BASED DEVELOPMENTcritical to developing their knowledge and Improve leadership and management capa-competencies. during the 2013/2014 aca- bilities and job competencies of all employ- demic year, Open Campus staff members took part ees so that they can effectively fulfil their in a variety of training sessions which served to roles. strengthen their ability to effectively perform their duties. e different departments, divisions and units within the Open Campus worked to ensure that all members of the Open Campus staff benefitted staff received adequate training in the period under from training on the history, development and review. members of Open Campus staff received Objectives of e UWI Open Campus which was training in areas such as the Open Campus man- held in July and august of 2014 and was facilitated agement system (OCms), banner and the revised by former principal of the Open Campus, professor gpa system scheduled for implementation UWI- hazel simmons-mcdonald. is allowed all Open wide in the 2014/2015 academic year, where appro- Campus employees to gain insight on the back- priate. some of the training provided is discussed ground of the Campus, as well as receive updates below. on the current status and learn about the vision and strategy for the Campus going forward. staff asked questions and engaged with each other during the presentation, and therefore learned more about the functions of the various departments that comprise the Campus in its distributed environment. UWI OPEN CAMPUS ANNUALREPORT 2013 /2014 A C AMPUS F O R T H E T I M E S . . . A C AMPUS F O R T H E F U T UR E e OCCs sought to improve the job competencies  pdd Curriculum Workshop: “setting valid of employees so that they could effectively fulfil examination questions and papers” (april their roles by conducting a workshop in march at 2013). the gordon street location of the Open Campus in  participation in assessment training sessions Trinidad. participants at the level of programme on implementation of the new UWI gpa Officer, site Coordinators, and senior programme (march–July, 2014). administrators from sites across Trinidad and  Webinars for professional development Tobago attended. e workshop focused on included: changes to programming policies as a result of the  ‘Online College students 2013: discover formalisation of Cpes in the Open Campus, What your students really Want’. July 23, including the introduction of Continuing educa- 2013. hosted by e learning house. tion Units (CeUs); clarified the nature, scale and  ‘Using your data to drive retention’. Octo- scope of Cpe programming in OCCs; engaged in ber 23, 2013. hosted by e Chronicle of discussion about the newly implemented pro- higher education. gramme approval process; and explored with par-  ‘how do K-12 Online Courses prepare stu- ticipants the different facets of Cpe and the dents for higher education?’ february 12, potential that exists for the Open Campus in this 2014. hosted by the University of Central area of programming. another important element florida. of the workshop was the clarification of the func- tional location of the IT academy in OCCs and the staff members within the apad division also par- role of the IT academy in OCCs programming. ticipated in a series of orientation sessions designed 26 to introduce them to the apollo project manage- ment soware with a view to have it utilised in each department to enhance their effectiveness, efficiency and improve the transparency in work processes. e sessions were coordinated and conducted by the project and Communications Coordinator (pCC), Office of the director, apad. e Open Campus Computer and Technical serv- ices (CaTs) department attended the university because of the dispersed nature of the Open Cam- wide Information and Communications Technol- pus, the flow of information is vital to keep Coun- ogy (ICT) retreat held at the st augustine Campus try sites informed of policy developments. hence, in november 2013, where updates were presented presentations on Cpe were made at some of the on the four 2012–2015 priority UWI projects: (1) OCCs’ monthly teleconferences. In addition, a sys- single virtual University space programme, (2) tem of “Updates” was implemented to ensure that business Intelligence, (3) ICT governance and (4) sites remained informed on Cpe programme policy project management Tools and methods. e developments. CaTs staff benefited greatly from these updates and the opportunity to interact with the informa- In the academic programming and delivery divi- tion technology staff of the other campuses, which sion (apad), employee engagement and develop- contributed to university wide employee engage- ment is a function of the delivery department ment for this section of UWI staff. through its in-service training model for its full time and adjunct staff. for the academic year during the period april to July 2014 a series of 2013/14 the following areas were included: interventions were facilitated by the Canadian firm UWI OPEN CAMPUS ANNUALREPORT 2013 /2014 A C AMPUS F O R T H E T I M E S . . . A C AMPUS F O R T H E F U T UR E sutherland and associates under its principal Con- sessions were held, on november 1 and 4, 2013 and sultant, ms dawn sutherland. is exercise was on april 23, 2014. ese sessions provided timely funded by the dfaTd-sdeC project and was reminders and instruction on ensuring a smooth geared towards strengthening relationships among examination process for both staff and students. and between individuals, groups and departments. ose benefiting from these interventions included In conjunction with the Office of the principal, the staff in the Open Campus Country sites in human resource department organised a work- Trinidad and Tobago, particularly those at gordon shop for the heads of Open Campus Country sites street, and OCCs and apad leadership (including on October 11, 2013. e workshop took the form director, apad; director, OCCs; deputy director, of a strategic review of the OCCs and enabled par- Commercial Operations; deputy director, Contin- ticipants to reflect on accomplishments and chal- uing professional education; head, Course devel- lenges, as well as chart a future course on certain opment department; head, programme delivery key perspectives. additionally, the human department and head, programme planning resource department hosted the staff/principal’s department). e interventions were well received awards Ceremony, which was held on October 12, by staff and resulted in a great degree of success. 2013. both events were held in grenada. Other training activities undertaken by the human e registry held training sessions via blackboard resource department included topics such as Collaborate for invigilators and site staff which employee engagement, performance management were conducted across the region prior to the start and customer service excellence, as illustrated in of the semester 1 and 2 examination periods. ree Table 2. 27 Table 2: Training activities held by the human resource department topic Audience location Facilitator Date employee engagement selected heads of Open Campusdepartment Jamaica mr eric Innocent baron november 2013 performance management site staff Open Campusantigua and barbuda mr eric Innocent baron January 2014 Coordinators and mr eric Innocent baron employee engagement administrative Open Campus assistants Trinidad and Tobago and mrs germaine January 2014 alexander Customer service excel- site staff Open Campus e mr ryan byer and lence/employee engagement pine, barbados ms aisha estwick february 2014 performance management, Open Campus st employee engagement & site staff vincent and the mr eric Innocent baron Customer service excellence grenadines and ms aisha estwick february 2014 performance management, Open Campus Com- employee engagement & site staff monwealth of mr eric Innocent baronand ms aisha estwick april 2014Customer service excellence dominica performance management, Open Campus employee engagement & site staff Jamaica: Camp road mr eric Innocent baron Customer service excellence and montego bay and ms aisha estwick June 2014 employee engagement site staff Office of the Campusregistrar mr eric Innocent baron June 2014 UWI OPEN CAMPUS ANNUALREPORT 2013 /2014 A C AMPUS F O R T H E T I M E S . . . A C AMPUS F O R T H E F U T UR E CULTURE OF EMPLOYEE ENGAGEMENT emergency staircase and the repairs to the win- dows. all of this contributed to the health, safety Create an organisational environment that and security of the environment for work and study promotes personal growth and development for employees and positive cognitive, emo- at the site. is was done in preparation for the tional and behavioural states directed naming ceremony of the buildings at e pine site, toward optimum organisational outcomes. in honour of dr leonard shorey and the late dr bradley niles, two outstanding former educators of employee engagement is important to any organi- e University of the West Indies. e enhance- sation that wishes to be successful, because engaged ments of the physical site had a positive impact on employees commit to not just the mission and the psyche of staff and students at that location. vision of the organisation but to the tangible suc- cess of the organisation and their own sense of Open Campus Dominica security. e Open Campus is committed to creat- e Open Campus dominica site engaged in ing an environment where employees will be moti- a number of projects to improve the work vated to offer more of their creativity and potential. environment. Improve the quality of working conditions to In december 2013, a new office copier was pur- enhance employee confidence and engage- chased to provide enhanced features and capabili- ment and promote work/life balance ties to the office staff. e new copier increased functionality and significantly simplified the work Open Campus Barbados of the staff. 28 ere were some major renovations undertaken at In semester II, 2013–2014, a fibre optic cable of the physical plant at e pine site which included approximately 200 yards was installed to enable full the painting of the buildings, the repairs to the wired network connectivity to all members of staff. Staff of Open Campus Trinidad & Tobago celebrate win of Inter-Departmental Football at St Augustine, May 2014 UWI OPEN CAMPUS ANNUALREPORT 2013 /2014 A C AMPUS F O R T H E T I M E S . . . A C AMPUS F O R T H E F U T UR E Fat Busters Club Island Safari in Barbados is cable connectivity is the launch pad for an Ip strated the seriousness with which the Open Cam- telephone system to service the needs of the site. In pus views the health of its staff and students. addition to this, an extra access point was installed in the main vestibule to offer improved wireless Employee Engagement Activities 29 connectivity to both staff and students. Open Campus Anguilla Open Campus Montserrat e head of st Kitts & nevis with oversight for e working environment of this site was consider- anguilla visited the anguilla site in november ably enhanced by the installation of new air-condi- 2013 and held workshops with staff on the UWI tioning units and the power washing of the exterior 2012–2017 strategic plan. from that initiative a of the building. ese improvements uplied the work plan for the site was draed. each member of building and surroundings and were welcomed by staff was also presented with a hard copy of the both staff and students of the Open Campus strategic plan and a brochure on the plan for quick montserrat site. and easy reference. Promote occupational, environmental health Open Campus Barbados and safety and security in the workplace Open Campus barbados continued to increase its employee engagement through the existence of its Open Campus St Kitts & Nevis fat busters Club, an exercise and healthy eating ini- staff at the Open Campus nevis site were relocated tiative that was started in 2011 but which gained from the permanent facility in marion heights momentum in the 2013/2014 academic year. some towards the end of the 2013/2014 academic year of the activities arranged by this club included a due to issues with mould in the building. e site healthy eating game which was played by staff in was moved to a temporary facility while renova- barbados and grenada during the lent season, a tions were undertaken by the nevis Island admin- healthy eating newsletter which was emailed to staff istration, which has responsibility for the twice a month, an island safari for staff and their maintenance of the building. is move demon- family members, and contributions to worthy UWI OPEN CAMPUS ANNUALREPORT 2013 /2014 A C AMPUS F O R T H E T I M E S . . . A C AMPUS F O R T H E F U T UR E causes in the community. One such cause was the plan that would reflect the Open Campus’s Opera- edna nicholls Centre, which aims to provide sup- tional plan and the UWI strategic plan. In light of port and training to pregnant and other at-risk this, a staff retreat was held in september 2013 with school children. Open Campus staff members the intention of creating an atmosphere for per- showed a heart-warming display of community sonal reflection and elevation and to prepare them awareness and compassion towards this initiative. to make effective contribution to the development e fat busters Club activities served to increase of the action plan. interaction among staff and improved the level of employee engagement by OC staff in barbados. a number of committees were established to fur- ther engage and motivate staff towards developing as part of its repository of employee engagement traits of accountability and responsibility for the techniques, the Open Campus barbados site recog- success of the site. e various committees have nises all staff celebrating mothers’ day each year. responsibility for spearheading the development of all mothers employed at the site were presented a newsletter, hosting fun walks, a blood drive, the with gi baskets by the Officer-In-Charge to literary fair, Country Conference (2015), the revi- celebrate mothers’ day. talisation of the alumni association and the repa- rations film series. ese types of engagement are Open Campus Jamaica Western expected to help renew and promote the interests of the UWI among staff and to engender a sense of staff from Open Campus Jamaica Western partici- accountability and belonging. pated in the savanna-la-mar site fundraising event 30 dubbed ‘events under the Tent’. e passionate contributions to the success of the event sparked a renewed team spirit among colleagues. addition- Staff Engagement Through Partnership ally, the Open Campus Jamaica Western leadership Open Campus St Kitts & Nevis took a new approach to engagement by encourag- ing personal development and inspiring staff to head of the Open Campus st Kitts & nevis, mrs apply for relevant job openings across e UWI. sarah Owen, assumed oversight of the UWI Open Campus anguilla for the 2013/2014 academic year. is resulted in closer ties between the sites in st Open Campus Montserrat Kitts & nevis and anguilla. e staff of UWI Open What started as part of an effort to contain costs for Campus in nevis joined the staff in st Kitts for its tea breaks at the montserrat site became a success- annual staff planning meeting for the 2013/2014 ful employee engagement exercise: staff began academic year in september 2013. ms daniella growing local herbs on the grounds of the site, hickling, assistant registrar student services, which enhanced the physical site, became an excel- joined the meeting to provide guidance on the site’s lent pastime for staff and positively impacted the planned activities to enhance student support and camaraderie and team spirit at that location. the overall student experience. ms suzette Wolfe, marketing and Communications manager, also Open Campus St Vincent & the engaged staff during this meeting and provided Grenadines (SVG) guidance on the site’s planned marketing and com- munication initiatives for the academic year. gen- a key component of the Open Campus svg action erally, the staff at both locations use technology for plan to improve employee engagement included regular staff meetings, negating the need to travel encouraging a team effort to create a local action from one location to the other by ferry. UWI OPEN CAMPUS ANNUALREPORT 2013 /2014 A C AMPUS F O R T H E T I M E S . . . A C AMPUS F O R T H E F U T UR E STAFF ENGAGEMENT REWARDS AND RECOGNITION On may 17, 2014, the Open Campus, in keeping with the rewards and recognition component of staffengagement, honoured dr lionel shorey and the late dr bradley niles, two of its outstanding educators. In recognition of their more than two decades of distinguished service, the east and West wings of the Open Campus learning Centre (OlC), e pine, barbados, were named aer them. dr lionel shorey, whose name is inscribed on the east wing of the OlC, was lauded as a pioneer, leader, educator, social commentator and servant of the community. dr shorey gave 23 years of service to e University of the West Indies as a pioneering leader in extramural studies. he was resident Tutor from 1962–1965 for antigua & barbuda, montserrat, st Kitts, nevis and anguilla and the british virgin Islands and resident Tutor for barbados between 1965 and 1979. an early practitioner of adult and distance education, dr shorey served a wide range of adult learners using multimode delivery via face-to-face, print, radio and television. he was also coordinator of the UWI/UsaId primary education project from 1979–1985. 31 From left: Retired lecturer, Cave Hill Campus, Mr Gerald Rose; Chief From left: Deputy Principal, Open Campus, Professor Vivienne Financial Officer, Open Campus, Ms Sheryl Whitehall; Head, OCCS, Roberts; Ms Enid Niles, sister of the late Dr Bradley Niles, Pro Dr Francis Severin; Deputy. Principal, Open Campus, Professor Vivi- Vice-Chancellor and Principal, Open Campus, Professor Hazel enne Roberts; Dr Shorey and Mrs Shorey; Pro Vice-Chancellor and Simmons-McDonald, and Vice-Chancellor UWI, Professor E. Principal, Open Campus, Professor Hazel Simmons-McDonald; Vice- Nigel Harris Chancellor UWI, Professor E. Nigel Harris; Registrar Open Campus, Mrs Karen Ford-Warner and Officer-in-Charge, Open Learning Centre, The Pine Site, Mr Ryan Byer Dr bradley niles had an equally distinguished career with e University of the West Indies. he was an outstanding adult educator and visionary leader of the extra-mural department and the school of Continuing studies for 25 years. he exemplified out- reach, establishing formal and informal ties with the underserved in the community, including the development of development Councils for the youth in troubled com- munities, UWI challenge students, prisoners and second chance learners. he is remembered as the founder of the barbados adult education association (baea) but his regional contribution extended to the development of the Caribbean regional certificate programme in adult education and his service as executive Officer of the Caribbean Council for adult education (CarCae) which he represented repeatedly at the World assemblies. dr niles was saluted for his strong spiritual and visionary leadership, unswerving commitment to e UWI and outstanding community service. UWI OPEN CAMPUS ANNUALREPORT 2013 /2014 2014 UWI OPEN CASTRIES , ST LUCIA , Principal's Award for Excellence presented to Mrs Gillian Principal's Award for Excellence presented to Mr Richard Holder, Senior Assistant Registrar, by Principal, Professor V. Wallen, Clerical Assistant, HLSTUEI, by Principal, Professor V. Eudine Barriteau Eudine Barriteau 32 Principal's Award for Excellence presented to Ms Sandra Principal's Award for Excellence presented by the Principal to Evans, Assistant Site Coordinator, OC Jamaica Western, by Mrs Deborah Dalrymple, Head, OC St Vincent and the Principal, Professor V. Eudine Barriteau Grenadines for the Best Performing Department Mrs Gillian Glean Walker, Head, OC Jamaica Eastern, retiree, Mrs Eleanor Padmore, Administrative Assistant, OC Barba- receiving gift from Mr Kirk Humphrey, Senior Development dos, retiree, receiving gift from Mr Kirk Humphrey, Senior Officer representing the DFATD project Development Officer representing the DFATD project Ms Hyacinth Wright, Senior Office Attendant, CCDC, Ms Rhona Burgess, Programme Officer, OC Jamaica Eastern Jamaica, retiree, receiving gift from Mr Kirk Humphrey, retiree receiving gift from Mr Kirk Humphrey, Senior Devel- Senior Development Officer representing the DFATD project opment Officer representing the DFATD project CAMPUS STAFF AWARDS OCTOBER 11 , 2014 Ms Claudette Maria Sharpe, Cleaner, OC Trinidad and Mr. Anthony Sheriffe, Chief Office Attendant, Social Welfare Tobago, retiree, receiving gift from Mr Kirk Humphrey, Sen- Training Centre, Jamaica, retiree, receiving gift from Dr Joel ior Development Officer representing the DFATD project Warrican, Director, APAD 33 Mr Allan Noreiga, General Maintenance Assistant, OC Mr Gregory Jennings, Acting Head, receiving gift on behalf Trinidad and Tobago, retiree, receiving gift from Dr Joel of Mrs Angela Mungal, Senior Administrative Assistant, OC Warrican, Director, APAD Trinidad and Tobago from Dr Joel Warrican, Director, APAD Mrs Erica Grainger, Administrative Assistant, Office of Professor Emerita Vivienne Roberts, Former Deputy Princi- Finance, Barbados, retiree, receiving gift from Dr Joel pal, retiree, receiving gift from Dr Joel Warrican, Director, Warrican, Director, APAD APAD Dr Nicole Phillip-Dawe, Head, Open Campus Grenada (left) Ms Rosemary Jordan, Office Manager, Principal’s Office, and Mrs Susan Sarah Owen, Head, Open Campus St Kitts & Ms Erica Graiger, retiree, and Mrs Barbara Rodgers-New- Nevis (right) in attendance at the awards ceremony bold, Head, OC Bahamas, after the ceremony A C AMPUS F O R T H E T I M E S . . . A C AMPUS F O R T H E F U T UR E PERSPECTIVE 3. INTERNAL OPERATIONAL PROCESSES 34 The 2013/2014 academic year saw a number of  e planning department continued the refine-improvements in key internal operational ment of the steps/procedures for programmeprocesses, notably in the academic program- planning and design through a collaborative ming and delivery division and e registry. effort of all programme Coordinators. ese improvements resulted in more efficient and  Templates were developed for conducting fea- effective practices that have positively impacted the sibility studies and competition analyses to quality of service provided to Open Campus inform programme planning and design. e stakeholders. output was immediately implemented to con- duct a feasibility study for graduate program- EFFICIENT AND EFFECTIVE ACADEMIC ming in management and the results were used AND ADMINISTRATIVE PROCESSES to inform programming in this area. Re-engineer academic and administrative  e department implemented a new approach operational processes and procedures to to programming which articulates common make them simpler, more transparent, courses for programmes within a related disci- efficient, and effective to achieve optimal pline area. is approach provides multiple stakeholder satisfaction within and across benefits of flexibility and choice for students campuses. and cost savings in the content development and delivery of the programmes so developed. Academic Programming and Delivery Division e approach was used to plan multiple pro- grammes in management and behavioural apad undertook several initiatives to improve the sciences. operational processes to achieve efficiencies. some of these are listed below.  