Innovations in Knowledge and Learning for Competitive Higher Education in ASEAN Racidon P. Bernarte Polytechnic University of the Philippines Asia-Pacific Consortium of Researchers and Educators Racidon P. Bernarte Polytechnic University of the Philippines Asia-Pacific Consortium of Researchers and Educators

Knowledge-based Economies Social Development and Economic Growth Knowledge-based Economies

Knowledge is Competitiveness

Innovation and the Universities

Traditional models of HEIs in ASEAN and Asia and the Pacific in general lack the capacity to Innovate

The “knowledge economy” has increased the demand for workers with well-furnished minds who are able not only to apply existing knowledge, but also to innovate and create knowledge that stimulates new enterprises.

The challenge is to increase access to higher education opportunities to accelerate and improve learning in line with the needs of countries.

Innovation, Creativity, Inventiveness, and Entrepreneurship

Increased participation by external stakeholders is necessary to inform what types of knowledge may be necessary in current and future higher education programs for them to be nationally, regionally, and globally competitive

Are these expected attributes and knowledge teachable or are they acquired as part of professional practice/lived experience?”

What constitutes knowledge in a knowledge-based economy What constitutes knowledge in a knowledge-based economy? How knowledge may be better conceptualized, created, acquired, and applied? What is the relevance of such knowledge? What is the social life of such knowledge?

There is an increasing call to balance the mix of these knowledge types, particularly higher education systems (Dobbs et al. 2012).

HEI’s response in preparing human resources for a competitive knowledge-based society

Innovation in Leveraging the Ubiquity of Knowledge and Learning

The disconnect between HEIs and non-higher education knowledge enterprises has also contributed to dissatisfaction expressed by employers regarding the quality of graduates produced by HEIs

There is increasing pressure to involve professional bodies, industry experts, think tanks, research institutes, and other field experts/practitioners in knowledge creation and application

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