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Constructing Knowledge Societies: New Challenges for Tertiary Education Lisbon 20 May 2004

are our tertiary education institutions ready? In particular universalizing basic education and adapting to the knowledge economy We are not as involved with clients as we should Our capacity to respond to new challenges has been severely eroded for clients to deal with new knowledge or within the institution in moving towards programmatic lending Uncoordinated series of responses WBI,IFC, infodev

outline of the presentation... the dimensions of change the changing tertiary education landscape new challenges, opportunities and constraints

dimensions of change... growing importance of knowledge

economic development is increasingly linked to a nation’s ability to acquire and apply knowledge WHY DO WE SUPPORT HIGHER EDUCATION? IT IS WIDELY RECOGNIZED THAT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IS INCREASINGLY LINKED TO A NATION’S ABILITY TO ACQUIRE AND APPLY TECHNICAL AND SOCIO-ECONOMIC KNOWLEDGE AND THAT THE PROCESS OF GLOBALIZATION IS ACCELERATING THIS TREND. OUR 1998 WORLD DEVELOPMENT REPORT OBSERVES THAT “THE CAPACITY TO ADOPT AND DISSEMINATE RAPID TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCES IS DEPENDENT ON BETTER PUBLIC SUPPORT FOR tertiary EDUCATION”.

acceleration of speed of creation of new knowledge increased rate of innovation/shorter product life cycles

duration of Intel domination (4 years) 386 486 Pentium Pentium Pro Pentium II Celeron Pentium III (3 years) (2 years) (1 year) (6 months) (3 months?) © 1998 Pankaj Ghemawat, Harvard Business School 1999 Hideki Mori, World Bank

growth of the Internet

dimensions of change ... growing importance of knowledge the information and communication revolution

the information and communication revolution

ICT revolution expansion of computing power falling cost of transmitting information convergence of computing and telecommunications

outline of the presentation... the dimensions of change the changing tertiary education landscape

the changing tertiary education landscape change in education and training needs change in forms of competition changes in organization and modes of operation

the changing tertiary education landscape change in education and training needs higher skill levels continuing education

lifelong learning

the changing tertiary education landscape change in education and training needs higher skill levels continuing education learning to learn demand for international degrees

the changing tertiary education landscape change in education and training needs change in forms of competition long distance competition

new forms of competition …

new forms of competition …

new forms of competition …

the changing tertiary education landscape change in education and training needs change in forms of competition long distance competition franchise universities

franchise universities …

the changing tertiary education landscape change in education and training needs change in forms of competition long distance competition franchise universities corporate universities

Motorola University

the changing tertiary education landscape change in education and training needs change in forms of competition long distance competition franchise universities corporate universities media companies, libraries, museums & secondary schools

the changing tertiary education landscape change in education and training needs change in forms of competition change in the institutions a greater variety of clients

university of the future? continuing education postgraduate studies first degree

the changing tertiary education landscape change in education and training needs change in forms of competition change in the institutions a greater variety of clients inter- and multidisciplinarity

the changing tertiary education landscape change in education and training needs change in forms of competition change in the institutions a greater variety of clients inter- and multidisciplinarity new pedagogical practices technological infrastructure

changing pedagogy Teaching Learning Teacher Mentor or Coach Student Learner Synchronous Asynchronous Passive Active Linear Nonlinear Scheduled On-demand Teaching material Achieving a Learning Goal

the changing tertiary education landscape change in education and training needs change in forms of competition change in the institutions a greater variety of clients inter- and multidisciplinarity new pedagogical practices technological infrastructure flexibility

outline of the presentation... the dimensions of change the changing tertiary education landscape new challenges, opportunities and constraints

challenges, opportunities & constraints ...

new challenges changing role of the State

changing role of the State the state has a responsibility to put in place an enabling framework to encourage tertiary education institutions to be more innovative and responsive In particular universalizing basic education and adapting to the knowledge economy We are not as involved with clients as we should Our capacity to respond to new challenges has been severely eroded for clients to deal with new knowledge or within the institution in moving towards programmatic lending Uncoordinated series of responses WBI,IFC, infodev

role of the State defining a coherent vision and policy framework setting an enabling regulatory environment In particular universalizing basic education and adapting to the knowledge economy We are not as involved with clients as we should Our capacity to respond to new challenges has been severely eroded for clients to deal with new knowledge or within the institution in moving towards programmatic lending Uncoordinated series of responses WBI,IFC, infodev

role of the State defining a coherent vision and policy framework setting an enabling regulatory environment offering appropriate financial incentives In particular universalizing basic education and adapting to the knowledge economy We are not as involved with clients as we should Our capacity to respond to new challenges has been severely eroded for clients to deal with new knowledge or within the institution in moving towards programmatic lending Uncoordinated series of responses WBI,IFC, infodev

new challenges changing role of the State digital gap

the digital divide

telephone penetration rates

computers per thousand persons

Internet penetration rates

new challenges changing role of the State digital gap integration of technology nature of the education experience quality assurance

franchise universities …

new challenges changing role of the State digital gap integration of technology nature of the education experience quality assurance intellectual property rights

conclusion the end

Crisis = Danger + Opportunity

is there a vision? DESPITE THE SUSTAINED EFFORTS OF COUNTRIES TO INVEST IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THEIR tertiary EDUCATION SYSTEM, THERE REMAIN MANY DAUNTING CHALLENGES AHEAD.