The document discusses the need for universities to adapt to a "University 2.0" model to keep up with today's digital society ("Society 2.0"). It argues current universities ("University 1.0") are resistant to change and not making enough use of new technologies that students and society are adopting. A University 2.0 model would be more global, competitive, collaborative, and make better use of digital tools and open knowledge sharing.
Global Education Futures Agenda by Pavel Luksha & Dmitry PeskovPavel Luksha
The Global Education Futures Agenda is the result of four years of work that involved thousands of educational experts in Russia and worldwide. This presentation provides some of the key schemes of the Foresight Report published in early 2014, one of the most comprehensive reports on the future of education up to date,
From Global Education Futures towards Protopia Lab movementPavel Luksha
From Global Education Futures towards Protopia Lab movement: collectively developing global educational ecosystem. Description of the first steps of launch of international movement of systemic educational innovators (Fall 2016)
Tutellus.io - Whitepaper - v3.25.
Education, The Pending Asset
Education has hardly improved in the
last thousand years, and most
importantly: no educational model
lets people earn money while they
study. On the contrary, they have to
invest in their own education hoping
to earn that money back in the long
term.
There are, as we see it, four main problems in education:
1. People cannot earn money studying, they have to spend more
instead.
2. Students often lack motivation, so they often stop studying.
3. Teachers can’t earn money depending on the value of the students
that they generate, and are not fairly retributed for their efforts.
4. There is a huge gap between employment and education, withmillions of jobs unfilled.
Education in an artificially intelligent world Kennisnet Technology Compass 2...eraser Juan José Calderón
Education in an artificially intelligent world. Kennisnet Technology Compass 2019-2020.
Please note:
This report is written from a Dutch perspective and with the Dutch educational system and its structure in mind. Please take this into account when reading this report.
Global Education Futures Agenda by Pavel Luksha & Dmitry PeskovPavel Luksha
The Global Education Futures Agenda is the result of four years of work that involved thousands of educational experts in Russia and worldwide. This presentation provides some of the key schemes of the Foresight Report published in early 2014, one of the most comprehensive reports on the future of education up to date,
From Global Education Futures towards Protopia Lab movementPavel Luksha
From Global Education Futures towards Protopia Lab movement: collectively developing global educational ecosystem. Description of the first steps of launch of international movement of systemic educational innovators (Fall 2016)
Tutellus.io - Whitepaper - v3.25.
Education, The Pending Asset
Education has hardly improved in the
last thousand years, and most
importantly: no educational model
lets people earn money while they
study. On the contrary, they have to
invest in their own education hoping
to earn that money back in the long
term.
There are, as we see it, four main problems in education:
1. People cannot earn money studying, they have to spend more
instead.
2. Students often lack motivation, so they often stop studying.
3. Teachers can’t earn money depending on the value of the students
that they generate, and are not fairly retributed for their efforts.
4. There is a huge gap between employment and education, withmillions of jobs unfilled.
Education in an artificially intelligent world Kennisnet Technology Compass 2...eraser Juan José Calderón
Education in an artificially intelligent world. Kennisnet Technology Compass 2019-2020.
Please note:
This report is written from a Dutch perspective and with the Dutch educational system and its structure in mind. Please take this into account when reading this report.
Realizing Learners' Potential Across Europe
THE FUTURE IS THE UNDISCOVERED LAND.
EDUCATION IS THE WINDOW THROUGH WHICH WE SEE THIS LAND.
Children who are born today will retire in 2075. The economic, social and technical developments of the last 50 years are a projection of just how little we can predict the world in 50 years from now. The one thing we know for sure: Today's education system will prepare our children for this world.
In our project we introduce an education system that - at its core - is oriented towards the potential of the individual. It is based on the knowledge society, it supports social learning, critical thinking and solidary behaviour in public and private life.
For this research project we have extensively reviewed analyses and findinds of international education experts and institutions, and we have connected it with our own research on the Future of Work. We have interviewed political decision makers and economic leaders to capture their thoughts.
The results have been published and were initially presented at the European Forum Alpbach. Meanwhile they have been discussed at multiple events across Europe.
Author:
FRANZ KUEHMAYER
Founder and CEO
Reflections Research & Consulting
Preparing for the tide: skills and education of the 21st century' is the summary of previous GEFF sessions that was presented in Sao Paulo in August 2015. The report focused on the looming global changes and challenged that could only be faced with rebuilt educational ecosystems at different levels and new skills obtained worldwide. The prominent feature of this event was a list of key literacies for every person who would live in the world of self-guided lifelong learning. The message, announced in Sao Paolo, was touched with a sense of urgency, since the forthcoming socioeconomic crises are inevitable and overwhelming with only new network-based adduction being able to resolve them
slides from the presentation on Feb.28, 2007 for the Malaysian Higher Education conference in Langkawi. See blog entry at www.autodesk.com/waynehodgins for more details
Collective Entrepreneurship & Digital Platform Coops. MTA world. ICA World Co...Jose Mari Luzarraga
The talk on "Collective Entrepreneurship & Digital Platform Coops" by JM Luzarraga (MTA-PCC) at ICA World Conference in Seoul Dec 2021. This talk was part of the panel 2.5 on "Supporting Entrepreneurship & Innovation"
The Last MIL or the Last Chance?
