innovating our way to a utopian he future
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The presentation considers challenges facing Higher Education today, and presents some of the technology-linked innovations which are moving the field forward for a new generation. A special emphasis on the phenomenon of unbundled education is included. Presented at AQUATNET Annual Conference in Istanbul, March 2013TRANSCRIPT
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Innovating our Way to a Utopian HE Future
An overview of changes brought about by technology and innovation in HE
Anthony F. Camilleri AQUA-T Net Annual Conference 2013Istanbul, Turkey March 2013
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Are there grounds for innovation?
will education be the next industry disrupted by technology after entertainment, electronics, publishing, etc....
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Innovating...
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Visions of HE
mass education powers a world-leading service industry
(agenda for growth and jobs, ET2020)
student population reflects the diversity of our societies
(London Communique)
contribute to sustainable development, peace, wellbeing and
the realization of human rights(UNESCO World Conference on HE)
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Vision of a Better future
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The facts• Growth and Jobs are both declining –
not increasing• UN Millenium Development Goals are
missed• We‘re a long way from EU
‚knowledge economy‘ targets:– 75% of the 20-64 year-olds to be
employed– 3% of the EU's GDP to be invested in
R&D– at least 40% of 30-34–year-olds
completing third level education
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The facts
The EQUNET 2011 report found that access across the EHEA is inequitable.
Countries so wide divergences on:- gender balance- net entry rates- entry via alternative routes- participation based on
occupational / educational background
- income gap of students- Ratios of foreign students
Lower socioeconomic backgrounds are:- less likely to attend Higher
Education- likely to choose different courses of
study- more likely to work during studies- far less likely to have a mobility
experience
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A realistic solution?
„we commit to securing the highest .
level of public funding for higher education „
possible
Bucharest Ministerial Declaration
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Failure of CurrentApproach
Vision of a Better future
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The Consequences of a failure of HE
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Failure to Include Students• Net private loss: $150,000• Net public loss: $100,000
per student not attending HE
A solution to anaemic growth?
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PARIS 2005
London 2011
Barcelona 2012
Failure to train for the Labour
Market
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Overall Result
The ‚knowledge-society‘is understaffed
a generation is lostto unemployment, inefficency &
lack of student focus by HE
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Failure of CurrentApproach
Vision of a Better future
Incentive tochange
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Failure of CurrentApproach
Vision of a Better future
Incentive tochange
Tools areavailable
A formula for:
DISRUPTIVE INNOVATION
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Tools for Disruptive Innovation
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innovation - the OU model
result:
• Currently 260000+ students• 70% are able to work during studies, 5%
are disabled
access
Remove Entry Requirements
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innovation – open textbooks
• Average spent by US student on textbooks per year $981
• Approx cost to produce textbook: $120000 - $150000 (estimates flat-world knowledge)
• SB 1052 / 1053 (California) will create open source textbooks, free or $20 hardcopy
• Estimated savings (overall): up to $ 1 billion
Create licence-free textbooks
participation
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innovation – OERu
• 15 anchor universities, supported by UNESCO and CoL
• First pilots are underway right now
Credentialise Open Learning
completion
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innovation - MOOCs
• Piloted by Stanford ‚Intro to AI‘ – 100000+ students
• MITx – limited certification for MOOC including virtual lab-work
• EDx – MIT + Harvard $60 million investment
automate reproducable teaching
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social entrepreneurship: education
• 55000 social enterprises in the UK – generating 27 billion GBP per year (2005)
• 15% of the market is in education• approx. equivalent to total yearly
spend on HE of Austria
'a social enterprise is a business with primarily social objectives whose surpluses are principally reinvested for that purpose in the business or in the community, rather than being driven by the need to maximise profit for shareholders and owners' (UK DTI, 2002).
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Innovation
through
Unbundling
www.efquel.orgHow many specialists did it take to build?
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Within Higher Education
Curriculum Design
Teaching
Assessment
historical relic of exclusive education
done by the professor
done by the professor
done by the professor
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unbundling: a vision flexibility
Credit: OERTestwww.oer-europe.net
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Learner is at.....
• Traditionally part of a programmeNow.....• Enrolled in only an online course /
module• Work, profession etc• Not enrolled at all (OCW / non-formal
learning)
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Studies OER Module at...
• Traditionally, at own institutionNow:• allied institution, e.g. Erasmus• Third-party institution, e.g. Summer
schools• No institution at all – e.g. Non-
formal / informal learning
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Requests assessment at
• Traditionally, at own institutionNow:• Assessment from guest institution• Assessment from private assessment
provider• Assessment of competencesAlso:• Peer assessment
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Uses credit at
• Traditionally, at own institutionNow:• Anywhere that TRUSTS the
institutions which participated in the previous steps• Quality frameworks• Certification frameworks• Mutial recognition agreements• etc
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What else can we do?
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Open Education means
Increased accessIncreased participationIncreased completion
at lower costand Higher Quality
by putting learners back in control of their own learning
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Educators can take the lead
must
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Recipe for a Utopian HE Future
Admit Failurethe status quo isn‘t working
Reward Ideaswherever they come from
science / stakeholders
Release Nowstop waiting for data
Iteratefind out what works through experience
Innovate
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