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Education for a Smarter Planet

IBM Global Education

Executive Insights

THE FUTURE OF LEARNING

Simon Jordan

Client Systems Manager

IBM Wellington

Education for a Smarter Planet: The Future of Learning

IBM Global Education 20112

Table of Contents

Signposts for the Future

The Educational Continuum

A View of the Future of Learning

Transformative Technologies

Policies and strategies



Five Signposts for the future signal significant changes for education

Today’s generation of “digitally native” students

TECHNOLOGY IMMERSION

PERSONAL LEARNING PATHS Individualised and varied learning paths

KNOWLEDGE SKILLS21st century skills for service-based economies

Global integration of systems, resources, and cultures

GLOBAL INTEGRATION

ECONOMIC ALIGNMENTEducation’s critical role in a 21st century economy



Students of the future will be immersed in technology

Devices— Aware environments and intelligent devices enable mobile and more “natural” ways to access learning (sensors, miniaturisation, chips in everything)

What technology will students be using in the future?

Information/Databases— Filters the information overload, enables collaboration and establishes relevant context (Personalised filters ,Unlimited storage, Reusable learning objects)

Connections— The “always on” infrastructure(5.3B mobile connections,77% population), enables people to be connected anytime, anywhere, anyway

(Increased bandwidth (Ultra Fast Broadband by2016), Mobile media, Global tracking technologies)

Interfaces— Engagement of all senses to develop deeper and more intuitive understanding (Virtual reality, Voice recognition, Shared displays)

Biolinks—Biotech meets infotech to provide ultimate personalisation (Adaptive systems, Eye-tracking interfaces, Biometrics)



Students and parents are demanding a more personalised educational experience.

ENROLLINGin concurrent programs at multiple institutions

SHARINGlearning experiences with peers, mentors and teachers

UNDERSTANDINGoptions and alternatives for learning paths

ACCESSING courses that are not available locally

ENGAGINGin self-directed

independent learning

BENEFITINGfrom an

interconnectededucational team

MEASURINGprogress against

individual learning objectives

PROGRESSINGat a rate that recognised individual learning styles

CUSTOMIZING Learning materials for unique student needs Special

Programs

ContentCreator

Teacher/Professor

PeerLearner

Institution

MentorParent

Learner

EmergingTraditional

ContentCreator

Teacher

LearnerLearnerLearner

Professor

ExternalSMEInstitution



A services-based economy drives educational change

Services-based positions have increased 11% over the past 25 years, while industrial and agricultural jobs have decreased.

Human capital has replaced physical capital as the source of organisational value.

Employees will require lifelong educational services to maintain old skills and develop new ones to meet job requirements



What skills will be required of the worker of tomorrow?

Employers are looking for workers who possess 21st century skills

Global awarenessLanguage learningIT ProficiencyProblem solvingCritical thinking and analysisCommunicationAdaptable skills



Global Integration presents opportunities and challenges to education systems

Technology and connectivity has raised awareness of the potential for greater outcomes

Global networks introduces new competitors to traditionally stable education environments

Innovative institutions have defined unique value that they can provide to a global classroom



Much of the $12B in government spending recognises education‘s critical role in economic recovery

Education systems that adapt and respond accordingly are critical to successful return on those investments

Need for alignment of educational outcomes to the demands of tomorrow’s workforce

While at a public policy level, concerns about global competitiveness will compel policymakers to intensify educational accountability across the full spectrum of educational services

Need for policy changes here to support new models



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Five Signposts point to Transformative Strategies


PERSONAL LEARNING PATHS

KNOWLEDGE SKILLS

GLOBAL INTEGRATION

ECONOMIC ALIGNMENT

Consumer devices represent diverse learning opportunities for all studentsAny Device Learning

Collaborative models for education systems put students at the center of processes and services

Student-Centered Processes

Comprehensive, multi-faceted student learning and collaboration environments promote 21st c. skills

Learning Communities

Shared services allow economies of scale while specialization promotes differentiation

Services Specialization

Education programs and economic initiatives align for long term sustainability and growth

Systemic View of Education



Vision for the Educational Continuum

Any Device Learning




KNOWLEDGE SKILLS


GLOBAL INTEGRATION

Services Specialisation

ECONOMIC ALIGNMENT


Intelligent• Aligned Data• Outcomes Insight

Instrumented• Student-centric• Integrated Assessment

Interconnected• Shared Services• Interoperable Processes

ContinuingEducation

HigherEducation

SecondarySchool

PrimarySchool

WorkforceSkills

Individual Learning Continuum TheEducationalContinuum

Educatio

n Sys

tem Contin

uum

EconomicSustainability



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Experience the Future of Learning



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The Educational Continuum is enabled by emerging technologies

Integration of Consumer IT devices into learning environments through standards, repositories and transformation technologies



KNOWLEDGE SKILLSCommunities are development open source standards and open source applications to allow for full interoperability, interconnection and seamless services to students. GLOBAL INTEGRATION

ECONOMIC ALIGNMENTCloud Computing delivers on the promise of “utility computing”, allowing for dynamic, low cost IT resources to be provided as required.