Daniel Pimienta.
que se presentó dentro de la Conferencia Internacional "Tangible and Intangible Impact of Information and Communication in the Digital Age", UNESCO/IFAP, Khanty-Mansiysk, Russian Federation, June 3–8, 2018.
dismantling the curriculum in higher educationRichard Hall
My presentation at the Bishop Grosseteste University, Learning and Teaching Conference, 22 June 2015. Notes here: http://www.richard-hall.org/2015/06/19/on-dismantling-the-curriculum-in-higher-education/
Realizing Learners' Potential Across Europe
THE FUTURE IS THE UNDISCOVERED LAND.
EDUCATION IS THE WINDOW THROUGH WHICH WE SEE THIS LAND.
Children who are born today will retire in 2075. The economic, social and technical developments of the last 50 years are a projection of just how little we can predict the world in 50 years from now. The one thing we know for sure: Today's education system will prepare our children for this world.
In our project we introduce an education system that - at its core - is oriented towards the potential of the individual. It is based on the knowledge society, it supports social learning, critical thinking and solidary behaviour in public and private life.
For this research project we have extensively reviewed analyses and findinds of international education experts and institutions, and we have connected it with our own research on the Future of Work. We have interviewed political decision makers and economic leaders to capture their thoughts.
The results have been published and were initially presented at the European Forum Alpbach. Meanwhile they have been discussed at multiple events across Europe.
Author:
FRANZ KUEHMAYER
Founder and CEO
Reflections Research & Consulting
Preparing for the tide: skills and education of the 21st century' is the summary of previous GEFF sessions that was presented in Sao Paulo in August 2015. The report focused on the looming global changes and challenged that could only be faced with rebuilt educational ecosystems at different levels and new skills obtained worldwide. The prominent feature of this event was a list of key literacies for every person who would live in the world of self-guided lifelong learning. The message, announced in Sao Paolo, was touched with a sense of urgency, since the forthcoming socioeconomic crises are inevitable and overwhelming with only new network-based adduction being able to resolve them
slides from the presentation on Feb.28, 2007 for the Malaysian Higher Education conference in Langkawi. See blog entry at www.autodesk.com/waynehodgins for more details
Collective Entrepreneurship & Digital Platform Coops. MTA world. ICA World Co...Jose Mari Luzarraga
The talk on "Collective Entrepreneurship & Digital Platform Coops" by JM Luzarraga (MTA-PCC) at ICA World Conference in Seoul Dec 2021. This talk was part of the panel 2.5 on "Supporting Entrepreneurship & Innovation"
The Last MIL or the Last Chance?
Daniel Pimienta.
que se presentó dentro de la Conferencia Internacional "Tangible and Intangible Impact of Information and Communication in the Digital Age", UNESCO/IFAP, Khanty-Mansiysk, Russian Federation, June 3–8, 2018.
dismantling the curriculum in higher educationRichard Hall
My presentation at the Bishop Grosseteste University, Learning and Teaching Conference, 22 June 2015. Notes here: http://www.richard-hall.org/2015/06/19/on-dismantling-the-curriculum-in-higher-education/
Aspectos Epistemológicos del Uso de Modelos Computacionales en Nanociencia y ...Santiago Nunez
Esta presentación construye una jerarquía de sistemas formales acerca del siguiente problema pedagógico:
Encontrar un conjunto de herramientas conceptuales y analíticas que permitan al estudiante avanzado de pregrado y al estudiante de grado integrar rápidamente sus conocimientos a un creciente corpus de conocimiento para ser intelectualmente eficiente en la compresión de fenómenos de la nanoescala.
Working Paper: The role of innovation for sustainable future. itdUPM meeting. 14 April 2015. Industrial Technical School, Technical University of Madrid (UPM). 13:30 - 15:30h
Crowdfunding for Sustainable Entrepreneurship and Innovation - PrefaceWalter Vassallo
Today, millions of people are bakers, in 2020 there will be billions in “Third Industrial Revolution”.
Crowdfunding for Sustainable Entrepreneurship and Innovation is the first all-round, most relevant and comprehensive book on crowdfunding which involves prestigious worldwide experts on crowdfunding, crowdsourcing, crowd-innovation, crowd-economy.
