Enabling Learning Beyond Boundaries

Prof. Dr. Azizul Halim Bin Yahya

Chief Executive Officer

Institute of Continuing and Professional Studies

Universiti Teknologi MARA

Outline

What boundaries?

Making the learning relevant

The Scenario

Future skills

Concluding Remark

The Scenario

• Infographic Style“The world’s largest taxi firm,

Uber, owns no cars.

The world’s most popular media

company, Facebook, creates no

content.

The world’s most valuable retailer,

Alibaba, carries no stock.

And the world’s largest

accommodation provider, Airbnb,

owns no property.”

(Tom Goodwin)

Something

BIG is going

on

The Scenario

Evolution of Technology in

HE

Technology-transformed

Learning

International Outlook

Expectation by the New

Generation

Global Connectivity

Trends of Learning

What Boundaries?

Learning beyond boundaries are allabout technology

MYTH

Learning beyond boundaries are all

about students meeting the needs of

their world

TRUTH

Future works

FUTURE SKILL FRAMEWORK 2030

These softer skills are becoming the NEWhard skills desired in our workforce.

We need to teach our

children how to use

technology and do what

computers, machines, AI

cannot do (yet)..01 02 03

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Making the learning relevant

Prefer random

access (eg:

hypertext)

Are used to receiving

information really fast

Like to parallel process

and multitask

Prefer graphics

before their texts

Attributes of Digital Natives

Learners are seeking for inspiration more than information

If they are inspired with the right tools, they will learn autonomously

LEARNING IN 21ST CENTURY

What do the students need?

CREATIVE & CRITICAL THINKING-Reflection-Evaluation

Instructors should help them find meaning, value and context in the information so that learning can be lifelong

How to keep the learning relevant?

Synthetic

Media

REASONS TO USE SYNTHETIC MEDIA IN LEARNING

Using synthetic media is a fun way to engage students and reinforce concepts

Immersive Lesson

For example: A teacher in dentistry integrated AR in his lessons to show 3D model of

teeth and how human jaw works

Eye catching Presentation

Students having part of the VR MR as experience would be able to retain their learning and experience longer

Higher Retention

Concluding Remark