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I announced to the Higher Education Leadership Foundation in December last year that I intended to establish a working group to examine the potential for online digital learning and how the Welsh Government can support the higher education sector in this growing field.


I am delighted that **Andrew Green**, National Librarian of Wales, has agreed to chair the working group.  


Andrew Green has been the Librarian of the National Library of Wales since1998\.  His previous career was spent in universities in Wales and England, and for many years he served on the Council of Aberystwyth University.  In 2011\-12 he was a member of the Digital Classroom Teaching Task and Finish Group that recommended the establishment of 'Hwb', the all\-Wales learning platform for schools and colleges.


Other members will be:



> **\- Dr Dafydd Trystan**



> Registrar of Coleg Cymraeg Cenedlaethol


Dr Dafydd Trystan is Registrar of the Coleg Cymraeg Cenedlaethol.  He has led on\-line learning projects in the Social Sciences on behalf of the Higher Education Academy and is actively involved with the development of Y Porth, the Coleg Cymraeg’s e\-learning portal which hosts Welsh\-medium university modules and open\-access material to enhance learning through technology. Dr Trystan also chairs a Cycle Training Social Enterprise, Cycle Training Wales; and is a board member of TooGoodToWaste and Sustrans Cymru.


 



> \- **Dr Bela Arora**



> Newport Graduate School


Dr Bela Arora is an academic and manager in higher education with experience of lecturing, research and policy development in some of the UK's top higher education institutions. She was responsible for developing one of the UK's first online Postgraduate Certificates in Developing Professional Practice in Higher Education. Bela currently oversees the postgraduate research experience at Newport Graduate School and is the Chair of the Pedagogic Research Group on Learning Spaces.


 



> \- **Professor Dylan Jones\-Evans**



> University of Wales


Professor Dylan Jones\-Evans is Director of Enterprise and Innovation Education at the University of Wales and visiting professor of entrepreneurship at Turku University in Finland. He is the founder of the Wales Fast Growth Fifty \- the annual barometer of entrepreneurship within Welsh business \- and is currently leading a major review of business finance for the Welsh Government.


 



> \- **Rob Humphreys**



> Director of the Open University in Wales


Rob Humphreys is the Director of the Open University in Wales, having held posts previously at Swansea University and as Director for Wales of the National Institute for Adult Continuing Education. He was appointed by the Minister of Education to the first and second ‘Rees Reviews’ of higher education funding of universities in Wales. Rob was later appointed to the Independent Review of Higher Education in Wales and chaired the independent review of governance in Further Education. He is currently a member of the Silk Commission on Devolution.


 


 


 



> \- **Professor Patricia Price**



> Cardiff University


Professor Patricia Price is Pro Vice\-Chancellor, Student Experience \& Academic Standards. She is responsible for the University’s programmes of study, its academic standards and the quality of the student experience. Her specific responsibilities include oversight of the development of the University’s education strategy, its implementation and monitoring; the quality of the student experience at Cardiff; oversight of the University Graduate College and the University’s widening access activities.


 



> \- **Sarah Porter**



> Head of Innovation, Jisc (formally known as Joint Information Systems Committee)


Sarah Porter is Head of Innovation at Jisc. In her current role, Sarah plans and leads the Jisc’s innovation strategy which supports the post\-compulsory education sector to embrace the potential of IT to enhance learning, teaching, research and institutional efficiency. Sarah has led the Jisc’s innovation agenda for eight years, after having directed Jisc’s e\-learning programmes for four years. Prior to joining Jisc, Sarah worked in universities, in local and national roles.


 



> \- **Jo Caulfield**



> University of Bangor; former President of Bangor University Students’ Union


Jo Caulfield is currently working in teaching and learning enhancement at Bangor University, with a focus on student voice and engagement. Her previous role was as President of Bangor Students' Union and member of NUS Wales' National Executive Committee.  Currently, Jo is working in partnership with academic departments and the students' union in developing discipline\-specific approaches to enhancing teaching and learning through collaboration with students.


 



> \- **David Jones**



> Principal and Chief Executive of Deeside College


David has played a leading role in the development of Deeside College, which has included Grade 1 inspection outcomes and successful mergers with the Welsh College of Horticulture in 2009 and Coleg Llysfasi in 2010\. He has recently been appointed at Principal/Chief Executive (Designate) of Coleg Cambria, the new college that will be formed following the merger between Deeside College and Yale College, Wrexham in August 2013\.


