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The University is Dead! Long Live the University!

The University is Dead! Long Live the University!. James L. Morrison Professor Emeritus, UNC-Chapel Hill http://horizon.unc.edu Editor-in-Chief Innovate. U.S. Higher Education in the 20 th Century. Type: 2-yr, 4-yr universities Geographically defined market areas

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The University is Dead! Long Live the University!

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  1. The University is Dead! Long Live the University! James L. Morrison Professor Emeritus, UNC-Chapel Hill http://horizon.unc.eduEditor-in-ChiefInnovate

  2. U.S. Higher Education in the 20th Century • Type: 2-yr, 4-yr universities • Geographically defined market areas • Function: teaching, research, service • Mostly residential/bricks and mortar • Lecture mode of instruction predominant • Degrees based on credit hours • Predominantly self-contained • Print research publications organized by commercial publishers & associations

  3. Change Drivers • Demographics • Globalization • Economic Restructuring • Information Technology

  4. What Lies Ahead in Technology • Diminution (Nanotechnology/micromachines) • Wireless networks/Wireless Web/Wi-Fi • Net PC/ Web TV • Groupware/P2P • High Definition TV • Electronic books • Simulations • Virtual reality • Expert systems • WWW; Web course mgt • Low-earth-orbit satellites • Video conferencing • Grid computing • Open source software

  5. The Changing Higher Education Environment • Certification monopoly at risk • employers concerned about competency; relying less on diplomas • Outcomes assessment coming on line • Western Governors University • Accreditation agencies • New competition • Traditional “service areas” fair game • New for-profit educational providers

  6. The Changing Higher Education Environment • The “bookless” campus • e-Libraries • NetLibrary • Questia • XanEdu • Jones e-global Library • Services • 24-7 reference desks • Online chat book advice • e-Book reading devices on loan

  7. The Calendar • Rio Salado College in Phoenix • The University of Phoenix

  8. Cost Comparisons • Cisco’s residential classroom = $1,800 per worker • Cisco’s Web-based classes = $120 per worker • Dow’s in-class health and safety training = $80 million per year • Dow’s DE health and safety training = $50 million per year

  9. Pew Learning and Technology Program • BYU first-year writing course - enrolls 3,400 students in about 170 sections redesigned: cost per student dropped 41% • Drexel introduction to computer programming: cost per student dropped 36% • Florida Gulf Coast into to fine arts, cost per student for 2,400 students is $50 compared to $132 students in traditional format

  10. The Internet Enables Educators To: • Center learning around the student • More intensive interaction about authentic data • Focus on the strengths of individual (and more diverse) learners around the globe • Make lifelong learning a practical reality Web-Based Education Committee, 2001

  11. Student role = empty vessel Degrees based on credit hours Information transfer via classrooms/library Student role = knowledge creator Degrees based on competency exams Information transfer anytime, anywhere Old Paradigm New Paradigm

  12. Faculty lecture Faculty responsible for content, media, assessment Faculty role = actor Learned centric Faculty use projects, shared learning Faculty work as part of instructional team Faculty role = director Learning centric Old Paradigm New Paradigm

  13. Semester/tri-mester/quarter Set enrollments (e.g., once a year) Institutions act independently Varying lengths of time for learning modules Continuous enrollments (e.g., once every two weeks) Institutions act with partners Old Paradigm New Paradigm

  14. Publications refereed via professional associations and commercial publishers Print publication the primary mode of information transfer Institutions publish professors’ papers, drafts, notes via open Web access Institutions sponsor their professors’ manuscripts to refereed Web-based open access professional journals Free online publication as prominent as paid print publications Old Paradigm New Paradigm

  15. How to Free Up Resources • Move all financial transactions to the Internet • Shift to open source software for routine administrative and business operations • Install WLANS in lieu of hard-wiring • Outsource in-house computing operations

  16. Where Are We Now? • 42% said Internet caused a decline in academic performance • 42% said plagiarism had increased (23% disagreed) • President of Birmingham-Southern: Internet and computer tools dumbing down student writing

  17. Where Are We Now? • 82% said Internet had a positive effect on their teaching • 40% spent 20+ hours per week online • 98% use email to communicate with students • 55% use web sites to communicate

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