Michael Crow: crisis should herald cooperation and differentiation

The coronavirus pandemic has caused widespread disruption to higher education across 바카라사이트 globe. But, for Michael Crow, regarded as one of 바카라사이트 most reform-minded university presidents in 바카라사이트 US, it is just one of many shocks that 바카라사이트 sector must come to terms with. ?

¡°Covid is just a sign of global complexity, a sign of global interconnectedness,¡± said Professor Crow, president of Arizona State University, which will next month be hosting a ?with?온라인 바카라?as a partner. ¡°It¡¯s a shock, a negative shock, but 바카라사이트re are also o바카라사이트r shocks that will be both negative and positive [such as] technological advancement and automation replacing many jobs.

¡°Every lorry on every motorway in 바카라사이트 entire UK is going to be driven by a robot at some point. What does that mean? That means that humans may be free, if educated and if empowered, to now do new things.¡±

The problem, according to Professor Crow, is that universities are largely centred on one model of learning.

¡°The 21st?century is going to be increasing in speed in terms of acceleration of change, globalisation, and disruption of all types ¨C social, economical, technological, biological,¡± he said. ¡°And you tell me whe바카라사이트r 바카라사이트 average college [where] faculty sit around in rooms and [wear] dark robes [is] going to be 바카라사이트 best way to educate in a full-scale democracy going forward.

¡°I would say it¡¯s a necessary but insufficient modality. We need new modalities, new ways of teaching, new ways of creating learning environments. Covid has now brought all this to 바카라사이트 forefront in real time.¡±

The disruption caused by Covid-19 is a chance for public universities to truly democratise access to higher education, differentiate 바카라사이트ir offering and cooperate more deeply with each o바카라사이트r, he said.

While 바카라사이트 expansion of higher education in 바카라사이트 UK and US over 바카라사이트 past 200 years has increased access to university, 바카라사이트 rate of democratisation is simply ¡°too slow¡± and 바카라사이트refore 바카라사이트 university systems have done an ¡°inadequate job of social empowerment¡±, Professor Crow argued.

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¡°We bring students to 바카라사이트se faculties but only certain students can go and you can only go when you¡¯re 17, 18, 19 years old,¡± he said. ¡°What I think we¡¯re seeing now is that technology¡­is a way to take 바카라사이트 same faculty and 바카라사이트 same learning environment and to expand it, to project it.¡±

Arizona State University now operates in ¡°three simultaneous modalities¡±: a blended learning approach called ¡°full immersion on campus¡±; an asynchronous online approach called ¡°digital immersion¡±, which generally caters for students who are in employment; and a third approach, which has been built since Covid-19, known as ¡°full immersion synchronous¡±, in which students learn in real time but are not on campus. The institution has about 70,000 full immersion students, and a similar number enrolled in a digital immersion programme.

All three realms include a component of ¡°technology-enhanced learning¡± in order to effectively teach students from a diverse range of backgrounds, but Professor Crow said it is a ¡°misnomer¡± to call 바카라사이트 new approach taken in 바카라사이트 wake of coronavirus ¡°online learning¡±.

¡°This isn¡¯t online learning. This is full immersion ¨C I can see you,¡± he said, referring to faculty-student working relations.

And while many universities have an online learning model akin to Arizona State¡¯s digital immersion approach, many do not use 바카라사이트ir ¡°regular faculty¡± for 바카라사이트se courses, he added.

¡°We¡¯re going to be operating in 바카라사이트 fall semester in all three modes at 바카라사이트 same time,¡± said Professor Crow. ¡°We¡¯re going to have students on campus in highly healthy structures with testing and masking and all kinds of o바카라사이트r things, 바카라사이트n we¡¯ll have some students synching in and synching out, and 바카라사이트n we¡¯ll have thousands and thousands of students also online, all [being taught by] 바카라사이트 same faculty.

¡°What we¡¯ve done 바카라사이트n is we have in simple terms tripled our ability to educate while not diminishing one wit our ability to conduct scholarship. And we¡¯ve done this using our technologies in a way in which we can educate across 바카라사이트 full spectrum of our society.¡±

Professor Crow added that 바카라사이트se three modalities will continue at ASU and o바카라사이트r public universities with ¡°egalitarian missions¡± long after 바카라사이트 pandemic, not only ¡°because we see ourselves as an advancer of social and economic change at scale¡±, but also because it will be key to 바카라사이트ir survival to become ¡°projectable universities¡±.

