This is about transformations in education. A number of strategies are suggested for transformation making education relevant and exciting.

1. TRANSFORMATION IN EDUCATION MANAGEMENT
Academic institutions usually frame the changes to the operating
environment as a challenge. There are hierarchies of power and
decision-making and status-quo bias is difficult to overcome
especially when it has worked well in the past.
The innovation opportunity for academic institutions is through
partnerships and collaboration with other stakeholders. When there
is space for new ideas to blossom and where every stakeholder is
invited to participate, new solutions emerge thus resulting in the
creation of new value and often shared value. Quoting Clayton
Christensen: “Innovators sneak in, change the rules of the game
and capture market share”. A networked governance model
eventually emerges as different stakeholders play the part that they
do best. Academic institutions should be able to provide a
facilitation role that is inclusive, forward-looking and allowing room
for experimentation.
There is acceleration of the adoption of new technologies in the
digital revolution around us making technology ever more
affordable and products and services can easily go global. New
research in academia can quickly become commercialized through
startups who will find early adaptors as their customers. Academic
institutions will needs robust technology transfer processes and
intellectually property protection mechanisms to manage this
acceleration.
Curriculum will need to be created with a design element of life-
long learning keeping in mind the changing life-style of end-users
of educational institutes.
The transformation of education is in realizing opportunities in the
innovation cluster. New educational programs for various end-
users, sharing the latest inventions, deep industry-collaboration,

2. local and global perspectives, flexible on-line and hybrid models of
delivery are a few of the opportunities that can be explored.
Inter-disciplinary programs, integration of management with
science and technology, new inventions for real-world
implementation, incubating startups, active participation of industry
and enabling deployment of ideas and solutions beyond the class-
room are the kind of attributes that will need to be managed in
educational transformation.
Transformation: Industry 4.0 – Education 3.0?
Basic premises
a) The world and the working life are changing at an ever more accelerating pace. This
urges the education providers to transform, either gradually or dramatically.
b) Digital technologies are demonstrating their ability to empower educators in their
mission of developing the next generation of lifelong learners, innovators, and global
citizens. With an effective technology support, faculty gain powerful tools to deepen,
accelerate, and enhance student learning. Students can research, create, communicate,
and collaborate in ways that better prepare them for the world, the workforce, or
higher education.
c) In a fast-changing, interconnected world, education must change to prepare students
handling professional challenges. Today’s economy doesn’t pay you for what you
know, because the Internet knows everything. Today’s economy pays you for what you
can do with what you know.
d) We want to focus on how creatively students can use what they know, and whether
they can extrapolate from it and apply their knowledge in another context. Skills such as
critical thinking, creativity, problem solving, and collaboration are at an increasing
premium
e) Today’s learning can no longer be about a one-size-fits-all system but about
personalizing learning approaches. Our education system must develop 21st century,
transversal skills that enable them to:
 Work independently as self-driven, life-long learners and innovators
 Work collaboratively and respect diverse viewpoints
 Think critically about new challenges
 Apply their knowledge in novel situations to solve new problems
 Communicate via a range of technologies and methods
 Work persistently in the face of difficult challenges

3. "I have to re-affirm that the transformation of the education and training system has
only begun. Our task is to bring redress, establish quality, open the doors of
opportunity, enable a true culture of learning and teaching to take root, strive for
ever higher levels of performance. ........"
This calls for a total reimagining of our education management.
a) The way we look at curriculum
Flexible, easy-to-adopt and close-to-industry
Design & delivery by industry people
Some of the themes: Cloud computing, machine learning, deep learning etc.
Pedagogy has to change drastically
It is digital and social media based engaging pedagogy
The curriculum is at the heart of the education and training system. Put
simply, it defines what is taught and how it is taught and embodies the values
and principles of our broader society. In the past, the curriculum emphasized
separateness rather than an integrated and interdisciplinary approach. It did
not focus on developing learners who are independent and critical thinkers
and who are able to participate actively in society.
b) The way we look at collaboration
Collaborations are to be dynamic, opportunistic and ever evolving. Closer to local and
global need
c) The way we engage stakeholders
Students are co-creators. Their view along with faculty and industry need to be taken
Online and video based content.
d) The way we synergize Virtual world and physical world
opportunities in IOT and I people need to be exercised
e) Startups – a landscape for leveraging the potential of entrepreneurial capability.
Digital space has to be conquered
f) Democratization of education
Moocs- Open platforms
Life long learning opportunities
It is a surgical attack !