Welsh Universities are already engaged in a range of activities designed to maximise the benefits afforded by advances in learning technologies.  In seeking to respond to the cultural shift in the expectations of students, universities are eager to engage through the latest online teaching methods.  Globally, the advent of MOOCs (Massive Open Online Courses) represents a new internet\-based model for volume participation in higher education.


  

Such ventures are not new \- the Open University has been offering open source material for some time.  More recently, however, a series of MOOC ventures has been launched by some of the most prestigious global academic institutions such as Stanford, MiT and Harvard.  Udacity and Coursera (which includes the University of Edinburgh) are among the pioneers for a new brand of for\-profit online higher education providers.  In just one year these new ventures have attracted over $100m of private venture capital investment. Whilst the long\-term sustainability of such ventures may be open to question, the reach and quality of such disruptive innovations may have profound implications for the delivery of higher education in Wales. At the end of 2012 the Open University announced the launch of Futurelearn, with partners including Cardiff University, to produce a UK\-based platform for massive open online courses.


  

Our aim is to ensure that Wales is well placed to continue to prosper in the face of such developments.  The Working Group will be tasked with examining the potential for MOOCs and whether the Welsh higher education sector is sufficiently prepared to meet these challenges.  I intend that its remit should go wider, however, to consider also the opportunities and challenges presented by the development of open educational resources more broadly.


  

The terms of reference for the Working Group will be to advise the Welsh Government on:


* the potential competitive threat posed by global technology\-based developments to the higher education sector in Wales;
* the potential opportunities afforded by technological development for the Welsh higher education sector at a time of constrained public expenditure;
* to what extent the Welsh higher education sector is working collectively to bring economies of scale to maximise the opportunities afforded; and
* to what extent technological development may provide a platform to increase participation in part\-time and full\-time higher education, again in a period of constrained public spending.


The Group will begin its work in March.  I have asked Andrew Green to report to me by the end of September this year.


 







Translation:


 
Cyhoeddais i’r Sefydliad Arweinyddiaeth Addysg Uwch ym mis Rhagfyr y llynedd fy mod yn bwriadu sefydlu gweithgor i edrych ar y posibiliadau o ran dysgu digidol ar\-lein a sut y gall Llywodraeth Cymru gefnogi’r sector addysg uwch yn y maes hwn sy’n prysur dyfu.  
Rwy’n falch iawn bod Andrew Green, Llyfrgellydd Cenedlaethol Cymru, wedi cytuno i gadeirio’r gweithgor.    

  
Andrew Green yw Llyfrgellydd Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru ers 1998\.  Treuliodd ei yrfa flaenorol mewn prifysgolion yng Nghymru a Lloegr, ac am sawl blwyddyn gwasanaethodd ar Gyngor Prifysgol Aberystwyth.  Yn 2011\-12 roedd yn aelod o Grŵp Gorchwyl a Gorffen ar Ddulliau Addysgu Digidol yn yr Ystafell Ddosbarth, a argymhellodd sefydlu ‘Hwb’, y platfform dysgu i ysgolion a cholegau drwy Gymru gyfan.

Yr aelodau eraill fydd:


> \- Dr Dafydd Trystan


> Cofrestrydd y Coleg Cymraeg Cenedlaethol

Dr Dafydd Trystan yw Cofrestrydd y Coleg Cymraeg Cenedlaethol.  Mae wedi arwain prosiectau dysgu ar\-lein yn y Gwyddorau Cymdeithasol ar ran yr Academi Addysg Uwch ac mae’n weithgar wrth ddatblygu Y Porth, porthol e\-ddysgu y Coleg Cymraeg sy’n cynnal modiwlau prifysgol cyfrwng Cymraeg a deunydd mynediad agored i wella dysgu drwy ddefnyddio technoleg.  Mae Dr Trystan hefyd yn cadeirio Menter Gymdeithasol ar Hyfforddiant Beicio, sef Hyfforddiant Beicio Cymru; ac mae’n aelod o fwrdd TooGoodToWaste a Sustrans Cymru.

  



> \- Dr Bela Arora


> Coleg Graddedigion Casnewydd

Mae Dr Bela Arora yn academydd ac yn rheolwr ym maes addysg uwch, sydd â phrofiad o ddarlithio, gwaith ymchwil a datblygu polisïau yn rhai o sefydliadau addysg uwch gorau Prydain.  Roedd yn gyfrifol am ddatblygu un o Dystysgrifau Ôl\-raddedig ar\-lein cyntaf Prydain ym maes Datblygu Arfer Proffesiynol mewn Addysg Uwch.  Mae Bela ar hyn o bryd yn goruchwylio’r profiad ymchwil ôl\-raddedig yng Ngholeg Graddedigion Casnewydd ac mae’n Gadeirydd y Grŵp Ymchwil Addysgeg ar Ofodau Dysgu.

