Materials for a presentation to Tecnológico de Monterrey.

1. EducationEducation
andand
technology:technology:
stories ofstories of
the futurethe future
3er. Congreso
Internacional de
Innovació n
Educativa

2. https://www.flickr.com/photos/dweekly/64221580

3. Greetings from AmericaGreetings from America

4. Choices are before usChoices are before us
The US
context
is…
chaotic,
maybe
dire

5. How can we
grapple with
the future?
•Trends
•Futures
•Choices

6.  Monthly
environmental
scan report
 Trends
identified,
tested,
projected
TrendlinesTrendlines

9. Technology trendsTechnology trends
Rise of the stacks
Yet hardware +
networks = multiple
ecosystems

10. The post-
Snowden
world
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Snowden

11. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Kelly_(editor)

12.  Screening
 Flowing
 Accessing
 Sharing
 Cognifying
 Filtering
 Remixing
 Interacting

13.  Screening
 Flowing
 Accessing
 Sharing
 Cognifying
 Filtering
 Remixing
 Interacting

14. Automation on the rise

15. Automation on the rise
http://www.cnet.com/news/and-heres-a-drone-with-a-chainsaw-attached/

18. Design for mobile *first *

19. New device ecosystemNew device ecosystem

20. VR

23. VR + AR = MR

24. New device ecosystemNew device ecosystem
 Android battles iOS
 Disintegrated computing:
 Wearables
 Very small cameras and
computers…

25. New device ecosystemNew device ecosystem
 Android battles iOS
 Disintegrated computing:
 Wearables
 Very small cameras and
computers
 Leading to…
Leading to…

26. https://www.reddit.com/r/IllBeYourGuide

27. https://www.flickr.com/photos/collegeofsanmateolibrary/15373589050/

28. Globalization of higher educationGlobalization of higher education
 International higher ed systems
building up
 More international students
heading to other nations
 US campuses expanding
overseas presence

29. Education trendsEducation trends
 Reform movements
 Alternative certification
pilots
 Alternative business
models and schools

30. DemographicsDemographics
 Youth population
shrinkage
 Expanding senior
population…

31. 31

32. 32

34. MEXICOMEXICO

35. Macroeconomic changesMacroeconomic changes

36. Labor transformations
•manufacturing->service
•1 job/career->many
gigs
•declining participation
•automation

37. Student populationStudent population
changeschanges
 Near-majority
adult
 Increasing first-
generation
students
 Veterans
 Learning
disabilities
12https://www.flickr.com/photos/un_photo/6708914025/

38. Adjunctification rising

39. Defunding public universitiesDefunding public universities

40. A new finance modelA new finance model

41. Teaching and learning and techTeaching and learning and tech

42. blended/
flipped /
hybrid
classroom

43. Teaching and learning and techTeaching and learning and tech
 distance learning
grows
 generational gaps
 gaming in education

44. Changes in the LMS world?
http://i0.wp.com/mfeldstein.com/wp-
content/uploads/2014/09/walledgarden5.jpg

45.  Uses of
social
media
 Uses of
Web video
 OER
 The rise of
the Maker
movement

46. MOOCs on the moveMOOCs on the move

47.  Credit for MOOCs?
 STEM vs humanities
 Sustainability?
 New forms
 Multinational

48. Technology-mediated research
Simulations
http://web.archive.org/web/20150418162758/http://www.futurict.eu
/

49. Computational *
• Computational genomics
• Computational life sciences
• Bioinformatics
• Computational molecular science
• New media practice and studies
• Predictive policing
• High frequency trading (finance)

50. Textual research
Law: e-discovery
http://criminalintent.org/

51. Textual research
Digital humanities

52. The new community of
scholars*
*Credit to Dan Cohen for this formulation

53. What happens to the library?
•Shift from collection development
to digital literacy consultation
•Open scholarship
•Transforms to research
entrepreneurship
National Science Library at the Chinese Academy of

54. Which of these
trends are the
most powerful?

55. Which of these
trends are the most
unpredicatble?

56. All of these
are in the present.

57. So what’s next?So what’s next?

58. Extrapolations:
 Transnational
campuses
 Average
student age: 40
 Hourly faculty
 Privatizing
public
universities
 Hogwarts vs
poor
campuses
What comes next?What comes next?

59. • Rich
multimedia
environment
• Some
gamification
• Student as
producer
Disintegrated
computing as
a service
Extensive data
analysis,
surveillance,
creativity
Campus of
networked
things

60. A higher education bubble?A higher education bubble?

61. A higher education bubble?A higher education bubble?
 Continued cost/quality
anxiety
 Student and parent anxieties
about debt
 Grad school crises
 Political pressure

62. The
Queen
sacrifice
gambit

63. Yet the college premiumYet the college premium
persistspersists

64. Will universities fight Trump?Will universities fight Trump?
Campuses
defending
immigrants

65. https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2
016/12/02/outlining-commitments-
undocumented-immigrant-students-some-
presidents-avoid-term
What do campuses
do during civil
unrest?

66. We’re so not sustainable
Political dysfunction
“ unrest
Failure of the elites
Resentment “ “ “
https://www.flickr.com/photos/suxsie_q/27261718274
/

67. We’re not sustainable
What happens when these combine?
• Environmental stresses trigger political
unrest
• Political unrest meets tottering leadership
• Distrust and friction escalate
• Repeat, reiterate: vicious cycle

68. Taking automation seriouslyTaking automation seriously

69. Curriculum and life:
is school for
unemployment or
working with AIs?
Post-AI educationPost-AI education

70. Curriculum and life:
what does it mean to be
human when machines
exceed us?
Post-AI educationPost-AI education

71. Pedagogy:
• Apps instead of classes
• Computer-assisted
creativity
• Cyborg teaching and
becoming
Post-AI educationPost-AI education

72. What if we take digital literacy seriously?What if we take digital literacy seriously?

74. It might be insurgent
https://www.flickr.com/photos/77688862@N02/20014884218/

75. The best digital literacy
storytelling
https://www.youtube.com/
watch?v=W6yVCgoBn-I

76. What comes next?What comes next?

77. Choices:
• Reinvest in public academics or
privatize further?
What comes next?What comes next?

78. Choices:
• Reinvest in public academics or
privatize further?
• Turn away the world or embrace
increasing globalism
What comes next?What comes next?

79. Choices:
• Reinvest in public academics or
privatize further?
• Turn away the world or embrace
increasing globalism
• Become open or erect walled gardens
What comes next?What comes next?

80. Choices:
• Embrace social media or retreat to
silos?
What comes next?What comes next?

81. Choices:
• Embrace social media or retreat to
silos
• Rebuild authorities or encourage
democratic digital literacy?
What comes next?What comes next?

82. Choices:
• Embrace social media or retreat to
silos?
• Rebuild authorities or encourage
democratic digital literacy?
• Prepare for automation now or be
caught by surprise?
What comes next?What comes next?

83. Collaborate with each
other, across
institutions, sectors,
nations, populations,
professions
What can we do now?What can we do now?

84. Use social media

85. Use social media
Use and be open

86. Rethink everything
in terms of
automation’s
possibilities

87. Imagine different worlds
and inhabiting them -
yourselves, your
institution, your children
and the generation to
come

88. http://bryanalexander.orghttp://bryanalexander.org
http://ftte.ushttp://ftte.us
http://twitter.com/bryanalexanderhttp://twitter.com/bryanalexander