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A variety of commentators are suggesting we are witnessing a major transformation in higher education. Via Leona Ungerer 
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Everything from the emergence of MOOCs to new learning styles and mounting financial and sustainability pressures are impacting the education landscape. Every day higher education leaders are developing new strategies to leverage across these developing challenges and opportunities.
The common denominator amidst all this change: students. What should they learn? How can institutions best attract them? How do you best empower their learning? How do you keep them safe? What do they value? These aren’t new questions but the answers are shifting rapidly. The questions are also becoming more critical for our educational institutions given the National Center for Education Statistics report revealing in 2012, for the first time in three decades, demographics predicted a diminishing population for college age students in the United States. Via The Learning Factor
rodrick rajive lal's insight:
Most of the innovations in the field of education are the result of cost-saving issues, and to some extent issues related to flexibility and accessibility. The use of technology has made it possible to provide cost-effective learning modules for everyone. MOOCs. are an effective way for online learning especially as they are easily accessible and don't burn a hole in the pocket. Formal courses that require your presence in a classroom over a period of time will soon be things of the past.
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April 23, 2014 7:33 PM
The future of higher education is a constantly moving target. What, where, and how will we learn? |
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Education research expert David Miller reveals five benefits flipped classrooms provide higher education. Miller says that flipped classroom strategies are becoming a great movement, and provide huge benefits to students and professors alike. Via Elizabeth E Charles
rodrick rajive lal's insight:
Flipped classroom pedagogy is the lates trend in Education today. A flipped classroom can help especially when you have to cover a lot in less time. The implication of a flipped classroom lies in the lee way it gives to me as a teacher of English to complete a reading of the Shakerspearian play, Julius Caesar with students of grade ten in a bare ten days. So what happens here is that the students read a greater portiion of the text at home and then when they come to class, they discuss important themes, or topics including questions. The teacher also gives them a study guide which they follow during the flipped class. In many cases, flipped classrooms provide greater opportunities for chunking important topics. Because of the nature of the pedagogy ( it requires greater involvement of the student as a mature learner, where he or she fixes self imposed timelines), flipped classrooms would better suit students from grade ten onwards.
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I would agree with the writer's point of view, ultimately it is not technology that be a driving force in the transformation of education, higher education, rather it is the teacher, a well trained and skilled teacher who is the driving force behind transformation. It makes commmercial sense for business houses to invest more on technology rather than on the training of a skilled workforce especially when they begin to suffer from high levels of attrition. We have moved from back boards to green boards and on to white boards, but whether this has made a significant to pedagogy is debatable. I have known of more cases of misuse of technology than postitive use, say in cases when more movies are shown in class than is requiered, and cases where powerpoints are merely a replacement for class lecture notes! One needs to see whether it is technology that will help the education industry move out of a state of stasis or it is the humble human factor, the teacher!