a virtual filing cabinet was created, which con- UWI OPEN CAMPUS ANNUALREPORT 2013 /2014 A C AMPUS F O R T H E T I M E S . . . A C AMPUS F O R T H E F U T UR E tains folders which created access for easy, col- support was also provided during the academic laborative working with internal stakeholders. year, using the Open Campus ticketing system,  an Internal website for ppd staff including all e-mail, online communication tools and one- approved proposals and reading references for on-one communication. topics under research was also created. is  sharepoint was piloted to improve administra- internal ppd website will be used as a resource tive processing of contracts for e-tutors for the site for programme planning exercises where academic year 2013/14.e objective was to programme Coordinators and the administra- advance the use of this new system in apad to tive staff of the department can go to see exam- administratively improve the processing of ples of completed and approved proposals and contracts in the future for all categories of to access course outlines for use in new pro- adjunct staff. grammes, among other related uses. e read-  an apad programme monitoring committee ing references will allow access to the resources was established, chaired by the director. is being used in joint research projects in committee allowed the department to share the department. is resource site will be even- matters related to course delivery with key tually shared with the wider Open Campus. stakeholders for information dissemination,  pdd, through its different staff roles, showed discussion and decision-making. improvement in the use of team dynamics to  a more effective working relationship was pro- administratively monitor its adjunct staff moted between apad and other Open Cam- (n =600) in the delivery of its online courses. pus units to enhance the work of the division  e learning support specialist designed, and particularly pdd in its programme deliv- 35 implemented and piloted a new feature in the ery functions. Initiatives included: le that will keep track of student progress  pdd-OCCs Working group meetings within their courses and help teaching staff to chaired by the head of department: pdd better monitor students’ progress. Online user initiated and coordinated this committee to The annual Caribbean Tertiary Level Personnel Association (CTLPA) Conference held in Nassau, The Bahamas, June 11–12, 2014. Open Campus Bahamas Country Head, Dr Barbara Rodgers-Newbold, who represented the Open Campus, and who was also appointed as Country Representative for CTLPA, is fourth from left UWI OPEN CAMPUS ANNUALREPORT 2013 /2014 A C AMPUS F O R T H E T I M E S . . . A C AMPUS F O R T H E F U T UR E facilitate delivery procedures between the the campus seeks to develop 15–20 pro- department and the OCCs, and for deci- grammes over the next three years. sion-making and quick response time to  Improvements in administrative procedures students by OCCs and pdd on student were led by the multimedia specialist team delivery matters. with the design of a new letter sized template  e pdd-registry action group: is and icons family for use in materials produc- committee examines student cases for tion. e template is interactive and will facili- action related to admission, registration, tate easier navigation through course materials and delivery of programmes. for students, including those using smart  In keeping with the thrust to improve the inter- phones and mobile devices. Internal training of nal operational processes of the campus, apad production assistants for use of the template acquired the apollo project management was completed in July 2014. a manual was also soware. apad had previously established a developed for further reference and future project management work space using the training of new staff. basecamp project management soware. however, due to administrative hiccups, a Computer and Technical Services decision was taken to import the data to Department apollo. e introduction of the apollo so- aer the successful implementation of the pilot in ware should aid in the accomplishment of the semester 1 of 2013/2014 of the automation of the targets set by the campus to increase its offer- eTutor contract process using microso share- 36 ings. is is critical, especially in light of the point, the system was rolled out to all sites in international recognition given to the campus semester 2. e initial concept of the project was by the dfaTd through the funding of capacity proposed by the director of apad in June 2011 building and programming projects. ese and took many months of meetings to design and projects would need to be planned, imple- build the system. Contracts are now quickly created mented and evaluated in a short space of time. from templates and distributed electronically to the apad is poised to enhance its in-house project relevant persons for approvals and signatures with management capabilities to meet the require- the only hard copy printed for the signature of the ments of the donor as well as internal pro- eTutor. prior to this system, hard copies of the gramming projects. Under the dfaTd project, eTutor contracts were shipped all over the region and returned for signature at significant costs and time delays. further development of the sharepoint eTutor con- tract process will incorporate the hr and finance processes. a significant project in the OCms during the 2013/2014 academic year was the change required to support the new gpa calculations and the new transcript for august 2014. e soware development The UWI Open Campus Apollo Project Management Work Space UWI OPEN CAMPUS ANNUALREPORT 2013 /2014 A C AMPUS F O R T H E T I M E S . . . A C AMPUS F O R T H E F U T UR E Office of Finance e year under review saw further restructuring of the functions within the finance division with more staff assigned to the Treasury manager and the formation of a billings and receivables unit within finance handling all student accounts. ree of the four staff formerly assigned to the OCCs Trinidad site were transferred to finance to work in the billings and receivables Unit, provid- ing much needed resources to the Treasury manager. all staff in the new Unit were trained in the gov- ernment assisted Tertiary education (gaTe) new team has met all the requirements and deadlines electronic processing system as a significant por- and also implemented an online gpa calculator tion of the tuition fees in Trinidad and Tobago are which has been adopted by all campuses. e team paid through this system. received special commendation from the Univer- sity CIO for the online gpa calculator. for the start The Registry of the new academic year in 2014/2015 additional  all departments within e registry were functionality provided by the team in the OCms involved in reviewing and, where necessary, 37 includes conditional offers, financial clearance revising business processes in preparation for holds and new student payment processes to the establishment of a new enterprise resource include discounts for early payment. planning (erp) system for the Open Campus. UWI OPEN CAMPUS ANNUALREPORT 2013 /2014 A C AMPUS F O R T H E T I M E S . . . A C AMPUS F O R T H E F U T UR E  e scheduling of final examinations was countries for these various meetings. e revised to allow for examinations to end a week introduction of this soware for conduct of early in order to provide additional time for the meetings has resulted in an increase in atten- shipping of scripts to the various campuses for dance at meetings and therefore a wider contri- marking. is resulted in scripts reaching the bution of members to all matters for markers in a more timely manner and discussion. improved submission dates for final examina-  In an effort to reduce barriers to admissions tion results. and to increase the number of applicants who  a project management plan for the creation of complete the application process and eventu- student support and success web pages was ally enrol in programmes, the recruitment, developed. admission and registration department  e student support and success web pages on initiated several strategies, including: e UWI Open Campus public website were  Increasing the number of conditional offers developed and populated. as an incentive to encourage applicants to  proposals for the improvement of support keep engaged and to stay in the funnel. services to students were developed, including:  allowing greater flexibility in documenta-  an Exemptions Unit within student sup- tion, e.g. a number of respondents noted port, to manage, process, document and their difficulty in providing a birth certifi- support the exemptions application process cate, so a valid passport, a valid driver’s per- on a year-round basis; and mit or a valid national identification card 38  a Student Access and Services Section (sass) could be considered as substitutes for a of student support to handle incoming stu- birth certificate. dent queries and manage the communica-  Continuous engagement at each step in the tion with students on all student related admissions and registration process, i.e. matters. is section would include finan- the registry employed additional resources cial, student and guild-related services, (hired two additional (temporary) mem- student success advising, the exemptions bers of staff over a three month period), Unit and the management of various whose main function was to help to contact peers (partnership to engage, enrich and all new applicants to the Open Campus. retain students) initiatives. applicants were targeted at each point in  e department developed and proposed to the funnel. e modes of communication the Office of finance, the use of online forms included telephone calls, direct/personal to facilitate the processing of student financial and batch emails. requests.  analysing data from surveys, at-risks points  since the Open Campus operates in a virtual in the process of converting prospects to environment, innovations in material/papers applicants were identified and the registry distribution and meeting environments are is currently working on interventions to always updated to keep pace with the best in address each at-risk point. technology that could serve our Campus. for the 2013/2014 academic year, the secretariat Open Campus Country Sites employed meeting soware “Zoom” which has British Virgin Islands the capacity to link participants anywhere in the OCCs, and even internationally, to the e automation of internal finance processes was main teleconference bridge in the Campus improved through an upgrade to quick books UWI OPEN CAMPUS ANNUALREPORT 2013 /2014 A C AMPUS F O R T H E T I M E S . . . A C AMPUS F O R T H E F U T UR E 2013. as a result of the upgrade students are now aim of the qms is to have a rationalised and har- sent bi-monthly statements via a bulk emailing monised system to guide academic processes and facility within quick books 2013. is improved procedures in the division. is is currently being notification system has been instrumental in effec- developed and will be in place during semester II, tively prompting students to make their payments 2015. is will be done in collaboration with the on time. qaU and the division will continue to collaborate a register to track students participating in face-to- with the qaU to evaluate more programmes and face programmes was created via excel. is occurs build excellence in academic processes. In addition, in addition to the usual campus submissions, mak- the action plans that were developed by the ing it more effective to monitor student payments Trinidad site in response to the qa recommenda- and their status. tions outlined a number of new programme man- agement processes that are designed to create more another inventive approach to tracking potential efficient and effective academic processes. students through the use of an excel spreadsheet allows for a cataloguing of student contact details Programme Approval System as well as the sorting of interested students by cate- gories such as programme, date of enquiry, sex, age Consistent with monitoring programme quality, range and other student characteristics with more the Open Campus developed an enhanced Cpe efficiency. programme approval process. is was necessary in light of the devolution of authority for programme A register to track students participating in development to the Office of the deputy director face-to-face programmes was created via and to the Country sites. e system is now fully 39 Excel. This occurs in addition to the usual implemented in OCCs. campus submissions, making it more effective to monitor student payments and their status. Programme Committees St Kitts & Nevis e division established two committees with building on the lessons learned from the accredita- programming remits: a programme planning and tion process, the site sought to ensure that all monitoring Committee and a Cvq Working processes were documented and improved. e group. e objectives of the programme planning most significant of these processes to be improved and monitoring Committee are to ensure that all is the process governing the delivery of local pro- programme development, expansion and monitor- grammes, particularly with the increase in the ing is governed in the division in a transparent and number of local courses offered in both st Kitts & process-oriented manner and that that through its nevis. e site was successful in establishing a programming OCCs is maintaining progress detailed process that will be used to guide the deliv- towards the attainment of the University’s strategic ery of courses in the 2014/2015 academic year. goals and the Continuing and professional educa- tion mission of the Open Campus. Open Campus Country Sites: Continuing e Cvq Working group is intended to shape the and Professional Education competency-based outcomes in Cpe face-to-face programming, including driving the implementa- Quality Enhancement tion of Cvqs in Cpe programmes, and in Techni- Complementary to the academic quality enhance- cal and vocational education programmes in ment activities is a quality management system OCCs and overseeing the administration of Cvqs (qms) for OCCs face-to-face programming. e in OCCs. UWI OPEN CAMPUS ANNUALREPORT 2013 /2014 PERSPECTIVE 4. TEACHING, LEARNING AND 40 STUDENT DEVELOPMENT In keeping with the strategic objective for teach- Csdr and the deputy principal’s office has ing, learning and student development, e UWI contributed tremendously to the rich and diverseOpen Campus continues to pursue excellence in programme offerings provided through the various academic quality, establish harmonious and pro- modalities. ductive student engagement, offer an excellent learner experience and exceptional educational OPEN AND DISTANCE EDUCATION practices. In this regard, e UWI Open Campus, Provide multiple, flexible paths for all through its various divisions, departments and cen- constituencies to pursue tertiary education tres continues to offer quality education via online, over their lifetime face to face and blended modalities to the regional citizenry and beyond. To further advance this Academic Programming and Delivery cause, e UWI Open Campus has benefitted from Division (APAD) the funding of the dfaTd/sdeC project, which has provided the necessary impetus to facilitate is division comprises three departments: pro- the planning and design of more and varied pro- gramme planning department (ppd), Course grammes, especially in the case of online program- development department (Cdd) and programme ming. In this regard, the apad division has delivery department (pdd). Together, these benefitted significantly in the area of programme departments ensure the careful planning and devel- development. additionally, the work of the OCCs, opment of Open Campus programmes for online UWI OPEN CAMPUS ANNUALREPORT 2013 /2014 A C AMPUS F O R T H E T I M E S . . . A C AMPUS F O R T H E F U T UR E delivery, while ensuring a Caribbean particularity. e apad division was also successful in gaining apad strives to uphold the UWI Open Campus’s approval for the msc Instructional design and guiding principles and core values, which are based Technology. is was achieved by revising the 2009 on quality, accessibility and service excellence.  board of graduate studies and research (bgsr) approved proposal for the graduate diploma in e programme delivery department during the Instructional design and three masters pro- period of august 1, 2013 to July 31, 2014 delivered grammes in Instructional Technology, Instructional 398 pre-University, Undergraduate and graduate systems and Open and distance education. is online courses (126 in semester one; 173 in semes- revised proposal retains the diploma as approved, ter 2; 88 during summer; and 11 professional but presents one masters programme instead of courses). foci were placed on: preparing students three to reflect the demand and emerging trends to study online; improving student support within the region and internationally. services; providing professional development for adjunct teaching staff to improve student academic from september 2013, apad also began pro- performance and satisfaction; and administratively gramme planning and design work on two Contin- manage delivery of online courses using a uing and professional education (Cpe) programme ‘programme approach’. proposals in early Childhood Care and education and social Work. ese programmes were Under the dfaTd/sdeC project, apad requested on the basis of the need for pre-univer- contracted subject matter experts to design pro- sity level qualifications in these areas across the grammes in their discipline areas for the develop- Caribbean both for certifying persons to work in ment of over 15 new online programmes and the early Childhood Care facilities and as social Work- 41 revision of two. e programme planning depart- ers. ey are also intended to serve as a pathway for ment, having developed and submitted for aca- the undergraduate programme in these fields. demic approval 17 new and revised programmes, received conditional approval for 10 programmes, In addition, building Capacity in Curriculum two masters programmes and two doctoral pro- development and prior learning and portfolio grammes. e programmes include bsc manage- development courses were approved for delivery. ment (revised), bsc marketing, bsc International With regard to the building Capacity in Curricu- marketing, bsc financial management, bsc lum development course, e UWI Open Campus Tourism and hospitality management, bsc entre- partnered with the University of the West Indies- preneurship, bsc accounting, bsc psychology, bsc Caribbean hIv/aIds regional Training network sociology, bsc political science, msc management (UWI-CharT) concerning its delivery. is studies, msc project management, msc marketing, course was developed primarily for regional deliv- msc human resource management, msc public ery to health care professionals and other profes- sector management, msc educational leadership sionals working within the regional efforts to and ed.d in higher education. address hIv and aIds. efforts are also being made to have this course offered as a generic elective in final approval for the programmes will be granted the post-rn programme of the UWI school of once the revisions are acceptable to the Chair of the nursing. academic quality assurance Committee (aqaC). Twenty-one subject matter experts (smes) were e prior learning assessment Unit (pla) intro- employed by the ppd to plan programmes and duces another level of accessibility to tertiary edu- develop course outlines. ese smes were recruited cation in the UWI system. In addition, the prior from the Caribbean region, europe, north amer- learning and portfolio development/assessment ica and africa. Course (plpd 0100) provides students with the UWI OPEN CAMPUS ANNUALREPORT 2013 /2014 42 necessary knowledge and skills to competently The Deputy Principal’s Office create a portfolio of their prior learning. Conse- quently, the portfolio would be assessed for the e Office of the deputy