This document profiles Professor Jeremy B Williams, Director of the Asia Pacific Centre for Sustainable Enterprise at Griffith University in Brisbane, Australia. It provides his contact information, including his Twitter handle and SlideShare profile. It also includes several quotes from others about trends in online education and MOOCs. Specifically, it discusses the growth of global higher education, pressures to reduce costs and improve quality, and tips for retrofitting education for online delivery. Australian Minister for Trade and Investment Andrew Robb is quoted advocating for expanding online and electronic education to boost the number of international students in Australia.

1. Professor Jeremy B Williams
Director
Asia Pacific Centre for Sustainable Enterprise
Griffith University
Brisbane
21 February 2014

2. @jeremybwilliams
slideshare.net/jembwilliams

8. “The world of MOOCs is creating a
competition that will force every
professor to improve his or her
pedagogy or face an online
competitor … When outstanding
becomes so easily available,
average is over.”
Thomas L. Friedman

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21.  Growth in global higher ed
international enrolments will
decline from 5-6% to 1.4%
annually in 2020 as demand
in the developed world slows
and supply in emerging
economies increases

22. “Things take
longer to happen
than you think
they will, and
then they
happen faster
than you think
they could”
Lawrence Summers

25. Mainstream
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29. participatory
authentic
flexible
Learner centric: student as consumer and
producer of knowledge
Assessment of learning grounded in reality: outcome
driven learning; learning that lasts beyond the test
Multi-modal in format: catering to different learning
styles and different life styles

32. Junior
Faculty
Junior
Faculty
Adjunct
Faculty
Educational
Designer
Research
Assistant
Senior
Faculty
Blended
Learning
Advisor
Curriculum
Consultant
Librarian

34.  Reduced public funding
 Downward pressure on price
 Consumers more discerning about ROI
 Tipping point looming
 ‘Retrofit’ and speed to market is critical

35. Online Education in the Asian Century: The Australian Opportunity
Speech to the Online Education Forum Brisbane, 17 October 2012

Has argued Australia should have 10 million
international students in 10 years (from <700,000)

“Education is a key part of the next wave of
microeconomic reform that will boost productivity
and innovation and ensure Australia’s prosperity
in the decades ahead. Online and electronic
education have a key role to play in this reform.”

“The one-size-fits-all approach has held our
tertiary education sector back. The emerging
online technology and innovation facilitates a
progression to policies that focus on competency
and mastery, allowing students to accelerate or
consolidate, making the most of their time.”
Rt Hon
Andrew
Robb,
Minister for
Trade and
Investment

36. authenticlearning.wordpress.com
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