Hope you're enjoying a nicer morning with less rain ka.
I got an article that I simply can't let go because it's also about the future of oru Thai higher education ka.
The title is '5 Ways Higher Ed will be Upended' by Arthur Levine and Scott Van Pelt, August 25, 2021 from the Chronicle of Higher Education.
The authors point out the following ka:
1. Institutional control will decrease, and the power of consumers will increase.
This is easy to understand as when we look around, we know consumers' voices are much louder...whether our higher education institutions listen, listen enough to take the right actions is another story.
I also think we still see some holding a 'university knows best' notion far too tightly na ka.
2. With near universal access to digital devices and the internet, students will seek from higher education the same things they are getting from the music, movie, and newspaper industries.
Simply put, learners of all ages have many more choices to release them from traditional ways of getting higher education.
What the authors share is about the sharp drop in the number of undergraduates living in college housing, taking part in on-campus social activities, using campus facilities, attending academic and professional club meetings.
3.New postsecondary entities will enter the marketplace, driving up competition and driving down prices.
Along with other providers like Google, Alibaba, Cisco, etc.; Coursera is cited as one popular platform because of its highly interesting and relevant content. Museums also offer their own short training courses.
Have these 'Alternative providers with their world-class quality' caught our serious attention enough to feel concerned and the urge to take proactive practices?
4. The industrial-era model of higher education, focusing on time, process, and teaching, will be eclipsed by a knowledge-economy successor rooted in outcomes.
It'll gradually move away from fixed-time to fixed-outcomes, not to focus too much on the process (normally, could be much longer in sequence na ka....go from 1-12 semesters with some fixed units and courses to take too mai ka?)
5. The dominance of degrees and 'just in case' education will diminish; nondegree certifications and 'just in time' education will increase in status and value.
Degrees are less valued while courses must come in all shapes and sizes with convenience in terms of time and space as well.
Two more points the authors raise ka: thinking more of focusing on learning and outcomes when discussing competency-based education; and transition to competency-based will take time with changes to quality control, assessment, tuition, and even with a shift to numbers of faculty members.
How I wish our higher education institutions will take changes seriously, be less complacent and bridge 'the trust gap' within each institution for long-term planning. Need to move away from traditional mindsets of brick and mortar plus decade-long practices that could no longer work laew ka.
The 5 ways are already here and will be shown very clearly soon ka. Scary and difficult to cope but our higher education people are highly capable to be ready with our collective efforts toward decent shared goals ka.
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