principal has responsibil- purpose of receiving exemptions/credits toward ity for the prior learning assessment Unit (pla their undergraduate degree. approval for piloting Unit) and during the academic year 2013/2014, the this course was granted at the undergraduate level actions of the pla Unit were focused on numerous 1 only. e apad division confirmed that the activities, including (1) the development of the pol- prior learning and portfolio development/assess- icy and regulations to guide the prior learning and ment will commence in semester 1 of academic portfolio development/assessment Course; (2) the year 2014/2015. sensitisation and training of staff directly involved UWI OPEN CAMPUS ANNUALREPORT 2013 /2014 A C AMPUS F O R T H E T I M E S . . . A C AMPUS F O R T H E F U T UR E in course delivery; (3) the admissions and registrar- during its initial institutionalisation phase. further ial procedures for the course and (4) publicity for to the approval of the pla policy and pla regula- the course. e Unit collaborated with various tions, the pla Unit complied with bUs’s decision UWI Open Campus divisions towards the timely and prepared and presented a paper on “prior execution of these activities. It also engaged with learning assessment (pla) regulations for staff of the dfaTd/sdeC project to ensure matriculation” for the consideration of e Univer- compliance with the requirements of the funding sity’s academic boards on may 20, 2014. agency. e approval of pla for advanced placement indi- Approval of PLA policy documents cated that potential applicants would be required to satisfy the University’s established regulations per- e pla policy and regulations (revised decem- taining to normal matriculation, lower level matric- ber 2, 2013) were presented at the January 8, 2014 ulation, the mature student clause and specially meeting of the Open Campus academic quality admitted. Consideration was also given to the assurance Committee (aqaC) for review. Conse- development of policy and regulations to link prior quently, the Open Campus aqaC forwarded learning assessment with access Courses. recommendations to the Open Campus academic board on January 15, 2014. e pla policy and Two distinct aspects of pla include (1) the prior pla regulations were subsequently approved by learning and portfolio development/assessment the board for Undergraduate studies (bUs) at its Course, to be facilitated during the pilot phase by a meeting of february 4, 2014. e decision taken pla expert serving as Course Coordinator to guide was for prior learning assessment to be used for students through the Course; and (2) assessment of 43 advanced placement. While the original proposal to the completed learning portfolio by trained aca- the board for Undergraduate studies (bUs) was demic faculty to determine the extent to which stu- made with the intention that pla would be for dents have demonstrated mastery of all the learning matriculation and also for advanced placement, it objectives of the specified course for credit to be had proven problematic to offer it in both formats awarded. UWI OPEN CAMPUS ANNUALREPORT 2013 /2014 A C AMPUS F O R T H E T I M E S . . . A C AMPUS F O R T H E F U T UR E Establishment of an Implementation Committee development Unit (Wand) and the Caribbean for Prior Learning Assessment Child development Centre (CCdC). Together these units prepare work plans for conducting On the recommendation of the Open Campus aca- research and providing education within regional demic board taken at its January 15, 2014 meeting, communities. In the area of teaching, learning and an Implementation Committee to guide the deliv- student development, the Csdr is committed to ery of pla was established. dra Terms of refer- the design and delivery of a suite of quality courses ence for the proposed Committee were prepared and programmes in collaboration with apad and and circulated to relevant stakeholders for com- other relevant Open Campus departments. ments and feedback was received. Terms of refer- ence of the pla Implementation Committee were The Women and Development Unit (WAND) approved (with minor amendments) by academic board at its may 27 meeting. With membership Wand continues to fulfil its mandate and commit- drawn from all divisions of the Campus and the ment to the social advancement of Caribbean dfaTd/sdeC project office, the inaugural meeting women through education and training, research, of the Committee under the chairmanship of the outreach, community intervention initiatives and deputy principal was held on June 20, 2014. Of documentation and dissemination of relevant significance also is the steering Committee for information. prior learning assessment. Programme Development Training of potential e-Tutors to assess the PLA e thrust to educate the women of the region will 44 course be advanced over the next three years as this unit embarks on a process of curriculum development, e pla Unit organised training sessions on facilitated by the dfaTd/sdeC project. Wand “assessing the prior learning portfolio” for poten- will develop a total of six courses in women’s and tial Open Campus Course Coordinators and e- feminist studies for delivery through the Open Tutors who might wish to serve as assessors of Campus. ese courses will focus on and facilitate prior learning. staff of apad’s Course develop- the professional and personal development of the ment department (Cdd) and programme delivery course participants. Course writer, ms fatimah department (pdd) also participated in the train- Jackson-best, is in the process of developing the ing. e sessions were facilitated by dr dianne first course, Women, entrepreneurship and society. Conrad, director of the Centre for learning accreditation, athabasca University, and were held Social Welfare Training Centre (SWTC) via blackboard Collaborate on august 21, 2013. a total of 27 persons attended. a follow-up training In June 2014 the social Welfare Training Centre session was also delivered by dr Conrad on may contracted a consultant to develop two pro- 13, 2014. grammes in Community leadership and develop- ment. programme dra outlines for both the The Consortium for Social Development and certificate and diploma have been completed and were reviewed by an apad representative and the Research (CSDR) Continuing and professional education (Cpe) e Csdr consists of four specialised Units of the director. is project will be advanced in the new former school of Continuing studies (sCs). ese academic year. Of note also is that during the include the social Welfare Training Centre period under review, the sWTC transferred all (sWTC), the hugh lawson shearer Trade Union social work and youth work programmes for education Institute (hlsTUeI), Women and delivery to apad. UWI OPEN CAMPUS ANNUALREPORT 2013 /2014 A C AMPUS F O R T H E T I M E S . . . A C AMPUS F O R T H E F U T UR E Student Development training activities, both individually and jointly during the year under review. e CCdC received e sWTC Unit continues to offer administrative further funding from UnICef to support the Child support to 123 students pursing online courses rights education project Child Rights Training of with apad. Table 1 shows the number of students the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF), a sustainabil- enrolled in online programs delivered previously by ity initiative. by July 2014, some 340 police officers the sWTC. were equipped with knowledge and tools to uphold With respect to sWTC programming, unfavourable child rights and support JCf’s institutionalisation financial circumstances negatively affected the of rights-based service delivery. Unit’s ability to deliver the regional four month UnICef’s 2014–2015 commitment of support for Course in the principles and practice of social JCf’s rights-based capacity building, entitled JCF Work (face-to-face programme), as it had done for Child Rights Sustainability Initiative, provide for the past 50 years, as a full time course. is resulted CCdC’s technical input in the design and develop- due to the inability of a major funder to fulfil its ment of a sustainable Child rights education and commitment because of a hold on its financial Training framework within the national police operations. Consequently, the course was re-struc- College of Jamaica. is includes: tured and a pilot part-time version will be offered in the 2014/2015 academic year. is decision was  streamlining the Child rights & responsibili- taken due to numerous requests over the years ties Training programme into the national from persons who are employed on a full-time police College of Jamaica’s curricula (across basis but would like the opportunity to complete basic, probationary and in-service training 45 the course. levels) in keeping the with Child Interaction policy and procedures being developed; The Caribbean Child Development  expansion of corps of police trainers (training Centre (CCDC) of an additional 60 Child rights Trainers);  development of teaching and learning e CCdC carried out a number of teaching and resources, and job aids table 1: Online social Work programmes number of students number of students Programmes number of students registered registered registered Semester 1 Semester 11 Semester 111 (summer) bsc. in social Work 6 2 1 asc. in social Work 39 33 20 diploma in social Work 1 0 0 diploma in social service 16 13 2 total 62 48 23 UWI OPEN CAMPUS ANNUALREPORT 2013 /2014 A C AMPUS F O R T H E T I M E S . . . A C AMPUS F O R T H E F U T UR E  cascading rights-based performance monitor- 3. darran newman, phd (social policy) an ing within existing performance management examination of child policy in Jamaica and and barbados. submitted.  rights-based programming throughout opera- 4. Joan omas, phd (applied psychology) tions and administration assessment of illness related stigma among Programme Development children and adolescents. 5. Julie nurse, phd (social policy) Clemson e Caribbean Child development Centre (CCdC) University. adverse childhood experiences is also very much involved in curriculum design and delinquency among youth in saint lucia. and development. Consequently, during the year under review the Unit assisted apad with the Open Campus Country Sites (OCCS) development of the early Childhood education Continuing education Unit programme to be deliv- Over the last academic year, the University of the ered both face-to-face and online. further, during West Indies Open Campus Country sites (OCCs) november-december 2013, Module 11 – Child stood resolute on the pillars of the strategic plan to Rights and Responsibilities of the restorative Justice effect improvements in all perspectives with partic- facilitators Course was designed, developed and ular focus on teaching, learning and student devel- delivered to 40 restorative Justice facilitators, for opment. a new and coordinated approach to the the restorative and Child Justice reform Unit of roll out of face-to-face or continuing educational the ministry of Justice. Of significance also is the programmes was the hallmark of progress for this 46 transformation of the Open Campus early child- academic year and into the next biennium. specifi- hood institutions into laboratory preschools. cally, the unfolding of the OCCs division’s new as a result, e UWI Open Campus early Child- organisational structure in academic year hood Centres of excellence ltd is in the process of 2013/2014 has lent material proof to its intent in being registered as a company in Jamaica, and will that regard by rationalising Continuing and profes- also be registered in antigua and Trinidad and sional education (Cpe) in its face-to-face mode Tobago. under the direction and leadership of a deputy director Cpe, dr Ian austin. Student Development CCdC staff supervised students of various disci- Programme Development (CPE) plines at both the undergraduate and graduate In the reporting period, the deputy director of levels. e Centre also hosted a number of interns Cpe made fundamental preparations for rolling out whose assignments were geared at developing 43 new programmes in numerous areas identified specific skills while contributing to targeted areas of by sites based on their intimacy with the local the Centre’s work. In this regard, professor Julie markets. is thrust is specifically aligned with meeks supervised the following five students and dfaTd/sdeC project. the CCdC hosted ten interns. Combined with the foregoing effort, the OCCs is 1. vanessa White, phd (nutrition) adolescent seeking to integrate Caribbean vocational qualifi- health and nutrition in two Caribbean cations (Cvqs) into its programming. hence, the countries. deputy director, Cpe, held discussions with rele- 2. Cerita buchanan, phd (social Work) Chal- vant agencies in Trinidad, Jamaica and barbados. lenges of professional women in the workforce additionally, the deputy director, Cpe is working in Jamaica. with the Officer-In-Charge at Open Campus barba- UWI OPEN CAMPUS ANNUALREPORT 2013 /2014 A C AMPUS F O R T H E T I M E S . . . A C AMPUS F O R T H E F U T UR E dos to develop a proposal for submission in (CXC) Day School barbados to the Competency-based Training fund In this programme, 11 Caribbean examinations (CbTf) to secure funding for competency-based Council-Caribbean secondary education Certifi- training with selected organisations. cate (CxC-CseC) subjects are offered over a one- Face-to-Face Programme Planning and year period. Classes commence in september and Delivery students take the CxC-CseC may/June examina- tions. e objective of this initiative is to provide Open Campus Barbados access and opportunity to persons who are desirous of enhancing, improving or acquiring a completely e Open Campus barbados team continued to new repertoire of skills and/or certification in aca- provide programmes using face-to-face, blended demic areas (e.g. CxC-CseC subjects) or in new and on-line modalities. however, most pro- areas of practice in the context of continuing grammes offered by the site were through the face- education and lifelong learning. to-face modality. during the period under review, there were approximately 918 students in total UWI Open Campus Annual CXC-CSEC Summer enrolled in the Open Campus barbados. is School for prospective Fifth Form students 2014 includes approximately 239 students enrolled in the CxC-CseC day school, with about 679 students e programme for the 2 013/14 academic year enrolled in the various associate degree, Certifi- offered students the choic e of 14 courses: english a programmes, and short courses language, Information Technology, histo ry, span- cate and diplom the Open Campus. a disaggregation of ish, biology, principles of accounts , french, Chem- offered by 47 ong the adult students istry, principles of business, geography, physics,the enrolment figures am reveals a higher percentage of female students mathematics, english lit erature and human & with their male counterparts. social biology. actual revenue generated was when compared approximately bds$68,480.00, with expenses for the academic year under review the following totalling approximately bds$43,652.00. a surplus programmes, courses and workshops were offered: of about bds$24,820.00 was therefore realised. Participants in a Techbytes course held at Open Campus Cayman Islands. Mr Robert Geofroy, Head, is in back UWI OPEN CAMPUS ANNUALREPORT 2013 /2014 A C AMPUS F O R T H E T I M E S . . . A C AMPUS F O R T H E F U T UR E Local Certificate Programmes NGO Management Programme ere are four 12-month programmes, including e first group of students in the One year Certifi- Corporate administration, non-government cate in ngO management programme was pre- Organisation (ngO) management, guidance and sented with their certificates at a presentation Counselling, marketing, public relations and ceremony held at the ministry of economic affairs advertising and two 18-month programmes, on december 13, 2013. e second cohort com- namely project management and human resource prising 13 students successfully completed the pro- management. gramme during semester II (January–may 2014). Of the 21 students who commenced the pro- Workforce Training & Development gramme 18 successfully completed it. In attendance ese courses are primarily of three months’ dura- at the presentation ceremony was his excellency tion and are designed to provide competencies in mikael barfod, ambassador and head of delega- a range of professional development spheres, such tion of the european Union to barbados and the as event planning, supervisory management, eastern Caribbean, mrs Juanita orington- quickbooks, advanced supervisory management, powlett, national authorising Officer and perma- and law for human resource management nent secretary (Investment) in the ministry of practitioners. finance and economic affairs and mr rodney grant, Chairman, non-state actors panel of Unemployment Retraining Project with the barbados. Government of Barbados e main objectives of this certificate programme, 48 since being designated an official training provider which targets staff and volunteers in the ngO sec- to the government of barbados’ Unemployment tor, are to provide an understanding of the current retraining project in 2013, the site again based on issues and challenges facing the sector and to its project performance during the first year and develop the necessary competencies to contribute successful negotiations which have been led by the to improved organisational efficiency. e value of Officer-in-Charge of the Open Campus barbados, this second phase of the project was in the amount obtained further project funding during year two of of approximately bds$41,600.00. the project’s implementation in the amount of e programme represents a collaborative exercise bds$661,000.00. is project is a collaborative among the european delegation to barbados and undertaking with the national employment bureau the eastern Caribbean, the government of barba- (neb), ministry of labour, barbados government dos, through the ministry of finance and eco- and the national Insurance scheme (nIs) board. nomic affairs, the non-state actors panel and Its aim is to train persons who have been displaced Open Campus barbados. e main topics covered from their employer. during the reporting period in the programme include ngOs in society, Writ- approximately 260 students (45 males, 215 females) ten english fundamentals, project management, have been trained under this neb/nIs project. e sustaining Organisational Capacity, resource Open Campus barbados has also reached out to mobilisation, networking and advocacy and organisations and other stakeholders in offering financial accounting. tailored training and educational programmes. ese special projects are significant as they repre- The Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points sent additional and diversified inflows of income (HACCP) Training Programme from sources other than student fees. ey also provide greater visibility for the Open Campus, as Open Campus barbados conducted a one-day it seeks to partner with key external stakeholders. Training of Trainers workshop on february 25, UWI OPEN CAMPUS ANNUALREPORT 2013 /2014 A C AMPUS F O R T H E T I M E S . . . A C AMPUS F O R T H E F U T UR E 2014 at Open Campus barbados. e target audi- courses, three of which were newly developed ence comprised 11 environmental health Officers courses. e Certificate in advanced secretarial who are responsible for conducting various sensiti- studies featured nine courses of which four were sation, public awareness and technical training newly developed. both programmes were delivered seminars in relation to various health initiatives in two semesters for over a six month period. e across the island. e main objective of the work- seven newly developed courses under both of these shop was to develop the participants’ competencies programmes are as follows: to improve their design, preparation and delivery of  protocol and management of meeting training interventions. ese participants are also  advanced Keyboarding and document expected to serve as facilitators in a haCCp Train- formatting ing programme. e workshop was facilitated by  minutes of meeting and report Writing mr ryan byer, Officer-in-Charge at the site. e conduct of this workshop also served as an income  advanced minutes of meeting and report generating activity for the site. Writing  Use of english HACCP Certification Programmes  advanced Office management e environmental health department of the min-  advanced Use of english istry of health of the barbados government sought Court Connected Mediation Training cooperation with the UWI Open Campus regard- ing the development of haCCp certification pro- To facilitate improved case management and ensure grammes to serve barbados’ food industry. is integrity of the entire court system, the court estab- 49 decision was taken by the ministry of health as a lished the national Court-Connected mediation long overdue necessity given the importance of the Committee. e committee deemed it necessary to general well-being and health of citizens, pressures have all mediators connected with the Court from the global market requiring various types of undergo an approved course of training. hence, certification to qualify as effective players with Open Campus belize submitted a proposal to con- respect to national development, stress placed on duct Court Connected mediation training for two the national economy stemming from food borne cohorts of 30 candidates each. is course was suc- and other illnesses and individual demands for cessfully launched, monitored and evaluated by the training over four thousand persons employed in belize site. as a result, Open Campus belize now barbados’ food industry. has a roster of approximately 55 supreme Court Connected mediators. Open Campus Belize Auditing for Customs Officers Course e Open Campus belize introduced a series of based on an ongoing training collaborative initia- new local short courses and programmes during tive with the government of belize Customs and the 2013/2014 academic year. excise department, Open Campus belize devel- e ministry of public service requested two new oped a new course entitled auditing for Customs secretarial programmes for 72 secretarial staff (48 Officers. is course was conducted for three secretary IIs and 24 secretary Is) in the public cohorts: 15 in semester I; 16 in semester II and 13 service. is was completed under a contract. e in summer, a total of 44 Customs Officers. programmes were: Certificate in secretarial studies seven (7) local short courses were also developed: and Certificate in advanced secretarial studies.  