Mark Sherwin and Adrian Porter from Precedent will discuss the digital future for higher education. Universities face threats from digital disruption, including new models that provide knowledge and learning online. A digital campus could offer a single online environment for all stages of a learner's relationship with a university, from prospective students to alumni. It would provide personalized content and opportunities to engage with the university community throughout a learner's lifelong development. Universities must act now to transform digitally in order to maintain their place in the education market.
The Digital Campus: Higher Education's Online Future
1. The digital campus
The online future for higher education
Webinar – 11 February 2014
MARK SHERWIN, GLOBAL COMMERCIAL DIRECTOR
ADRIAN PORTER, HEAD OF STRATEGIC RESEARCH
2. A LITTLE ABOUT US
Mark Sherwin – Global Commercial Director
Adrian Porter – Head of Strategic Research
Mark has been involved in transforming businesses using
digital from the very early days of the web. He has
worked with over 100 clients as diverse as Southampton
University, The London Stock Exchange, MercedesBenz, MTV, The British Heart Foundation and The
Museum of London.
Adrian consolidates our thinking on contemporary digital
challenges faced by organisations, offering general and
sector specific insights and best practices in the form of
Precedent’s research reports and white papers which are
used to shape digital strategies.
Whilst he is excited by the capabilities of the web, he gets
more excited by the opportunities this affords businesses
to change the way they do business. Mark established
Precedent’s digital capability, created our strategic
consulting offer and now help organisations craft work
programmes that deliver real results.
He also conducts bespoke research for individual clients to
help them improve their digital presence.
His many clients have included Newmarket Racecourses,
Yell, Insight Investment, and a large number of universities
including Oxford Brookes, Reading, Robert Gordon,
Liverpool John Moores and Cambridge.
8. We research our sectors
New Brand
Universities
Alumni
Universities
Third
Sector
NHS
Globalisation
Financial
Services
Cross- sector
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11. The solid classical buildings of great
universities may look permanent but the
storms of change now threaten them.
Lawrence Summers
President Emeritus, Harvard University
An Avalanche is Coming: Higher Education and the Revolution Ahead
19. On the education side you could say if we
can get them in, retain them and make sure
they graduate then that’s good enough, but
that is a 1000 year old business model – the
world looks different today.
Claes Mansson
Director, ICT Strategic Investment Programme at Monash University
26. A single online customer experience
Promoting
Engaging
Finding
courses
Websi
te
Learning the
ropes
Help with the
basics
Showing to
friends
Finding their
way
Mobile
Key date
reminders
Continued
access
Supporting and
giving
Keeping in
touch
Supporting and
promoting
Share the
experience
Offers and
discounts
Networking
Library
renewal
News & events
News and
results
Careers news
Administrative
support
Retaining
Professional
development
E-learning
E-resources
Insider
knowledge
Social
Connecting
Finding
likeminded
students
Seeking
opinions
Email
Supporting
Networking
and directory
Major updates
Campaigns
27. The global digital landscape is driving
everyone towards becoming a lifelong
learner. This represents the biggest
opportunity that the sector has seen since
its inception.
The Digital Campus – The online future for Higher Education
29. A single online environment open to all, that
offers a single customer view that is
personalised to their current interests and
relationship with the university.
A place they become reliant upon to
support their lifelong learning and
development, encouraging and rewarding
continual involvement.
Ultimately a community and ecosystem that
transcends traditional boundaries of a
university.
35. Not just students
Home page
Prominent search and search history
with a personalised showcase and
promotional display of content which is
always of interest and relevance to the
individual.
For you
An individual alert system combining
practical, important and interesting
reminders along with appropriate calls
to action.
Opportunities
Opportunities to engage with internal,
and external community members.
Connections
Interact with other community
members
Courses
The learning or research environment
?
48. ‘you know when you get given a campus
map for the first time, you quickly identify
where your personal points of interest are
on the map and these form the backbone of
your student experience. You are not
interested in the rest of the map, it is not
relevant to you’.
A focus group student describing a university website
52. Simply put, the HE sector is
changing, probably quicker than any other
industry I have seen and it is technological
change that is driving it.
