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Directions and challenges when post-secondary education moves into MOOC territory:
What should be the institutional strategies in the digital learning age?
Online EDUCA Berlin, 5 December 2013
Gard TitlestadSecretary General
International Council For Open and Distance Education, ICDE
• The leading global membership organization for open, distance and online education
• An NGO official partner of UNESCO, and shares that agency’s key aim – the attainment of quality education for all
• ICDE believes that in pursuing education as a universal right, the needs of the learner must be central.
• Members in all regions of the world
25 Years SupportFrom Norway
Openknowledge
Societal needs
Technology
Students needs and
expectations
OERCost
Trends, within the framwork of globalisation and internationalisation
HE needs – 1 U a week
Demographics
Globalisation
Enabling economic growth
Access
Open Access
eInfrrastructureseScience
Automation
Robots Sensors
2020 – 80% connectedInternet of things Open Research
Open Data
Open Innovation
US quadruppling
Southern Europe….
Developing economies
ICT Habitus
Flexibility
Employability
Lifelong
Disruptive Innovations
20442030
320
4002007 - 2030
Mill. students
EU/OECD projections the need for HEby 2030: 400 mill.
How can countries best produce a highly-qualified young labour force?OECD, Education Indicators in Focus – October 2013.
PISA and expenses per student
Aftenposten, Norway, 4 December 2013
Coursera ”Learning Hubs”
Dr Qian Tang, Assistant Director-General for Education, UNESCO (8/11/2013).It is necessary to repeat the confirmation of fundamental principles:
• Education is– A fundamental human rights– A public good– A basis for man's attainment of peace, sustainable development, gender
equality and responsible global citizenship– A key factor in reducing inequality and poverty.
• And further: Imperative for Education for post 2015 agenda must be:– Equitable access to education for all and at all levels– Quality of education and learning– Fairness– Gender equality– Lifelong learning
• Willing to move up to the forefront and set direction: Use High Quality Open, Distance, Online and eLearning, MOOC and MOOP (Massive Open Online Programs)
• Establish overview what is happening, careful monitoring, through GlobalOHER.
• Contextual, cultural and value based approach.• UNESCO partnership approach.• Collaboration between institutions, associations and key
stakeholders: national, regional and global.• Student success is the key factor.
Message from the ICDE Standing Conference of Presidents:
Leadership for change
• Leadership is strongly needed:– From government– From faculty– From institutions senior management
• Leadership to penetrate education for reinventing and innovation in Education!
Speakers• Mansoor Al Awar, Vice Chancellor, Hamdan Bin Mohammed e-
University, United Arab Emirates– An Innovative Solution for the 21st Century Learning
• Nicholas Watson, Director, Corporate and Learning Environments (CLE), The Open University, UK– Leadership for Change in a Time of Openness: New Models of
Institutional Engagement• Marta Aymerich, Vice President for Strategic Planning and
Research, Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, Spain– Opening Up Education in an Online University: Experiences and Future
Challenges• John Ebersole, President, Excelsior College, USA• Will Swann, President, European Association of Distance Teaching
Universities (EADTU), The Netherlands