legal secretary e Certificate in secretarial studies featured eight  public speaking UWI OPEN CAMPUS ANNUALREPORT 2013 /2014 A C AMPUS F O R T H E T I M E S . . . A C AMPUS F O R T H E F U T UR E  voice of leadership involved in the hospitality sector. e short course  how to Communicate with Tact, diplomacy provided participants with an opportunity to learn and Credibility how to accurately identify, record, classify, sum-  administrative law marise and communicate accounting information.  principles of Occupational safety & health (pOsh) Open Campus St Vincent and the Grenadines  planning and managing public relations e number of students pursuing online studies at Campaign this site increased to 295 in 2013/2014 from 277 in e Open Campus belize site successfully con- 2012/2013. e face-to-face/continuing education ducted five of the seven courses: legal secretary, courses attracted 144 students over the two semes- public speaking, voice of leadership, how to ters of academic year 2013/2014. Communicate with Tact, diplomacy and Credibility and administrative law. ACADEMIC QUALITY Open Campus Grenada On July10, 2014, e University of the West Indies’ e introduction of face-to-face 10 week courses in (UWI) Open Campus continued its upward trajec- professional development programmes saw a total tory in higher education offerings by receiving of 246 students registered to participate in eight mutual recognition of institutional accreditation programmes. e total income earned from these from the accreditation Council of Trinidad and courses was eC$147,600.00. Tobago (aCTT). e certificate was presented to50 the principal and pro vice-Chancellor of the UWI Open Campus St Kitts and Nevis Open Campus at a small ceremony at the office of the ministry of Tertiary education and skills Train- In may 2014, this site added four business commu- ing (mTesT) in port-of-spain. aCTT’s mutual nication workshops to its suite of Workforce Train- recognition of the institutional accreditation status ing programmes. Two of the workshops were is for the period June 18, 2013 to June 17, 2018. offered in st Kitts and two in nevis. a total of 70 persons were trained. mutual recognition signals that the accreditation Council of Trinidad and Tobago has recognised the Open Campus Montserrat institutional accreditation decision granted by the a series of Information and Communication Tech- barbados accreditation Council (baC). It is also an nology or ICT Clinics took place in June and July endorsement of the recognition by aCTT of the 2014 to provide one-on-one assistance to individu- quality of the Open Campus’s systems. at the event, als interested in learning how to use their comput- Trinidad & Tobago’s minister of Tertiary education ers, laptops, ipads and smart phones. at a cost of and skills Training (mTesT), senator the hon- only eC$25.00 for a 30 minute session, persons ourable fazal Karim, commended the Campus, who had equipment that they were not fully utilis- saying that it is a sign that the campus is perceived ing were shown how to get the best out of their with greater confidence throughout the Caribbean devices. several of the participants in this pro- region. he further stated that, “the status of institu- gramme were senior citizens who appreciated the tional accreditation was granted to the UWI Open private sessions. Campus, just about one year ago by the barbados accreditation Council. e accreditation Council book-Keeping basics for small businesses was of Trinidad and Tobago’s mutual developed in response to requests from those UWI OPEN CAMPUS ANNUALREPORT 2013 /2014 A C AMPUS F O R T H E T I M E S . . . A C AMPUS F O R T H E F U T UR E placed on restructuring and updating programmes. In this regard, the Trinidad site has responded to the recommendations of prior evaluations by the qaU with action plans that outline OCCs’ inten- tion to enhance the teaching and learning processes and student experience in its Cpe programming. is includes programme restructuring and updat- ing, which is viewed as an important precursor to creating a repository of high quality face-to-face programmes that would be available for the OCCs to deliver in their respective communities. another aspect of academic quality relates to Caribbean vocational qualifications (Cvqs). e OCCs views the integration of Cvqs into its pro- The Hon. Fazal Karim, Trinidad & Tobago Minister of Tertiary gramming as an important aspect of the student Education and Skills Training, presents the mutal certification experience and an enhancement to academic qual- certificate to Pro Vice-Chancellor and Principal, Professor Hazel ity of Cpe programming. Cvqs also allow for the Simmons-McDonald, ACTT senior officers and UWI Open Campus Quality Assurance Officer. portability of Cpe programmes across the region. hence, the OCCs is seeking to integrate Cvqs into recognition of this title to the institution, places its programming and is having ongoing discussions 51 confidence in the criteria of standards and per- with the national Training agency (nTa) in formance of our sister accreditation Council in Trinidad, national Council on Technical and barbados. It means that a greater pool of persons in vocational education and Training (nCTveT) in under-served areas and with challenging circum- Jamaica, and the Technical and vocational educa- stances will be able to access programmes of the tion and Training (TveT) Council in barbados UWI Open Campus, in Trinidad and Tobago, about collaborating to achieve this outcome. e barbados and beyond” (source: UWI Open three agencies are quite keen to work with the Campus New Release, July 31, 2014). Open Campus and thus the OCCs is in the process of developing pathways for the collaboration to The Open Campus Country Sites (OCCS) occur. One immediate task to be undertaken by the Office of the deputy director is the submission of a e teaching, learning and student development proposal to the barbados Competency-based perspective is at the core of Continuing and profes- Training fund (CbTf) to secure funding for sional education (Cpe) activities. e aim of this competency-based training in barbados. perspective for Cpe programming is to ensure excellence of academic processes and the guiding e OCCs and the faculty of medical science at strategic theme is academic quality. In this regard, st augustine held a retreat on march 14, 2014 to the deputy director, working in collaboration with discuss the pre-health professional programme the quality assurance Unit, conducted evaluations (phpp). significant attention was paid to pro- of face-to-face programmes in Trinidad (gordon gramme policies, curriculum restructuring, street) and Jamaica (Camp road). although the expanding student access and the reallocation of programmes evaluated thus far are solid in content tuition revenues. ese changes to the pre-health and well recognised and accepted in their respec- programme were all important elements of enhanc- tive communities, emphasis will continually be ing teaching and learning and improving academic UWI OPEN CAMPUS ANNUALREPORT 2013 /2014 A C AMPUS F O R T H E T I M E S . . . A C AMPUS F O R T H E F U T UR E processes. among the changes is the increase in the number of new students that can now be admitted annually. e new policy allows 45 new students each academic year with the intention of attracting more students from the eastern Caribbean and other Open Campus constituencies. e allocations are as follows:  bachelor of medicine, bachelor of surgery (mbbs) – 25 students  doctor of dental surgery (dds) – 5 students  doctor of veterinary medicine (dvm) – 5 students  bsc pharmacy – 5 students  bsc Optometry – 5 students e OCCs will work with the marketing depart- ment and the faculty of medical science at st augustine, Trinidad to develop a marketing plan for this pre-health professional programme. 52 Quality Assurance Unit a successful review of the bsc accounting pro- gramme was accomplished based on the pro- gramme planning department’s (ppd) self assessment report (sar) submitted to e UWI’s quality assurance Unit. e dra report was suc- cessfully completed and used to inform revisions to the programme. a review of the online delivered course english for academic purposes (fOUn1001) was also completed. In addition, a review was completed and a report submitted on a proposed homburg/Open Campus partnership to deliver real estate education initiated by homburg academy, an online educational institution. STUDENT ENGAGEMENT AND EXPERIENCE Student Engagement a critical focus for the OCCs during the year was increasing student enrolment across the board. sites like the Open Campus bahamas, for instance, emerged with vibrant efforts to buttress its enrol- UWI OPEN CAMPUS ANNUALREPORT 2013 /2014 A C AMPUS F O R T H E T I M E S . . . A C AMPUS F O R T H E F U T UR E 53 To provide a high-quality student experience as a platform for enhanced regional and international student success and long-term commitment to The UWI. UWI OPEN CAMPUS ANNUALREPORT 2013 /2014 A C AMPUS F O R T H E T I M E S . . . A C AMPUS F O R T H E F U T UR E ment in nassau. e site realised significant training was initiated as a service to these and progress in meeting this objective. student enrol- other students. is was done to allay some of ment for the period increased from 49 to 96 in the anxiety that a number of students still semester 1 2013/2014, representing an increase of experience regarding the online environment. 96% over the same period the previous year. ere  a proactive approach was taken to revitalise was also an increase of 37% in enrolment from 19 the guild of students. e guild executive was to 26 students in Trimester 3 2012/2013. during invited to meetings and brought up to date on the period, the total student enrolment combined site matters. is is a shi from the trend of at any one time (semester 1 and Trimester 3) was the guild initiating meetings with the sole 122, surpassing the 100 total student mark for the intent of addressing matters of concern. first time and consequently achieving one of the  student attendance at both general and library objectives for the site. orientations improved during the period under Other student engagement activities initiated by the review. With the acquisition of additional com- OCCs are outlined as follows: puters, a schedule was set up where small groups of students were sensitised about the Open Campus Belize proper use of the computers. is went a long presentation of workshops and seminars for way in alleviating some of the technological both new and returning students. In particular, anxieties expressed especially among more a study skills and Work life balance seminar mature students. e number of students pur- was facilitated. e modules and delivery suing online studies increased to 295 from 277 54 methods used for the workshops and seminars (2012/2013). e face-to-face/continuing edu- presented were generally based on feedback cation courses attracted 144 students over the from student evaluations as well as from other two semesters of academic year 2013/14. stakeholders.  a mentorship programme was instituted by the hosting of a session for new full time students mustique Charitable Trust (mCT) and the attending the physical campuses on august 10, Open Campus for the mCT bursary holders. 2013. e returning students from the stu- meetings were held with current bursary hold- dents’ associations led the group sessions, ers and mentors in order to monitor their which were well attended. progress.  hosting of the Open Campus’ student Orienta- Open Campus Barbados tion on august 24, 2013 for new and existing students which featured information sharing ree Orientation activities were held for new stu- on the learning exchange, tuition payments, dents during the year under review. e first was library and other student services. the orientation ceremony for diploma and certifi- Orientation session conducted on september 3, cate students, which was held in august 2013. e 2013 for the 72 secretary I and IIs of the min- second session targeted CxC-CseC “O” level stu- istry of public service who entered the Certifi- dents and their parents and the third was held cate in secretarial and advanced secretarial specifically for all online students registered in the programme. various Certificates, diplomas and associate degree programmes at the site. is orientation St Vincent & The Grenadines was held on september 11, 2013 and involved ms  during 2013/2014, a concerted effort was Kathyann lashley of apad and mr Kumar hinds made to reach out to more mature students. of the Computer and Technical services depart- subsequently, an orientation offering basic IT ment (CaTs). UWI OPEN CAMPUS ANNUALREPORT 2013 /2014 A C AMPUS F O R T H E T I M E S . . . A C AMPUS F O R T H E F U T UR E THE UWI OPEN CAMPUS STUDENT GUILD 2014 “Together we can make it happen” GUILD OF STUDENTS during the academic year 2013/2014, the guild of students saw a 100% growth from the last reporting period in guild Chapter development across the sites. e active sites increased from eight to sixteen with student representation at the following sites:  anguilla  Jamaica – Ocho rios  saint lucia  antigua & barbuda  Jamaica – port antonio  st vincent  bahamas  Jamaica – mandeville  Trinidad – gordon street  Cayman Islands  Jamaica – vere  Trinidad – st augustine  Jamaica – denbigh  monserrat  Trinidad – san fernando  post-graduate Chapter e Open Campus had student representation in the following areas: 55  Inter-Campus guild meetings (July 2013, October 2013 & January 2014 at Cave hill, st augustine & mona, respectively)  University meetings (bUs & f &gpC 2013–2014)  Council meeting (march 2014)  annual business meeting (april 2014) members of the Open Campus student guild executive and Chapter members, who were elected in mid- 2014 to govern during 2014/2015 academic year at their first Induction Ceremony and retreat held in Kingston, Jamaica, later in 2014. In the front row, from left to right: Fallan Skinner-Thomas, Guild President & Chapter Chairman of St Augustine, Trinidad & Tobago; Howard Brown (Guild), VP Special Projects & Fundraising & Chapter Chairman of Denbigh, Jamaica; Ruthlyn Matthias, Guild Office Manager (centre); Rayon Walters (Guild), Assistant Secretary & Chapter Chair- man of Mandeville, Jamaica; Javanna Haughton, Student Representative of Port Antonio, Jamaica; In the back row from left to right: Daniella Hickling, Assistant Registrar, Stu- dent Support; Samantha Stewart, Guild Secretary & Student Representative of Vere, Jamaica; Siddena Stephens, Chapter Chairman of Camp Road, Jamaica; Norman Banfield (Guild), Public Relations Officer & Acting Chapter Chairman of the Cayman Islands; and Kurt McKenzie, Guild Post-Graduate Representative of the Cayman Islands UWI OPEN CAMPUS ANNUALREPORT 2013 /2014 PERSPECTIVE 5. RESEARCH AND INNOVATION 56 FACULTY-LED RESEARCH AND observe online and distance learning (Odl) prac- INNOVATION tices. e week long face-to-face engagement with approximately twenty members of UCf staff also during the period under review, Open Campus included virtual synchronous sessions to allow staff continued to focus on a number of research additional staff members from UWI (full time and and innovative initiatives for institutional and indi- adjunct staff) to participate in two virtual sessions vidual advancement as well as to inform, stimulate with UCf. and educate the Caribbean citizenry and beyond. post visit interaction between both institutions resulted in the exploration of the following research Research topic areas of common interest: e programme planning department within 1. developing and sustaining online discussion apad continued its research forum and invited 2. quantitative/science, Technology, engineering departmental members and other interested per- and mathematics (sTem) courses sons to present their work. dr ngoni Chipere, 3. a case for accessibility in two universities: programme Coordinator (ppd), presented on two framework for good practice topics: “a synthesis of five e-learning frameworks” 4. faculty development: pathway of practice for and “developing online doctoral programmes.” two tertiary-level institutions e programme delivery department continued 5. Technology: reasons for the selection of lms its thrust to improve the Open Campus research systems (Comparison) agenda. Consequently, staff visited the Centre for 6. Technology: Integration/Comparison distributed learning, University of Central florida 7. global/Cultural: mobile survey – online to forge a collaborative research network and student profile UWI OPEN CAMPUS ANNUALREPORT 2013 /2014 A C AMPUS F O R T H E T I M E S . . . A C AMPUS F O R T H E F U T UR E Staff of the Centre for Distributed Learning (UCF) and Programme Delivery staff (UWI Open Campus) Front Row: (L-R): Ms Wendy Howard (UCF); Ms Emmogene Budhai-Alveranga (UWI); Dr Yasmeen Yusuf-Khalil (UWI); Ms Renee Swaby (UWI); Back Row: (L-R): Professor Thomas Cavanagh (UCF); Mr Kevin Ramsoobhag (UWI); Dr Florence Gilzene-Cheese (UWI); 57 Dr Rohan Jowallah (UCF) members of the Course development department face and online courses has occurred. e team vis- (Cdd) had an immersive experience at the Centre ited and toured full sail University, rollins College for distributed learning (Cdl) at the University of and valencia College. each institution adopts some Central florida (UCf) in June 2014. e Cdl at variation in their course development, design and the UCf is the university’s leader in distance learn- structure and caters to different target audiences ing policies, strategies, and practices and provides based on their offerings. direct support in course design and development to UCf’s online faculty through professional develop- e opportunity to meet with staff of the other ment programmes, workshops, consultations, and institutions provided the Cdd team with valuable production and technical services. insights and opened up opportunities for liaisons with staff at these institutions in collaborative e institutional visit was designed as an immer- research and for the sharing of ideas in instruc- sive experience to observe best practices in UCf’s tional design. instructional design systems, processes and proce- dures. Opportunities for collaborative research and Research areas being conducted in for the sharing of ideas in course design have collaboration with UCF: APAD resulted. e visiting group is shown in the photo- graph overleaf. Emmogene budhai-Alveranga during the week the Cdd team also visited other  quality online discussion: developing and universities and colleges in the Orlando area where sustaining online discussion innovative work in course design for both face-to-  survey on mobile technology UWI OPEN CAMPUS ANNUALREPORT 2013 /2014 A C AMPUS F O R T H E T I M E S . . . A C AMPUS F O R T H E F U T UR E Left to right: Dr Marguerita Alleyne-Whittington (CDS), Mrs Sharon Gilzene (CDS), Dr Denise Gaspard-Richards (Head of Depart- ment), Dr Rohan Jowallah (ID, UCF), Mrs Wendy Howard (ID, UCF), Mrs Kerrie Ellis-Worrell (CDS) 58 Florence gilzene-Cheese Planning and Institutional Research developing and sustaining online discussion Department (PAIR)  faculty development: pathway of practice for is department seeks to assist in the process of two tertiary level institutions short- to long-range strategic planning and under- Kevin ramsoobhag take relevant research aimed at enabling more effective decision-making within the Open Campus  a case for accessibility in two universities: and the wider UWI community. framework for good practice  Technology: reasons for the selection of lms during the period under review, paIr conducted a systems (Comparison) number of research projects and engaged in several  global/Cultural: mobile survey – online planning activities. In many instances, research student profile projects were conducted in collaboration with lesle-Ann Whiteman other Open Campus departments, such as the academic programming and delivery division  how do online facilitators develop and sustain (apad), the University Office of planning and quality online discussions? development (UOpd), the dfaTd/sdeC project Yasmeen Yusuf-Khalil and the quality assurance Unit (qaU).  