It is the latest pivotal source to enhance opportunities and benefits from the use of crowdfunding in modern society. The book is addressed to a wide audience which encompass: students, researchers, citizens and general public, entrepreneurs, startups, associations, cooperatives, public institutions and policy makers. It is an interdisciplinary publication that counts numerous research contributions from a wide variety of disciplines including applied sciences, information technology and innovation, sociology, marketing, economics, law, policy and regulatory frameworks. By reading this book anyone can become a “visionary thinker”, one who knows how to translate trends and changes into unique opportunities. The book is not limited to innovation. Innovation is a driver which results in a positive change, that makes life better. The book provides a precise view of the World to come, a broad view of the Knowledge Era in which we live, in order to understand the changes taking place to grasp opportunities and advantages.
https://www.igi-global.com/book/crowdfunding-sustainable-entrepreneurship-innovation/147126
Learning and Education in the Networked SocietyEricsson
It took 100 years to connect 1 billion places and 25 years to connect 5 billion people. Today, 85 percent of the world’s population has access to mobile communications, and by 2020 we expect there to be 50 billion connected devices.
Mobile phones, tablets and laptops are making the school desk as we know it obsolete. Today’s progressive schools are having their classrooms rebuilt to turn them into multifunctional spaces to enable new ways of learning. A new Ericsson Networked Society report, "Learning and Educations in the Networked Society" , shows that introducing ICT in schools affects six principal areas.
For more information on ICT & Education visit: http://www.ericsson.com/thinkingahead/networked_society/learning_education
We can talk about Education 4.0 in a future and adequate context to train students in a scenario of needs and new skills demand for Industry 4.0. In this Industry 4.0 scenario, new technologies converge in a disruptive and complex ecosystem and basically comprise it.
From the Personal Smart Cities to the Smart Education, a Journey for AcademyManuel Castro
Keynote of Martin Llamas (University of Vigo) and Manuel Castro (UNED) in Ucami 2019, December 2nd to 5th in Toledo, Spain, about " From the Personal Smart Cities to the Smart Education, a Journey for Academy"
http://mamilab.esi.uclm.es/ucami2019/keynotes.html
The concept of Smart is gaining new areas and new topics as is spreading around all actions in our daily life. Smart Cities are one of the "oldest" terms but the new vision of the Personal Smart Cities are increasing the focus on the living aspects of the intelligence around us. Ubiquitous and smart intelligence are converging paradigms to feed machine and deep learning algorithms bringing support and exploiting big data and analytics to improve the efficiency of our technological systems and to have a better quality on our lives. Ambient Intelligence is one of the sources of the Smart Learning and Smart Education, where methodology goes hand-to-hand with technology, sensors, equipments and new learning views where the open aspects (open learning, lo, ocw, moocs, etc.) are having a more important role as well as are increasing the connection on our social networks and the life-long learning paradigm that is converging with our future
Online learning innovation for higher educationicdeslides
This keynote at the International Forum for Partnerships on the Qingdao Declaration, Qingdao, China, discusses new policies for online, open and flexible learning in relation to the new Sustainable Development Goal 4: Education 2030. A simple foresight for Education 2030 post secondary education is presented. Three principles for implementing Education 2030 (megapolicies: Innovation, Openness and Collaboration ) are illustrated with actual cases.
Stavros Panagiotis Xanthopoylos is the Vice-President of the Brazilian Association for Distance Education - ABED, Professor, Fundação Getulio Vargas (FGV-EAESP) in Brazil. See his presentation at the #EDEN2015 Annual Conference here. His talk is captured on video and will be published on the EDEN Youtube channel.
Read about EDEN: http://www.eden-online.org
Technology and co-operative practice against the neoliberal universityRichard Hall
Slides for my presentation at the CAPPE, Neoliberalism and Everyday Life conference on 4 September 2014 http://arts.brighton.ac.uk/research/cappe/conferences/conferences/annual-conference-neoliberalism-and-everyday-life
Script at http://www.bohyunkim.net/blog/archives/3215
Recording at http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/60105499
The closing keynote for the 2015 Library Technology Conference at St. Paul, MN at March 19, 2015. http://libtechconf.org/ #LTC2015
The Art of the Pitch: WordPress Relationships and SalesLaura Byrne
Clients don’t know what they don’t know. What web solutions are right for them? How does WordPress come into the picture? How do you make sure you understand scope and timeline? What do you do if sometime changes?
All these questions and more will be explored as we talk about matching clients’ needs with what your agency offers without pulling teeth or pulling your hair out. Practical tips, and strategies for successful relationship building that leads to closing the deal.
State of ICS and IoT Cyber Threat Landscape Report 2024 previewPrayukth K V
The IoT and OT threat landscape report has been prepared by the Threat Research Team at Sectrio using data from Sectrio, cyber threat intelligence farming facilities spread across over 85 cities around the world. In addition, Sectrio also runs AI-based advanced threat and payload engagement facilities that serve as sinks to attract and engage sophisticated threat actors, and newer malware including new variants and latent threats that are at an earlier stage of development.
