How to stay relevant as a university when society demands efficiency - Is the road to insignificance paved with MOOCs, digital exams and performance metrics?
Universities are under disruption. Efficiency trumps effectiveness and a degree may not have the same value tomorrow as it does today. What role does technology have here? A look into ed tech and how we may use tech to increase relevance, not the opposite.
Some experiences from evaluating and stress testing digital examination systemsPer Olof Arnäs
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How to stay relevant as a university when society demands efficiency - Is the road to insignificance paved with MOOCs, digital exams and performance metrics?
1. HOW TO STAY RELEVANT AS A UNIVERSITY
WHEN SOCIETY DEMANDS EFFICIENCY?
Is the road to
insignificance
paved
MOOCs,
digital exams,
and performance metrics?
Per Olof Arnäs, PhD
(former) Vice Dean of Education
Technology Management and Economics
Chalmers University of Technology
Sweden
with
21. Do I really
need a
degree to
get a job?
Do I really
need
student
loans?
PER OLOF ARNÄS
22. PER OLOF ARNÄS
A TWO-FRONT ASSAULT
HOW CAN WE KEEP/INCREASE THE
RELEVANCE OF OUR EDUCATION
WHEN WE ARE CHALLENGED BY
BOTH INDUSTRY, GOVERNMENTS
AND 19-YEAR OLDS?
CAN WE BE BOTH ”
EFFICIENT” AND ”
EFFECTIVE”?
44. The slippery slope of
rational arguments
Low cost
Relevance
Time
PER OLOF ARNÄS
YEAH!
45. The slippery slope of
rational arguments
Low cost
Scalable
Relevance
Time
PER OLOF ARNÄS
YEAH!
WE LOVE IT!
46. The slippery slope of
rational arguments
Low cost
Scalable
Standardisation
Relevance
Time
PER OLOF ARNÄS
YEAH!
WE LOVE IT! FANTASTIC!
47. The slippery slope of
rational arguments
Low cost
Scalable
Standardisation
Relevance
Time
PER OLOF ARNÄS
YEAH!
WE LOVE IT! FANTASTIC!
HEY! WHAT HAPPENED?
WHERE ARE ALL OUR
STUDENTS?
THEY ALL WENT TO WORK
FOR AMAZON AFTER
TAKING ONE OF THEIR
FREE AI COURSES.
55. WE NEED TO LOOK
AT ED TECH FROM
AN EFFECTIVENESS
PERSPECTIVE…
PER OLOF ARNÄS
…BEFORE WE BECOME
IRRELEVANT
56. HOW TO STAY RELEVANT AS A UNIVERSITY
WHEN SOCIETY DEMANDS EFFICIENCY?
Is the road to
insignificance
paved
MOOCs,
digital exams,
and performance metrics?
Per Olof Arnäs, PhD
(former) Vice Dean of Education
Technology Management and Economics
Chalmers University of Technology
Sweden
with
MAYBE NOT!