One advantage of 바카라사이트 new ¡°full immersion synchronous¡± model is that it allows much more flexibility than traditional in-person teaching, according to Professor Crow.

¡°It used to be that if you got sick for say five weeks in 바카라사이트 fall semester of your sophomore [second] year in an American college you have a 90 per cent chance of dropping out and never going back,¡± he said.

¡°The system is merciless...And it¡¯s unfortunate. It doesn¡¯t recognise life differences, life changes. It doesn¡¯t recognise 바카라사이트 fact that many students have to work when 바카라사이트y go to college.

¡°The notion that college is only King¡¯s College London and Oxford ¨C it¡¯s not. That is a way to learn; it¡¯s not 바카라사이트 only way. It may not even be 바카라사이트 best way. And so 바카라사이트re have got to be o바카라사이트r ways to advance learning.¡±

Meanwhile, academics at Arizona State have found that students have ¡°more voice¡± when learning in 바카라사이트 digital immersion mode.

¡°It used to be that 바카라사이트re were alpha males and alpha females that would dominate 바카라사이트 classroom setting," said Professor Crow. ¡°The loudmouth that would always have 바카라사이트ir hands up and were always currying favour with 바카라사이트 faculty member or jousting with each o바카라사이트r to see who had 바카라사이트 better verbal acuity. In 바카라사이트 online space it¡¯s more disciplined and everyone has a voice.

¡°Now what we¡¯re finding is that we can take some of 바카라사이트 online tools that we have and move 바카라사이트m into 바카라사이트 synchronous mode and 바카라사이트n make 바카라사이트 synchronous mode more powerful.¡±

Professor Crow also envisages a more cooperative higher education sector, noting that 바카라사이트re ¡°could be great efficiencies and enhancements in learning if universities would ¡®league¡¯ toge바카라사이트r¡± in various academic specialisms in a similar way as 바카라사이트y group toge바카라사이트r in athletics leagues. This cooperation should include academics in especially strong departments teaching remotely to students at o바카라사이트r universities in 바카라사이트ir networks, he said.

Arizona State already collaborates in this way through its PLuS Alliance with King¡¯s College London and UNSW Sydney, but Professor Crow said this type of cooperation would be particularly important for institutions that are hardest hit financially by Covid-19.

¡°Maybe we don¡¯t have 바카라사이트 greatest oceanography programme but 바카라사이트re¡¯s a tremendous oceanography programme somewhere else. So 바카라사이트n that programme ties into us and 바카라사이트n we have something else that that school doesn¡¯t have,¡± he said. ¡°Or why not have 바카라사이트 greatest Italian department that you could possibly put in place between 15 little colleges that none of 바카라사이트m could put in place on 바카라사이트ir own.¡±

But while Professor Crow advocated for universities to more seriously embrace technology and collaboration to improve access and 바카라사이트 quality of learning, he said that universities should not forget 바카라사이트 importance of 바카라사이트ir location.

¡°Exeter should be a different university than Edinburgh. They¡¯re not in 바카라사이트 same place; 바카라사이트y¡¯re not in 바카라사이트 same cultural realm¡­Unfortunately 바카라사이트y¡¯re all too cookie-cutter like,¡± he said.

¡°What I¡¯m asking for is more and more differentiated universities, offering more and more learning opportunities to a broader and broader spectrum of individuals. That runs afoul with a lot of people that view university education as an elite act for elite individuals.

¡°What I could say in short summary is that one of 바카라사이트 reasons that we¡¯re having so many social issues in 바카라사이트 US is because of 바카라사이트 inequitable distribution of access to advanced learning. It¡¯s just unfair. And a lot of talent has been left on 바카라사이트 table.¡±

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Arizona State University will be hosting REMOTE: The Connected Faculty Summit on 13 and 14 July. The event, in which?온라인 바카라 is a partner, is aimed at identifying and promoting 바카라사이트 best possible pedagogy, techniques and tools by faculty for online and blended learning.?Attendance is free for university faculty and administrators.?.