The latest edition of the OT/ICS and IoT security Threat Landscape Report 2024 also covers:
State of global ICS asset and network exposure
Sectoral targets and attacks as well as the cost of ransom
Global APT activity, AI usage, actor and tactic profiles, and implications
Rise in volumes of AI-powered cyberattacks
Major cyber events in 2024
Malware and malicious payload trends
Cyberattack types and targets
Vulnerability exploit attempts on CVEs
Attacks on counties – USA
Expansion of bot farms – how, where, and why
In-depth analysis of the cyber threat landscape across North America, South America, Europe, APAC, and the Middle East
Why are attacks on smart factories rising?
Cyber risk predictions
Axis of attacks – Europe
Systemic attacks in the Middle East
Download the full report from here:
https://sectrio.com/resources/ot-threat-landscape-reports/sectrio-releases-ot-ics-and-iot-security-threat-landscape-report-2024/
Builder.ai Founder Sachin Dev Duggal's Strategic Approach to Create an Innova...Ramesh Iyer
In today's fast-changing business world, Companies that adapt and embrace new ideas often need help to keep up with the competition. However, fostering a culture of innovation takes much work. It takes vision, leadership and willingness to take risks in the right proportion. Sachin Dev Duggal, co-founder of Builder.ai, has perfected the art of this balance, creating a company culture where creativity and growth are nurtured at each stage.
JMeter webinar - integration with InfluxDB and GrafanaRTTS
Watch this recorded webinar about real-time monitoring of application performance. See how to integrate Apache JMeter, the open-source leader in performance testing, with InfluxDB, the open-source time-series database, and Grafana, the open-source analytics and visualization application.
In this webinar, we will review the benefits of leveraging InfluxDB and Grafana when executing load tests and demonstrate how these tools are used to visualize performance metrics.
Length: 30 minutes
Session Overview
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During this webinar, we will cover the following topics while demonstrating the integrations of JMeter, InfluxDB and Grafana:
- What out-of-the-box solutions are available for real-time monitoring JMeter tests?
- What are the benefits of integrating InfluxDB and Grafana into the load testing stack?
- Which features are provided by Grafana?
- Demonstration of InfluxDB and Grafana using a practice web application
To view the webinar recording, go to:
https://www.rttsweb.com/jmeter-integration-webinar
Dev Dives: Train smarter, not harder – active learning and UiPath LLMs for do...UiPathCommunity
💥 Speed, accuracy, and scaling – discover the superpowers of GenAI in action with UiPath Document Understanding and Communications Mining™:
See how to accelerate model training and optimize model performance with active learning
Learn about the latest enhancements to out-of-the-box document processing – with little to no training required
Get an exclusive demo of the new family of UiPath LLMs – GenAI models specialized for processing different types of documents and messages
This is a hands-on session specifically designed for automation developers and AI enthusiasts seeking to enhance their knowledge in leveraging the latest intelligent document processing capabilities offered by UiPath.
Speakers:
👨🏫 Andras Palfi, Senior Product Manager, UiPath
👩🏫 Lenka Dulovicova, Product Program Manager, UiPath
Essentials of Automations: Optimizing FME Workflows with ParametersSafe Software
Are you looking to streamline your workflows and boost your projects’ efficiency? Do you find yourself searching for ways to add flexibility and control over your FME workflows? If so, you’re in the right place.
Join us for an insightful dive into the world of FME parameters, a critical element in optimizing workflow efficiency. This webinar marks the beginning of our three-part “Essentials of Automation” series. This first webinar is designed to equip you with the knowledge and skills to utilize parameters effectively: enhancing the flexibility, maintainability, and user control of your FME projects.
Here’s what you’ll gain:
- Essentials of FME Parameters: Understand the pivotal role of parameters, including Reader/Writer, Transformer, User, and FME Flow categories. Discover how they are the key to unlocking automation and optimization within your workflows.
- Practical Applications in FME Form: Delve into key user parameter types including choice, connections, and file URLs. Allow users to control how a workflow runs, making your workflows more reusable. Learn to import values and deliver the best user experience for your workflows while enhancing accuracy.
- Optimization Strategies in FME Flow: Explore the creation and strategic deployment of parameters in FME Flow, including the use of deployment and geometry parameters, to maximize workflow efficiency.
- Pro Tips for Success: Gain insights on parameterizing connections and leveraging new features like Conditional Visibility for clarity and simplicity.
We’ll wrap up with a glimpse into future webinars, followed by a Q&A session to address your specific questions surrounding this topic.
Don’t miss this opportunity to elevate your FME expertise and drive your projects to new heights of efficiency.