quantitative/science, Technology, engineering In collaboration with the apad programme and mathematics (sTem) courses delivery division a faculty satisfaction survey was  a case for accessibility in two universities: conducted. is research sought to ascertain the framework for good practice perceptions of course coordinators and e-tutors on UWI OPEN CAMPUS ANNUALREPORT 2013 /2014 A C AMPUS F O R T H E T I M E S . . . A C AMPUS F O R T H E F U T UR E their satisfaction with their online teaching and the level of awareness that community college students Open Campus online environment. e findings of in a selected number of Caribbean islands possess this research are critical since they will provide about the Open Campus. In addition to this, data opportunities for reflection and overall improve- were collected concerning the sources of their ment of online teaching and learning. knowledge, their perception of online learning in general and in particular of the Open Campus as an paIr also assisted the University Office of plan- alternative to face-to-face study in pursuit of ning, st augustine Campus and the quality assur- undergraduate qualification, as well as what factors ance Unit in acquiring and collating data for the would influence their decision in this regard. UWI graduate Tracer survey, Open Campus pass and failure rates and throughput study. e Predictive Study was designed to identify the characteristics of students who are likely to success- In addition, members of the paIr team played a fully complete Open Campus programmes by significant role in producing the baseline study examining trends from cohorts of students admit- report on the dfaTd/sdeC project. To facilitate ted from the inception of the Campus (namely the baseline report, extensive desk research was 2007, 2008, and 2009). for this purpose, demo- performed as well as online and face to face sur- graphics such as gender, age, qualifications and veys. Of note are the employers’ and Institutional location of clients of the campus were used to stakeholders’ satisfaction surveys. In the case of explore their relationship to successful completion the former, public and private sector employers in of programmes. research findings will be used to st Kitts & nevis, st vincent and the grenadines, make decisions about programmes as well as about saint lucia and grenada were asked to express individual courses. results will also shed light on 59 their level of satisfaction with their staff members student characteristics associated with success and who were Open Campus graduates. for the Institu- on possible support systems that may be needed to tional Stakeholders Satisfaction Survey, Open Cam- assist students who possess characteristics that may pus senior management indicated their level of predispose them to failure. satisfaction with 25 features of course delivery and student certification. Of significance also is the work of the planning and development Officer who led the Open Campus research on mobile technology was also under- management team and other relevant stakeholders taken in collaboration with our three sister cam- in successfully completing the 2014–2016 Open puses, e University of guyana, northern Campus Operational plan. Caribbean University, Jamaica, and the University of Technology, Jamaica. is synergy resulted in the Consortium for Social and Development publication of a research article entitled ‘measure- Research (CSDR) ment invariance of the UTaUT constructs in the Caribbean’, published in the International Journal of In keeping with the focus on research, the fourth Education and Development using Information and Csdr research Teleconference was held with pre- Communication Technology. further collaboration sentations both from within the Consortium and is ongoing and other publications will ensue in the from other Open Campus divisions. participants near future. from antigua and barbuda, anguilla, barbados, the Cayman Islands, dominica, grenada, st Kitts & Other studies conducted by the paIr department nevis, saint lucia, st vincent and the grenadines, included e Open Campus Awareness Study and Trinidad and Tobago, Turks & Caicos, Jamaica and the predictive study on student success. e the United Kingdom attended the conference. nine awareness study was designed to determine the papers were presented on a wide range of topics UWI OPEN CAMPUS ANNUALREPORT 2013 /2014 A C AMPUS F O R T H E T I M E S . . . A C AMPUS F O R T H E F U T UR E from violence against children, evaluation of the is project, which is the first of its kind in the impact of youth programmes in Jamaica, ethics and anglophone Caribbean, is being undertaken within quality assurance, factors affecting student success the context of the beijing declaration and platform in distance online education, personality character- for action (1995) and an analytical framework istics, adult risk-taking behaviour, gender and trade based on an interrogation of pauline doctrine as union development, minimum wage as macroeco- carried in the relevant books of the bible. nomic policy in Jamaica and empowering the com- munity through social action. e feedback from e Caribbean Child development Centre was also the teleconference was very positive and confirmed involved in a number of research and consulting the importance of research as part of the mandate projects as outlined below: of the Csdr, Open Campus and e UWI in gen- 1. British Academy International Partnership and eral. ere are two research projects in progress as Mobility Scheme 2012: following the successful noted below. collaboration with anglia ruskin University in 1. Empowering the Community through Social the United Kingdom, in a series of exchange Action: rural Women at the Centre of Devel- activities looking at youth violence and gangs, opment and Change: Saint lucia 2013 a concept paper for research to reduce youth violence and gang involvement was developed data collection for this community-based partici- and submitted for consideration for funding. patory project has been completed and the findings 2. JSIF Bridge Jamaica Project Phase II: during are now being analysed. research methods 2013/2014, CCdC assisted the Jamaica social included an administered questionnaire and focus 60 Investment fund with the evaluation of phasegroup discussions. e objective of the project is II of the brIdge Jamaica project. is two-fold. first, to assess women’s contribution to included reviewing the data collection instru- the building of the la pointe community in the ments, conducting focus groups and interviews area of education and training and the impact of with the stakeholders of the project on poverty the community development initiatives introduced alleviation, as well as transcribing and editing by the Wand/la pointe development Committee the data collected. partnership. second, to make a theoretical contri- bution to the discipline of development studies, and 3. Construct and manage a Caribbean Health and serve as a guide to the conceptualisation and imple- Family Life Education (HFLE) Website: e mentation of Wand’s community intervention ini- CCdC moved into phase 2 of the UnesCO tiatives. It can also serve as a guide to governments, commissioned project which aimed to support ngOs and community-based organisations with an hfle school practitioners, stakeholders and interest in people-centred development. other partners. is phase included the contin- ued documentation of good practices in hfle 2. ‘Muted Suffering’: religious beliefs and delivery, sourcing content for the multimedia violence against Women and girls with library, preparing the hfle website for launch Disabilities in barbados and developing a sustainability plan. is is a joint research project with the barbados Council for the disabled. e objective of this work The Social Welfare Training Centre (SWTC) is to explore the ways in which women with disabil- USAID/UWIOC Transitional Living Programme for ities are violated and to explore the extent to which religious beliefs either undermine or reinforce ideas Children in State Care (TLP-CSC) of subordination and dominance which, some e sWTC partnered with the Caribbean Child argue, underlie and justify violence against women. development Centre and submitted a proposal to UWI OPEN CAMPUS ANNUALREPORT 2013 /2014 A C AMPUS F O R T H E T I M E S . . . A C AMPUS F O R T H E F U T UR E the United states agency for International devel- arts (emC) and CxC. based on her findings she opment (UsaId) for a Transitional living project submitted to the government of st Kitts and nevis entitled “UsaId/UWIOC Transitional living pro- a proposal for an expanded site to include a small gramme for Children in state Care” (Tlp-CsC). theatre, digital media lab and multi-purpose train- e main purpose of this project is to provide ing room. she also held meetings with the presi- housing, knowledge and life skills to wards of the dent of the Clarence fitzroy bryant College state transitioning from state care living to inde- (CfbC) to encourage the introduction of the new pendent living. e research component of this Caribbean advanced proficiency examination project includes the collection of baseline data and (Cape) performing arts programme. evaluation of the impact of the project over a three year period. e sWTC also prepared a proposal Saint Lucia for a life skills and mentorship programme for this e first Open Campus phd student registered project. e Centre is responsible for the draing of and began to access the roderick Walcott special the life skills Training manual and the mentorship Collection, on which his thesis is based. programme and for the training of life skills train- ers. is is a three year project that will see the e Open Campus graduate Tracer survey and the meaningful involvement and engagement of the employee satisfaction survey were administered by sWTC in the academic year 2014/2015 and dr benita ompson, research Officer, planning beyond. and Institutional research, Office of the Open Campus principal, assisted by mrs lesley Crane- Open Campus Country Sites (OCCS) mitchell, Outreach and marketing Officer. 61 staff at the OCCs continue to engage in meaningful Antigua & Barbuda and impactful research to inform the policies and practices at the Open Campus as well as inform mr Ian benn, head,, conducted a research exercise and educate the general public, as evidenced by in antigua and barbuda and consequently pre- the following research activities undertaken at a sented a paper entitled “Interrogating the eco- number of Country sites. nomic Contribution of the Off-shore medical schools in antigua & barbuda” at the antigua state Belize College-sponsored Conference for academic research & development (Card) held on april In collaboration with the national drug abuse 30, 2014. Control Council (ndaCC) and Organization of american states (Oas) the belize site prepared the national secondary school drug prevalence sur- vey report. e site was responsible for coordinat- FUNDING AND PARTNERSHIPS ing research efforts and logistics concerning the survey research for the country. Explore and increase donor funding for research and innovation St Kitts & Nevis The Social Welfare Training Centre mrs sarah Owen, head, travelled to barbados and Jamaica to conduct preliminary research in per- during the period under review the sWTC forming and Creative arts education at the errol concluded research consultancies in partnership barrow Centre for Creative Imagination (ebCCI), with the University of north Texas and baylor edna manley College of visual and performing University. UWI OPEN CAMPUS ANNUALREPORT 2013 /2014 A C AMPUS F O R T H E T I M E S . . . A C AMPUS F O R T H E F U T UR E The official presentation of findings – Impact Evaluation of Youth Programmes in Jamaica. Members of the research team include, 62 (from left to right): Mr Lincoln Williams, Head, SWTC; Mrs Uki Atkinson, Focus Group Facilitator; Dr Darrell Hull, Associate Professor,Educational Psychology, University of North Texas; Mrs Carolyn Thomas, Junior Research Fellow, SWTC; and Dr Jimmy Tindigarukayo, Senior Research Fellow, Sir Arthur Lewis Institute for Social and Economic Studies (SALISES), UWI. Impact Evaluation of Youth Programmes in Camp, the summer (employment) programme, the Jamaica – Career Advancement Programme volunteerism programme and the 2014 youth (CAP) and the National Youth Service (NYS) for forums. the Ministry of Education/Ministry of Youth and Culture Development of Youth Asset Resiliency Scale e intent of the impact evaluation was to establish e sWTC partnered with baylor University and outcome effects on academic, social functioning, worked with dr danielle fearon on the develop- workplace skills development, as well as the eco- ment of the youth asset resiliency scale (yars). nomic and social benefits provided to participants during the period march to may 2014, data were resulting from their participation in either of the collected at two high schools in Jamaica, one urban programmes. for both consultancies, reports of the and one rural, for development of yars. studies’ findings were completed in coordination with the project’s Technical director, dr darrell Caribbean Child Development Centre hull of the University of north Texas, in June 2014. (CCDC) data entry, analysis and reporting for evaluation of e CCdC was successful in accessing grants for nys programmes were scheduled to commence in the following two projects: July 2014 and conclude in september 2014. e reports will be used for evaluation of the five pri- 1. Re-establishment of a model early childhood mary programmes of the nys for youth in Jamaica: institution: CCdC received a grant of Ja$44m the Corps programme, the summer enrichment from the Chase fund, Jamaica for infrastruc- UWI OPEN CAMPUS ANNUALREPORT 2013 /2014 A C AMPUS F O R T H E T I M E S . . . A C AMPUS F O R T H E F U T UR E tural upgrading, expansion and equipping the grammes and courses through instructional early childhood centre, located at CCdC on leadership provided by course coordinators. the mona campus.  Introduced innovations through the Course 2. Transitional Living Programme for Children in delivery assistant (Cda) role to provide stu- State Care: CCdC succeeded in receiving a dent orientation to the online environment and grant of Us$1,388,000 from UsaId for a proj- enable quick responsive services and support ect which will expose children in state care to to students; and to promote a minimum of vocation and life skills training and mentoring three engagement sessions each semester. to improve their independent living outcomes.  Introduced innovations through the learning e project is for three years and will include support specialist (lss) role to engage in the development of a facility to house 40 girls research that would enable technology solu- upon graduation out of care. monitoring and tions for teaching and learning. evaluation of all aspects of the programme are  developed incrementally a PDD Quality Assur- integral to the project. e project was initiated ance Manual to incorporate guidelines and by CCdC as lead organisation, in partnership criteria to support the job functions of the with the Child development agency (Cda) of department. the government of Jamaica. e UWI partners  prepared and implemented a pdd team- on this project include the social Welfare coordinated technology training plan for use Training Centre (sWTC) and e UWI of teaching tools (e-portfolio, bbC, Turn-It-In, projects Office. etc.) and implemented workshops via black- board Collaborate (bbC). 63 INNOVATION most notable is the pdd’s implementation of oper- e academic programming and delivery division ational procedures to identify indicators of ‘at risk’ (apad), spearheaded by the programme delivery students and to provide interventions aimed at department (pdd), incorporated a number of reducing student failure and increasing students’ innovative initiatives through different job roles to level of satisfaction. both the pre-University pro- provide the necessary leadership skills to facilitate grammes and the early Childhood development efficiency and effectiveness in programme delivery. and family studies programmes were included in e initiatives included the following: this initiative.  recruited, recognised, and retained high qual- e programme managers for the aforementioned ity adjunct facilitators, using a revised recruit- programmes created a database of ‘at risk’ students ment and selection process. which was shared among the course coordinators  Improved academic success of students: identi- who alerted their tutors of the need to provide fied at risk indicators and “students at risk” of additional support via monitoring and tracking of failing and provided inclusion of academic and the ‘at risk’ students. administrative intervention strategies to sup- port students. emphasis was on establishing strategies implemented to improve the students’ criteria to identify students at risk as well as success include the provision of additional admin- use of data to advise future practice for aca- istrative and academic support to students, such as: demic interventions for treatment and support.  provision of additional resources to improve  Introduced innovations in the programme students’ writing and study skills; manager (pm) administrative functions to  implementation of make-up teaching sessions increase efficiency in the delivery of pro- and one-on-one sessions by e-Tutors; UWI OPEN CAMPUS ANNUALREPORT 2013 /2014 A C AMPUS F O R T H E T I M E S . . . A C AMPUS F O R T H E F U T UR E  provision of “Tips in the learning exchange” increased course enrolment and/or need to replace to help them develop the required study skills; current course facilitators.  use of voki, videos and other tools in course e learning support supervisor in the pro- delivery to stimulate discussion and to incor- gramme delivery department created a more user porate additional feedback via email for friendly learning exchange (le) platform. is students who were embarrassed or felt intimi- was achieved through the: dated to post incorrect answers in the forum.  design, development and implementation of a also of note is that in the pre-University pro- Knowledge base and Communication tool grammes additional strategies were implemented (“Tle Tips & Tricks”); by the pm to facilitate the needs of three “chal- lenged” students: hearing-impaired, visual  design, implementation and piloting of a new impaired, and cerebral palsy. e ls group has also feature in the le that would accommodate the commenced research on the integration of special accountability statement process to a single needs resources within the learning exchange click agreement recorded on the system; (le).  design, implementation and piloting of a new editor on the le that would accommodate apad also devised a plan to increase and equip math symbols; competent facilitators, thereby enhancing online  creation of a survey instrument to collect user delivery. In this case a pilot project to create a cadre information on technical capabilities; and, of “Course Observers” commenced in January revision of the online orientation course, Introduc- 2014. is innovation was embarked on to aid 64 tion to learning exchange to include all new capacity building through sharing of good online updates from moodle version 2.5, which was 100% teaching practice and to create a reserved group of completed by January 2014. trained online facilitators in anticipation of UWI OPEN CAMPUS ANNUALREPORT 2013 /2014 Conferences|Lectures|Seminars|Workshops 65 UWI OPEN CAMPUS ANNUALREPORT 2013 /2014 PERSPECTIVE 6. OUTREACH 66 NATIONAL AND REGIONAL sector. In so doing, this perspective focuses on out- DEVELOPMENT reach activities pertaining to national and regional development, marketing and communications and Become the driving force in assisting with alumni engagement. the fulfilment of the economic, social, e Open Campus Country sites made significant educational and other critical development contributions to national and regional development needs of the region. as demonstrated by the strategic partnerships e UWI Open Campus endeavours to impact pos- formed with various private, government and com- itively the lives of the students that it serves and the munity entities, especially in the areas of social, communities in which it is located throughout the educational and cultural development. Caribbean. To accomplish the foregoing, it has become necessary at times to seek partnerships and Open Campus St Kitts & Nevis collaborations, to empower human capital, to seek partnerships with regional and local organisations creative and alternative ways to manage the enter- and institutions increased the visibility of the Open prise and to raise funds to improve the quality of its Campus and enabled its support of various com- business and aid in the development of the com- munity groups. Of note are the partnerships with munities they serve. all of the above will be done e UWI st augustine faculty of humanities, the with e UWI’s mission, vision and core values in Trinidad and Tobago film festival (TTff) and the sharp focus, bearing in mind its many stakeholders, ripple Institute, which have produced tangible including students, staff, governments, alumni, benefits for the st Kitts and nevis communities and international partners/donors and the private the Open Campus. UWI OPEN CAMPUS ANNUALREPORT 2013 /2014 A C AMPUS F O R T H E T I M E S . . . A C AMPUS F O R T H E F U T UR E e successful partnership established with e inaugural lecture, which was broadcast live on UWI st augustine faculty of humanities and the radio, took place on July 16, 2014 on the topic Trinidad and Tobago film festival (TTff) resulted “ageing in the Caribbean: exploring some of e in the first successful screening of a TTff film in st social Issues”. dr Joan rawlins, former senior lec- Kitts. st augustine senior lecturer and filmmaker, turer at e UWI st augustine Campus delivered dr bruce paddington, travelled to st Kitts on feb- the lecture to a packed audience at e UWI Open ruary 13, 2014 to screen his popular film Forward Campus in e gardens, basseterre. Ever: e Killing of a Revolution. It is the site’s intention to build on this partnership to launch a Open Campus Belize mini film festival in st Kitts featuring three of the most popular films from the TTff each year. new partnerships were established with the min- istry of the public service, the Chief Justice of as a result of the partnership with local ngO, the belize and the supreme Court. In the case of