1. Professor Mark Brown
EMPOWER Webinar
31st August 2017
Leading in Changing Times:
Case Studies in Strategy and Policy Development

2. What type of animal best describes you as a leader?
Share your answer in the chat window

3. @mbrownz

9. Special Expo 70 Edition

11. To whom were these questions
addressed B.G.?

12. To whom were these questions
addressed B.G.?
…before Google

14. • Why leadership?
• What type of leadership?
• Cases of leadership in action
Three sections….

17. http://www.epigeum.com

19. What type of animal best describes you as a leader?
Share your answer in the chat window

20. 1. Why leadership?

21. …the old ‘pump, pump, dump’
model of instruction still dominates practice
The uncomfortable reality is…

25. In 1976…
89% market share

27. The Language
of Disruptive
Innovation

28. • Where are we going?
• Where should we go and why?
• How can we get there?
Scenario 1 - Open Networking
Scenario 2 - Serving Local communities
Scenario 3 - New Public Responsibilities
Scenario 4 - Higher Education Inc

29. What are some of
the major change forces?
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30. What are some of
the major change forces?
• Globalisation
• Population mobility
• Demographic changes
• Changing nature of work
• Growing demand for higher education

31. • Openness movement
• Unbundling movement
• Influence of AI on education
• Learning analytics movement
• Micro-credentialing movement
• Others
What are some of
the major change forces
shaping the future of higher education?

32. High impact (critical) uncertainties
Growth of new global online providers
Emergence of badges and micro-credentials
Increased demand for part-time study options
Increased supply reduces cost of qualifications
Reduction of government funding to universities
Increased demand for customised study options
Increased staff demand for flexible work conditions
Emergence of strategic alliances between universities
Further development of new technological innovations

33. Disruptive Business Models
Conventional Business Models

34. Disruptive Business Models
Conventional Business Models
StandardisedCourses
CustomisedCourses

35. Disruptive Business Models
Conventional Business Models
StandardisedCourses
CustomisedCourses
Scenario 3 Scenario 4
Scenario 1 Scenario 2

36. “Digital
transformation
should be in
the service of
big ideas,
not as a big idea
in itself”
(adapted from Barnett, 2011)

37. @mbrownz

38. “A prudent question is one-half of wisdom”
Francis Bacon

39. 2. What type of leadership?

40. 2. What type of leadership?

41. What type of
institutional leader are you?
N
S
W E

42. - Vision
- Big picture
- See new opportunities

43. - Soft skills
- Relationships
- People-centric

44. - Heavy lifting
- Make it happen
- Work to deadlines

45. - See details
- Find the cracks
- Ask the questions

46. What type of
institutional leader are you?
N
S
W E

47. Alexandre Dumas
“All generalizations are
dangerous, even this one”

48. What does the literature tell us
about leadership in higher
education?

50. “Focuses on the critical
role of leadership — not
the Lone Ranger
leader who rides into
town and saves a single
s c h o o l / c o l l e g e , b u t
leaders whose very
actions change the
systems they work in.”

51. “Developing and implementing desired
change is not an event but is a complex
and subjective learning/unlearning
process for all concerned” (p.73).
Scott, G., Coates, H., & Anderson, M. (2008). Learning leaders in times of
change: Academic leadership capabilities for Australian higher education.
Australian Learning and Teaching Council, NSW.
Scott, G. (2003). Effective change management in higher education. Educause
Review, November/December, 64-80.
Listen | Link | Lead

54. Kotter’s Change Model
- 8 Steps

55. “Resilience requires
adaptation and evolution to new
environmental conditions, but retains core identity”
(Weller & Anderson, 2013, p.55).

57. “A prudent question is one-half of wisdom”
Francis Bacon

58. 3. Cases of leadership in action

59. 3. Cases of leadership in action

60. • Long History of Distance Education
• Hosted National Centre for Distance Education
• OSCAIL Early Adopter of Online Learning

66. Loop Class
(Moodle)
Loop Live
(Adobe Connect)
Loop Tube
(Video)
Loop Reflect
(Learning Portfolio)
Loop Write
(Turnitin)

69. http://dcufuse.ie

77. One final item…

80. 1. On-line Primer…

81. Mark Brown Fred de Vries Panel Members
2. On-site Workshop…

82. What is the preferred
future scenario for your institution?
• Oldish University
• Newish University
• Resource University
• Expansive University
• Alliance University
• Data University
• Outsource University

85. Making the case…

86. Professor Mark Brown
Director, National Institute for Digital Learning
www.dcu.ie/nidlmark.brown@dcu.ie
@mbrownz www.slideshare.net/mbrownz