Smart TV Buyer Insights Survey 2024 by 91mobiles.pdf91mobiles
91mobiles recently conducted a Smart TV Buyer Insights Survey in which we asked over 3,000 respondents about the TV they own, aspects they look at on a new TV, and their TV buying preferences.
Securing your Kubernetes cluster_ a step-by-step guide to success !KatiaHIMEUR1
Today, after several years of existence, an extremely active community and an ultra-dynamic ecosystem, Kubernetes has established itself as the de facto standard in container orchestration. Thanks to a wide range of managed services, it has never been so easy to set up a ready-to-use Kubernetes cluster.
However, this ease of use means that the subject of security in Kubernetes is often left for later, or even neglected. This exposes companies to significant risks.
In this talk, I'll show you step-by-step how to secure your Kubernetes cluster for greater peace of mind and reliability.
Key Trends Shaping the Future of Infrastructure.pdfCheryl Hung
Keynote at DIGIT West Expo, Glasgow on 29 May 2024.
Cheryl Hung, ochery.com
Sr Director, Infrastructure Ecosystem, Arm.
The key trends across hardware, cloud and open-source; exploring how these areas are likely to mature and develop over the short and long-term, and then considering how organisations can position themselves to adapt and thrive.
Kubernetes & AI - Beauty and the Beast !?! @KCD Istanbul 2024Tobias Schneck
As AI technology is pushing into IT I was wondering myself, as an “infrastructure container kubernetes guy”, how get this fancy AI technology get managed from an infrastructure operational view? Is it possible to apply our lovely cloud native principals as well? What benefit’s both technologies could bring to each other?
Let me take this questions and provide you a short journey through existing deployment models and use cases for AI software. On practical examples, we discuss what cloud/on-premise strategy we may need for applying it to our own infrastructure to get it to work from an enterprise perspective. I want to give an overview about infrastructure requirements and technologies, what could be beneficial or limiting your AI use cases in an enterprise environment. An interactive Demo will give you some insides, what approaches I got already working for real.
Transcript: Selling digital books in 2024: Insights from industry leaders - T...BookNet Canada
The publishing industry has been selling digital audiobooks and ebooks for over a decade and has found its groove. What’s changed? What has stayed the same? Where do we go from here? Join a group of leading sales peers from across the industry for a conversation about the lessons learned since the popularization of digital books, best practices, digital book supply chain management, and more.
Link to video recording: https://bnctechforum.ca/sessions/selling-digital-books-in-2024-insights-from-industry-leaders/
Presented by BookNet Canada on May 28, 2024, with support from the Department of Canadian Heritage.
Epistemic Interaction - tuning interfaces to provide information for AI supportAlan Dix
Paper presented at SYNERGY workshop at AVI 2024, Genoa, Italy. 3rd June 2024
https://alandix.com/academic/papers/synergy2024-epistemic/
As machine learning integrates deeper into human-computer interactions, the concept of epistemic interaction emerges, aiming to refine these interactions to enhance system adaptability. This approach encourages minor, intentional adjustments in user behaviour to enrich the data available for system learning. This paper introduces epistemic interaction within the context of human-system communication, illustrating how deliberate interaction design can improve system understanding and adaptation. Through concrete examples, we demonstrate the potential of epistemic interaction to significantly advance human-computer interaction by leveraging intuitive human communication strategies to inform system design and functionality, offering a novel pathway for enriching user-system engagements.
UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series, part 4DianaGray10
Welcome to UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series part 4. In this session, we will cover Test Manager overview along with SAP heatmap.
The UiPath Test Manager overview with SAP heatmap webinar offers a concise yet comprehensive exploration of the role of a Test Manager within SAP environments, coupled with the utilization of heatmaps for effective testing strategies.
Participants will gain insights into the responsibilities, challenges, and best practices associated with test management in SAP projects. Additionally, the webinar delves into the significance of heatmaps as a visual aid for identifying testing priorities, areas of risk, and resource allocation within SAP landscapes. Through this session, attendees can expect to enhance their understanding of test management principles while learning practical approaches to optimize testing processes in SAP environments using heatmap visualization techniques
What will you get from this session?
1. Insights into SAP testing best practices
2. Heatmap utilization for testing
3. Optimization of testing processes
4. Demo
Topics covered:
Execution from the test manager
Orchestrator execution result
Defect reporting
SAP heatmap example with demo
Speaker:
Deepak Rai, Automation Practice Lead, Boundaryless Group and UiPath MVP
GraphRAG is All You need? LLM & Knowledge GraphGuy Korland
Guy Korland, CEO and Co-founder of FalkorDB, will review two articles on the integration of language models with knowledge graphs.
