University’s open college provides lectures online

THE University of Papua New Guinea Open College will shift from learning using printed materials to a technology-enabled one, says executive director Professor Devabaktina Harinarayana.
“We won’t send lecturers (anymore) to other centres,” he said.
“Students will access lectures from this medium.”
The college opened the multimedia studio at its Waigani campus headquarters.
Acting Vice-Chancellor Vincent Malaibe said the studio would enable the university to deliver lectures to other centres online.
“It will enable the university to record the lectures here and then send them to students,” Malaibe said.
He said the studio would provide lecturers the chance to improve their lectures. It will also enable interactive live streaming of mentoring and tutorial session via live conferencing systems.
Acting Pro Vice-Chancellor professor Mange Matui said the project would cater for students who failed to make it through Year 12.
“Open college will be the way of the future.
The bulk of our population are living in the rural areas. This year alone, according to the statistics from the Office of Higher Education, there are about 28,500 students who will be coming out of secondary high schools.
The number of students absorbed into tertiary institutions and colleges is 5000 to 7000 and the majority are left out,” he said.