Claes Mansson
Director, ICT Strategic Investment Programme at Monash University
53. So we have to act now in order to maintain
or further establish our place in the market.
It is a monumental task, and I struggle to
think of any business context that I have
ever been in where there has been this
much change in parallel and compressed
into such a short space of time.
Claes Mansson
Director, ICT Strategic Investment Programme at Monash University
Just as we’ve seen the forces of technology and globalisation transform sectors such as media and communications or banking and finance over the last two decades, these forces may now transform higher education.The solid classical buildings of great universities may look permanent but the storms of change now threaten them.Lawrence Summers
KnowledgeThe ubiquitous availability of knowledge and methods of accessing it through digital technologies makes the possibility of duplication and dissemination available to any individual, or group, not just established institutions.
ReachThe global nature of the Internet means that global reputations can be nurtured and enhanced quickly. Similarly individual relationships can be built, serviced and maintained without reference to geography.
RelevanceThe availability of online learning and in particular the entry into the market of less traditional players offering ‘vocationally focused’ qualifications, or just free courses with real-life appeal, often in collaboration with industry and sector experts makes a traditional university education less attractive to the fast-moving digital native.
On the education side you could say if we can get them in, retain them and make sure they graduate then that’s good enough, but that is a 1000 year old business model – the world looks different today.ClaesMansson Director of the ICT Strategic Investment Programme at Monash University
Just as we’ve seen the forces of technology and globalisation transform sectors such as media and communications or banking and finance over the last two decades, these forces may now transform higher education.The solid classical buildings of great universities may look permanent but the storms of change now threaten them.Lawrence Summers
Mark Sherwin’s Journey.Cass Business SchoolMBAAs a prospect researched the school through the standard website
As a student introduced to the student portal and an ‘unofficial linkedin alumni’
On graduating the student portal is taken awayAll work and references goneIntroduced to the official LinkedIn alumniGiven access to an alumni website
Finally given access to a professional portal linking the university to professional expertise and content.
During our work with Oxford Brookes we drew out a single online customer experience.Using a standard Marketing model:Promoting > Engaging > Supporting > Connecting > RetainingWe looked at what digital channels could provide over the lifecycle
Just as we’ve seen the forces of technology and globalisation transform sectors such as media and communications or banking and finance over the last two decades, these forces may now transform higher education.The solid classical buildings of great universities may look permanent but the storms of change now threaten them.Lawrence Summers
A single online environment open to all that offersa single customer view that is personalised to theircurrent interests and relationship with the university. A place they become reliant upon to supporttheir lifelong learning and development,encouraging and rewarding continual involvement.Ultimately a community and ecosystem thattranscends traditional boundaries of a university.
Key Enablers
Key Enablers
Key Enablers
Just as we’ve seen the forces of technology and globalisation transform sectors such as media and communications or banking and finance over the last two decades, these forces may now transform higher education.The solid classical buildings of great universities may look permanent but the storms of change now threaten them.Lawrence Summers
Everyone wants to announce a big new Physical Campus. It’s a legacy and something tangible that will be around for a long time.Digital oddly seems to be unfashionable. I get it, When a taxi driver asks me what I do I say ‘Creative Director’ and if they ask, ‘What for’ I try to avoid saying websites for fear of being told that they (or their brother, aunt, uncle or dog) do that too. The democratisation of digital is a pain…But we all know that digital is the future right? As the finance, publishing or entertainment sectors. So to not invest now is to not invest in the future.
Simply put, the HE sector is changing, probably quicker than any other industry I have seen and it is technological change that is driving it.So we have to act now in order to maintain or further establish our place in the market. It is a monumental task, and I struggle to think of any business context that I have ever been in where there has been this much change in parallel and compressed into such a short space of time.ClaesMansson at Monash
Simply put, the HE sector is changing, probably quicker than any other industry I have seen and it is technological change that is driving it.So we have to act now in order to maintain or further establish our place in the market. It is a monumental task, and I struggle to think of any business context that I have ever been in where there has been this much change in parallel and compressed into such a short space of time.ClaesMansson at Monash