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Presentation at the Innovative Research Universities forum, 'Teaching and Learning in a Digital Era: The Challenge Ahead', hosted by Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, 7 November 2013
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The Global Malaysian
University 2020: A Retrospective Professor Jeremy B Williams
Griffith University
Teaching and Learning in a Digital Era: The Challenge Ahead
An Innovative Research Universities forum hosted by Universiti Teknologi Malaysia
7 November 2013
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Today’s date …
7 November 2020
The Global Malaysian University has just been ranked among the top 5% in the world
Back in 2013 …
Disruptive Innovation
Learners are disengaged
Engaging 21st century learners requires a new participatory pedagogy
Virtual life is real life
“The world of MOOCs is creating a competition that will force every professor to improve his or her pedagogy or face an online competitor … When outstanding becomes so easily available, average is over.”
Thomas L. Friedman
Growth in global higher ed international enrolments will decline from 5-6% to 1.4% annually in 2020 as demand in the developed world slows and supply in emerging economies increases
Improved domestic provision of higher education, increased intraregional student mobility, and the overall growth of TNE will meet the growing demand for higher education in 2020
The overall slowdown makes the case for more strategic TNE plans that could eventually redefine traditional notions of ‘internationalisation’
“Even if fewer students actually travel to traditional destinations, that does not necessarily mean a less internationalised landscape overall. TNE options, including online, are international.”
− Dr William Lawton, Director, OBHE
In 2014 …
Mainstream the
Instead of attending lectures delivered by lecturers in lecture theatres …
Imagine if attending a class in person on campus occurred because a student wanted to rather than because they had to …
In the knowledge economy, content is not king. Rapid technological change requires
future-proof learning ...
… learning that lasts.
In the higher education context:
• A form of blended learning in which students access content online (e.g. short videos, podcasts and readings), and interact with peers and faculty in asynchronous discussion activities
• This frees up time previously allocated to lectures for more
learner-centric, interactive, problem-solving sessions
Onefully digitised
Curriculum
Oneset of
Learning
Outcomes
MultiplePedagogies
Student
Choice… lifestyle;
learning style
F2Fon
campus
F2Fwebinar
Online
asynchronous
delivery
Intensive
delivery
blogs
wikis
Streamed
Audio
Discussion
Forum
Streamed
Video
What if attending class on campus became the
learning experience?
By 2015 …
Up-skilling for the new learning model requires new work
practices
Librarian
BlendedLearningAdvisor
CurriculumConsultant
Research Assistant
Junior Faculty Adjunct
FacultyJunior Faculty
EducationalDesigner
Senior Faculty
influx of international faculty
During 2016 …
Creator of learning resources
Example Pinterest board
Example Scoop.it topic
A curator is an information chemist. He or she mixes atoms together in a way to build an info-molecule.
Then adds value to that molecule
Robert Scoble
In 2017 …
GMU becomes carbon neutral
rethinking of learning spaces
In 2018 …
influx of international students
By 2019 …
"Life is an open book exam."
Learners need to be convinced of the authenticity of the task if they are to fully engage
Professor Alan Blinder
Princeton University
Authentic assessment … the bridge between theory and practice
Technology … creating authentic
learning environments
Evidence for
prospective
employers
• Learning for a
GMU student is creation, not consumption
• Knowledge is not something a learner absorbs …
… but something a learner creates
authenticlearning.wordpress.com
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