the ripple Institute, a new lecture series was added to former, the Open Campus belize site undertook the site’s outreach programme. e 12-part training and the delivery of basic and advanced cer- monthly series entitled ‘Issues of ageing’ focused tificates in secretarial studies for 72 public servants on providing information, creating awareness, in their field. Open Campus belize was also a mem- establishing an alzheimer’s support group, estab- ber of the national mediation Committee and was lishing a national association of retired persons and involved in developing and implementing training advocating for a national policy on ageing. e for the Court annexed mediation course. is also 67 UWI OPEN CAMPUS ANNUALREPORT 2013 /2014 A C AMPUS F O R T H E T I M E S . . . A C AMPUS F O R T H E F U T UR E spurred an increase in the site’s local course offer- ment workshops, community development projects ing “Introduction to mediation studies”. Other out- on this and related issues. reach activities included targeting new markets, exploring new collaborations and participating in Open Campus St Vincent and the Grenadines national initiatives that gave e University of the e national reparations Committee partnered West Indies (UWI) some much needed visibility in with the Open Campus st vincent and the belize. In this regard, training and information grenadines to deliver a series of films, both at the sessions were held with the belize electricity site and in the communities. Consequently, Open limited (bel) and the belize social security Campus st vincent & the grenadines heightened board respectively. the reparations debate by inviting professor sir additionally, mrs Jane bennett, head, Open Cam- hilary beckles, pro vice-Chancellor and principal pus belize identified and co-ordinated a commu- of e UWI Cave hill Campus, to deliver a lecture nity development project to raise funds, with the entitled “britain’s black debt.” Other strategic part- support of other stakeholders, for Urban gardens nerships included those with youth business svg, port loyola initiative. Consequently, Us$50,000.00 was committed by the United nations develop- ment fund (Undp) for the project. e initiative addresses the national issue of nutritious food security, where residents will receive technical and other community-wide support in producing 68 and preparing meals for their families from home- grown nutritious fruits and vegetables. e evolu- tion of this initiative highlighted the need for capacity-building and other areas of community development in belize. It is intended that the UWI/UWI-OC, through its coordinating role, will participate and benefit from country conferences, symposia, cultural events, customised workshops, seminars, training programmes, youth develop- Professor Sir Hilary Beckles delivering the Emancipation Lecture in St Vincent & the Grenadines Dr Lennox Honychurch (far right) and other Reparation Committee Members during Emancipation Lecture in Dominica UWI OPEN CAMPUS ANNUALREPORT 2013 /2014 A C AMPUS F O R T H E T I M E S . . . A C AMPUS F O R T H E F U T UR E 69 Top: Open Campus Children at Heroes Day Outing Handing over of disaster relief suplies from UWI Bottom: Literary Fair Launch 2013 the garifuna heritage foundation, the global & development Centre resulted in the Open Cam- environmental facility small grants programme pus barbados hosting the Career & life manage- (gef sgp) the national emergency management ment (Calm) schools employment programme. Organisation (nemO) and the local chapter of the e goal of this project was to provide participants red Cross. ese partnerships have resulted in a with the necessary personal and professional com- number of strategic activities, including the young petencies that would enable them to better manage entrepreneurs session with international speaker the challenges and opportunities likely to be faced and social marketer, mr Julian hall of the United in the job market. additionally, the sustained part- Kingdom, held on november 26, 2014 via skype. Open Campus Barbados In keeping with the theme of national development, e UWI Open Campus barbados collaborated with various organisations, including the marcus garvey resource & development Centre, the train- ing arm of the pinelands Creative Workshop, the Central bank of barbados and the business and professional Women’s Club (bpWC) of barbados. e partnership with the marcus garvey resource Edna Nicholls Donation Fat Busters in Barbados UWI OPEN CAMPUS ANNUALREPORT 2013 /2014 A C AMPUS F O R T H E T I M E S . . . A C AMPUS F O R T H E F U T UR E nership with the Central bank of barbados since  e seventh national distinguished lecture: 1999 produced a total of five lectures with an aver- “Universal health Coverage,” presented by dr age attendance of 105 persons during the period Clarissa etienne, director of the pan-american august 2013 to June 2014. In collaboration with the health Organization (pahO) on may 29, 2014 bpWC, Open Campus barbados hosted a lecture at the fort young hotel. is lecture was on the topic “Caribbean Women live Well: Know mounted in honour of dr bernard a. your heart.” dr Kay goring, the lone female Cardi- sorhaindo, dominica’s first UWI graduate, ologist in barbados, delivered the lecture on July who was an advocate of the provision of quality 12, 2014. e lecture targeted audiences compris- health care for all dominicans. ing women’s organisations, ngOs, UWI staff mem-  e second annual e. O. le blanc memorial bers and interested members of the public and was lecture: “e.O le blanc and the creation of very well received. nationalist history” presented by dr lennox honychurch on October 3, 2013. Open Campus Dominica a variety of outreach activities were undertaken by Open Campus Grenada the site, which included but were not limited to the following: resulting from the partnership with e University of the West Indies alumni association (UWIaa)  e sixth annual bernard a. sorhaindo grenada Chapter, Open Campus grenada hosted memorial lecture: “Universal health Cover- the first in a series of public Conversations held on age.” presented by dr bernard a. sorhaindo, 70 June 17, 2014. e theme was “managing your per-dominica’s first UWI graduate on Tuesday, sonal finances in the Current economic Climate”. august 20, 2013.  e eighth annual dame eugenia Charles memorial lecture: “men in skirts: gendering Open Campus Saint Lucia democracy and shaping the nation: e as its contribution to nobel laureate Week 2014, Unfinished democratic agenda,” presented by e Open Campus saint lucia presented an event ms. Cynthia barrow-giles on november 28, with a difference dubbed “e UWI Open Campus 2013. peace forum and art for social Change project”. is initiative formed the first in what is hoped will be part of a year-long Organisation of eastern Caribbean states (OeCs) sponsored “art for social Change” project which aims at creating community youth friendly spaces. It is the brainchild of ms. Kentillia louis, Curriculum Officer for eatre arts at the Curriculum and materials development Unit (CamdU) and eatre arts lecturer at the Open Campus, saint lucia. e project aims to utilise the visual arts to help bring about positive social and behavioural change amongst saint lucian youth. e week of events began January 20, 2014 and was only possible due to excellent collab- oration among several entities, including e 1st Felix Wilson, Dr Lennox Honychurch, Raymond Lawernce and national bank st lucia ltd., the Organisation of Eral Le Blanc (son of E.O. Le Blanc) during E.O Le Blanc Lecture UWI OPEN CAMPUS ANNUALREPORT 2013 /2014 A C AMPUS F O R T H E T I M E S . . . A C AMPUS F O R T H E F U T UR E 71 Top: Nobel Laureate Week Opening Top: Local dancers entertain ACLALS attendees Bottom: Detail mural from the “Art for Social Change Project” Bottom: Open Week eastern Caribbean states Juvenile reform pro- effort to build application numbers for the aca- gramme, alliance française, ambassador and June demic year which resulted in 82 new applications. soomer. e formal unveiling of the completed mural took place on January 28, 2014. members of staff were engaged in the elmore stoutt high school’s Career expo held at the multipur- noteworthy is the strategic alliance established with pose sports Complex on february 13, 2014. e the mona school of education through the intro- students were exposed to the world of work and duction of the single virtual University space future careers, as well as the academic ‘bridges’ that (svUs) pilot programme. is programme colleges and universities provide to realise their involves the Open Campus’s provision of services goals. approximately 638 students were in atten- to support the efforts of the mona Campus through dance. ey were engaged in interactive sessions on videoconferencing, proctoring of exams and the offerings of the UWI Open Campus as well as administrative and marketing services. academic careers in the areas of medicine, law, education and engineering to name a few. some Open Campus Antigua & Barbuda of the students were intrigued that they had the during the period under review the site focused on opportunity to immediately seek employment outreach activities as well as raising the visibility while pursuing further studies towards their dream of the Open Campus and e UWI. e site staff career by studying with the Open Campus on a participated in outreach and marketing events in an part-time basis. UWI OPEN CAMPUS ANNUALREPORT 2013 /2014 A C AMPUS F O R T H E T I M E S . . . A C AMPUS F O R T H E F U T UR E e programme Officer was a guest speaker at the call for assistance to victims of the Christmas 2014 right start programme on april 15, 2014. flooding in the eastern Caribbean. although it was is annual professional development seminar for a tragic situation, these partnerships demonstrate high school seniors prepares them for both the how the UWI seeks to develop and sustain commu- world of work as well as university life. e title of nities and community relations throughout the the presentation was “your University education: a region with its stakeholders in the private and pub- Tool for life”. approximately 400 students partici- lic sectors. meeting the immediate needs of com- pated in this year’s seminar, entitled “leadership munities in crisis is a true standard of care and love starts with you”. e site also facilitated the pro- for the Caribbean region and the UWI Open Cam- gramme’s breakout sessions for the students, held pus is both proud and appreciative of its staff and during the period april 14–16, 2014. partners for the commendable community spirit, empathy and generosity they demonstrated. Outreach after Tragedy e entire support effort was done in the true spirit In december 2013, several islands in the eastern of volunteerism, with quick and efficient collecting, Caribbean, in particular saint lucia, dominica and sorting and packaging from the various Open st vincent and the grenadines, suffered widespread Campus offices across the region. all persons and flooding and landslides on Christmas eve, resulting organisations involved showed their commitment in loss of life and damage to homes, businesses, to the task of providing quick assistance to those schools and infrastructure. e Open Campus net- affected in our sister countries. work, led by principal, professor hazel simmons- 72 Open Campus saint lucia, in an effort to providemcdonald, launched an immediate appeal for food financial respite to the affected students, adjusted and other basic items and an overwhelming degree payment plan schedules to accommodate students of support was received from many of the Country who were experiencing financial difficulty post- sites. Items collected included non-perishable food disaster. apart from assisting affected Open Cam- Relief supplies for Eastern Caribbean flood victims from Staff of the UWI Open Campus Saint Lucia presents some items Barbados to the Bexon Infant School in the south of Saint Lucia, which was badly affected by flooding from the 2013 Christmas storm items, toiletries, baby care products, linens and also pus students, the site also rendered assistance to some toys to try to brighten the Christmas season alumni-adopted schools (bexon Infant and pri- for the many children affected by the flooding. mary), as well as to the badly damaged communi- many corporate and government organisations, as ties of anse la raye and Canaries through well as private individuals and Open Campus staff, collaboration with the ministry of education. responded very quickly to the UWI Open Campus UWI OPEN CAMPUS ANNUALREPORT 2013 /2014 A C AMPUS F O R T H E T I M E S . . . A C AMPUS F O R T H E F U T UR E In barbados, a shipment of supplies, collected from MARKETING AND COMMUNICATIONS staff, corporate and other sponsors and supporters, was sent by the UWI Open Campus to st vincent Define the UWI Brand and Create a and the grenadines through the services of the Marketing Plan that will Drive Internal and barbados Coast guard on december 29, 2013, with External Communications and Marketing a second shipment sent on december 31, demon- Programmes strating the swi response to the disaster. during 2013/2014, the Open Campus marketing a team from the UWI Open Campus Trinidad & and Communications department (OCmaC) Tobago took time off from their holiday celebra- focused on the implementation of its 2014–2017 tions to quickly organise supplies for the national Integrated marketing and Communications opera- emergency management Organisation (nemO) in tional plan, which is aligned with the University’s st vincent and the grenadines. supplies were newest 2012–2017 strategic plan. e department transported from Trinidad & Tobago, via the worked at developing and guiding tailor-made Trinidad army, on december 31, and also through campaigns to national and regional markets, the Trinidad red Cross, to the st vincent and the segmented by country, study level and discipline. grenadines red Cross. e plan is based on new trends in higher educa- at e UWI Open Campus st Kitts & nevis, the tion marketing to carve out new positions in the head and staff sourced and procured donations traditional educational sector, while using the most which included food, clothing and school supplies. efficient and effective methods to implement based Transportation of the items to saint lucia and st on limited resources. primary focus was on using 73 vincent was made possible through the kind assis- more digital and social media with their huge tance of saint lucia and Tropical shipping who potential to shape and funnel new recruits to the waived their costs. e latter company transported Campus and to better share information about items from nevis to saint lucia, which was a stop the Campus’s activities, services and people. that was not on its normal route. In Jamaica, the Wisynco group of Companies Develop a Common UWI Approach to made a donation of 100 gallons of bottled water, Marketing and Communications worth an estimated bds$2,000.00 to the effort. e year under review saw continuous cross-cam- is donation, as well as other supplies that were pus collaboration with our sister campuses, which collected and packaged through the local efforts of enabled meaningful promotion of Open Campus the UWI Open Campus sites across Jamaica, was activities. e Campuses also continued to share sent to a central point at the Camp road site. e important University-wide news and activities, donations were then transported to Tank-Weld which the OCmaC department, in turn, shared ltd., a steel company in Jamaica that shipped the with various stakeholders in the countries which donations from Jamaica to the eastern Caribbean the Open Campus serves across the region. free of cost with their own donations. additional shipments of food, water and other supplies arrived The UWI Brand Identity Guidelines from other Open Campus Country sites across the With the continued phasing out of e UWI Open region in the ensuing weeks and months. Campus orange circle logo, the department has been promoting the UWI brand and the correct use of our brand across the campus. To ensure compliance, new vertical and horizontal banners UWI OPEN CAMPUS ANNUALREPORT 2013 /2014 A C AMPUS F O R T H E T I M E S . . . A C AMPUS F O R T H E F U T UR E were designed for the Open Campus. e depart- media policy during the 2012/2013 academic year. ment also assisted marketing and communications With regard to facebook, efforts are ongoing with a functionaries across the Open Campus to under- view of consolidating the Open Campus’ commer- 74 stand and correctly use e UWI brand. ere was cial/community image. To this end, formal contact also special emphasis on the correct use of e with the facebook company was initiated. UWI crest and wordmark across the Campus to ensure consistency and compliance. access to the In recognition of the importance of social media to UWI brand Identity guidelines may be found the Campus’ communications arsenal, the market- on the Universal resource locator (Url): ing & Communications department welcomed the http://www.open.uwi.edu/sites/default/files/UWI_ financial support of the dfaTd/sdeC project, brand_Identity_guidelines.pdf which enabled the much needed services of a con- tent manager/writer/editor and photographer. e Enhance the UWI Presence on the responsibilities of this person include updating the Social Media Network OC’s web content as well as updating and cleaning up the social media online profile. is will enable Social Media frequent monitoring of all social media sites, result- ing in prompt and accurate responses to the queries e UWI Open Campus continues to use social and comments of users, especially current and media, with limited resources, to develop and mon- prospective students and alumni. itor its online presence on a regular basis. e Campus now has a facebook page (3,400 fans), a Website Analytics Twitter profile (300 followers), a shared UWI flickr and a youTube (Open Tv) Channel. all of the e below table shows the analytics report for the channels are integrated on the main website at period august 2013 to July 2014 and reveals an www.open.uwi.edu. Integration efforts to ensure increase in the number of visits, total number of that all Open Campus Country sites and depart- visitors and new visits. slight decreases in the per- ments join the official OC facebook page received centage of returning visits and average duration of a boost with the ratification of the UWI’s social visits were recorded. UWI OPEN CAMPUS ANNUALREPORT 2013 /2014 A C AMPUS F O R T H E T I M E S . . . A C AMPUS F O R T H E F U T UR E Table 2: Comparison of Web Analytics between ere has been some development in the updating 2012/2013 and 2013/2014 academic years of the website, but further progress is required given the four-year-old UWI-wide Web redesign August 2012– August 2013– 75 Types of visits project, whereby all UWI Campuses will have to July 2013 July 2014 comply with the new design of the University by Visits 859,438 876,198 the end of calendar year 2014. Consequently, another web-readiness project is in development, Total number supported by the dfaTd/sdeC project, and282,956 304,748 of visitors championed by the new leadership in the new academic year 2014/2015. New visits 30.9% 32.7% Website Development & Management Returning visits 69.1% 67.3% for the year under review, a number of web devel- Average visit opment and management projects were initiated.00:07:46 00:06:41 duration some were brought to the point of completion while others are on-going. ese activities are outlined as follows: Open Campus Website Readiness Update Re-design & Implementation of The University In 2012, the UWI Open Campus started a project entitled ‘Website readiness’, similar to one under- of the West Indies Website Template taken at st augustine in 2010. e project’s aim was e Open Campus marketing and Communica- to review and update content on all apad, OCCs, tions team worked together with UWI cross-cam- Csdr, department and related OC websites. In pus web and marketing teams to redesign e addition, the project aimed to redevelop the Cam- University of the West Indies website template, pus’s internal Intranet design and content to which had its last design in 2007. e agreed goals become more user-friendly to Open Campus staff. of the University’s web presence were outlined as: UWI OPEN CAMPUS ANNUALREPORT 2013 /2014 A C AMPUS F O R T H E T I M E S . . . A C AMPUS F O R T H E F U T UR E 1. recruitment of the very best students, staff and Development of the Prior Learning Assessment researchers from the Caribbean region and Website around the world (tied to Teaching, learning 76 & student development, employee engage- e current Open Campus prior learning assess- ment and development and research & Inno- ment website was launched on august 12, 2014 as vation objectives of the strategic plan). part of the awareness campaign for the new prior learning assessment initiative. e website offers 2. promotion of the University’s research (tied to information to include admissions requirements, Research & Innovation and Outreach objectives available programmes and courses, pla policy and of the Strategic Plan). regulations and faqs. see the pla Website 3. marketing/promotion of the UWI brand inter- http://www.open.uwi.edu/pla. nationally and regionally and enhancing UWI’s global presence (tied to Outreach objective of the Strategic Plan) by showcasing the services (teaching, research/innovation, public service, intellectual leadership, outreach) that UWI offers. 