Queensland needs to nurture and capture

technology-enabled opportunities for

borderless growth

Market research for development of the Partnership Plan 2017-18

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In order to achieve this ambition, TIQ is developing an IET Partnership Plan. The Partnership Plan is about identifying both the opportunities that will enable growth in IET in Queensland, and the activities that will support these opportunities.

TIQ has the bold ambition to grow Queensland’s national market share in International Education and Training to 20 percent by 2026

About the Partnership Plan The IET Partnership Plan identifies opportunities for Queensland's IET industry, and supporting activities and initiatives. The Partnership Plan presents a forward plan for Trade and Investment Queensland's key activities over the coming twelve months to enable support and partnership from industry. The Partnership Plan provides a collaborative approach to developing market opportunities for Queensland's International Education and Training sector.It provides direction and leadership on the markets Queensland should focus on and prioritise in IET. About the opportunity briefs In developing the Partnership Plan, TIQ engaged an independent management consulting firm, Nous Group, to undertake market research to identify growth opportunities for Queensland's IET industry. A series of opportunity briefs were developed for to inform consultations with the industry. The opportunity briefs highlighted key features of the opportunity, outlined performance in key sectors and provided a sense of scale for the opportunities. This information was intended to enable prioritisation and inform strategic focus areas for targeting the opportunities in consulted with industry and developing the Partnership Plan. The information was gathered through review of available data, review of key literature and through consultations with TIQ’s Business Development Manager (BDM) network and other key stakeholders. Ongoing use of the opportunity briefs While the opportunity briefs were developed for the purpose outlined above, industry stakeholders may choose to use the briefs for information on key markets and opportunities. This supports the new initiative of IET Market Intelligence outlined in the Partnership Plan, This is a briefing pack on Online, Distance and EdTech.

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These three opportunities include both delivery of online courses, as well as exporting existing intellectual property and technologies.

There are three main opportunities for QLD in this emerging market

1. Queensland should leverage its excellent body of intellectual property to support the global schooling sector

2. Exports of educational technologies present a new frontier for innovators working collaboratively with Queensland education providers

3. Direct online and distance education remains an important growth area and strategic priority for education providers

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Educational technologies and approaches are becoming increasingly efficient and accessible

Queensland should leverage its excellent body of intellectual property to support the global schooling sector

Curriculum exports:

8 International schools

delivering QLD curriculum

1,000 Students completed

Education Queensland International university

entry program for language backgrounds other than

English

The use of Queensland curriculum and learning programs internationally is a promising opportunity. DET International currently has eight offshore schools using Queensland curriculum. They are located in China, UAE, PNG and Nauru. Of these, six are Queensland recognised schools delivering Queensland’s year 11 and 12 curriculum. The other schools are in pre-school to Year 10 range. Developing these offshore licensing schools allows Queensland to increase the opportunity to develop post-school pathways in these regions. Unilearn Pathways (UP) UP is a program delivered by Education Queensland International to prepare offshore students for university. These types of programs are an important pathway for international students into Queensland universities. Since 2003, over 1,000 students have completed the university preparation program and successfully entered undergraduate studies in Australia and abroad. Teacher education and leadership development QLD should continue to develop its short course and professional development offerings for international educators. As technology makes delivery easier this is a market that will continue to grow. Leverage experience with the International Baccalaureate QLD should leverage its existing experience with partners such as International Baccalaureate to develop opportunities for global schooling.

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Queensland should position itself and its institutions at the forefront of these technologies to maximise their impact and capture emerging markets.

Exports of educational technologies present a new frontier for innovators working collaboratively with education providers

EdTech and Curriculum exports:

US$2.5bn size of global LMS market

65 million

users of Australian LMS software, Moodle

5,000 Edtech companies

globally identified by Navitas Ventures

$40bn

Investment in Edtech companies globally

identified by Navitas Ventures

Technology-supported education tools, platforms and software improve educational quality and access and have become an integral part of education management. The learning management system (LMS) software market is a US$2.5 billion industry globally (Docebo, 2013). Australian-based Moodle, a developer of LMS software, is a world leader, with more than 65 million users worldwide.

The Global Edtech Landscape 2.0 by Navitas Ventures (below) provides a comprehensive breakdown of the growth and opportunities in Edtech across over 5,000 companies, categorised over 8 steps in the educational learning journey.

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Queensland should position itself and its institutions at the forefront of these technologies to maximise their impact and capture emerging markets.

Exports of educational technologies present a new frontier for innovators working collaboratively with education providers (Cont.)

Moodle – an online, open platform learning management system that allows education providers to develop a tailored solution for their needs;

Grok Learning – online software that is a course in programming for learners, complete with resources for teachers

Smart Sparrow – utilises adaptive learning technology that responds to a learner’s progress and ability to take different learning pathways within a lesson

Literatu – a formative assessment platform that collects real-time learner learning data so that teachers can better address needs

Intersective – is a technology platform that enables better collaboration for experiential and work integrated learning programs, which are normally constrained by the availability of resources.

Funetics – a system that improves the learning of correct pronunciation through assessment, recommendations, training and reporting at both the individual and class level

Schoolzine – develops and manages newsletters and circulation for school across the country, receiving over 3.5 million views per annum

EduGrowth found that 33 EdTech companies have

started within Queensland in recent years.

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The proliferation of high speed internet and technology globally has made e-learning across borders an attractive market

Direct online and distance education remains an important growth area and strategic priority for tertiary education

Online Education:

$5bn Revenue of the Australian online education industry

(total, not just int’l)

+ 8.7% Australian online education industry annual growth rate

2012-2017

7% International students at QLD universities studying

externally

3% International students at

Australian universities studying externally

Online education in Australia is mature Approximately 23% of learners in Australia taking their courses either solely or partially through distance education (DET, 2014a). Online learning is also a viable option for borderless delivery, with 25,500 borderless learner enrolments through traditional distance education and traditional online education in 2014 (DET, 2015a). Regulation is a necessary constraint for onshore international online education Student visa holders are only allowed to study a maximum of 25% of courses by distance/online (soon to be 30%), but unlimited online courses can be taken by international students not living in Australia. Online education for international students is expected to boom, but hasn’t taken off just yet While online education is widely accepted in developed countries, technological and cultural barriers persist in many parts of the developing world. The global e-Learning market is expected to be worth $107 billion (Forbes 2014). Global enrolments in MOOCS are growing rapidly, with Queensland part of the fray Global enrolments in Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) – large-scale online courses accessible to anyone - are growing rapidly. Over one million students have enrolled in MOOCs delivered by Queensland universities since the first course offering in 2014. Online courses are becoming entry points into bricks-and-mortar university degrees Universities are now delivering paid streams of MOOCs that offer course credit, credentials, or entry into postgraduate degrees (such as the EdX ‘MicroMasters’ program).