  



> \- Yr Athro Dylan Jones Evans


> Prifysgol Cymru

Mae yr Athro Dylan Jones\-Evans yn Gyfarwyddwr Addysg Fenter ac Arloesi ym Mhrifysgol Cymru ac yn athro entrepreneuriaeth ar ymweliad ym Mhrifysgol Turku yn y Ffindir.  Ef yw sylfaenydd Fast Growth Fifty Cymru – y baromedr entrepreneuriaeth blynyddol ar gyfer busnesau yng Nghymru – ac mae ar hyn o bryd yn arwain adolygiad mawr o gyllid busnes i Lywodraeth Cymru.  

  



> \- Rob Humphreys


> Cyfarwyddwr y Brifysgol Agored yng Nghymru

Rob Humphreys yw Cyfarwyddwr y Brifysgol Agored yng Nghymru, ac yn y gorffennol bu mewn swyddi ym Mhrifysgol Abertawe, ac yn Gyfarwyddwr Cymru Sefydliad Cenedlaethol  Addysg Oedolion ac Addysg Barhaus.  Cafodd ei benodi gan y Gweinidog Addysg i’r cyntaf a’r ail ‘Adolygiad Rees’ ar gyllido addysg uwch ym mhrifysgolion Cymru.  Yn ddiweddarach, cafodd Rob ei benodi i’r Adolygiad Annibynnol o Addysg Uwch yng Nghymru, ac roedd yn gadeirydd yr adolygiad annibynnol o lywodraethu Addysg Bellach.  Mae ar hyn o bryd yn aelod o Gomisiwn Silk ar Ddatganoli.

  



> \- Yr Athro Patricia Price


> Prifysgol Caerdydd

Mae yr Athro Patricia Price yn Ddirprwy Is\-Ganghellor, Profiad Myfyrwyr a Safonau Academaidd.  Mae’n gyfrifol am raglenni astudio y Brifysgol, ei safonau academaidd ac ansawdd profiad y myfyriwr.  Mae ei chyfrifoldebau penodol yn cynnwys goruchwylio’r broses o ddatblygu strategaeth addysg y Brifysgol, ei gweithredu a’i monitro; ansawdd profiad y myfyriwr yng Nghaerdydd; goruchwylio y Coleg Graddedigion y Brifysgol a gweithgareddau mynediad ehangach y Brifysgol.

  



> \-  Sarah Porter


> Pennaeth Arloesi y Cydbwyllgor Systemau Gwybodaeth (Jisc \- y Pwyllgor Systemau  Gwybodaeth ar y Cyd blaenorol)

Mae Sarah Porter yn Bennaeth Arloesi Jisc.  Yn ei swydd bresennol, mae Sarah yn cynllunio ac yn arwain strategaeth arloesi Jisc sy’n cynorthwyo’r sector dysgu ar ôl oed gorfodol i groesawu’r potensial o weld TG yn gwella effeithiolrwydd dysgu, addysgu, ymchwil ac effeithiolrwydd sefydliadol.  Bu Sarah yn arwain agenda arloesi Jisc am wyth mlynedd, wedi cyfarwyddo ei raglenni e\-ddysgu.  Cyn ymuno â Jisc, bu Sarah yn gweithio mewn prifysgolion, mewn swyddogaethau lleol a chenedlaethol.

  



> \- Jo Caulfield


> Prifysgol Bangor; cyn bennaeth UCM Bangor

Mae Jo Caulfield yn gweithio ym maes gwella dysgu ac addysgu ym Mhrifysgol Bangor ar hyn o bryd, gan ganolbwyntio ar lais ac ymgysylltiad y myfyriwr.  Ei swydd flaenorol oedd Llywydd Undeb Myfyrwyr Bangor ac mae’n aelod o Bwyllgor Gweithredol Cenedlaethol Undeb Cenedlaethol Myfyrwyr Cymru.  Mae Jo yn gweithio mewn partneriaeth ar hyn o bryd gydag adrannau academaidd ac undeb y myfyrwyr yn datblygu dulliau o wella dysgu ac addysgu sy’n benodol i ddisgyblaethau drwy gydweithio â myfyrwyr.


