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The Future of Collegiate Campuses A conceptual outline
By: Alex Cusack @AlexCusack
September 15, 2014
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2 We are still in the early days of the education revolution.
Technology is being used to optimize the old way of doing things.
We have yet to explore the new models of education that are now being made possible by these technologies.
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3 Scaling courses.
We have yet to explore the new models of education that are only now made possible.
Facilitating content sales.
Digitization & accessibility.
The current ‘revolution’ is an optimization, not a revolution
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4 What if we built a better campus experience? An experience reimagined from the ground up in light of the world we live in today, not the one lived in 300 years ago.
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Concept:
Create a campus designed to be a learning environment- coupling the best online curricula with a reimagined offline experience that’s intentionally focused on cultivating learning, rather than facilitating lectures.
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A better allocation of physical resources.
Fewer classrooms and more creative space
‘Experts in residence’ rather than tenured professors
Campus
Speaker series Career network access
Resource access: 3D printers, Virtual Reality systems, databases, etc.
OF THE FUTURE
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Until now, accessing the best curricula inherently meant attending that institution. That is no longer the case.
With the continued digitization of curriculums, the best content is now accessible to everyone, regardless of their location or institutional affiliation.
This decoupling of curriculum from institutions presents an opportunity to shape a more effective offline experience while accessing the best content in the world.
Technology has enabled the decoupling of curriculum and services. And this has yet to be leveraged. Philosophy
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The technologies supporting the model not only enable institutional sustainability and scalability, but can drive revenues through licensing agreements with partner universities.
Technology as the backbone of the campus, not a layer on top.
Leveraging technology, students can engage with the best possible curriculums while accessing the mentorship of local ‘experts in residence’.
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9 Services By decoupling the services from curriculum, we can more intentionally create wrap-around services that both support students and serve as a recruitment incentive to ‘experts in residence’.
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10 Student and Expert Services
Curated speaker series
Access to the best mentors and guides
Multimedia course
production teams
Book Publishing
Resource Access
Resource access (facilities, 3d
printers, support, etc.)
Network access (internships, jobs, peers)
Back of office
support
These services ensure students’ curriculum experience is paired with the best possible offline experience to further enable them to achieve their desired outcomes.
These wrap around services are otherwise inaccessible, or ineffectively bundled. By bundling these services we can offer unmatched incentives in recruiting experts to take up affiliation with the institution.
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11 Vision
Create a network of campuses that couple the best curriculums with an intentionally curated offline experience – providing higher learning outcomes and enabling financial sustainability.
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