1. Unifying Large Language Models and Knowledge Graphs: A Roadmap.
https://arxiv.org/abs/2306.08302
2. Microsoft Research's GraphRAG paper and a review paper on various uses of knowledge graphs:
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/blog/graphrag-unlocking-llm-discovery-on-narrative-private-data/
1. We urgently need a university 2.0
(New Technologies and Educational innovation in our universities )
14 th Toulon-Verona Conference. Annual International Meeting. A think-tank on
Excellence in Services)
Andrés Pedreño Muñoz
Instituto de Economía Internacional
Universidad de Alicante
Introduction
I want to share with you all a relief staff on how to see the university at this
time. It is my humble view. It is not intended nothing more. I will mention
a well-known topics. Some years ago, when I used to talk about this kind of
issues I believed that I was very original. However, today I am just one of
many voices that defend that universities must change very quickly and
with the utmost ambition. Let me, however, join my voice to this type of
revindication.
XXI century society has new demands, new needs, new aspirations,
everything is renewed, everything changes quickly.
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2. Our universities do not seem to be as sensitive to change ...We have a 1.0
university. In contrast, we have a 2.0 society that is feeling comfortable
with a new digital identity, with new tools to define a new social
framework, new ways of doing business, interpreting information,
communicating, requiring governments... ...
Our students get to university with very powerful tools. They are very
familiarized with them. They use this ICT tools for pictures, movies, music,
to meet friends, to have fun, But they don’t understand why in our
universities do not use these kind of tools for theirs studies.
Teachers, professors, talk about knowledge, but they use very rudimentary
tools to manage it, learn it and transmit it. Even when we share and debate
our scientifical resources, our tools are less advanced than those that
students use in their everyday life.
Many companies and professionals have also been very efficient in taking
advantage of these kind of tools.
The society as a whole is learning to organize itself in a political way. We
have a lot of representative and very well-known international examples:
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3. ● The oppressed citizens in the arab world take advantage of Internet
in order to defeat tyrants and injustices. They use information not
only to organize demonstrations, but even to design a real revolution.
● The recent developments in Spain -known as 15M- is another very
well-known fact, reported worldwide.
● Even, as you all know, the current president of the most powerful
country in the world, Barack Obama won the presidential elections
thanks to an intelligent and very active presence in social networks.
● Meanwhile thousands of people, even anonymously, write in one of
the most complete, updated and useful encyclopaedia, you all know,
Wikipedia, free access, collaborative world, without payments,
without scientific authority…
● Nowadays in Facebook, Twitter, Google +, Youtube… you can find
more professional, or leisure information than all general and
conventional media. More than seven hundred million people
participate in this social phenomenon.
● In Internet, people working in Wikipedia, Youtube, etcetera, defend
a way of distributing intellectual property “Creative Commons”, that
is more rational and better adapted to the features of the new ICT
tools.
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4. ● People share ideas, open minds and knowledge. The phenomenon of
open source and its spectacular results must make us question old
research methods and our limited productivity.
Meanwhile …
● We persist in the old economy generated because of the paper, or
Guttenberg era. Our concept of intellectual property is not adapted to
the digital era. In the battle between Google and publishers,
universities didn´t support enough the initiative of digitalization of
intellectual heritage. Why was that? For me, it is difficult to find a
satisfactory answer.
● We still distribute and report our research with “smoke signals”. We
have not adapted our resources to the new tools.
● Our teaching activity is far from using tools that help it to renew
itself; our teaching methods use these new tools in order to change
ways but not substance.
● The collaborative work in our universities is far from achieving the
ambitious challenges that online society has met with wikipedia. We
have yet to accomplish in a satisfactory way the challenge of sharing,
and doing a interdisciplinary and internationally work in order to
achieve satisfactory goals. Sometimes our networks seem more like
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5. a group of interest or lobby in order to increase influence or
European funds.
● We communicate our ideas and contributions on paper …even if we
don’t have too much to say, we use thousands of characters. But
why? Especially when we find it almost impossible to summarise
the main idea in a simple abstract… Whereas young people use only
140 characters and, at least they don’t lose time any more.
● We patent thousand of ideas with the only objective of making it
more difficult for our competitors. Google buys Motorola because
this company has thousands of patents that help Google to defend its
positions and achievements in software, with respect to Apple..
● It is time to ask whether we are complicit in maintaining an obsolete
concept just to protect intellectual property. But we don’t even
debate it, even at the risk of delaying progress.
In general, there seems to be more debate and exchange of ideas in the
streets, in social networks than in our classrooms, libraries or seminars.
The role of universities in the information society
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6. Perhaps universities must aspire to adopting a new role in modern day
society.
The information society has changed peoples ideas and habits, and is
changing the very rhythm of change.
The current economic crisis is changing many things ... and has exposed
inconsistencies and injustices that a more collaborative society, conscious,
is still not willing to allow.
The information society is rapidly changing individuals and their social
environment. Their virtualization enables enrichment ...
It cannot be understood that universities are not leading knowledge society
in all its forms ...
