1. Higher Education
Trends, Open Education,
and Disruption
Andrew SID Lang, Professor of Mathematics
Oral Roberts University
November 7, 2013
2. Trends
1940: 25% of the population had completed
high school, 5% of the population had
completed a bachelor’s degree.
2012: 88% of the population had completed
high school, 31% of the population had
completed a bachelor’s degree.
http://www.census.gov/prod/2012pubs/p20-566.pdf
4. Consequences
Nowadays, if you don’t have a high school
diploma, you’re in a disadvantaged underclass
(high unemployment, low wages disproportionately native born African American
males and foreign born Hispanic males)
5. Consequences
Having an extremely high high-school
graduation rate has resulted in the dumbing
down of a high school education.
Similarly, a larger proportion of the population
going to college has resulted in the dumbing
down of a college education.
Grade inflation.
6. Consequences
As this trend continues, the level of education
will decrease and grade inflation will become
an even bigger problem.
Do you agree?
7. The Purpose of Education
What is the purpose of education? Discuss.
8. MLK, Jr.
“We must remember that intelligence is not
enough. Intelligence plus character--that is the
goal of true education...If we are not careful,
our colleges will produce a group of closeminded, unscientific, illogical propagandists,
consumed with immoral acts.”
http://mlk-kpp01.stanford.edu/index.php/encyclopedia/documentsentry/doc_470200_000/
Do you agree?
9. Disruption: Open Education
“Open education is a collective term to describe institutional
practices and programmatic initiatives that broaden access
to the learning and training traditionally offered through
formal education systems. The qualifier ‘open’ of open
education refers to the elimination of barriers that can
preclude both opportunities and recognition for participation
in institution-based learning. One aspect of openness in or
‘opening up’ education is the development and adoption of
open educational resources.” - Wikipedia
10. Open Education
Is the future of education - open education? Is open
education disruptive to higher education? Discuss.
15. Some Perspective On Delivery
Ross, Verne R. "A preliminary investigation of the effect of radio reception on
school achievement." Journal of Applied Psychology 14.5 (1930): 456.
Tyler, I. Keith. "Radio in the High School." Educational Research Bulletin
(1935): 208-212.
Wedberg, Desmond P. "Motion-picture and television instruction in US colleges
and universities, 1956–1957—Part I, motion-picture instruction." Journal of the
SMPTE 66.7 (1957): 422-428.
Earnest, Ernest. "Must the TV Technicians Take Over the Colleges?." AAUP
Bulletin 44.3 (1958): 582-588.
16. More Disruption
Ready For Prime Time - Augmented Reality:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U2jSzmvm_WA
Not Quite Ready For Prime Time - Virtual Reality:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jncMNvMJKDk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QREOi94I6Pk
Not Quite Ready For Prime Time - Holodecks:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z06WZse-AOo
The Future - Matrix Learning
http://mashable.com/2013/08/04/false-memories/