This document discusses key trends and lessons for digital transformation in the Irish education sector. It identifies that digital transformation requires coordinated shifts in culture, workforce, and technology to enable new educational models and transform operations. Key lessons are that digital transformation is a journey without a final destination that requires developing a long-term vision beyond just technology adoption. When done right, it can significantly improve learning experiences, but when done wrong just results in a faster traditional system. The document examines trends like openness, interactivity, and diversification that will impact education along with the growth of areas like online learning platforms and virtual/augmented reality technologies.

1. 1. What future trends and digital
transformations are likely to impact
the Irish education sector?
2. How can Irish education providers
respond to these trends to develop
future-fit quality and qualifications?
3. What are some of the key lessons
for Irish education providers in their
efforts to harness the potential of digital
transformative?

2. @mbrownz

4. “Digital transformation
(Dx) is a series of deep
and coordinated
culture, workforce,
and technology
shifts that enable new
educational and operating
models and transform
an institution’s
operations, strategic
directions, and value
proposition.”
https://er.educause.edu/articles/2019/7/getting-ready-for-digital-transformation-change-your-culture-workforce-and-technology

5. “We define Dx for digital
learning in the higher education
context as leveraging digital
technologies to enable major
educational improvements,
enhance learner and
instructor experiences, and
create new instructional
models through policies,
planning, partnerships, and
support.”
(Martin & Xie, 2022)
https://er.educause.edu/articles/2022/9/digital-transformation-in-higher-education-7-areas-for-enhancing-digital-learning

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7. “When digital transformation is done right, it’s like a caterpillar turning
into a butterfly, but when done wrong, all you have is a really fast
caterpillar” (cited in Bozkurt & Sharma, 2022, p. ii).
According to George Westerman…
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9. 2021

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More things change, the more they stay the same!

11. History Repeats!

12. Taming or Transforming?

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https://www.asianjde.com/ojs/index.php/AsianJDE/article/view/630/370
“Transformation is a
journey without a final
destination”
Marilyn Ferguson
“With this
understanding, digital
transformation is a
multifaceted
process
that requires developing
a vision that goes
beyond the mere
adaptation of
technology”
(Bozkurt & Sharmas, 2022, p. iv).

14. 1. Convergence
2. Massification
3. Openness
4. Interactivity
5. Diversification
6. Big EdTech
7. Green EdTech
http://www.asianjde.com/ojs/index.php/AsianJDE/article/view/605

15. The OPX market is expected to reach
$7.8B by 2025
https://www.neilmosley.com/blog
https://www.holoniq.com/notes/opm-meet-opx-new-models-driving-the-global-online-higher-education-market

17. SFDN
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18. https://library.educause.edu/resources/2020/4/typology-of-free-web-based-learning-technologies

19. https://www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2022/0927/1325695-students-ai-algorithm-essays-technology/

20. https://www.eciu.org/news/xr-campus-virtual-reality-for-instant-collaboration-shared-understanding-and-focus

21. SFDN

22. Education
in
Change
Education
for
Change
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COMPETING
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FUTURES

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