Perhaps this question is still interesting ... what do universities need to
become a fundamental piece of the knowledge society?
I. Where to begin? The university 2.0 model
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7. To address this question I think we should describe the university model
minimally desirable and even required, socially speaking.
I would like to make clear that the University 2.0 is not an option for our
universities, but it is actually something more important. It may sound
exaggerated, but the university 2.0 is a key resource for our survival.
The construction of the European Higher Education Area (Bologna
Process) was a missed opportunity to address the fundamental changes that
our institutions needed.
Universities with resistance to change
First of all I think we should be self-critical in order to progress. Many
observers have the feeling that the universities are reluctant to major
structural changes. Society often talks about university endogamy or even
generational crisis. I think our university structures make any change
difficult and complex. Perhaps because we have established a model of
conservative University not sufficiently sensitive to innovative practices
and changes in general. This is what we should probably change urgent and
priority.
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8. We live in times of great convulsions induced by the exhaustion of a
historical pattern of economic growth and the introduction of new ways to
compete, work, progress, in short, to live. In this economic and social
framework, new technologies, information technologies are shaking up
social skills and promoting a gap between a new economy (linked to
knowledge) as opposed to an 'old economy', linked to not only traditional
industries but also work and life shapes and styles that are increasingly
outdated.
To all this must be added the requirements of competitiveness associated
with globalization and the new rules set by the knowledge society. All this
calls for increasingly more urgently, a new model of university.
I'll try to summarize it in four very simple features:
● A global and internationalized university. Our companies, our work
and welfare depend on us accepting the demands resulting from
internationalization and economic globalization. If universities do
not think globally and take on the demands of competition arising
from it, they are not fulfilling their social mission. Globalization has
increased innovative pressure, change and the ability to create and
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9. grow. It is essential to build networks and become integrated into the
wider circles. ... We have mentioned the need for competitiveness
and this leads to the next point.
● A university radically different in terms of quality and
competitiveness. If companies are required to be competitive to
survive... what about our universities? Should they accept the
challenge of being competitive?.This issue has reopened discussions
as interesting as the measurement of the quality and competitiveness.
In this regard, we can not admit endogenous indicator and settle into
complacency. Maybe we should use indicators such as, for example,
our capacity to export high technology goods. Such indicators reveal
a great technological weakness for a country like Spain. And
universities must be aware that we are indispensable to achieving
economic competitiveness.
● Universities must take radical initiatives to increase our
competitiveness in teaching and research. We must be more
ambitious in our goals and reforms. For example, should two or
more universities be able to merge in a country like Spain ?.
Businesses do this when seeking new advantages and strengths, new
niches .. Why not universities? In Finland, for example, there has
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10. been a smart move on the matter. Universities have to lose the
aversion to change to be competitive. And these changes may be
encouraged by public authorities.
● An open university, committed to the goal of combating cloused
compartments . Closed models are stagnant, outdated and lacking
competitiveness.This is what happens to the old economy sectors and
many of its businesses. I would argue that if universities do not open
up without restrictions, we run the risk of ending up belonging to the
"old economy": low innovation capacity, weak demand... And some
of these indicators we're already receiving today.
● A socially committed university that leads the knowledge society,
innovation and development of new technologies. It would be
paradoxical if in the context of the knowledge society, universities
did not assume ownership and leadership they deserve. All
economists agree that the knowledge economy is the main source of
competitiveness of enterprises (especially in advanced economies).
Universities must take advantage of this great opportunity which
makes us leaders of the future.
In short, our countries need quality universities,competitive and
internationalized universities , also open, innovative and able to assume
leadership in the knowledge society.
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11. With these ideas in mind, if we persue these goals, talking about university
1.0 and university 2.0 makes a lot of sense.
Ideas for a University 2.0
Create and encourage in our universities an open mind to change. Perhaps
this is the most important thing. And without this, none of what I say will
make sense.
Innovation, entrepreneurship, professional networks, human capital of the
century. That does not make much sense if universities do not realize they
have to be part of an ecosystem of innovation. The most known and studied
innovation ecosystem in the world is the Silicon Valley. Here the reference
companies are Apple, Google, and social networks with next IPO. There is
talk already of the Semantic Web 3.0. ICT are studied and developed but
keeping an eye on nanotechnology ....Google digitalizes 13 million books
in the Library at Stanford. And MIT, on the east coast, responds with a
global project: OCW. All MIT professors put their educational resources in
an open internet and invite the rest of the world to do the same.
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12. If our universities want to get somewhere they can not look back. The
changes are so fast that even if we look ahead and react positively, we may
find ourselves a few steps behind.
And the question is: Are our universities a part of an ecosystem of
innovation?. Many countries in Asia (India -Bangalore- or China) struggle
to reproduce their innovation ecosystem. The results are evident: India is a
global software power. The weight of the hi-tech Chinese exports in total
exports is double that of Spain.
