the higher education perspective

What’s next in education? Opportunities and developments in the fast growing digital era

The Higher Education Perspective

Presented by Prof. Gregoris A. Makrides

President of the European Association of ERASMUS Coordinators (EAEC)

President of the European Association of Career Guidance (EACG)

President of the Mathematical Society of South-Eastern Europe (MASSEE)

Director of PROGNOSIS

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66,09%

29,57%

47,83%

49,57%

33,91%

26,96%

23,48%

22,61%

23,48%

26,96%

47,83%

34,78%

24,35%

13,91%

21,74%

40,00%

7,83%

Personalization of teaching and training

Gamification

Learner engagement and motivation

E-Assessment

E-certification

Inclusion

Learning analytics

Virtual reality

Augmented reality

E-portfolios

Blended learning approaches

Website development

Email management

Blackboard

Discussion board

E-coursework

Other (please specify)

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Indicate which of the following transformations triggered by ICT, higher education can truly benefit from

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45,00%

Which transformations triggered by ICT are used at your institution?

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45,00%

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How do you expect that the Higher Education governance and leadership will look like in 5+ years?

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2,86

2,76

2,59

2,82

2,92

2,7

3,17

3,16

2,77

Teaching spaces (e.g. lecture theatres,laboratories)

Student spaces and common areas

Online learning materials

Computing/IT resources

Assigned books, notes and resources

Tutorial support areas

Library resources and facilities

Open wifi everywhere

Access to licensed software

0 0,5 1 1,5 2 2,5 3 3,5

How do you expect that the Higher Education governance and leadership will look like in 5+ years?

LEARNING RESOURCES(1-4)

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Which of the computer related basic skills do you think the students have in your institution?

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How much digitalized are administrative operation in your

institution? Rate from 1 to 4, with 1 equals to lowest paper

use and 4 equals to highest paper useTotal Weighted

Average

8,70

%

10 37,39

%

43 44,35

%

51 9,57

%

11 115 2,55

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13%

16%

19%24%

26%

2%

What is in your view the most effective way to assist HE students in their transition to employment?

E-portfolios of studies and work completed

Specific career websites

Project based placement schemes

Work based learning experience

Internships experience

Other (please specify)

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Strongly agree

Agree

Neutral

Disagree

Strong disagree

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Do you think ICT will improve the teaching and learning effectiveness and quality in Higher Education?

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They use email,text messaging or

social media tocommunicate with

students

They use audio orvideo conferencing

to communicatewith students

They use studentpolling systems

within classes; oruse class surveys.

They use andencourage

students to usebibliography tools.

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0,5

1

1,5

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2,5

3

3,5

How often professors use digital tools for communication and information with students?

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40,87%11,30%

17,39%

33,91%

17,39%4,35%

53,91%

92,17%

Which tool is used as communication and information management tool in the teaching

process at your institution?

Facebook

Class Live

Twitter

Skype

WhatsApp

ooVoo

Google Drive

Email

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In the teaching area, we asked respondents to indicate their preferences

about the tools used for finding and producing online resources.

46,09%

3,48%

18,26%

42,61%

5,22%

66,09%

32,17%

60,00%

31,30%

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18,26%

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70,00%

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However some added tools were reported through open choice, such as

Moodle, LMS and various e-learning software.

Google, SlideShare to locate materials

MOODLE

Moodle

These applications are good for wasting time if you do not apply to learn

Sakai, Moodle

But only some teachers do it, others still rely on hard copies of materials

Cannot answer

Office 365, Yammer, SharePoint Portal, ...

Moodle

Claroline

Academia.edu; Researchgate

e-learning software (state-wide licences)

Ditorial chain ; LMS

our own website Educate-it

Repositories for open educational resources, open courseware

Blackboard SCORMS

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Some General Conclusions relating to Higher Education

Educational organizations should be facilitated in creating links with local

stakeholders and businesses to ease the learners/students’ progress in the labour

market.

There should be a more structured way to share experiences between former

students/learners to those willing to enrol in courses. This will allow the constant

attraction of new learners and improvement in motivation.

Web lessons and cloud teaching is considered the future of education. This should be

considered more important in Higher education.

Higher education is considered to be more oriented to research and cloud based in

the future. These are important aspects which should be taken into consideration by

those who design and structure programmes of study and the system in general.

Communication

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