![University of Singapore Reform
• Established an International Academic Advisory Panel, which
aimed to help the government in establishing a world-class
higher education system (Ministry of Education [MOE],
Singapore 2001).
• Established its third university, the Singapore Management University
(SMU), in August 2000. This privately-owned institution was formed in
collaboration with the Wharton School of Business at the University of
Pennsylvania, which thus implies a more diversified governance and
funding mechanism adopted by the government.
• Universities link up their missions with their internal structures regarding
talent management, organizational processes and resource allocation](https://image.slidesharecdn.com/d2lkeynoteasia-pacconference-final91512-120916224708-phpapp02/75/Dr-Linda-Baer-D2L-Keynote-Asia-Pac-Conference-9-15-12-9-2048.jpg)
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Dr. Linda Baer - D2L Keynote Asia-Pac Conference - 9/15/12
The document discusses several topics related to higher education: 1. It discusses the completion challenge facing higher education institutions, including low completion rates, the need to better align K-12 and postsecondary education to support college readiness, and the need for adults to have opportunities to return to college. 2. It discusses the capacity challenge, including the need to build organizational capacity, attract talent and develop skills, increase collaboration, and shift institutional culture. 3. It discusses the funding challenge facing higher education institutions, including state budget cuts and the rising costs of college leading to increased student debt. 4. It discusses the innovation challenge, including the need to move beyond isolated "islands of innovation" and overcome
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- 6. Mapping Australian HigherEducation • Rapid growth over past 40 years – 1970s 3%, 2011 25%; 2025 40% – 336,000 international students • Increase degree attainment • Knowledge economy make higher education vital to Australia’s prosperity • Student survey data – AUSSE/NSSE – Satisfaction with teaching – Less student engagement • Teaching and research balance • Demand-driven funding and skill shortages • Universities enjoy high levels of public confidence – 80% in 2010 Mapping Australian Higher Education, Andrew Norton, January 2012
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- 9. University of SingaporeReform • Established an International Academic Advisory Panel, which aimed to help the government in establishing a world-class higher education system (Ministry of Education [MOE], Singapore 2001). • Established its third university, the Singapore Management University (SMU), in August 2000. This privately-owned institution was formed in collaboration with the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania, which thus implies a more diversified governance and funding mechanism adopted by the government. • Universities link up their missions with their internal structures regarding talent management, organizational processes and resource allocation
- 10. Singapore Initiatives • Promotingtransnational higher education in the joint-degree program arranged between the local universities and their overseas partners. • Policy to support transnational higher education, the Singapore government also offers a comprehensive package of financial-aid to international students through several public channels • Recent immigration policies that aim to attract talented and skilled individuals to live and work in Singapore, in addition, have also facilitated the development of its transnational education industry. The Quest for Regional Hub of Education: Searching for New Governance and Regulatory Regimes in Singapore, Hong Kong and Malaysia by Ka Ho Mok 2009
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- 12. University of Tasmania •What is the Tasmanian Moment? • UTAS makes far-reaching educational, cultural and economic contributions to Tasmania and the world. While maintaining a strong and distinctive Tasmanian identity, programs and research are international in scope, vision and standards. The UTAS family includes around 50,000 graduates who are now scattered across the globe. • UTAS is connected and contemporary, creating life-changing, life- shaping experiences that provide the foundation on which to build careers and lives for our students.
- 13. United States Departmentof Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2010 http://bls.gov/emp/ep_chart_001.htm
- 14. Four Challenges forthe Next Decade Completion challenge Capacity challenge • Organizational capacity Knowledge & skills gap • Talent and skills Low completion rates • Collaboration Performance breakthroughs • Culture Funding challenge Innovation challenge State budget cuts “Islands of innovation” College debt Traditional models New business models for sustainability Immunity to change 14
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- 16. Knowledge & SkillGap • Community college students are in trouble • Need better alignment to support college readiness • About 65% of all community college students nationwide need some form of remedial education • Less than one quarter of the students go on to earn any degree or certificate in eight years • Need to provide ways for adults in the workforce to return to college -- 22% attended college but didn’t complete
- 17. Completion Rates RemainRoughly Consistent Graduation rates at 150% of time 70 2-yr colleges 4-yr colleges 60 50 40 30 20 10 0 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 Cohort year Source: New York Times; NCES 17
- 18. Completion Challenge Source: Bureauof the Census, Bureau of Labor Statistics. OECD, National Longitudinal Survey of Youth. Note: Low income 18 defined as 185% of poverty line, consistent with K-12 free and reduced lunch threshold
- 19. The Great Paradox Need for Breakthroughs in Performance Rising Deeper expectations Higher More learning enrollments completions outcomes Constrained Limited seat Declining resources Budget cuts family capacity ability to pay Source: 2011 Community Colleges and the Economy, AACC/Campus Computing Project, April 2011; Community College Student Survey, Pearson Foundation/Harris Interactive, Field dates: 19
