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Equity & AccessDoes Technology Help?Anthony F. CamilleriKnowledge Innovation CentreOnline, Open and Flexible Higher Education for the Future we Want. 9th June 2015 – UNESCO, Paris
Idenifying Effective Approaches to Enhancing the Social Dimension of Higher
Education
Questions• Can we find examples of technology
radically transforming opportunities for
disadvantaged groups – is technology a
driver for change?
• Can we find examples of technological
involvement in interventions that
improve equity – is technology
supporting change?Idenifying Effective Approaches to Enhancing the Social Dimension of Higher
Educationwww.equityideas.eu
IDEASIdentifying Effective Approaches to Enhancing the Social Dimension of Higher Education
• 2-year multi-national research project, financed by the European Union
• focusing on finding and mainstreaming examples of effective grassroots equity interventions
• clear emphasis on finding proven results and understanding drivers for success
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IDEAS - Premise
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Limits of CurrentApproach
Availability of tools
Vision of a Better future
Incentive tochange
DISRUPTIVEINNOVATION
inEDUCATION
IDEAS - Results
• so far, 70 grass-root interventions collected from around the world
• no examples of technology driving change
• technology supporting change in some instances
• technology exacerbating inequality in other instances
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What Works• Working with the specific needs of hard to engage
local populations• Hackney Community College (East London) – Mental Health
• Otago University (New Zealand) – Maori Scholarship Scheme
• Working with Structural Disadvantages• Monash University (Australia) – Special Entry Admissions
Scheme
• The Brilliant Club (UK) – highly abled students
• Addressing Cultural Barriers to HE Participation• University of Leiden (Netherlands) – POP-Corner
• Chicago School of Professional Psychology (U.S.) – Opportunities for Underrepresented Scholars
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What Works
toolkit.equityideas.eu
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• Descriptions of interventions
• Theoretical Frameworks• Analysis of Cases• Replication Resources
continually Updatedover next year
How can ICT help?
a tool for outreachwhen the target group is active on
digital media
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How can ICT help?
a tool for enhancing effectiveness
by using data-tools to improve targeting, and measure outcomes of
interventions
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How can ICT help?
a tool for advocacyimproving the fundraising,
communications and activities that support interventions
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How can ICT help?
a tool for increasing reachfacilitating transfer of good practice,
lowering costs, assisting scaling
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Can ICT do more?
• 8000+ education start-ups• $3.6 million average valuation
source: angel.co
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the potential of technologyto improve equity & access
is not being realised
Some Ideas
• Connect funding to results (e.g. increase in participation) and not to tools (e.g. MOOC funding)
• Connect social entrepreneurship in education more closely with technology incubators
• Create a space for experimentation within public institutions
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The future isn’t here
We need to work to make it happen
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AcknowledgementsECHO
Knowledge Innovation Centre (KIC)Tavistock Institute for Human Relations (TIHR)
European Students’ Union (ESU)European Association of Institutions in Higher Education (EURASHE)
Thank-You for your Attention
Questions?
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