Presentation at the Innovative Research Universities forum, 'Teaching and Learning in a Digital Era: The Challenge Ahead', hosted by Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, 7 November 2013

1. Professor Jeremy B Williams
Griffith University
Teaching and Learning in a Digital Era: The Challenge
Ahead
An Innovative Research Universities forum hosted by
Universiti Teknologi Malaysia
7 November 2013

2. @jeremybwilliams
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3. Today’s date …
7 November 2020

4. The Global Malaysian University has just
been ranked among the top 5% in the world

5. Back in 2013 …

10. Engaging 21st century learners
requires a new participatory
pedagogy

15. “The world of MOOCs is creating a
competition that will force every
professor to improve his or her
pedagogy or face an online
competitor … When outstanding
becomes so easily available,
average is over.”
Thomas L. Friedman

17. 
Growth in global higher ed international
enrolments will decline from 5-6% to 1.4%
annually in 2020 as demand in the
developed world slows and supply in
emerging economies increases

Improved domestic provision of higher
education, increased intraregional student
mobility, and the overall growth of TNE will
meet the growing demand for higher
education in 2020

The overall slowdown makes the
case for more strategic TNE plans
that could eventually redefine
traditional notions of
‘internationalisation’

18. “Even if fewer students
actually travel to traditional
destinations, that does not
necessarily mean a less
internationalised landscape
overall. TNE options,
including online, are
international.”
− Dr William Lawton, Director, OBHE

19. In 2014 …

20. Mainstream
the

24. In the higher education context:
• A form of blended
learning in which students
access content online (e.g. short
videos, podcasts and readings),
and interact with peers and
faculty in asynchronous
discussion activities
• This frees up time previously
allocated to lectures for more
learner-centric,
interactive, problem-solving
sessions

27. By 2015 …

30. Junior
Faculty
Junior
Faculty
Adjunct
Faculty
Educational
Designer
Research
Assistant
Senior
Faculty
Blended
Learning
Advisor
Curriculum
Consultant
Librarian

31. influx of international

32. During 2016 …

39. A curator is an
information
chemist. He or
she mixes atoms
together in a way
to build an infomolecule.
Robert Scoble

41. In 2017 …

42. GMU becomes carbon

47. In 2018 …

48. influx of international students

52. By 2019 …

55. "Life is an open book exam."
Professor Alan Blinder
Princeton University
Learners need to be convinced of the
authenticity of the task if they are to fully

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