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Talk Delivered at the 44th International EUCEN Conference, organised and hosted by the University of Malta 07/11/2012
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EUCEN, Conference, Malta 07/11/2012
Directions in Learning Paths at Higher Education
Opportunities Online
Vanessa Camilleri
EUCEN, Conference, Malta 07/11/2012
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EUCEN, Conference, Malta 07/11/2012
• Different factors impinging on the state of Higher Education
• Rise in a “Global Faculty and student mobility
• “The Invisible College”• The changing student
Changing Trends in Higher Education
EUCEN, Conference, Malta 07/11/2012
Shifting Cultures
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EUCEN, Conference, Malta 07/11/2012
• Shift towards the online world; online & blended programs – more access
• Student needs create a more learner-centric program – more collaboration
• Crowd sourcing or crowd learning? – more sharing
• Gamification or game-based learning? – more play
New Models in Teaching and Learning
EUCEN, Conference, Malta 07/11/2012
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How we learn today, is not how we will learn tomorrow.
EUCEN, Conference, Malta 07/11/2012
• Coursera• Udacity• MOOCs• MIT• Stanford – the 100,000 classroom
Open Higher Education
CourseraHow Higher Education is becoming more open
Source: https://www.coursera.org/
MOOCsThe current and future state of Higher Education
Source: http://edfuture.net/
Peter NorvigThe 160,000 classroom – talk from Ted
Source: http://www.ted.com/talks/peter_norvig_the_100_000_student_classroom.html
Learning inside a virtual worldA 3-D immersive experience
EUCEN, Conference, Malta 07/11/2012
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• Imagination is more important than knowledge – Einstein
• We need diversity of thought in the world to face new challenges – Sir Tim Berners Lee
What is happening around us?
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EUCEN, Conference, Malta 07/11/2012
What is happening around us?
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EUCEN, Conference, Malta 07/11/2012
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THANK YOU!
Vanessa Camilleri
Email: [email protected] Blog: https://seriouslyvirtual.wordpress.com/
Twitter: http://twitter.com/#!/veecamLinkedIn: mt.linkedin.com/in/vanessacamilleri
Skype: vcami01
