Originally presented at the 2014 ACPA and NASPA National Conventions, this presentation provides an overview of the current environment in higher education and the disruptive force of technology. Opportunities for higher education are presented. Brown, P. G. (2014, March). A Way Forward for the University in a Digital Age. Presentation at the Annual Convention of NASPA - Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education, Baltimore, MD. Brown, P. G. (2014, April). University in the New Millennium: Threats, Opportunities and Change. Presentation at the Annual Convention of ACPA - College Student Educators International, Indianapolis, IN.

1. FORWARD
A way
for the University
in a Digital Age
@paulgordonbrown

2. What’s going on in
American Higher Education
?

3. COLLEGE
COSTS
INCREASING
DIVERSITY
QUESTIONS
OFQUALITY

4. SHRINKING!
RESOURCESHIGHER!
COSTS

5. PUBLIC
GOOD
PRIVATE
GOOD
A struggle between
viewing Higher Education as a…
OR

6. Trends in!
Higher
Education
Online
Movements

7. Trends in!
Higher
Education
Online
Movements

8. 1. Globalization
2. Massification
3. Marketization

9. Globalization of Research
http://olihb.com/2011/01/23/map-of-scientific-collaboration-between-researchers/

10. Expansion of Branch Campuses
https://globalhighered.wordpress.com/2011/04/10/visualizing-the-globalization-of-higher-education-and-research/

11. 1. Globalization
2. Massification
3. Marketization

12. MASSIFICATION
25%!
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>60%!
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<5%
ELITE
MASS
UNIVERSALStudents
participating in
increasing numbers

13. Reaching towards
massification globally…

14. ~5%
~10%!
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~20%!
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~25%!
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College Enrollment
Growth Rates in
China
1995
2000
2005
2010

15. 1. Globalization
2. Massification
3. Marketization

16. Higher Education seen as a
Commodity to be traded
across borders

17. General Agreement
on Trade in Services

18. Trends in!
Higher
Education
Online
Movements

19. Trends in
Higher
Education
Online
Movements

20. 1. PLEs/PLNs
2. OER/OCW
3. MOOCs

21. Personal
Learning
Network
Environment
OR

22. http://cmlampeh800.files.wordpress.com/2011/07/my-ple-17-july-20111.png

23. http://connectedlearning.tv/infographic

31. 1. PLEs/PLNs
2. OER/OCW
3. MOOCs

32. Open
Course
WareOR

33. Open
Educational
Resources

35. http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2007/ocw-tt1128.html

36. http://blog.groopt.com/opencourseware-changing-the-face-of-higher-education

43. 1. PLEs/PLNs
2. OER/OCW
3. MOOCs

44. Massive
Open
Online
Course

45. http://www.gilfuseducationgroup.com/mooc-course-list-3

46. https://chronicle.com/article/The-Major-Players-in-the-MOOC/138817/
Major players in the space

47. https://chronicle.com/article/The-Major-Players-in-the-MOOC/138817/

48. Trends in!
Higher
Education
Online
Movements

49. Dave Cormier
George Siemens
Stephen Downes

50. DIY
higher education

51. UNBundling
higher education

52. Universities must change
the way they operate to
survive and remain relevant.

53. This
argument
rests on
premises2

54. Premise!
1

55. web 2.0
represent a
REVOLUTION
(a tipping point for radical
organizational change)
social media &

56. Premise!
2

57. Universities are
inherently
MODERNIST
institutions
and are ill-equipped to
respond to this revolution.

58. Universities must change the way they
operate to survive and remain relevant.
Social media and Web 2.0 technologies
have pushed us to a tipping point for
massive organizational change.
Universities are ill-equipped and at an
organizational disadvantage to respond to
this change.
1
2
THEREFORE

59. In explaining this
I’d like to use
3metaphors
have
for what
universities
lost

60. WE’VE LOST THE
SHELF
BLACKBOARD
BULLETIN BOARD

61. The Shelf

62. books
used to be tied up in
Knowledge

63. and the university was the
sole provider and keeper
of this knowledge

64. Going digital
changed this.
!
The Web
changed this.

65. 1996

66. Yahoo, faced with
the possibility that
they could organize
things with no
physical
constraints, added
the shelf back.
- Clay Shirky

67. 2013

68. We no longer need a curator.
We can search for
anything and
everything.

69. The university lost
control of
The Shelf
Being the exclusive
source for knowledge

70. WE’VE LOST THE
SHELF
BLACKBOARD
BULLETIN BOARD

71. The Bulletin Board

72. Previously, the university
could control communication
through the limited means
available.
It was a funnel...

73. it could control
its message.

74. In the digital age!
this control is no
longer possible.

75. Communication
methods are
ubiquitous and
ever-present.
Social media has exploded.!

76. SIGNAL to NOISE
There is a higher

77. The university lost
control of
The Bulletin
Board
The ability to
communicate to a
captive audience

78. WE’VE LOST THE
SHELF
BLACKBOARD
BULLETIN BOARD

79. The Blackboard

80. With the blackboard...
The learning
is up here!

81. Lectures are
common

82. Structures divide the
student and the teacher

83. Social media breaks
down these barriers

84. Diverse
learners and!
diverse
learning styles
are welcome...!
and celebrated

85. learning becomes a
co-constructed experience.

86. The university lost
control of
The Blackboard
The ability to rely on old
methods of instruction
and ignore multiple
learning styles.

87. WE’VE LOST THE
SHELF
BLACKBOARD
BULLETIN BOARD

88. So what is the
way forward!
for the
university?

89. technology may be part of the solution,!
but not the whole of the solution…

92. what can be replicated easily…!
and what cannot…

93. http://edumorphology.com/2013/12/unbundling-higher-education-a-doubly-updated-framework/

94. Easiesttoreplicateonline:

95. Hardertoreplicateonline:

96. Harder-ertoreplicateonline:

97. Hardesttoreplicateonline:

98. I believe
in order to remain relevant
universities must...

99. Double down
on student development

100. HOLISM
Focus on

101. GROWTH
personal and cognitive
A seamless blend of

102. Measurable
Clear
Competencies

103. faculty and student affairs
collaborations
requiring

104. Dr. Marcia Baxter-Magolda
guided internships...!
immersive study abroad experiences...!
living learning communities...!
service learning...!
co-constructed
creating
learning partnerships

105. AFRAID
Don’t be
of technology

106. ?
So
whatdo we
do

107. @paulgordonbrown