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DIY U: The Transformatio n of Higher Education Anya Kamenetz WASC ARC April 7, 2011
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Colleges and universities today can no longer afford to conduct business as usual. The pressures of rising costs and ever-stronger mandates for accountability, access and success are too strong. Students, meanwhile, have urgent questions about the return on their investment and the relevance of the education they're receiving in a 21st century context. The way we connect, communicate, and access information is changing every day. When will these changes substantially affect education? Kamenetz addresses all these concerns and sets forth her vision of a future that includes personal learning networks, personalized learning paths, expanded peer learning and assessment, and learning that blends experiential and digital approaches. Faculty and administrators need to lead the way from the second to the "third horizon" of change by incorporating the seeds of future transformation while improving their institutions' working today.
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DIY U: The Transformation of Higher Education
Anya KamenetzWASC ARC
April 7, 2011
My lenses: Gen Y repFaculty brat
media
Journalist
The Cathedral of Rationality
1088 A.D.
2010 A.D.
Pressures•Access/Demand•Cost•Quality
200050m
2010120m
2025??
Global Demand
Tuition Trends
Full Cost of PUBLIC BA: $112,520
UP 24% in just 5 years! (2005 06 to 2010 11)‐ ‐Source: College Board
mostly Loans <---
*Two-thirds of BAs have
federal student loans. (less than ½ in 1993).
*Average indebtedness: $24,000*10-year default rate for the highest borrowers:
1 in 5. And rising.
Why the Tuition Spiral? •Cost Shifting•Perks Wars•Student Loans•Baumol’s Disease
And then there’s the really tough question:
is our children learning?
45 percent demonstrated no significant gains in critical thinking, analytical reasoning, and written communications during the first two years of college.
36 percent of students did not show any significant Improvement over four years.
Cost +Access +Quality = The Case for Radical Innovation
From Baumol’sDisease…
to Moore’s law?
It’s not *just* about the iStuff
The Future is Open
Content+Socialization+Accreditation
Content(what to learn)+ Socialization(how to
learn)+Accreditation (why to
learn)
OpenContent
$2 Billion!
Shareable—Saves TimeShareable—Saves Faculty Time
Attractive/Accessible
“a platform for spreading ideas” – Chris Anderson
Attractive/Accessible
Updated ConstantlyContinuously updated
Greater Public BenefitPublic Mission; Recruiting; Quality
Adaptive, Measurable ResultsAdaptive: Measurable Results
Free or affordableFree or Affordable
OpenSocialization
Personal Learning Networks
We help each other learn
Formalizing peer learning
The Online Symposium“My misfortune was not by my own doing, or have you
forgotten the countless times that the SPARTANS came through my farm, and the farms of my Athenian brethren, burning everything those bastards could find! …A message to all Athenians in this assembly, do not mistake my silence during assembly as incompetence. I don't just speak hot air; I choose my words wisely and I dislike wasting my time on pointless squabble and jibber jabber.Long live the Gods, Long live the Land, and Long live Athens!”
Juan Guzman, 19-year-old sophomore majoring in dietetics and nutrition, Florida International University, Reacting History course
Study Across Institutions
Facebook to improve school?
OpenAccreditation
As students follow personal learning paths…
Portfolio
Web
Institutions may specialize in assessment…
…or portability
Student work on the open web—assessment by network
supplement the need for diplomasProfessional networks are
bypassing diplomas
Reputation+portfolio= credibility
Data-driven career planning
National Center for Academic Transformation
• 250,000 students• Technology: “emporium,” hybrid, automated
assessment, adaptive learning software• Costs -39 percent average• Outcomes improved by: test scores, grades,
information retention, student persistence, student satisfaction, and graduation rates
Thencat.org
National Center for Academic Transformation
• Automated assessment• Flipping the classroom• Staffing substitution• Shared resources
Thencat.org
Pressures-Responses•Access/Demand-Networks & Scalability•Cost-Digital efficiencies& specialization/unbundling •Quality-21st century skills & practices
The Old Way
The New Ways
Experiences
Networks
Goals
Portfolio
C
Internships
mentors
Self-discovery
Web
PersonalLearning Networks
peers
•Collaborate to build consensus•Pass on the benefits•Work from what works
Twitter @anya1anyaFacebook: DIY [email protected]
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