Datin Paduka Ir. Dr. Siti Hamisah Tapsir

Director General

Department of Higher Education

Ministry of Higher Education

11 September 2017

Malaysia Higher

Education 4.0

OUTLINE OF PRESENTATION

Emerging Technology Breakthroughs

Challenges

Current Developments

Meeting the Challenges of 4th IR

Way Forward

CONVERGENCE OF TECHNOLOGIES

4th Industrial Revolution

From Industry 1.0 to Industry 4.0

Emerging Technology Breakthroughs

BIG DATA

Humanoid Robot Tells Jokes on Good Morning Britain

https://youtu.be/kWlL4KjIP4M

Disruptive Science and Technology Innovations

Repetitive jobs that can be automated will be replaced

BIG DATA

Robotic wife – intuitive, submissive

Designer babies

Disruptive Science and Technology Innovations

............. beyond technology lies ..............

INEQUALITY

7 Billion world population, but only 4 Billion

have access to connectivity

Displaced because of lost

jobs

Accessibility to technology and connectivity

Challenges

“Today, because of rapid economic and social

change, schools have to prepare students for:

– jobs that have not yet been created,

– technologies that have not yet been invented

and

– problems that we don’t yet know will arise.”

(Andreas Schleicher - OECD Education Directorate: 2011)

Digital Natives

Humans have shorter attention span than a goldfish Humans have shorter attention span than a goldfish Humans have shorter attention span than a goldfish Humans have shorter attention span than a goldfish

� 12 seconds in 2000 12 seconds in 2000 12 seconds in 2000 12 seconds in 2000

� 8 seconds in 20138 seconds in 20138 seconds in 20138 seconds in 2013

BUT humans are getting better at multiBUT humans are getting better at multiBUT humans are getting better at multiBUT humans are getting better at multi----tasking. tasking. tasking. tasking.

[Telegraph (Science) May 2015][Telegraph (Science) May 2015][Telegraph (Science) May 2015][Telegraph (Science) May 2015]

� Nonprofit and tuition free

� No professors

� Peer to peer pedagogy &

Project based

� 24/7

Are we still relevant in 30 years

time?

By 2020, the US Bureau of Labor

estimates that there will be 1.4 million

new developer job openings and only

400,000 computer

Current Developments

Foundation for Individual Student Aspirations in the Blueprint

COGNITIVE

BalanceDevelopment

Needed

PSYCHOMOTOR

VALUES

AFFECTIVE

Personalisation of Learning

iCGPA

Curriculum Content

21st Century Learning Framework– Student Outcomes

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Learning and Innovation

Skills

(4Cs: Critical Thinking,

Communication,

Collaboration and Creativity)

Content Knowledge and 21st Century Themes

Information, Media and Technology Skills

Life and Career Skills:

Curriculum Content

21st Century LearningFramework – Student

Outcomes

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Learning and Innovation

Skills

(4Cs: Critical Thinking,

Communication,

Collaboration and

Creativity)

Content Knowledge and 21st Century Themes

Information, Media and Technology Skills

Life and Career Skills:

Sustainable Development Goals

Delivery of Higher Education

Meeting the Challenges of the 4th IR

1) Heutagogy –

personalisation of learning

1) Delivery of Higher

Education

2) Curriculum Content

3) Translational Research

"I'm not worried about artificial

intelligence giving computers the

ability to think like humans." I'm more concerned about

people thinking like computers.”

(Apple's Tim Cook speech at MIT Commencement)

HOW DO WE SERVE HUMAN KIND?

Higher Order Thinking

Human Work

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Heutagogy

Blurring in Academic Disciplines

PRESENT

Co-curators of Knowledge

Learning Analytics

iCGPA

Curriculum Content

Curriculum Content

21st Century Curriculum for MyHE 4.0

Delivery of Higher Education

On-demand Learning

Research 4.0

Research 4.0

Spectrum of Research

Technology Enabled

Trans-disciplinary Collaborations

Web of Co-laboratories

Guided by human-based

research ethics

Symbiosis of learning,

research & collaborations

Crowd Sourcing

Quadruple Helix

Innovation

Peer Review + Open Review

Governance

Agile University Governance

1. Self-Governing Institutions –autonomous, both UA/US (high) Compoundable

2. Self-Accreditation

3. Waqaf Contribution and University Revenue = 30 to 50%?

4. Open Academic Tenureship (Freelance)

5. Shared Governance – student representative in Senate or Board of Directors

6. Innovative MOHE/MQA

7. Co-Regulatory Approach - policies

Way Forward

Higher Education 4.0(TANGIBLE)

Challenged by emerging technologies in 4th IR

Hidden Elements of 4thIR

(INTANGIBLE)

Powered by character building, higher order thinking, multiple intelligences, soft skills, lifelong learning, etc. to face the new challenges

Way Forward

CHALLENGESDevelop

NEOTERIC ACADEMIA

� Learn, Unlearn,

Relearn, Unskill, reskill

� Engage in Teaching-

Research Nexus

Create HUMAN-MACHINE

Partnership

Produce Holistic Graduates with

Multiple Intelligence

SPEED in Agile

Governance� Speed

� Productive

� Efficient

� Effective

� Delivery

Intensify Digital Thrust

Itemize the values in Blueprint Unravel the

QALB

“Ultimately technology is a tool. People come first. Its purpose should be centered on humanity and public interest. Where tolerance, respect, care and compassion come into play. Eventually it boils down to culture and values. With 4IR ushering into a new cultural renaissance. It needs a collective wisdom”

Dato’ Seri Idris Jusoh, Minister of Higher Education, 2017

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