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Nov, 2012
The New Education CodeIndustry-Academia Synthesis
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Schools are getting industrialized
Civilization
QuestLife Wisdom Jobs – Engineer/
DoctorEntrepreneur/ Author/
pilot
Teacher Teacher sacrosanct Teacher moderated(Board regime)
Teacher on demand
Information “Knowledge is within yourself”
Books and “propaganda”
Internet effect
Evaluation Socratic Reproducing Reconstructing
Doctrinal Institutional Industrial
Whether or not we like it, the whole education code has changed
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What is industrialized education
• Competition: Schools will compete in extra-academic facilities• Commoditization: Line to blur between heritage schools and new schools• Differentiation: Campus to be the differentiator• Commercialization: Efficiency in campus to be survival factor• Visibility: Marketing will change
Business
• Governance: Boards will be liberal but will control assessments• Faculty: Facilitators and observers – the new breed• Knowledge: Google antidotes– Less textual home-works & exams• Social Media : Facebook antidote – Controlled media for children• Parenting: Managed services to emerge to complement parenting
Education Cause
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Industry wants skills; institutions produce talent
•Potential to consume knowledge
•Consumes codified knowledge
•Needs theoretical foundation
•Learn by reasoning
•Identifying is the key
Talent-ed
•Confidence to apply knowledge
•Applies socialized knowledge
•Need practical exposure
•Learn from failures
•Application in the key
Skill-ed
Question: Who transforms talent to skills – Institution or industry?
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Gaps
•Lacks practical exposure
•Specializations become departments
•Powered by faculty of scholars
•Knows ways to codify knowledge
•Has methods to qualify talents
Institution
•Lacks theoretical foundation
•Specialization becomes practices
•Powered by faculty of craftsmen
•Knows ways to socialize knowledge
•Has methods to test skills
Industry
There are only two ways you could bridge this gap…
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Two approaches to the synthesis
Academia
Knowledge
Talent
Courses
Campus
Industry
Knowledge
TalentSkill
Faculty
PushPull
•Academia pushes skills• Industry pushes faculty into
courses
•Industry pulls talent•Academia pulls
knowledge
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Push synthesis
Academia
Knowledge
Talent
Courses
Campus
Industry
Knowledge
TalentSkill
Faculty
Codification
Socialization
Role Patron compliant
Research Patron specific
Course Industry defined
Role Advisory
Research Sponsors
Course Mentored
Most academic models in India are moving toward this.
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Pull synthesis
Academia
Knowledge
Talent
Courses
Campus
Industry
Knowledge
TalentSkill
Faculty
Codification
Socialization
Role Advisory
Research Industry wide (survey)
Course Self-defined
Role Talent sponsors
Research Consumers
Course Benchmarked
Better known western education follow this methodology
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Technology keywords
Role Patron compliant
Research Patron specific
Course Industry defined
Role Advisory
Research Mentors
Course Course sponsors
Role Advisory
Research Industry wide (survey)
Course Self-defined
Role Talent sponsors
Research Consumers
Course Benchmarked
Synthesis methodologyPush Pull
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dust
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adem
ia
Virtual professional network
Education CRM
Campus-less courses
Student portals
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