Let's start with the ideas ... And I will be more practical and less theoretical
than four years ago when I talked about these issues.
1. Assuming a digital culture.
In my opinion, it would be important for universities to lead processes of
innovation and social change and not to be placed at the end of the queue.
In other words: it would be interesting that the universities were good
references, useful case studies for society.
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13. The seed of Google was commissioned by Stanford University. The
University asked two of its students for search engine for its library.
Facebook began as a social network for Harvard students and today its
headquarter is in Palo Alto. The company is valued at billions of dollars.
We all know very well these cases, their history, their protagonists .... But
we do not take steps to help similar initiatives in our universities.
Our students need to feel a sense of university 2.0 that understands and
exceeds their status of digital native, a university that takes advantage of
their digital skills ...
How to do this? I'm sure if the rectors of the universities ask their experts
will arise many projects and ideas really challenging and interesting.
Ideas to bring about changes?
How about an e-government? Perhaps we need to redefine the way in
which we participate and make decisions in our universities. Shaking our
centers, departments, faculties, ...of old bureaucracy. The challenge of
anticipating the changes and the influence of ICT in our democracies in our
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14. participatory processes ... Open our universities to the opinions of our
teachers, administrators and students.
How about a paperless green college? and easy access in any format or
device: comfortable, open, easy ... All information and all administrative
tasks online ...
How about re-engineering processes, making simple, convenient, easy,
rational and fast all the paperwork and administrative management in our
universities ...?
Crazy or risky ideas. Why not?
Only if universities dare to move towards the future will they become
references to our society.
2. The importance of being open.
An open society needs open universities. Open innovation, open teaching,
open research . Be open, this the message ..
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15. When MIT OCW was launched ... it gave us a sample of a revolutionary
example. First, educational innovation is global. For this reason the MIT
invited the rest of the world's universities to join their cause. Second, the
message was simple: a university that closes its teaching runs the risk of
becoming poor and isolated in a world changing at breakneck speed ....
Open teaching was the only way to maintain leadership.
In parallel, open innovation is the response of companies like IBM to these
processes of rapid change ... More and more companies point to this trend,
it is no longer a few isolated cases ... How can they close their research
universities when companies are opening up their innovation and research
activity?
If universities want to lead change they must embrace the methodology of
Open Innovation. The software world is te one making fastest progress.
Currently it is the one that contribute the most social benefits. Open source
drives one of the largest economic and social revolutions known to date.
Governments are sensitive to the pressures of certain economic interests in
regulating intellectual property in a way outdated. Universities must help to
change radically the concept of intellectual property. We have to adapt it to
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16. the digital age. We must exploit the potential of new tools. We must be
aware of the speed of change and the benefits of sharing knowledge, an
open knowledge. The benefits should not come from a narrow focus of
knowledge. We must apply imagination to find new solutions.
Today we can talk about even a show in the world of patents. A game
reserved for companies which serves to win legal battles. Rarely used to
economically exploit the ideas and knowledge reflected in inventions. Its
legal and regulatory base game allows specialists to take up positions in
strategic sectors, and does nothing to protect hypothetically talent or
productive effort in R & D. Significantly, Google's largest investment has
been motivated by these issues ...
3. The need to build virtual university networks.
Professional networking is one of the key factors of innovation ecosystems.
Let me mention nanotechnology, a sector of maximum future, as we all
know. A map of nanotechnology research in the world today would give us
a complex result: China, India, Israel, South Korea ...Of course, besides the
United States, Germany, France or the UK ... Can a university afford to
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17. have researchers in a highly competitive field who are not integrated into
information networks, track work, knowledge sharing?
To be outside the social research network is to risk being stagnant,
regardless of the processes of innovation and state of the art progress. ... In
the world of ICT these processes are critical. Tools such as twitter,
facebook, linkedin, not designed primarily for professional use are
perfectly adapted to these purposes , but universities could improve them.
However we are not leading this process of innovation. Universities are not
producing sufficient responses, innovations with respect to the private
sector.
4. Communication and methods of working with digital natives, our
students.
This is a problem that worries me. The tools used by digital natives, our
students, encourages an advanced method of communication. These tools
change the way a profession is carried out: they enable quicker ways to
make decisions contrast ideas, knowledge etc.... All this quickly and
immediately ...
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18. In my opinion we should avoid a digital divide between teachers, digital
immigrants, and students.
Our virtual campus is closed, not very innovative and in general is less
efficient than the tools used by students in the free time....
These are just a few examples of how universities can be much more
proactive.
Perhaps my contribution may seen quite self-critical but I speak in the hope
that my university college and I will be capable of reacting and taking
controll of the information and knowledge society which really should be
our proper role.
Thank you
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