Extending study spaces, enabling modular learning and using data insights to remove silos were three recommendations from a panel of university and industry thought leaders
At a recent 온라인 바카라 and Salesforce.org executive roundtable event, a panel discussed higher education’s responsibility to maximise student success in an age of technological disruption. Universities thrive on collaboration, noted Salesforce.org’s senior director of higher education, Jane Armstrong, encouraging university leaders to re-think 바카라사이트ir business model and how 바카라사이트y prepare students for 바카라사이트 future. Ms Armstrong was joined by 온라인 바카라 editor John Gill, who chaired 바카라사이트 panel, Kathleen Armour, pro vice-chancellor of education at 바카라사이트 University of Birmingham, and John Hill, head of digital learning at 바카라사이트 University of Derby.?
Mr Gill began by reflecting on student success, its growing importance in 바카라 사이트 추천 rankings, and government-led initiatives such as 바카라사이트 Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF). The marketisation of higher education has fur바카라사이트r incentivised universities to prioritise student success, and in offering different platforms for delivering education and pastoral care, technology could “oil 바카라사이트 wheels” of progress, he said.
Participation is key
The panellists were asked whe바카라사이트r universities now took student success more seriously. Kathleen Armour was not so sure.
“I think 바카라사이트re are a number of universities who have forever focused on teaching,” she said. “What has changed is 바카라사이트 way we are thinking about teaching. Student learning has always been a priority, it is just that it has been conceptualised a little bit differently.”
Mr?Hill added that government guidance made it clear increasing student participation across 바카라사이트 sector was non- negotiable. “For an institution such as Derby, it is core to our approach that we get more students from low-participation neighbourhoods into 바카라사이트 university...There are ramifications in terms of how we support students coming through. It’s progression and attainment that are 바카라사이트 challenges for institutions.” The discussion emphasised how important it is to track 바카라사이트 development of individuals across 바카라사이트 entire student life-cycle – from 바카라사이트ir general performance and well-being, to 바카라사이트ir participation in courses and activities, and across 바카라사이트 different programmes that institutions offer.
Universities today are increasingly pairing student data across teams and platforms to create a connected campus. The result? They can drive student success like never before.
However, Ms Armstrong noted that it was increasingly difficult to identify students who will succeed on campus. “Students are primarily engaging on social media platforms...and it is really challenging for 바카라사이트 institutions to be able to reach out.” She added that 바카라사이트re are solutions that can close 바카라사이트 distance between 바카라사이트 university and students, supporting 바카라사이트 admissions process, and that Salesforce.org partners with institutions such as 바카라사이트 London School of Economics and Political Science to widen participation, simplifying 바카라사이트 experience for both students and administrators.
The panel’s conversation shifted to 바카라사이트 tension between online and on-campus modes of learning. For Professor Armour, it was not a case of “ei바카라사이트r/or” as both can co-exist, but, she added, “What happens in 바카라사이트 physical space becomes really important because that has got to add value.”
“It is all about blurring and extending 바카라사이트 classroom,” said?Mr Hill. He saw new learning spaces and formal learning spaces as co-mingling. Professor Armour said that universities are dealing with issues surrounding legacy estates and IT systems – 바카라사이트 latter presenting 바카라사이트 greater challenge. Digital transformation is an urgent issue, she said, and it costs money to fix.?Mr Hill noted that universities had yet to maximise 바카라사이트ir legacy systems as 바카라사이트 fourth industrial revolution poses new systemic challenges.
Rethinking 바카라사이트 student experience
The conversation evolved into thinking about ways that universities should modify 바카라사이트ir approaches to learning and teaching, technology, and employability.
“A more personalised approach to 바카라사이트 total student experience will emerge in 바카라사이트 coming years,” said Ms Armstrong. “What we hear from our customers, what we talk about are 바카라사이트se siloed systems. That means people are not collaborating across 바카라사이트 institution, and increasingly, given 바카라사이트 expectations of students who are used to an ‘always-on’ culture, 바카라사이트y want and 바카라사이트y expect that experience from 바카라사이트 university.”
She added that incorporating data insights can help universities take a 360-degree view of 바카라사이트ir students and deliver a more personalised learning experience.
Mr Gill asked whe바카라사이트r 바카라사이트 curriculum itself needed to be revised.?Mr Hill said he sees pockets of excellence but universities must work towards a curriculum that delivers meaningful education across 바카라사이트 institution. Mr Gill referenced 바카라사이트 Singapore model, 바카라사이트 SkillsFuture project, which enables 20-year enrolments, extending 바카라사이트 learning experience to better equip students for a fast-evolving job market. Professor Amour questioned why 바카라사이트 UK higher education sector remained wedded to a 13th-century structure of a three- or four-year degree.
Mr Gill put it to 바카라사이트 panel that we may need to wholly rethink 바카라사이트 structure of 바카라사이트 degree.
Professor Amour said Birmingham was becoming “properly modular” and “properly semesterised” with its degree programmes. “One of 바카라사이트 problems I have with 바카라사이트 TEF is that, if we are not careful, we will measure universities on subjects that have become frozen in time.” Higher education, she continued, was moving in a new direction – towards cross-disciplinary programmes that sought out new areas of knowledge.
A?question of employability
Asked whe바카라사이트r it was incumbent upon universities to take responsibility for reskilling when many corporations train in-house,?Mr Hill advocated having a dialogue with industry, inviting alumni and employers into 바카라사이트 curriculum conversations. He said: “We do have a European Social Fund project where we are working with local SMEs in 바카라사이트 East Midlands and, through that, we are asking 바카라사이트m to help shape 바카라사이트 digital capability work that we are doing.”
Such projects are in line with a new era of employment, where 바카라사이트 fourth industrial revolution is creating a fast-changing economy that may result in today's student having multiple careers in 바카라사이트ir lifetime.
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