4. Cultivation and strengthening of links with business, community and alumni (tied to Financial and Outreach objectives of the Strategic Plan). e Open Campus marketing and Communica- tions Team also made significant strides in develop- ing and updating a number of Open Campus websites during the 2013/2014 academic year. The Open Campus Marketing and and updating a number of UWI OPEN CAMPUS ANNUALREPORT 2013 /2014 A C AMPUS F O R T H E T I M E S . . . A C AMPUS F O R T H E F U T UR E Development of the Early Childhood Develop- Development of the official 2014 Open Campus ment and Family Studies (ECDFS) Website Student Orientation Website e website serves to supplement information e website was developed to complement planned 77 available on the eCdfs programme description orientation sessions across the region. It provides a page by providing more in-depth information to dedicated centralised space for students to receive help prospective students make informed choices information regarding orientation schedules, pro- when choosing early childhood education as a gramme advising and academic calendars. e career. e eCdfs website was launched on website also ensures accuracy, consistency and september 23, 2014. see the eCdfs website at timeliness of information disseminated to students, http://www.open.uwi.edu/ecdfs which is critical to the orientation process. e d Communications Team also made significant strides in developing Open Campus websites during the 2013/2014 academic year. UWI OPEN CAMPUS ANNUALREPORT 2013 /2014 A C AMPUS F O R T H E T I M E S . . . A C AMPUS F O R T H E F U T UR E website, located at http://www.open.uwi.edu/orien- Cooperate with Internal Stakeholders to tation, was designed and developed in July 2014. Enhance UWI’s Global Presence Updates were also completed for the graduation e marketing and Communication department 2013, scholarship Cruise & learn adventure 2014 also worked closely with other OC divisions and and the human resource management depart- departments, including the registry, the Office of ment websites. finance, Office of the principal, apad, OCCs, Csdr, hr and CaTs, to guide and provide high- Development of the Promotional Website: quality information, advice and guidance to stu- Forward Ever: The Killing of a Revolution Film dents and other stakeholders on a range of higher e promotional website located at and continuing education topics and options, http://www.open.uwi.edu/forward-ever was including fees. developed to promote the screenings across the Caribbean as a fundraising opportunity for the Open Campus and to and offer some historic background to the documentary. Human Resource Management Department Website e human resource department (hr) website is located at http://www.open.uwi.edu/hrmd/human- 78 resources and provides information to Open Cam- pus staff members and the general public about staff changes, services offered, organisational struc- Principal and Pro Vice-Chancellor Professor V. Eudine Barriteau and current APAD Director, Dr Joel Warrican at a press confer- tures, employment opportunities and other related ence in Barbados matters. e information provided on this site is for public consumption; however, information related e year also saw the marketing and Communica- to staff resources can only be accessed privately by tion department continue its collaboration with members of the Open Campus community on the colleagues to sensitise internal and external stake- company’s Intranet site located at http://www. holders to the dfaTd/sdeC project, the status of open.uwi.edu/open-connection/home. the current strategic plan of the UWI, the updated e graduation 2013 Website and the scholarship UWI brand Identity guidelines, the social media Cruise & learn adventure 2014 Website were also policy, the advertising policy and the employee updated. e graduation website is updated on an engagement strategy. a new website dedicated to annual basis. It provides students with a one-stop OCmaC was developed as a resource for OC staff shop service, where all the information surround- and may be found at http://www.open.uwi.edu ing attendance to the graduation ceremony is pro- /marketing/about-ocmac. vided in a simple layout. is project is done in collaboration with the registrar’s office. e 2014 Advertising and Sales Promotion scholarship cruise website was updated from the for the year under review, the department contin- last voyage. It provides functionality, which allows ued the advertising and promotion of the UWI for the online processing of credit cards. is facil- Open Campus through print, online and broadcast ity is offered in collaboration with the royal bank advertising and direct marketing. some examples of Canada. include: UWI OPEN CAMPUS ANNUALREPORT 2013 /2014 A C AMPUS F O R T H E T I M E S . . . A C AMPUS F O R T H E F U T UR E  special advertising of Open Campus special  promotional flyers for the social Welfare events and the regional programmes were pub- Training Centre lished in leading Caribbean magazines, such as  billboards, tickets, website, and flyers for the maCO Caribbean living, Caribbean beat and advertising and promotion of the Open Cam- Zing Caribbean. pus screening of bruce paddington’s critically  general advertising for all Open Campus acclaimed film, Forward Ever: e Killing of a regional programmes was also published with Revolution local print and online media, including the  flyers, booklets and advertisements for the Trinidad Guardian and Newsday, the Barbados promotion of the Open Campus scholarship Nation, Jamaica Observer, e Voice (slU), and Cruise and learn adventure Caribbean 360. e OCmaC department also continued to share  Collaboration with the pla Unit to plan and internal and external news through its eNews mes- develop the promotional materials for the pla saging service via marketing@open.uwi.edu. Over Initiative. the course of the year, the department also reached  Collaboration and organisation for the promo- out to the human resource (hr) department to tional materials for local sites in preparation collaborate on creating more incentives to use the for their open days, fairs, expos, and confer- OC Intranet as an online staff space to ensure that ences. personnel have easy access to all hr and other crit-  Organisation and preparation of advertise- ical information for staff development and refer- ments for sites in the Cayman Islands, ence. e Intranet portal can be accessed via grenada, Jamaica and Trinidad & Tobago for http://intra.open.uwi.edu. 79 publication with national and regional media houses. Market UWI Brand Regionally and  facilitation of the preparation and circulation Internationally of newsletters, events posters and notices for sites and offices across the Campus. e OCmaC department also worked to produce regionally- and locally-oriented advertisements (for Design, Production and Distribution television, radio and print), relying on talent out- arrangements for the design, production and dis- side of the department for technical/production tribution of promotional and advertising materials assistance and organised and promoted various for Open Campus sites and Open Campus special conferences, media launches functions and work- events were undertaken as follows: shops over the period under review.  general 2014/2015 programme Information guide Events Planning and Management  rectangular and skyscraper advertisements for e OCmaC department planned and promoted online newspaper promotion several major Open Campus events. Of note is the  production and distribution of bookmarks, department’s collaboration with the University pens, brochures, cups, pens, website cards and marketing and Communications team and the branded T-shirts to OC sites and offices Open Campus’s marketing functionary in Trinidad  production and reviews of advertisements for and Tobago on arrangements for the sod-Turning Camp road, Jamaica, grenada, I.T academy, Ceremony at the site of the construction of e gordon street, and san fernando sites in UWI Open Campus, esmond d. ramesar Centre Trinidad in Chaguanas, Trinidad on may 6, 2014.  UWI OPEN CAMPUS ANNUALREPORT 2013 /2014 A C AMPUS F O R T H E T I M E S . . . A C AMPUS F O R T H E F U T UR E The head table at the Turning of the Sod and Plaque Unveiling Ceremony before the construction begins on the complex to house the new UWI Open Campus Esmond. D. Ramesar Centre in Changuanas, Trinidad & Tobago. From left to right: Mrs Angela Sinaswee-Gervais, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Tertiary Education and Skills Training; Senator, The Honourable Fazal Karim, Minister of Tertiary Education and Skills Training; Professor E. Nigel Harris, Vice-Chancellor, and Professor Hazel Simmons-McDonald, Pro Vice-Chancellor and Principal, UWI Open Campus Publications ries, catalogues, flyers, banners, posters and 80 reports. ese were all conceptualised and designede department continued the publication of the to engage emotionally, practically and logically Open letter with the kind assistance from the with all our specific target audiences, as well as with Open Campus editorial committee, sites and offices the general public across the region and outside of across the Campus. In collaboration with the prin- the region. cipal’s Office the department arranged the follow- ing publications: Open Campus St Kitts & Nevis  e Open Campus annual report 2012/2013 Continuing partnerships with nevis Television  e first years of e UWI Open Campus (nTv) in nevis and West Indies news network 2008–2014 (WInn fm) in st Kitts resulted in two aired inter- In collaboration with Open Campus sites and views on nTv and the continuation of the radio offices, the OCmaC department arranged for the programme “UWI on the air”. ese programmes design, production and distribution of newsletters featured UWI-related activities and academic offer- and reports. Other publications may be found on ings at the sites. the Open Campus website, www.open.uwi.edu. Marketing and Communications (in-house projects) during the course of the academic year, work con- tinued on writing accurate and reputable features and articles for electronic and traditional publica- tions, including brochures, web pages, newsletters, newspapers, advertisements, prospectuses, directo- UWI OPEN CAMPUS ANNUALREPORT 2013 /2014 A C AMPUS F O R T H E T I M E S . . . A C AMPUS F O R T H E F U T UR E ALUMNI ENGAGEMENT Facilitate alumni involvement in teaching, research, programme development, internship/ employment and mentorship THE 2014 UWI OPEN CAMPUS SCHOLARSHIP current UWI alumni, faculty, staff and overseas stu- CRUISE & LEARN ADVENTURE, APRIL 6–17, 2014 dents who are looking for a different kind of vaca- tion with a learning component. e main goal has e UWI Open Campus scholarship cruise was always been to promote Caribbean education and held under the distinguished patronage of e knowledge, and to present our regional heritage UWI Chancellor, sir george alleyne and lady and culture in a unique way while featuring UWI alleyne, as well as our UWI vice-Chancellor, professors, researchers, historians, linguists, professor e. nigel harris and dr yvette Williams- archaeologists, naturalists, to name a few, as guest harris. is second cruise in the series featured two lecturers. is initiative supports the UWI Open highly respected educators in the region as facilita- Campus’s mandate to offer innovative learning tors/Tour leaders for its educational component. experiences and continuing education to the region e first was the distinguished dominican scholar and the Caribbean diaspora. 81 and UWI honorary graduate, dr lennox hony- church and the second was mrs annette Insanally, In total, 30 persons participated in the Open Cam- head of the UWI’s latin american and Caribbean pus scholarship Cruise. e final group included Centre (laCC). both UWI alumni and non-alumni from the Usa, belize, Jamaica, barbados, antigua & barbuda, e scholarship cruise initiative was designed st vincent and the grenadines, saint lucia, and specifically to target most heavily all retired and Trinidad & Tobago. is group learned interesting 2014 Open Campus ScholarShip Cruise group UWI OPEN CAMPUS ANNUALREPORT 2013 /2014 A C AMPUS F O R T H E T I M E S . . . A C AMPUS F O R T H E F U T UR E facts and features about the Caribbean linkages with Central and south america, including the his- Highlights of the 2014 tory, cultural and sustainable development of the region, trade, and other areas. One of the main OChO rIOs, JamaICa; lImOn, COsTa rICa; ports-of-call focused on one of the engineering wonders of the world, the panama Canal, which celebrated 100 years of constant use in 2014. e success of the 2014 UWI Open Campus schol- arship Cruise & learn adventure is summed up in the following online comment of one of the cruise passengers: “is ‘cruise and learn’ experience was excellent. I look forward to the next one and hope that not only the OC but other parts of the University will be encouraged to provide similar experiences to the wider public. e lectures and excursions organised by the Open Campus contribution added so much to the cruise experience that I feel I don’t want to take a regular cruise ever again without that added learning element – incredible value for money.” 82 Future Inter-UWI Partnerships for the ScholarShip Cruise & Learn Adventure e International Office at the st augustine Cam- pus as well as the association of Caribbean librari- ans and the mona school of business has expressed interest in partnering with the UWI Open Campus for the next scholarship cruise. looking ahead, the former principal of the Open Campus suggested that a segment of the next cruise activity should include a presentation entitled, “Cruising with Caribbean nobel laureates”, since a member of the UWI Cave hill faculty has already expressed inter- est in designing a bUs-approved series of courses on Caribbean nobel laureates. efforts to revitalise the alumni association in st vincent and the grenadines commenced in earnest with the establishment of a steering Committee, comprising staff and other alumni. e Open Cam- pus antigua & barbuda site also engaged in alumni activities which included hosting of a booth in col- laboration with e UWIaa (antigua Chapter) at the Independence food fair on november 1, 2013. UWI OPEN CAMPUS ANNUALREPORT 2013 /2014 A C AMPUS F O R T H E T I M E S . . . A C AMPUS F O R T H E F U T UR E ScholarShip Cruise and Learn Adventure panama Canal, COlÓn; panama; CarTegena, COlOmbIa; arUba 83 UWI OPEN CAMPUS ANNUALREPORT 2013 /2014 UWI OPEN CAMPUS C A S T R I E S , S A I N T L U C I A GRADUATION 2014 O C T O B E R 1 1 , 2 0 1 4 > G R A D U A T E S 7 7 3 TA HCAMEPUS FUOR TWHE T I M E SO . .P . AE C AMNPUS CF ORA T H EM F U TPUR EUS 2014 HONORARY GRADUATES Sir Brian George Keith Alleyne entered politics and served 16 years in the parliament of the Commonwealth of dominica. he was variously senator, attorney general and minister of legal affairs, minister of home affairs, and minister of external affairs. a renowned queen’s Council, he also served as attorney general of the Windward Islands, and acting Judge of the Windward and leeward Islands high Court. for his outstanding diplomacy, the republic of China in 1990 awarded him the Order of the brilliant star. his elevation to senior Counsel (sC) of the Commonwealth of dominica bar followed in 1991. On July 1, 1996 Justice brian alleyne was appointed high Court Judge of the eastern Caribbean supreme Court. he was later elevated to Justice of appeal on september 1, 2003, and subsequently acting Chief Justice on march 1, 2005, a position which he held until his retirement on april 28, 2008. roughout his career, Justice alleyne has consistently shown outstanding political and legal leadership, integrity, selflessness and a generous spirit. fittingly, Justice alleyne was knighted in July 2007, for his distinguished service to the OeCs region and to the law. 86 In 1990, Dr Earl Long published the first description of the tropical intestinal parasite, Cyclospora cayetanensis and documented its diagnostic characteris- tics. a native of saint lucia, he developed systems for disease diagnosis in three developing countries – vietnam, Congo and malaysia, and these sys- tems were adopted in 14 other countries. dr long is an advisor to the World health Organisation and a Technical advisor to the Us agency for Interna- tional development. In 1990, he published the first description and diagnosis characteristics of a pathogenic specimen from an aIds patient suffering from diarrhoea that would later become known as Cyclospora cayetanensis. While in the Congo, dr long conducted research on malaria, tuberculosis, aIds and gastroenterology, working under conditions in which there was no cable-transmitted electricity. With the help of an engineer, he designed the battery-powered “e.a.r.l light” – the external autonomous repositionable lightweight light, which became a valuable resource for field use. In 1996, dr long established collaborative research and training activities between e University of the West Indies school of medicine, the more- house school of medicine and the Centres for disease Control (CdC). he le the CdC in 2004. dr long currently works at the division of parasitic diseases in the national Centre for Infectious diseases (nCId), where he conducts training activities and research on parasitic and other infectious diseases. he is also a dedicated author of fiction, who counts West Indian authors like vidya naipaul and derek Walcott as his inspirations. he has written four novels set in the West Indies: Consolation, Voices from a Drum, Leaves in a River and Slicer. UWI OPEN CAMPUS ANNUALREPORT 2013 /2014 Principal’s Dinner for 2014 Honourees of The UWI Open Campus 87 UWI OPEN CAMPUS ANNUALREPORT 2013 /2014 A C AMPUS F O R T H E T I M E S . . . A C AMPUS F O R T H E F U T UR E UWI Open Campus Council 2013/2014 CHAIR DIRECTORS OF THE UWI OPEN GUILD OF STUDENTS SIR K. DWIGHT VENNER CAMPUS REPRESENTATIVES DR FRANCIS SEVERIN MRS FALLAN SKINNER-THOMAS VICE-CHANCELLOR Director, Open Campus Undergraduate Representative PROFESSOR E. NIGEL HARRIS Country Sites NON-ACADEMIC STAFF P V -C PROFESSOR GARY HEPbURNRO ICE HANCELLOR AND REPRESENTATIVES P APADRINCIPAL MRS VERONICA SIMON PROFESSOR HAzEL SIMMONS- MR LINCOLN WILLIAMS Senior Administrative/Professional MCDONALD Consortium for Social Staff Representative, Development and Research Saint Lucia DEPUTY CAMPUS PRINCIPAL MR TOMMY CHEN MR bARRY CASIMIR PROFESSOR VIVIENNE RObERTS Chief Information Officer Administrative, Technical & Support Staff Representative, CAMPUS REGISTRAR MRS KAREN LEqUAY Jamaica MRS KAREN FORD-WARNER Campus Librarian ALUMNI REPRESENTATIVE CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER REPRESENTATIVES OF MS NICOLE ALLEYNE MS SHERYL WHITEHALL ACADEMIC BOARDS Alumni Representative from 88 MR RObERT GEOFROY barbados Chapter REPRESENTATIVES OF THE Open Campus, Non-Professorial GOVERNMENTS Academic board Representative BY INVITATION: HON. ANTHONY bOATSWAIN Cayman Islands Grenada HON. RONALD JONES DR TENNYSON JOSEPH Minister of Science, Technology HON. RONALD JONES Cave Hill Academic board and Innovation barbados Representative barbados M C barbadosR LAUDE HOGAN MR RYAN bYER Montserrat PROFESSOR STAFFORD GRIFFITH Officer in-Charge Mona Academic board The Pine MISS JULIANA ALFRED Open Campus barbados Saint Lucia Representative Jamaica MR C. WILLIAM ITON APPOINTED BY THE CHANCELLOR M E S University RegistrarR RROLL IMMS PROFESSOR SIR HOWARD FERGUS St Augustine Academic board PROFESSOR ANDREW DOWNES Montserrat Representative Pro Vice-Chancellor, Planning & Trinidad & Tobago DR DIDACUS JULES Development Registrar & CEO, CXC, barbados MR ARCHIbALD CAMPbELL REPRESENTATIVES OF TERTIARY MR RObERT MATHAVIOUS University bursarLEVEL INSTITUTIONS CEO, bVI Financial Services DR ANGELA SAMUELS-HARRIS Commission Association of Caribbean Tertiary DR LENNOX HONYCHURCH Institutions (ACTI) Director, Island Heritage MR PERRY GEORGE Initiatives, Dominica Association of Caribbean Tertiary MR ANDY DELMAR Institutions (ACTI) Director, CIbC, barbados UWI OPEN CAMPUS ANNUALREPORT 2013 /2014 A C AMPUS F O R T H E T I M E S . . . A C AMPUS F O R T H E F U T UR E UWI Open Campus Management 2013/2014 Professor E. Nigel Harris Professor Hazel Simmons- Professor Vivienne Roberts Mrs Karen Ford-Warner Vice-Chancellor McDonald Deputy Principal Campus Registrar Principal & Pro Vice-Chancellor 89 Ms Sheryl Whitehall Dr Francis Severin Professor Gary Hepburn Mr Tommy Chen Chief Financial Officer Director, Open Campus Director, Academic Chief Information Officer Country Sites Programming & Delivery Mr Lincoln Williams Ms Karen Lequay Mr Eric Baron Director, Consortium for Social Campus Librarian Director, Human Resources Development & Research UWI OPEN CAMPUS ANNUALREPORT 2013 /2014 Heads of UWI Open Campus A C AMPUS F O R T H E T I M E S . . . A C AMPUS F O R T H E F U T UR E Country Sites & Departments ACADEMIC PROGRAMMING AND DELIVERY OFFICE OF THE DEPUTY PRINCIPAL DR EMILY DICK-FORDE MS PAMELA DOTTIN Head, Programme Planning Department quality Assurance Officer, ObUS DR DENISE GASPARD-RICHARDS DR JANETHA LONG Head, Course Development Department Programme Officer, PLA DR YASMEEN YUSUF-KHALIL MRS SUZETTE WOLFE WILSON Head, Programme Delivery Department Marketing and Communications Manager CONSORTIUM FOR SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT AND RESEARCH OPEN CAMPUS COUNTRY SITES PROFESSOR JULIE MEEKS GARDNER MR IAN BENN Head, CCDC Head, Antigua and barbuda MR DANNY ROBERTS MRS JANE BENNETT Head, HLSTUEI Head, belize DR JUDITH SOARES MRS JOAN BOBB-DANN Head, WAND Head, Trinidad & Tobago MR LINCOLN WILLIAMS MS GRACELYN CASSELL Head, SWTC Head, Montserrat MS VILMA CLARKE COMPUTER AND TECHNOLOGY SERVICES Head, Montego bay, Jamaica MR VINCENT CHIN MRS DEBORAH DALRYMPLE Software Architect, CATS Head, St Vincent and the Grenadines MR REEVE RAMHARRY MR ROBERT GEOFROY Systems Engineer Head, Cayman Islands with Oversight for Turks and Caicos 90 MR HOWARD SMITH MRS GILLIAN GLEAN-WALKER Systems Engineer Head, Jamaica Eastern MR DERRICK THOMPSON MRS CLAUDIA