> \- David Jones


> Pennaeth a Phrif Weithredwr Coleg Glannau Dyfrdwy

Bu David yn arwain ar ddatblygu Coleg Glannau Dyfrdwy, sydd wedi cynnwys canlyniadau arolygu Gradd 1, a phroses uno lwyddiannus gyda Choleg Garddwriaeth Cymru yn 2009 a Choleg Llysfasi yn 2010\.  Cafodd ei benodi’n ddiweddar yn Bennaeth/Prif Weithredwr (Dynodi) Coleg Cambria, y coleg newydd a gaiff ei ffurfio yn dilyn uno Coleg Glannau Dyfrdwy a Choleg Iâl, Wrecsam ym mis Awst 2013\.

Mae Prifysgolion Cymru eisoes yn rhan o ystod o weithgareddau sydd wedi’u cynllunio i fanteisio i’r eithaf ar y datblygiadau mewn technolegau dysgu.  Wrth geisio ymateb i’r newid diwylliannol yn nisgwyliadau myfyrwyr, mae prifysgolion yn awyddus i gysylltu drwy’r dulliau dysgu ar\-lein diweddaraf.  Yn fyd\-eang, mae cychwyn y MOOCiau (Massive Open Online Courses) yn dangos model newydd yn seiliedig ar y rhyngrwyd ar gyfer cynnwys niferoedd mawr ym maes addysg uwch. 

   
Nid yw mentrau o’r fath yn newydd – bu’r Brifysgol Agored yn cynnig deunydd o ffynhonnell agored am gryn amser.  Yn fy diweddar fodd bynnag, cafodd cyfres o fentrau MOOC eu lansio gan rai o’r sefydliadau academaidd byd\-eang enwocaf fel Stanford, MiT a Harvard.  Mae Udacity a Coursera (sy’n cynnwys Prifysgol Caeredin) ymysg yr arloeswyr ar gyfer brand newydd o ddarparwyr addysg uwch ar\-lein sydd am greu elw.  Mewn blwyddyn yn unig mae’r mentrau newydd wedi denu dros $100 miliwn o fuddsoddiad cyfalaf mentrau preifat. Er bod rhywun yn amau cynaliadwyedd hirdymor mentrau o’r fath, mae’n bosib y bydd cyrhaeddiad ac ansawdd cynlluniau arloesol sy’n newid cymaint ar y sefyllfa yn arwain at oblygiadau mawr ym maes cyflenwi addysg uwch yng Nghymru.  Ar ddiwedd 2012 cyhoeddodd y Brifysgol Agored lansiad Futurelearn, gyda’r partneriaid yn cynnwys Prifysgol Caerdydd, i gynhyrchu platfform yn y DU ar gyfer cyrsiau ar\-lein agored enfawr.

  
Ein nod yw sicrhau bod Cymru mewn sefyllfa dda i barhau i ffynnu wrth wynebu’r fath ddatblygiadau.  Bydd gan y Gweithgor y gwaith o edrych ar y posibiliadau o ran MOOCau ac a yw sector addysg uwch Cymru wedi paratoi’n ddigonol i fodloni’r heriau hyn.   Rwy’n bwriadu i’w gylch gwaith fynd yn ehangach, fodd bynnag, i ystyried hefyd y cyfleoedd a’r heriau a ddaw o ddatblygu adnoddau addysgol agored yn ehangach.  

  
Cylch Gorchwyl y Gweithgor fydd rhoi cyngor i Lywodraeth Cymru ar:    
fygythiad cystadleuol posibl y datblygiadau technolegol byd\-eang i’r sector addysg uwch yng Nghymru;

* y cyfleoedd posib o ganlyniad i’r datblygiadau technolegol ar gyfer y sector addysg uwch yng Nghymru mewn cyfnod o gyfyngu ar wariant cyhoeddus;
* i ba raddau y mae’r sector addysg uwch yng Nghymru yn gweithio ar y cyd i ddod ag arbedion maint i fanteisio i’r eithaf ar y cyfleoedd sy’n cael eu cynnig; ac
* i ba raddau y gall datblygiadau technolegol fod yn blatfform ar gyfer mwy o gyfraniad at addysg uwch rhan\-amser a llawn\-amser, eto mewn cyfnod o gyfyngu ar wariant cyhoeddus.

Bydd y Grŵp yn dechrau ar ei waith ym mis Mawrth.  Rwyf wedi gofyn i Andrew Green adrodd yn ôl imi erbyn diwedd Medi eleni.