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Future Trends in Higher Education and Research in Finland

Outi Tasala

10.06.2016

GOALS

• To identify and predict the

trends in the higher education sector in

Finland within the next 5 to 10 years

• A local perspective

• A common understanding and a

national outlook of the possible

future changes to steer the

strategic decisions for the future

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STARTING POINT

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METHOD

Creating a preliminary list of trends

Finnish participants’ notes from EDUCAUSE 2015

Close reading of articles published about the topic

Discussions with the representatives of the Finnish

HEI’s

Processing the list further and adapting and localizing

it to better suit Finland and the European higher

education area

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WORK IN A CHANGING ENVIRONMENT…

Strategic empowerment of faculty vs. strategic decision

making and politics

Trends in relation to the operational environment

Decision making system and its influence

Change in the commission

New allocation of resources

One trend raised in the Government Programme

Further work was put on hold

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TRENDS

Emphasis on

cooperation

Separation of

research and

education

Exostructure

Analytics

Lifelong

learning

Student

centrism

Change in

organizing work

Changing market

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Emphasis on

cooperation

Wider course

selection through

cooperation Across

disciplines curriculum

Flexible paths between HEI’s, different levels, and the

job market

Teaching partnerships

Modularity

Incorporating work

experience into studies

Needs of the job market

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Separation of research and

education

Institutions focused solely on teaching

New enterprises to challenge traditional institutions

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Exostructure

Cooperation in

outsourcing

Multi- stakeholder cooperation

Hourly faculty:

teachers part time, short

term, faculty adjuncts

Corporate cooperation

Enterprises with focus on

student services

Change in sourcing

strategies

Professionali-zation

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Analytics

Real-time reporting

Data analysis and data driven decisions

Business Intelligence

Data to personalize

learning activities Early

alerts Academic Analytics

Learning Analytics

Big Data

Massive growth of

information that can be processed

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Lifelong learning

Moving from one

HEI to another

Increase in non-traditional

learners (older,

part time)

Alternative certificates Competency-

based education

Flexible study

opportunities

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Student centrism

Greater demand on

student services:

personalization of learning

support

Student Success

Technologies

Learners producing

digital content

Modularity

Social learning

Customer relationship

management

Commer-cialization

Online learning

challenging traditional degrees

Interactivity

SPOCs

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Change in organizing

work

Learners to teach other

learners

Use of digital video

Optimizing educational technology:

collaborating with faculty and

academic leadership

Enterprise application integration Libraries

as maker spaces

Informal digital

learning spaces

Disintegrated IT-services

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Changing market

Educational export

Rise of global higher

education Multiculturality

New markets through MOOCs

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QUESTIONS? COMMENTS?

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