HALLEY Country Site Telecommunications Manager Officer-in-Charge, Grenada MRS CARLA JOHNSON-BROWN LIBRARY Officer-in-Charge, british Virgin Islands MS JO-ANN GRANGER Senior Librarian MR RYAN BYER Officer-in-Charge, The Pine, barbados OFFICE OF FINANCE DR JEROME MILLER-VAZ MS JEANETTE STODDARD-ALLEN Head, Jamaica Western Treasury Officer MRS SUSAN SARAH OWEN MS ANN MARIE MORRISON Head, St Kitts and Nevis, Oversight, Anguilla Financial Officer, Jamaica DR BARBARA RODGERS-NEWBOLD MRS DEBORAH TROTMAN Head, The bahamas budgets & Project Manager MRS VERONICA SIMON Head, Saint Lucia OFFICE OF THE PRINCIPAL MR FELIX WILSON DR GLENFORD HOWE Officer-in-Charge, Dominica Senior Research Officer MR GREGORY JENNINGS MR MICHAEL THOMAS Manager, IT Academy Research Officer DR BENITA THOMPSON REGISTRY Research Officer MS SOUZANNE FANOVICH DR JOEL WARRICAN AR, Secretariat Planning and Development Officer MRS GILLIAN HOLDER M M A SAR, Assessment, Awards & RecordsS ELISSA LLEYNE Planning Officer MS DANIELLA HICKLING AR, Student Support MRS MARLENE SAUNDERS-SOBERS UWI OPEN CAMPUS ANNUALREPORT 2013 /2014 AR, Recruitment, Admissions & Registration A C AMPUS F O R T H E T I M E S . . . A C AMPUS F O R T H E F U T UR E APPENDICES 91 Ω Graduation & Enrolment Statistics 2013/2014 Ω Staff Matters Publications Staff Activities UWI OPEN CAMPUS ANNUALREPORT 2013 /2014 A C AMPUS F O R T H E T I M E S . . . A C AMPUS F O R T H E F U T UR E APPENDIX 1: Graduation & Enrolment Statistics 2013/2014 100 – 14% 601 – 86% 92 Male Female Figure 1: graduates by gender, 2013/2014 table 1: graduates by level of Award, 2013/2014 Award Class Female Male Total No. of Graduates Percentage first Class honours 71 8 79 11.3 second Class honours (Upper division) 141 18 159 22.7 second Class honours (lower division) 161 33 194 27.7 pass 158 34 192 27.4 Credit (asc. & diploma) 24 3 27 3.8 honours (diploma) 1 1 2 0.3 distinction (asc., grad diploma; med) 44 3 47 6.7 aegrotat 1 0 1 0.1 total 601 100 701 100.0 UWI OPEN CAMPUS ANNUALREPORT 2013 /2014 A C AMPUS F O R T H E T I M E S . . . A C AMPUS F O R T H E F U T UR E table 2: history of graduates by Award Class (bachelor’s degrees only) 2008–2013 Award Type 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 first Class honours 13 61 35 66 83 79 second Class honours (Upper) 39 259 130 170 187 159 second Class honours (lower) 34 430 217 266 234 194 pass 42 107 90 131 165 192 total 128 857 472 633 669 624 table 3: graduates by Country and gender 2013/2014 Number of Graduates UWI-12 +2 Female Male Total anguilla 7 3 10 antigua 23 1 24 bahamas 13 1 14 belize 12 4 16 93 bermuda 0 0 0 british virgin Islands 1 0 1 Cayman Islands 5 0 5 dominica 30 5 35 grenada 35 9 44 montserrat 4 0 4 st Kitts & nevis 17 5 22 saint lucia 82 14 96 st vincent and the grenadines 25 2 27 Turks and Caicos 1 0 1 total 255 44 299 barbados 11 3 14 Jamaica 143 29 172 Trinidad and Tobago 192 24 216 total 346 56 402 grand total 601 100 701 UWI OPEN CAMPUS ANNUALREPORT 2013 /2014 A C AMPUS F O R T H E T I M E S . . . A C AMPUS F O R T H E F U T UR E Figure 2: history of graduates by gender 2008–2009/2013–2014 94 table 4: level of degrees for graduates of 2013/2014 Second Second Degree First Class Class Class Honours Honours Pass Credit Honours Distinc- Aegrotat Total Awarded Honours Upper Lower tion Division Division associate of science 0 0 3 14 21 0 3 0 41 bachelor of education 47 90 79 20 0 0 0 1 237 bachelor of science 32 69 112 54 0 0 0 0 267 Certificate 0 0 0 23 0 0 0 0 23 diploma 0 0 0 21 6 2 0 0 29 graduate diploma 0 0 0 13 0 0 15 0 28 master of education 0 0 0 47 0 0 29 0 76 total 79 159 194 192 27 2 47 1 701 UWI OPEN CAMPUS ANNUALREPORT 2013 /2014 A C AMPUS F O R T H E T I M E S . . . A C AMPUS F O R T H E F U T UR E Figure 3: history of graduates by Age group and gender 2013/2014 table 5: enrolment by Programme type and gender 2013/2014 95 Programmes Female Male Total asc in administrative professional Office management 70 1 71 asc in business management 161 35 196 asc in paralegal studies 150 36 186 asc in social Work 208 23 231 bed early Childhood development and family studies 513 5 518 bed educational administration 3 0 3 bed educational leadership and management (major) 98 22 120 bed educational leadership and management (special) 48 8 56 bed literacy studies 4 1 5 bed literacy studies model a 226 13 239 bed literacy studies model b 33 3 36 bed primary education language arts 33 5 38 bed secondary Computer science education (a) 2 1 3 bed secondary Computer science education (b) 1 0 1 bed secondary english/literature education (a) 63 7 70 Table 5 continues on next page UWI OPEN CAMPUS ANNUALREPORT 2013 /2014 A C AMPUS F O R T H E T I M E S . . . A C AMPUS F O R T H E F U T UR E table 5: enrolment by Programme type and gender 2013/2014 Programmes Female Male Total bed secondary english/literature education (b) 52 0 52 bed secondary history education (a) 2 2 bed secondary history education (b) 1 0 1 bed secondary mathematics education (a) 81 34 115 bed secondary mathematics education (b) 47 22 69 bed secondary spanish education (a) 1 0 1 bed secondary spanish education (b) 2 0 2 bed e Teaching of primary school mathematics and science 1 0 1 bsc accounting 546 92 638 bsc agribusiness management 1 1 2 bsc management studies (major) 234 45 279 bsc nursing – post rn 7 0 7 bsc youth development Work 111 22 133 Certificate in Climate Change 14 5 19 Certificate in Criminology 20 12 32 96 Certificate in early Childhood development and family studies 20 0 20 Certificate in entrepreneurship 1 1 2 Certificate in entrepreneurship (Original) 1 0 1 Certificate in human resource management 38 4 42 Certificate in social Work 3 0 3 Certificate in Tourism and hospitality management in the Caribbean 12 3 15 Cross Campus 221 49 270 diploma in business administration 30 8 38 diploma in early Childhood development and family studies 21 0 21 diploma in health and family life education Instruction 33 2 35 diploma in management accounting 2 2 4 diploma in public sector administration 36 14 50 diploma in social services 41 5 46 diploma in social Work 17 0 17 diploma in youth development Work 6 0 6 specially admitted 95 24 119 grand total 5341 962 6303 UWI OPEN CAMPUS ANNUALREPORT 2013 /2014 A C AMPUS F O R T H E T I M E S . . . A C AMPUS F O R T H E F U T UR E table 6: enrolment in Online Open Campus undergraduate programmes by Country of residence and gender 2013/2014 (inclusive of non-Caribbean countries) Country of Residence Female Male Total afghanistan 8 1 9 anguilla 74 10 84 antigua 167 18 185 bahamas 84 17 101 barbados 153 29 182 belize 130 41 171 bermuda 1 0 1 british virgin Islands 50 12 62 Canada 1 0 1 Cayman Islands 50 15 65 dominica 306 40 346 grenada 292 58 350 97 guyana 5 0 5 Jamaica 1103 219 1323 montserrat 47 6 53 netherlands antilles 1 1 2 s. georgia and s. sandwich Islands 6 0 6 st Kitts & nevis 180 26 206 saint lucia 537 99 636 st martin/st maarten 11 1 12 st vincent and the grenadines 288 57 345 Trinidad & Tobago 1680 271 1951 Turks and Caicos 6 1 7 United Kingdom 1 0 1 United states 3 1 4 not Identified 156 39 195 grand total 5341 962 6303 UWI OPEN CAMPUS ANNUALREPORT 2013 /2014 A C AMPUS F O R T H E T I M E S . . . A C AMPUS F O R T H E F U T UR E table 7: enrolment in Online Open Campus undergraduate programmes by Country of residence and gender 2013/2014 UWI-12 +2 Female Male Total anguilla 74 10 84 antigua 167 18 185 bahamas 84 17 101 barbados 153 29 182 belize 130 41 171 bermuda 1 0 1 british virgin Islands 50 12 62 Canada 1 0 1 Cayman Islands 50 15 65 dominica 306 40 346 grenada 292 58 350 guyana 5 0 5 Jamaica 1103 219 1323 montserrat 47 6 53 netherlands antilles 1 1 2 98 s. georgia and s. sandwich Islands 6 0 6 st Kitts & nevis 180 26 206 saint lucia 537 99 636 st martin/st maarten 11 1 12 st vincent and the grenadines 288 57 345 Trinidad & Tobago 1680 271 1951 Turks and Caicos 6 1 7 total 2212 400 2612 barbados 153 29 182 Jamaica 1104 219 1323 Trinidad and Tobago 1680 271 1951 total 2937 519 3456 grand total 5149 919 6068 UWI OPEN CAMPUS ANNUALREPORT 2013 /2014 A C AMPUS F O R T H E T I M E S . . . A C AMPUS F O R T H E F U T UR E table 8: enrolment in Online Open Campus graduate programmes by Country of residence and gender 2013/2014 Country of Residence Female Male Grand Total afghanistan 4 0 4 anguilla 2 0 2 antigua 2 0 2 bahamas 31 5 36 barbados 10 3 13 belize 5 3 8 british virgin Islands 1 0 1 Cayman Islands 5 2 7 dominica 6 2 8 grenada 3 1 4 guyana 2 0 2 Jamaica 101 15 115 Japan 1 0 1 99 st Kitts & nevis 2 0 2 saint lucia 18 4 22 st martin/st maarten 1 0 1 st vincent and the grenadines 5 1 6 Trinidad & Tobago 97 14 110 Turks and Caicos 2 0 2 United Kingdom 0 1 1 not Identified 30 2 32 grand total 328 53 381 UWI OPEN CAMPUS ANNUALREPORT 2013 /2014 A C AMPUS F O R T H E T I M E S . . . A C AMPUS F O R T H E F U T UR E table 9: graduate enrolment by Programmes, Country and gender 2013/2014 UWI-12+2 Female Male Grand Total anguilla 4 0 4 antigua 2 0 2 bahamas 31 5 36 belize 5 3 8 bermuda 0 0 0 british virgin Islands 1 0 1 Cayman Islands 5 2 7 dominica 8 3 11 grenada 3 1 4 montserrat 0 0 0 100 st Kitts & nevis 2 0 2 saint lucia 28 4 32 st vincent and the grenadines 9 2 11 Turks and Caicos 2 0 2 total 100 20 120 barbados 12 3 15 Jamaica 111 15 126 Trinidad & Tobago 103 15 118 total 226 33 259 grand total 326 53 379 UWI OPEN CAMPUS ANNUALREPORT 2013 /2014 A C AMPUS F O R T H E T I M E S . . . A C AMPUS F O R T H E F U T UR E table 10: undergraduate enrolment by age bands and gender 2013/2014 Undergraduate Programmes Females Males Total Associate of Science 589 95 684 24 and under 96 22 118 25–34 245 37 282 35–44 150 24 174 45–54 82 11 93 55 and over 16 1 17 bachelor of Education 1209 123 1332 24 and under 108 9 117 25–34 590 55 645 35–44 368 43 411 45–54 128 16 144 55 and over 15 15 bachelor of Science 2932 615 3547 24 and under 500 102 602 25–34 1397 283 1680 35–44 736 154 890 45–54 271 64 335 55 and over 28 12 40 Certificate 95 20 115 101 24 and under 17 4 21 25–34 46 7 53 35–44 20 5 25 45–54 12 3 15 55 and over 1 1 Continuing Education 14 5 19 24 and under 2 2 25–34 4 1 5 35–44 5 2 7 45–54 3 2 5 Diploma 186 31 217 24 and under 25 5 30 25–34 76 11 87 35–44 61 13 74 45–54 23 2 25 55 and over 1 1 not Applicable 316 73 389 24 and under 81 30 111 25–34 137 29 166 35–44 72 9 81 45–54 22 3 25 55 and over 4 2 6 grand total 5341 962 6303 UWI OPEN CAMPUS ANNUALREPORT 2013 /2014 A C AMPUS F O R T H E T I M E S . . . A C AMPUS F O R T H E F U T UR E table 11: graduate age bands by gender 2013/2014 Age Bands and Graduate Programmes Females Males Total 24 and Under 5 0 5 graduate diploma 1 0 1 master of arts 2 0 2 master of education 2 0 2 25–34 graduate diploma 17 3 20 master of arts 24 5 29 master of education 76 9 85 35–44 graduate diploma 23 6 29 master of arts 21 2 23 master of education 98 17 115 102 not applicable 2 0 2 45–54 graduate diploma 6 2 8 master of arts 12 2 14 master of education 33 5 38 55 and under graduate diploma 1 0 1 master of arts 2 0 2 master of education 8 2 10 grand total 328 53 381 UWI OPEN CAMPUS ANNUALREPORT 2013 /2014 A C AMPUS F O R T H E T I M E S . . . A C AMPUS F O R T H E F U T UR E table 12: enrolment by Programme type, Programme Major and gender 2013/2014 Programme Type Major Female Male Total Associate of Science admin professional Office 70 1 71 business management 161 35 196 paralegal studies 150 36 186 social Work 208 23 231 Associate of Science total 589 95 684 bachelor of education Comp sci education secondary 3 1 4 education 513 5 518 education – leadership 48 8 56 educational administration 3 3 educational leadership 98 22 120 english/lit education secondary 115 7 122 history education secondary 1 2 3 literacy studies 263 17 280 maths education secondary 128 56 184 primary education 34 5 39 spanish education secondary 3 3 bachelor of Education total 1209 123 1332 bachelorof science accounting 546 92 638 agribusiness management 1 1 2 banking & finance 55 17 72 banking & finance (special) 159 41 200 management studies 1904 425 2329 nursing - post rn 7 7 social sciences 111 22 133 social Work 149 17 166 bachelor of Science total 2932 615 3547 103 Certificate Criminology 20 12 32 early Childhood Care & develop 20 20 entrepreneurship 2 1 3 human resource management 38 4 42 social Work 3 3 Tourism & hospitality mgmt 12 3 15 Certificate total 95 20 115 Continuing education Climate Change 14 5 19 Continuing Education total 14 5 19 diploma business administration 30 8 38 development studies 6 6 early Childhood Care education 21 21 health ed/health promotion 33 2 35 management studies 2 2 4 public administration 36 14 50 social services 41 5 46 social Work 17 17 Diploma total 186 31 217 graduate diploma adult education 8 3 11 Instructional design 39 8 47 literacy studies 1 1 graduate Diploma total 48 11 59 master of arts linguistics 61 9 70 Master of Arts total 61 9 70 master of education adult education 87 28 115 literacy studies 130 5 135 Master of Education total 217 33 250 not applicable not applicable 221 49 270 specially admitted 97 24 121 not Applicable total 318 73 391 grand total 5669 1015 6684 UWI OPEN CAMPUS ANNUALREPORT 2013 /2014 A C AMPUS F O R T H E T I M E S . . . A C AMPUS F O R T H E F U T UR E table 13: enrolment in Cpe/face-to-face Courses at the Open Campus Country sites 2013/2014 UWI-12 Countries Male Female Total anguilla – – – antigua and barbuda 14 35 49 bahamas 67 163 230 belize 211 758 969 british virgin islands 28 85 113 Cayman Islands 33 31 64 dominica 57 253 310 grenada 62 186 248 montserrat 23 69 92 104 st Kitts & nevis 57 120 177 saint lucia 43 113 156 st vincent and the grenadines 89 356 445 Total UWI-12 Countries 684 2,169 2853 IT academy 148 203 351 barbados 218 656 874 Jamaica eastern 1,194 2,637 3,831 Jamaica Western 188 554 742 montego bay 84 208 292 Trinidad & Tobago 3488 4845 8333 total residential Campus Countries 5,320 9,103 14,423 grand total 6,004 11,272 17,276 UWI OPEN CAMPUS ANNUALREPORT 2013 /2014 A C AMPUS F O R T H E T I M E S . . . A C AMPUS F O R T H E F U T UR E APPENDIX 2: STAFF MATTERS Resignations Promotions Mr gArvin JAMES MS DAiSY St roSE Treasury manager, October 1, 2013 from library assistant to librarian Office of finance, Trinidad & Tobago OCCs, saint lucia ProFESSor gArY hEPburn effective august 1, 2013 director apad, June 30, 2014 MS MEliSSA AllEYnE apad, Trinidad & Tobago from research assistant to planning Officer, MrS PAulEttE bEll-KErr Office of the principal, barbados Curriculum development specialist, effective august 1, 2013 July 31, 2014 MrS CArolYn thoMAS apad, Jamaica from research assistant to Junior research fellow 105 sWTC, Jamaica Non-Renewal of Contract effective february 8, 2014 D C J , head of site, MrS MArlEnE FrAnCiSr urtiS ACobS grenada, July 31, 2014 promoted to administrative Officer OCCs grenada effective december 1, 2013 MS ShAnnA DAniEl Retirements promoted to administrative assistant effective January 1, 2014 MrS buForD thoMAS Clerical assistant, september 3, 2013 MS SiguthAni JoSEPh OCCs, st vincent and the grenadines promoted to administrative secretary effective January 1, 2014 MrS gilliAn glEAn-WAlKEr head Jamaica eastern region, July 31, 2014 Temporary Appointments (1 year or more) OCCs, Jamaica MS JoAn CuFFiE, Tutor/Coordinator (ag.) MS rhonA burgESS Wand, barbados programme Officer, July 31, 2014 august 1, 2013 to July 31, 2014 OCCs, Jamaica MrS CECEliA bAtSon-rolloCK Mr vinCEnt Chin from stenographer Clerk I to research Officer soware architect, July 31, 2014 Wand, barbados CaTs, Trinidad & Tobago august 1, 2013 to July 31, 2014 Mr robErt gEoFroY MrS ChErYl MCDonAlD-SlolEY head of site, Cayman Islands, July 31, 2014 deputy director (Commercial Operations) OCCs, Cayman Islands august 1, 2013 to July 31, 2016 UWI OPEN CAMPUS ANNUALREPORT 2013 /2014 A C AMPUS F O R T H E T I M E S . . . A C AMPUS F O R T H E F U T UR E MS roMAnA YEArWooD MS viviEnnE hArDing audit manager I programme Coordinator audit management division, barbados apad, Jamaica October 1, 2013 to september 30, 2014 effective January 1, 2014 Dr iAn AuStin MrS ArlEnE AllEYnE-rEgiS deputy director, Continuing and librarian II professional education lIs, Trinidad & Tobago OCCs barbados effective april 1, 2014 november 1, 2013 to July 31, 2016 MrS AvAnEllE JoSEPh-EDWArDS MS JunE CAStEllo Curriculum development specialist Curriculum development specialist Course dev. dept, apad, Trinidad & Tobago apad, Jamaica effective July 1, 2014 may 1, 2014 to april 30, 2015 Mr gArvin JAMES DFATD-SDEC Project finance Officer (Civil Works) MrS MitrA Knight Trinidad & Tobago project director (sdeC project) June 1, 2014 to may 31, 2016 barbados, June 24, 2013 Mr AlAn robinSon Reassignments/Transfers project manager general (sdeC project) MrS JEnniFEr WhitE ClArK barbados, march 1, 2014 106 from Office of the director OCCs to human Mr bErnArD thoMAS resource department as a human resource Officer project finance Officer (sdeC project) effective april 7, 2014 barbados, march 1, 2014 MS ShirlEY CAMPbEll New Appointments gender equality advisor (sdeC project) Dr JoEl WArriCAn barbados, June 1, 2014 planning and development Officer, MS trACEY EDWArDS Office of the principal, barbados project manager (sdeC project) effective august, 2013 barbados, July 1, 2014 MrS JAnEt StoDDArt-AllEn Treasury manager Awards, Honours and Distinctions Office of finance, Jamaica effective October 1, 2013 Dr ShArMAYnE SAunDErS belize Woman of the year award, march 2014 MrS AngElA MillS, SitE CoorDinAtor alumni of the year award – murray state University, OCCs, Trinidad & Tobago murray, Kentucky, Usa effective september 1, 2013 MS lAurEn MArSh MrS AvE MAnn CroSS nominated for the governor’s general Outstanding programme Coordinator award for youth, June 2014 apad, Trinidad & Tobago appointed Justice of the peace, st andrew, effective december 1, 2013 July 2014 Dr lorA WooDAll Curriculum development specialist apad, barbados effective december 1, 2013 UWI OPEN CAMPUS ANNUALREPORT 2013 /2014 A C AMPUS F O R T H E T I M E S . . . 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A C AMPUS F O R T H E F U T UR E ACRONYMNS apad – academic programming and delivery bel – belize electricity limited bgsr – board of graduate studies and research bpWC – business and professional Women’s Club bUs – board of Undergraduate studies bvlf – bernard van leer foundation CamdU – Curriculum and materials development Unit Cap – Career advancement programme CarICOm – Community and Common market Carpha – Caribbean public health agency CaTs – Computer and Technical services department CbTf – Competency-based Training fund 114 CCdC – Caribbean Child development Centre CeU – Continuing education Units dfId – department for International development CC – Course Coordinator Cda – Course delivery assistant Cdd – Course development department CeTl – Centre for excellence in Teaching and learning CIda – Canadian International development agency Cpe – Continuing and professional education Csdr – Consortium for social development and research Cvqs – Caribbean vocational qualifications CxC-CseC – Caribbean examinations Council–Caribbean secondary education Certificate dfaTd – department of foreign affairs, Trade and development dfaTd-sdeC – department of foreign affairs, Trade and development/strengthening distance education in the Caribbean project epOC – economic programme Oversight Committee fes – frederich ebert stiung haCCp – hazard analysis and Critical Control points hlsTUeI – hugh lawson shearer Trade Union education Institute UWI OPEN CAMPUS ANNUALREPORT 2013 /2014 A C AMPUS F O R T H E T I M E S . . . A C AMPUS F O R T H E F U T UR E Ibb – Interest based bargaining ICT – Information and Communication Technology Idb – Inter-american development bank IdC – Instructional development Coordinator IdC – Instructional development Coordinator Ils – Introduction to labour studies JIs – Jamaica Information service le – learning exchange lss – learning support specialist mlss – ministry of labour and social security mOU – memorandum of Understanding msbm – mona school of business and management neb – national employment bureau nbd – national bank of dominica nCb – national Commercial bank ngO – non-government Organisation nTa – national Training agency nys – national youth service 115 OCCs – Open Campus Country sites OeCs – Organization of eastern Caribbean states OlC – Open learning Centre phpp – pre-health professional programme pahO – pan american health Organisation pdd – programme delivery department pIOJ – planning Institute of Jamaica pm – programme manager pnp – people’s national party qaU – quality assurance Unit qms – quality management system sar – self assessment report sme’s – subject matter experts svUs – single virtual University space sWTC – social Welfare Training Centre TaC _ Technical advisory Committee TTff – Trinidad and Tobago film festival TveT – Technical and vocational education and Training TvJ – Television Jamaica UWI OPEN CAMPUS ANNUALREPORT 2013 /2014 A C AMPUS F O R T H E T I M E S . . . A C AMPUS F O R T H E F U T UR E UCf – University of Central florida UnICef – United nations UsaId – United states agency for International development UTasa – UTech academic staff association UTech – University of Technology, Jamaica UWI-CharT – University of the West Indies-Caribbean hIv/aIds regional Training network UWI sTaT – e University of the West Indies students Today, alumni Tomorrow UWIaa – University of the West Indies alumni association vTdI – vocational Training development Institute Wand – Women and development Unit WhO – World health Organisation WIgUT – West Indies group of University Teachers 116 © 2015 UWI Open Campus, The University of the West Indies published 2015. all rights reserved. design by robert harris • printed by pear Tree press, Jamaica This report is also available on the Campus’s website at www.open.uwi.edu Online . . . On site . . . On demand www.open.uwi.edu