Contemporary Issues in Higher Education

Jace Hargis, PhD

The Best College Teachers...Ken Bain

• Know how we learn and process information.

• Prepare to teach as a serious intellectual endeavor as demanding and important as scholarship.

• Conduct class where diverse learners can explore, analyze & synthesize to construct own meaning.

• Check THEIR own progress with a systematic program to assess and modify.

Potential Issues for Higher Ed• TIME for PD• Preparing for “Uninvented Careers”• MOOC, MOOR, “Nano-degrees”• Digital Content Creation Clearinghouse• Play with Purpose Maker Economy• Fab Lab to Create OER eLOs• Big Data Learning Analytics• Adaptive Tech for Formative Assessment• Wearable Tech - Quantifiable Self - IoT• Mobile Learning

NMC Horizon Report

2013

2014

<1 year 2-3 years 4-5 years

MOOC

Mobile

Analytics

Gaming

3D

Wearable

Analytics Gaming

3DFlipped Quant Self

Virtual Asst

An Example of aContemporaryIssue

Mobile Learning in Higher Education

ML Initiative

• Goal: Engagement

• Progressive Environment

• PD Model

• iChampion• iCelebrate• iCommunicate• iSoTL

Research Findings Summary

• Increased access, engagement & collaboration

• Play with purpose, failed events & gamification

• Creation of rich-media & eLOs

• Assess 21st Century Skills via PBL & ePort

Thank You

Jace Hargis, PhD