forces & trends shaping higher ed in 2016

Forces & TrendsA Simple Meta-analysis for 2016

Note terms & phrases (buzzwords) that relate to possible learning futures

See sources in credits at end

NMC Horizon 2016 ECAR Strategic Techs

Gartner Top 10 Business Trends

Gartner Top 10 Strategic Techs

9 EdTech Trends (Campus Tech) Audrey Watters

Blended learning designs

BI/Reporting dashboards Student success Adaptive learning Makerspaces Beyond the MOOC

Measuring learning Mobile app development

Competency-based education Predictive analytics

Competency-based education Credits & credentialing

Deeper learning approaches

Mobile apps for enterprise apps Reinventing credits CRM Virtual Reality

The Compulsion for Data

Redesigning learning spaces

Admin/business analytics

Analytics everywhere Exostructure

Data analytics & machine learning Indie EdTech

Rethinking how institutions work Wireless networking

Institutional branding

Open microcredentials Accessibility The Politics of EdTech

Advancing cultures of innovation

IDM/access solutions

Breaking boundaries Digital assessment Mobile First Standardized Testing

Mobile devices in T&L

Rethinking business models Smart machines Wearables

The Employability Narrative

BYOD Mobile data protection

Increasing political intervention OER ecosystem Video

The Collapse of For-Profit Education (or Not) Learning analytics &

adaptive learning Unified comms & collabs

Innovative learning spaces

Listening & sensing technology

Wireless infrastructure

Social Media, Campus Activism, & Free Speech Augmented & Virtual

Reality Mobile apps for T&L E-research Collaboration technology

The Business of EdTech

Makerspaces

Affective computing

Robotics

I started to play with the lists…

Then tried to group them…

And did a word cloud to see what jumped out.

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The Big 3

1. Higher Ed Assumptions & Processes

What is a degree worth?

This is a question about VALUE.

Employability Access Brand

Post-MOOC Narratives

“Coursera provides universal access to

the world’s best education…”

Credentials to advance your

career, built & recognized by industry leaders

Get your nano-degrees, certificates & specializations

Get a MicroMaster’s for graduate study

Professionals seek programs where they can get credit for their work experience, customize their

education (and $$).

Undergraduates are often taking similar (or the same courses) as graduate students.

Shouldn’t they also have flexibility, options, & choice?

What is a credit worth?

What are the new models?1.27.16 Vox

2.1.16 Chronicle

Everything is in question

as we strive to reimagine & rethink our institutions to create a culture of innovation.

2. Data & Measurement

If your value is in question then evidence is the answer. This is all about ACCOUNTABILITY.

We really do love data…

Results from google image search: “We love data”

We measure our own data: number of steps, heart rate & calorie intake. We love data!

We have all kinds of analytics: web analytics, business analytics, academic analytics, learning analytics, predictive analytics, and prescriptive

analytics. Analytics are seemingly limitless!

We have intelligent tutors, smart machines, adaptive courseware & machine learning. These are fairly

common terms with definitions not commonly understood as yet.

Online testing is almost banal. This common practice (“digital assessment”) is another source of data to be

collected, measured, benchmarked, & added to the mix.

Student SuccessAll of this measurement is made in the name of increased

Not everything that counts can be counted, and not everything that can be counted counts.

- Albert Einstein

Privacy . Security . Policies

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• Are we measuring what we think we are? • Does it actually help us make useful academic interventions? • Who owns the data and how long do we keep it? • What assumptions are the algorithms based upon?• Lots of opportunities to learn, engage, do research, be present

3. Mobile Everywhere

3. Mobile Everywhere

Mobile is not new but the expectations for infrastructure, security, T&L, research, banking, etc. means we want data flowing literally everywhere - even at 30,000 feet above the Earth!

This has propelled mobile to a 2016 IT priority.

ECAR 2015 Student Technology Survey

mLearningBYOD

Personal clouds

“Always on” access

Networkawareness

We want unified communications & collaboration tools

Privacy . Security . Policies

Access has become the air that we breathe.

Summary

These are exciting times! We find ourselves on a rollercoaster. The dips, the thrills, the speed can all be invigorating and frightening.

We are all in it together & can build the future we desire though thoughtful, collective intentionality. We have agency. Let’s use it!

What terms, phrases, buzzwords did you note?

What will students expect of their

educational system?

See our ELI 2016 workshop notes (“Powering the Innovation Engine”) for

great ideas participants generated!

Sources & Credits

ECAR• Higher Education’s Top 10 Strategic Technologies for 2015• Trend Watch 2015: Influential IT Directions in Higher Education

NMC 2016 Horizon Report for Higher Education

Gartner:• Top 10 Strategic Technologies Impacting Higher Education in 2016• Top 10 Business Trends Impacting Higher Education in 2016

Campus Technology: 9 Ed Tech Trends to Watch in 2016

Top Ed-Tech Trends of 2015 by Audrey Watters

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http://www.simplystamps.com/images/products/wide_eyed_emoji_stamp_large.pngSlide 5,7

Slide 14,15http://www.eduventures.com/tag/competency-based-learning/

Slide 18http://www.vox.com/2016/1/27/10835038/amazon-higher-educationhttp://chronicle.com/article/MIT-Dean-Takes-Leave-to-Start/235121

Slide 36https://utx.edu/initiatives/tex/

Slide 34http://www.educause.edu/library/resources/2015-student-and-faculty-technology-research-studies

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