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- 21. Costs Increases Source: NewYork Times; NCES 21
- 22. College Debt The totalU.S. student loan debt is now up to $870 billion, which is more than the national auto loan debt or credit cards debt, according to an article from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. Americans owe $693 billion in credit card debt and $730 billion in auto loans
- 23. NEED FOR SUSTAINABLEBUSINESS MODELS • Metrics for the 21st Century • Productivity • Access, affordability and quality • For-profits models for affordability
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- 25. Organizational Capacity • Leadership for a New Age • Teaching, Learning and Student Success • Teams, Collaboratives and Crossing Boundaries • Professional Development • Sustainability • Culture – Persistent Restlessness for Improvement
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- 27. Our duty isto wholly reinvent ourselves. We are American’s future--- intellectually, socially, culturally.” Gordon Gee, President of Ohio State University
- 28. Innovation Challenge • Lack business models that bring solutions to scale • Resistance to change • Slow, decentralized decision cycles • Entrenched interests • Suspicion of for-profit players • Accreditation systems
- 29. Scaling Innovation 2007 Educationmarket Number of Actual companies companies Projected distribution 160 140 120 Only 2 of 67 orgs funded 100 by US Department of 80 Education innovation 60 grants scaled/are still operational 40 20 0 1 5 20 100 400 Revenue US$ Millions Source: McKinsey Analysis of EMR 2007 K-12 report and Berkerey Noyes 2007 investment analysis (unpublished))
- 31. TRENDS FOR THEFUTURE
- 32. Trends for theFuture 1. New models of blended and online courses
- 33. Model challengers takingmany forms
- 34. Trends for theFuture 1. New models of blended and online courses 2. Do it yourself education
- 35. Do It YourselfUniversity
- 36. Khan Academy • Smallbursts of knowledge • Taking a mastery-based approach to learning • Creating collaborative learning using focused coaching by the teacher • Dashboard that provides real-time data on student performance to individual students as well as their teachers, mentors or parents • Adaptive exercise software platform http://www.khanacademy.org/
- 37. 'Badges' Earned OnlinePose Challenge to Traditional College Diplomas Photo illustration by Bob McGrath for The Chronicle
- 38. Massively Open OnlineCourses
- 39. Trends for theFuture 1. New models of blended and online courses 2. Do it yourself education 3. Big data and analytics
- 40. ANALYTICS IS THE“UNIVERSAL DECODER” FOR EDUCATIONAL REFORM
- 41. Big Data: TheNext Frontier for Innovation, Competition, and Productivity • Unlock significant value by making data more transparent and useable • Transactional data more accurate and detailed • Segmentation of customers to tailor products and services • Improves decision making • Improves development of next generation products and services http://www.mckinsey.com/Insights/MGI/Research/Technology_and_Innovation/Big_data_The_next_frontier_for_innovation
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- 44. D2L Analytics Solutions Forecasting, Risk Analytics Advanced Data Reporting Optimization Visualization Analytics Analytics
- 45. Trends for theFuture 1. New models of blended and online courses 2. Do it yourself education 3. Big data and analytics 4. E-textbooks
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- 47. Trends for theFuture 1. New models of blended and online courses 2. Do it yourself education 3. Big data and analytics 4. E-textbooks 5. Technology on the horizon
- 48. Technology on theHorizon One year or less… • Mobile applications • Tablet computing Two to three years… • Game-based learning • Learning analytics Four to five years… • Gesture-based computing • Internet of things http://net.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/HR2012.pdf
- 49. Guess what shewants for her birthday?
- 50. iPad Has FasterAdoption than DVD • Excellent portability and battery life • A bigger canvas • Ideate app • Capturing ideas • An awesome tool for developing and implementing ideas
- 51. Math That Moves:Schools Embrace the iPad
- 52. Trends for theFuture 1. New models of blended and online courses 2. Do it yourself education 3. Big data and analytics 4. E-textbooks 5. Technology on the horizon…
- 53. “By…establishing new criteriafor success, we are choosing not to participate in a race that has already been lost.” Michael Crow, President of Arizona State University
- 54. WHAT IF STEVEJOBS HAD BEEN AN EDUCATOR?
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- 56. Educational Positioning System • Map-in starting point and destination • Routes to completion • ROI – ROV • Time to destination – progress • Fuel for the journey • Travel time to “norm” for the destination • Highway for optimizing student success Mike Mathews
- 57. Grade Level Career Desire Funding Options ACT Score MAP Results Scroll FLEX-PC Scroll FLEX-PC
- 58. LMS versus EPS:Comparison of Characteristics LMS EPS • Owned by institution • Owned by student • Poor persistence of complete • Permanent data repository in data cloud • Robust enterprise application • Collection of portable apps requires Big Iron servers allowing access to cloud data • Data not transferred across • Data accessible across institutions institutions • Like a GPS, user is central to • No user-centric operating experience environment
- 59. Facilitating Navigation withthe Proper Tools 59
- 60. “If educational completionis one of the most prized and valuable destinies for every American student, surely we need to innovate and market a vision that leverages the technologies and analytical tools that will completely eradicate the educational risks of taking wrong-turns, running out of academic gas, miscalculating the distance, under estimating the costs, and the inability to have a ‘norm’ to compare a personalized educational journey against.” Michael Mathews
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- 62. Questions? ASIA-PAC TEACHING ANDLEARNING CONFERENCE
- 63. Thank You! Contact information:lindalbaer@yahoo.com