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Future Scenarios for Digital Learners Sociotechnological and sociocultural trends will transform the current educational ecosystem

The Online, Open and Flexible Higher Education ConferenceRome 19, 20, 21 October 2016

By Xavier Mas, Phd

EADTU 2016. The Online, Open and Flexible Higher Education Conference. Rome 19, 20, 21 October 2016

Changes won’t come from institutions and educational systems but from culture, society,

economy, technology and daily life transformation


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#Digital learners

#Approach and Methodology

#Future

#10 main results and

factors of change on education


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#Approach and Methodology


#Approach and methodology

Sociocutural and sociotechnological view

Ethnographic and desk research approach


Why is this approach useful?

Because it leads us to think outside the confines of education


Because it puts the attention on digital learners daily lives and characteristics

They are the protagonists of education

Why is this approach useful?


#Approach and methodology

PHASE1.NEEDS PHASE2.TRENDS PHASE3.EXPLORATION

Methodology EthnographyDeskResearch

Interviewwithexperts

Workshopexperts

Sourceofthe

data

· Diaryofexperiencesand

semi-structuredinterviewto24participants.

· Ages:13-18/19-25/26-35

· Morethan60secondary

sources*.

· Semi-structuredinterviews

with5internationalexperts.

· 13participantsfromthe

UOCstaff.

Anticipatedresults

· Characteristicsandprofilesofdigitallearners(useoftechnologyineverydaylife

andinonlineeducation).

· Socioculturalandsociotechnologicaltrends.

· FuturescenariosforUOC,educationanddigitallearners.

*Gardner Reports, BBC Research, Horizon Reports, European Commission, articles from scientific journals and other sources of diverse origin.


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#Digital learners


Some data about generations Y & Z

#Digital learners

More than 50% of our students at UOC belong to Y & Z gen

GEN Y: age 2020 = 30 / 40GEN Z: age 2020= >30

In 2020, 50% of the labour market will also be Y & Z genand 40% of consumers will be Z gen


#Digital learners

2 profiles of digital learners

“Tourists”

“Travellers”


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#10 main results and

factors of change on education


The boom in software-driven businesses

#10 main results and factors of change on education

# In a digital world, is training seen as goods and services to be bought by costumers?

# What can/should universities learn form how digital businesses work?

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Customers habits become digital. They have changed the way they access goods and services.

Traditional companies become digital too and they adopt new strategies.


Skills gap and the second digital divide

# Where is the problem?# In the curriculum of degrees? The In regulation of HE? In the relationship between educational institutions, employers, society and administration? Or in the way universities organize and work?

2

40%not tech-savvy

90%jobs will require it


In Europe…


Automation vs. Creativity

# Creativity, social skills, solving problems, innovation and entrepreneurship will be more important than technical abilities. Curriculum and learning methodologies should be adapted.

3

We are at the beginning of a second “Machine Age” in which technology is displacing human labour.

Only creative jobs are resistant to computerisation.



Ubiquity and hybridisation

# The challenge of online education is not to take learning activity at home by mean of apps and devices.

# The real challenge is to filter it into the fabric of daily life.

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Boundaries between different spheres of human activity blur.

We are living in a totally ubiquitous environment in which human activity can be relocated, and carried out at anytime and anywhere.



The sharing economy

# If it is happening in all human activities, could it happens on education and training too?

# If it can, is it a threat or an opportunity for universities.

5

The sharing of goods, services and knowledge between peers is now consolidated and takes the form of business models.



Democratisation of education

# In digital economy the cost of goods have decreased exponentially. Is it also happening in education?

# If it, witch models have educational institutions adopt?

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MOOCs, open educational resources, platforms of short-format courses and other free or low-cost training opportunities are proliferating.

Informal learning, based on social media and internet resources, is a general practice on personal and professional life.


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Infoxication

# Training is no about creating good content but to curate the best one for each learning situation.# Digital competence in information management is key both for teachers and learners.

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Users’ capacity

to process them


Amount of data, information and

content available on the web >


The experience economy

# Learning can be a great experience. Why don’t make it pleasant and amazing?# Is it possible to think training activity in these terms? What universities should change?

8

Objects are no longer the focus of consumption but the experiencethat they provide.



From “just-in-case education” to “just-in-time education”

# Tailored programs for digital lifelong learners.# Is necessary to think beyond degrees and create new educational modalities.

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Rigid and the long educational programmes are not useful to provide skills for the labour market.

Flexibility, agility and personalisation are required.



Open micro-credentials

# What if an open badges system evolve and get recognition from employers and society?# Might formal educational system lose the exclusivity of accreditation?

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The opportunity to create a globally transferable recognition system for training outside the formal systems is emerging.



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#Future


#Future

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Convenient Critical

① The boom in software-driven businesses

② Skills gap and the second digital divide

③ Automation vs. Creativity

④ Ubiquity and hybridisation

⑦ Infoxication

⑧ The experience economy

⑤ The sharing economy

⑥ Democratisation of education

⑨ From “just-in-case education” to “just-in-time education”

⑩ Open micro-credentials


#Future

SCENARIO 1:

Open micro-credentials are a widely accepted standard used to recognize skills and knowledge.

The skills gap in the labour market is very wide.

OPEN MICRO-CREDENTIALSLow

SKILLS GAPHigh

OPEN MICRO-CREDENTIALSHigh

SKILLS GAPLow

SCENARIO 2:

Occasional use of open micro-credentials, which are not accepted as a system for recognition of skills and knowledge.

The skills gap in the labour market is very wide.

SCENARIO 3:

Occasional use of open micro-credentials, which are not accepted as a system for recognition of skills and knowledge.

The digital divide of skills is small or non-existent.

SCENARIO 4:

Open micro-credentials are a widely accepted standard used to recognize skills and knowledge.

The digital divide of skills is small or non-existent.


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Xavier Mas, Phd

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