1. Higher Education in the 21st Century
Professor David Faulkner Oxford August 2014

2. The Key Trends Globalization of Higher Education
2. Increase in use of Technology
Social media
Lectures in decline
Growth of interactive processes
Elite and Vocational Universities
On-line education
Content as a commodity

3. 1.Globalisation Growth of international collaborations
Some protection policies in developing nations eg India
Quality gap in the BRICs eg few in world top 200
Top institutions still in the Western world generally

4. 2.Technology
Major impact of technology on teaching and learning globally
Everyone needs to be IT competent at least to a minimum level
Every year brings one new technology tool or more for HE
Negative – tremendous growth of plagiarism as its easy to copy from the internet

5. 3. Social media Strong growth amongst educators and students
Twitter, Linkedin, Whatsapp, Facebook
Used for – recruitment
Digital marketing
image building for institutions
In the classroom

10. 4. Lectures in decline
Ineffectiveness of lecture alone as a learning tool

11. Lectures in decline Importance of tutorial or small groups
Additions of videos
Additions of student interaction

12. 5. Interactive processes
Recognition that its doing not listening that leads to growth in ability
New techniques, eg Buzz groups
Importance of creativity and problem solving
BUT don’t forget that Facts are important too

13. 6. Elite and Vocational Universities
Growth of GRUs from current world leading universities
Importance of mass vocational universities for technological ability, skills and implementation
Growing popularity of vocational degrees
Online courses span both groups

14. 7. Online education
Largely because of 1-6 above, this is the growth area for the future
Blended learning attractive where Distance learning was not
Importance of MOOCS

15. 8.Content as a Commodity
MOOCs, Slide Share and others have made content readily available free
So personal service and care of the student become key to success and reputation
Content itself becomes a commodity
How you deliver online and give student support becomes the keys to success

16. Conclusion
As in most other areas of life the internet is transforming higher education
There will always be room for charismatic professors, and face to face student socializing and interaction especially in GRUs
But for the masses wanting a good education at an affordable fee, online and blended learning and keeping your job will become the norm

17. Higher Education in the 21st Century
Professor David Faulkner
Balliol College, University of Oxford August 2014