The document discusses the need for a "lean learning" approach in higher education. It notes that traditional higher education is not well-suited to today's fast-changing environment and has become inefficient. A lean learning model focuses on specifying learning outcomes, establishing adaptive learning environments, reviewing content based on industry feedback, and developing agile curricula aligned with emerging trends. This requires learners to actively seek knowledge from a variety of sources and question how education can be applied.

1. NEW ERA OF EDUCATION:
TOWARDS A LEAN LEARNING ENVIRONMENT
Dr. Shaheen Mansori
Chief Operating Officer, Naza Education
Professor, Malaysia University of Science & Technology
Dr. Hossein Najmi
Assistant Professor, University of Central Oklahoma

2. We will talk about
1. What is happing in Higher Education?
2. Possible Solutions
3. Lean Learning

3. Post Covid-19

4. What Happened?
1. A drop in enrolment globally.
2. In Malaysia, we expect a downturn of
both foreign and local student
enrolments in 2020.
3. A forecast of 37% drop throughout
the year which means private
institutions may expect only 86,000
new students.
The Star 08 Jun 2020

5. Pre COVID-19

6. What Has Been Happening?
1. many graduates were having jobs which did
not match their qualifications due to:
1. the university’s inability to change the
content of their courses quickly.
2. Even worse is that when universities
know that what’s needed in the job
market is different, it takes a long time
for them to change the courses or
create new courses. (put the source
here)
Malaymail 13 Jan 2020

7. Estimated Numbers From Different Sources
169000
151000 150000
93000
2017- SOURCE MOE 2018- SOURCE MOE 2019- SOURCE MAPCU PROJECTED 2020 -SOURCE MAPCU
Undergraduate Enrollment
https://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2020/06/08/private-institutions-seeking-govt-help
https://www.moe.gov.my/penerbitan/1587-quick-facts-2018-malaysia-educational-statistics-1/file

8. What has been Happening?
Sources within the Education Ministry
also corroborated this, saying 49%of
the institutions in Malaysia has been
making continuous losses over a three-
year period since 2016.
NST June 18, 2020

9. Isn’t Covid-19 only a

10. What have we been doing?

11. Common Learning Process
Information Knowledge SkillsUnderstand Apply
Experience

12. Information Knowledge SkillsUnderstand Apply
Experience
Sources:
Teacher
Libraries/Book
Sources:
Teacher
(Teach/Explain)
Sources:
Teacher
(Demonstrate, Apply)
Sources:
Teacher
(T. Assessments)
Traditional Learning Process (00-1990s)

13. Information Knowledge SkillsUnderstand Apply
Experience
Sources:
Teacher
Libraries/Book
Sources:
Teacher
(Teach/Explain)
Sources:
Teacher
(Demonstrate, Apply)
Sources:
Teacher
(T. Assessments)
Traditional Learning Process (1995-2010)
New Sources:
Internet/ Search
Engines
Digital Contents
New Sources:
Youtube
Podcast

14. Information Knowledge SkillsUnderstand Apply
Experience
Sources:
Teacher
Libraries/Book
Sources:
Teacher
(Teach/Explain)
Sources:
Teacher
(Demonstrate, Apply)
Sources:
Teacher
(T. Assessments)
Traditional Learning Process (2011-2020)
New Sources:
Internet/ Search
Engines
Digital Contents
New Sources:
VR/AR
Simulation
Gamification
New Sources:
Youtube
Podcast
New Sources:
Online Exam
Auto Marking

15. What Was Education System Respond ?

16. How Have Industries Evolved?

17. How About Higher Education?

18. Current Teaching
Environment
Contents Development:
Mass Produced
 Seldomly incorporates Market Needs
Content Delivery Process:
Mainly lecture based.
Traditional assessments (Lengthy Assignments)
Not customizable according to the prior learning condition and/or special
needs of learner
Content Review/ Improvement
Usually happens 3-4 years after launching the program
With very limited level of contribution from Industry

19. What is the problem?
1. Traditional higher education structure does not conform to
the uncertain and fast changing environment.
2. Traditional higher education learning process has become
increasingly less effective.
3. Traditional higher education activities have turned to a lot
of busy work with less perceived valuable activities.
4. Traditional higher education efficiency and productivity is
low.

20. https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/06/university-like-cd-streaming-age/613291/

21. What have we been doing?

23. What Should We Do?
Shift
Paradigm
Challenge
the Norm
Rethink
Disrupt
Use
Technology
Evolve

25. Lean Education

26. Specify Learning
Outcome
(Outcome Based
Education/OBE)
Map the Intended
Outcomes with
Learning Domains
Establish the
Adoptive
Learning
Environment
(Pull Learning)
Review Contents
Based on
Industry
/Experts’
Feedback
Lean Learning
• Follow the
Industry
• Identify Emerging
Trends
• Define the Value
• Develop the Agile
Curriculum.
• Give more value to
co-curricula
activities
• Create Interactive
Content
• Use available
Simulators/VR/AR
• Monitor students
learning activities
• Use Internship as
one of the main
source of feedback
to review contents
• Do not wait for
one cycle to do the
adjustments.

27. Lean Learning Requires learners to:
1. Be active in seeking knowledge and skills.
2. Also use different platforms such as Coursera, edX or
other mass learning platforms to seek the education they
need.
3. Always ask the question about the application of the
knowledge/skills they invest their time/money in it.

29. Suggestion for Reading

30. References
https://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2020/06/08/private-institutions-seeking-govt-help
https://www.malaymail.com/news/malaysia/2020/01/13/whose-problem-is-graduate-unemployment-in-
malaysia-experts-weigh-in/1827627
https://www.nst.com.my/news/nation/2020/06/601611/learning-institutions-floundering
https://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2020/06/08/private-institutions-seeking-govt-help
https://www.moe.gov.my/penerbitan/1587-quick-facts-2018-malaysia-educational-statistics-1/file
https://www.tripsandbooks.com/2018/02/genre-self-help-motivational-personal.html
https://www.leanproduction.com/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fYoppX3VHIY