Any Device Learning



Services Specialization




Open Technologies

Non monopolistic delivery of services within a common, open framework.

Provides choice, flexibility, investment security and fosters rapid innovation..

Open standards are gaining traction throughout the IT industry. Projects such as:

– Apache for web platforms

– Eclipse for application development

– Linux for servers

Applications are becoming more open through service-oriented architectures and open-source projects, like Sakai, Kuali and Moodle.

Open systems are critical to the future of learning to enable a seamless education continuum that is centred on the student, not the institutions.



Consumer IT

Cloud computing evolution will be complemented by continued growth in the mobile technology and device market.

There is a risk in development and deployment of a coherent enterprise strategy and architecture as institutions chase the latest consumer craze.

Savvy institutions will build an open environment for their enterprise that accommodates and leverages the consumer market, but is not driven by it. .



Cloud Technology

The new paradigm, dubbed “cloud computing” is really about shift toward true utility models of computing

Public clouds will offer consumer level services and can be integrated into an enterprise to provide common user services

Institutions and communities will build their own Private clouds to provide unique services to their constituents - This will produce new opportunities for education institutions and governments to create shared services across regions and systems



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Successful education systems in the next decade will share a number of strategic policy actions

Adopt and Promote a vision of Personalised Learning encouraging better use of data to manage and tailor learning services to individual students

Establish Student-Centric versus Institutionally-Centric Processes to provide better insights, interventions and opportunities to improve outcomes

Promote Open Standards and Open Platforms in Technology to enable a broad set of providers to contribute to a rich, diverse world of learning

Consolidate Services across Institutions and Agencies to realise the benefits of cloud computing and shared services



Critical Success Factors for innovation in education

Proactive and committed senior leadership

Student-centric processes and systems

Effective learning and collaboration models

Specialisation of services to differentiate education providers

A dynamic and integrated infrastructure



Why must we take action now?

Status quo is not an option for education systems in many countries. If we wait too long to act or do not act decisively enough, our education systems will be unable to continue along the current path and, then, require immediate or forced restructuring.

Both individually and collectively, today, stakeholders have the unique opportunity to embrace the emerging trends to create the educational continuum. These education systems will become assets to New Zealand and our people. They can help the individuals they serve contribute to the societal and economic health of their country and others.

Source: “Healthcare 2015: Win-win or lose-lose,” IBM Global Business Services, IBM Institute for Business Value




WorkforceSkills

TheEducationalContinuum

Individual Learning Continuum

Educatio

n Sys

tem Contin

uum

EconomicSustainability

ContinuingEducation

HigherEducation

SecondarySchool

PrimarySchool

Intelligent• Aligned Data• Outcomes Insight

Instrumented• Student-centric• Integrated Assessment

Interconnected• Shared Services• Interoperable Processes



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2 Connect Africa Summit 2008 proceedings. http://appablog.wordpress.com/2008/05/14/connect-africa-summit-itu-telecom-africa-forum-discusses-usd-55-billion-investment-commitments/

3 Outsell Reports on Online K-12 Education Market, Fall, 2008.

4 Learning in the 21st Century: A National Report of Online Learning. Project Tomorrow Report,

5 New Media Consortium and The Economist, “Future of Higher Education: How Technology Will Shape Learning Intelligence Unit,” October 20, 2008. http://www.nmc.org/publications/future-higher-ed

6 Trends Shaping Education, 2008 Edition. Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development . 7 Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation, Leaders Statement 2008. http://www.apec.org/etc/medialib/apec_media_library/downloads/news_uploads/2008/aelm/aelm.Par.0002.File.tmp/08_aelm_LeadersStatement.pdf 8 High School Reform to Lifelong Learning: Aligning Secondary and Postsecondary Education, National Governors Association, February, 2009. http://www.nga.org/portal/site/nga/menuitem.8358ec82f5b198d18a278110501010a0/?vgnextoid=2aea9e2f1b091010VgnVCM1000001a01010aRCRD&vgnextchannel=4b18f074f0d9ff00VgnVCM1000001a01010aRCRD9 Report on Micro and Nano-manufacturing, SEMI Association. http://www.semi.org/en/p044528

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