TechnologyUnleashing the potential of ODL -

“Reaching the unreached” Symbiosis Centre for Distance Learning, Pune on March 10-11, 2017

Gard Titlestad, Secretary GeneralInternational Council for Open and Distance Education

Member of the Governing Board

Outline

• Technology supporting the learners• The new paradigm of lifelong learning• India and the big change• Trends when digitalization happens• Reprots for further overview• Message

The Learners

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The new pradigm of lifelong learning

Indias population remains young

The Big Change

From the information age to the connected age

From the knowledge driven to the knowledge intensive economy

The Fourth Industrial Revolution

Add now:Artificial intelligence, cognitive technologies and roboticsNeurotechnologiesUbiquitous presence of linked sensorsNew computing technologiesVirtual and augmented realities

Torunn Gjelsvik, Senior Advisor ICDE

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Where the Digital Economy Is Moving the FastestBhaskar Chakravorti Christopher Tunnard Ravi Shankar Chaturvedi FEBRUARY 19, 2015

25.11.2016

Informal/non-formal

RAPID AND DIVERSE EXPANSION OF HIGHER EDUCATION ENROLMENT

100 mill200 mill

2000 2015 2030

435 mill

Only possible facilitated by technology and flexible learning

Target 3, point 43.:A well-established, properly-regulated tertiary education system supported by technology, Open Educational Resources (OERs) and distance education modalities can increase access, equity, quality and relevance, and narrow the gap between what is taught at tertiary education institutions and what economies and societies demand. The provision of tertiary education should be progressively free, in line with existing international agreements.

DigitalizationHigher Education

Trends

Mega trends:• Globalisation• Technology – e.g. artificial

intelligence (AI), genetic engineering, virtual reality, cognitive technologies, robotics • Demographics – e.g. refugees,

migration, emigration, aging……

Trends – as observed by ICDE - 1/2

1. Open and distance learning, is now going mainstream: online, blended, open, flexible and technology enhanced learning.

2. Digital transformation is challenging the relevance of educational institutions all over the world.

3. New developments as OER and MOOCs are fueling innovation in education.

4. New methodologies; learning analytics, Big Data, and new online education systems, enable a shift to adapted, personalized learning and assessment.

5. Education is on the brink of a revolution caused by convergence of research. Education, Cognitive Psychology and Neuroscience: powerful advances in optimizing online learning experiences.

• 6. Lack of resources or lack of understanding of the concept of online, open and flexible education is observed in some parts of the world as a major threat to scalable quality higher education both on a national and institutional level, and therefore also as a threat towards SDG 4.

• 7. Skills and the relation education - employment, is a hot topic in all regions. Life long Learning is becoming more important than ever.

• 8. Quality, quality assurance, enhancement and accreditation become a top priority issues.

Trends – as observed by ICDE - 2/2

The BIG Picture• Online, Open and Flexible Education is steadily increasing all

over the world

IndiaSweden

Russia

South America

The US

AfricaAustralia

China

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And it is NOT the MOOCsbut online, open, flexible and technology enhanced learning

moocs as a part of it

https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2013/01/08/survey-finds-online-enrollments-slow-continue-grow

https://onlinelearningconsortium.org/read/olc-infographic-higher-education-online-learning-landscape/

NB! MOOCs: (mostly) nonformal and informal HE

https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2889436

“Judged by completion rates, MOOCs do not spread benefits equitably across global regions. Rather, they reflect prevailing educational disparities between nations”

For formal qualifications

MOOCs are not the solutionBut

Can be component/s in a solution

Learning analytics

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fUOrlp6AZ8E

“enormous potential to improve the student experience at university” JISC, UK• As a tool for quality assurance and quality improvement• As a tool for boosting retention rates• As a tool for assessing and acting upon differential outcomes

among the student population• As an enabler for the development and introduction of

adaptive learning

https://vimeo.com/105802864

4 ** New methodologies; learning analytics, Big Data, and new online education systems, enable a shift to adapted, personalized learning and assessment.

Learning analyticsTechnical infrastructure

https://www.surf.nl/en/knowledge-base/2016/whitepaper-how-data-can-improve-the-quality-of-higher-education.html

Mars 2016

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Do we need a global code of

practice for learning

analytics?

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Reports for further overview

https://www.educause.edu/

https://www.nmc.org/nmc-horizon/

Giving birth to a new learning landscape

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Message:

• Learners first. Learners are the future. They are here. Now. For a quality learning experience. Quality as priority 1.

• Lead digital transformation. Lead transformation of education for SDG 4: Ensure inclusive and quality education for all and promote lifelong learning.

• Go Open, Innovative and Collaborative.

”TOWARDS INCLUSIVE AND EQUITABLE QUALITY EDUCATION AND LIFELONG LEARNING FOR ALL”

Sustainable Development Goal 4: Education 2030

THANK YOU!titlestad@icde.org

www.icde.org