In the last decade, innovations like adaptive learning, smartphones, learning analytics, OER, and MOOCs have been chipping away at the corners of traditional education. Then came COVID-19, causing a rapid acceleration of the adoption of these kinds of technology and new pedagogies in under a month. The next wave of disruption to higher ed will not come from more technology to incorporate into teaching, but will be caused by the existence of advanced technology in the workforce. The existence of technology like AI will force us to alter the content we teach, how we assess, and how we design programs, modalities, and curriculum in order to stay relevant as educational institutions.

1. Facing the Future
of Technology and
Learning
Maria H. Andersen, Ph.D
CEO, Coursetune
Core Adjunct Faculty, Westminster College
Email: maria@Coursetune.com
Twitter: @busynessgirl

2. In ONE decade, the world
was transformed …

3. In ONE decade, the world
was transformed …

4. https://www.statista.com/statistics/201182/forecast-of-smartphone-users-in-the-us/
268 million
in 2020

5. U.S. Population
327 million
12% below age of 10
(39 million)
16% above age 65
(52 million)

6. Most
college-age
adults in the
U.S. have a
Smartphone
now.
https://www.pewresearch.org/internet/fact-sheet/mobile/

7. Refrigerator
Dishwasher
Landline phone

8. Smartphone
Social Media

9. 18-29, 88%
65+, 37%
50-64, 64%
30-49, 78%
The chicken
and the egg...
which is
driving which?

10. In 2020, the education and working world transformed a decade.

11. We can’t pretend that attending lecture IN PERSON is the only “real” option.

12. Professors can’t pretend that there’s NO WAY to “make up” a missed lecture.

13. We can’t pretend that there is NO WAY to attend class from home.

14. Students can’t pretend that they have NO WAY to do groupwork if they can’t meet in person.

15. Faculty can’t pretend there’s NO WAY to teach if they are out of town.

16. We can’t pretend that the ONLY options are Online, F2F, and Hybrid.

17. In education, everyone now understands how exhausting it is to teach online.

18. In the world, ONLINE learning has taken a huge reputation hit.

19. The state of
technology is
rapidly changing.

21. How has “getting
information” changed in the
last three decades?

22. When I was an undergraduate...

23. When I was a PhD student ...

24. Students today

25. “Every two days now we create as much information
as we did from the dawn of civilization up until 2003.”
- Eric Schmidt, quoted in 2003 (CEO of Google)

26. Source:
https://www.visualcapitalist.com/
every-minute-internet-2020/
YouTube: 500 hours of
content
Instagram: 347k stories
Facebook: 147k photos

27. And where is that
information coming from?

28. 1 billion in
1804
7 billion in
2016
World
Population
today?
7.8 billion

31. 1% growth 2-3% growth 8-9%
growth

34. The state of
technology is rapidly
changing.
AND
The amount of data
is rapidly increasing.

35. Why does the
rise of raw
information
matter?
It is this rapid rise in
information that is
bringing AI to fruition.

36. Two kinds of AI
Artificial Narrow
Intelligence (ANI)
Artificial General
Intelligence (AGI)

37. Projected Job Disruptions due to AI
Studies at Oxford: 47% of American jobs are at high risk of automation, up to 20
million manufacturing jobs worldwide will be lost to robots by 2030
McKinsey Global Institute: Between 40 million and 160 million women worldwide
may need to transition between occupations by 2030
WEF: automation will displace 75 million jobs but generate 133 million new ones
worldwide by 2022 (prediction in 2018)
Forrester predicts job losses of 29% by 2030 with only 13% job creation to
compensate
Source: https://www.forbes.com/sites/gilpress/2019/07/15/is-ai-going-to-be-a-jobs-killer-new-reports-about-the-future-of-work/

38. Forrester: 73% of all cubicle-related jobs lost by 2030

39. “100% Automatable Jobs”
Aircraft Cargo
Handling
Supervisors
Dredge Operators
Foundry Mold and
Coremakers
Graders and
Sorters,
Agricultural
Products
Logging Equipment
Operators
Machine Feeders
and Offbearers
Medical Appliance
Technicians
Motion Picture
Projectionists
Ophthalmic
Laboratory
Technicians
Packaging and
Filling Machine
Operators and
Tenders
Plasterers and
Stucco Masons
Slaughterers and
Meat Packers
Source: https://features.marketplace.org/robotproof/

40. “The vast majority of jobs consist
of some portion of tasks that can
be automated and some portion
of tasks that can’t.”

41. We will all be retraining … all the time.

42. (deep breaths and kittens)

43. Drivers of Change
Climate Change
(WEF)
Middle Class in
Emerging
Markets (WEF)
Rapid
Urbanization
(WEF)
Extreme
Longevity, Aging
Society (IFF, WEF)
Computational
World (IFF)
Superstructured
Organizations
(IFF)
Globally
Connected World
(IFF)
New Media
Ecology (IFF)
Rise of Smart
Machines and
Systems (IFF)
Mobile Internet
and Cloud
Technology (WEF)
Processing Power,
Big Data (WEF)
New energy
supplies and
technology (WEF)
Internet of Things
(WEF)
Sharing Economy,
Crowdsourcing
(WEF)
Robotics,
autonomous
transport (WEF)
Artificial
intelligence (WEF)
Advanced
Manufacturing,
3D printing (WEF)
Adv materials,
biotechnology
(WEF)

44. Drivers of Change
Climate Change
(WEF)
Middle Class in
Emerging
Markets (WEF)
Rapid
Urbanization
(WEF)
Extreme
Longevity, Aging
Society (IFF, WEF)
Computational
World (IFF)
Superstructured
Organizations
(IFF)
Globally
Connected World
(IFF)
New Media
Ecology (IFF)
Rise of Smart
Machines and
Systems (IFF)
Mobile Internet
and Cloud
Technology (WEF)
Processing Power,
Big Data (WEF)
New energy
supplies and
technology (WEF)
Internet of Things
(WEF)
Sharing Economy,
Crowdsourcing
(WEF)
Robotics,
autonomous
transport (WEF)
Artificial
intelligence (WEF)
Advanced
Manufacturing,
3D printing (WEF)
Adv materials,
biotechnology
(WEF)
GLOBAL PANDEMIC!!!!

45. What have you had to learn since
leaving school?

46. Things I’ve learned in the last three years
Customer
Relationship
Management
Software
Project
Management and
PM Software
Accounting
Management
Software
SaaS accounting
Virtual Meeting
and Webinar
software
Software ticket
management
software
Social media
management
software
UI/UX design and
management
software
Contractor
management
software
Customer Service
management
software
How to write a
term sheet
How to make a
pitch deck
Software to
manage the cap
tables for our stock
Work with a lawyer
to write a patent
Determine sales
tax nexus in any
state we do
business in
Determine the best
cloud server
platform for us
Figure out GDPR
and how it applies
to us
Documentation
management
software and
processes

47. The state of technology
is rapidly changing.
The amount of data is
rapidly increasing.
AND
Careers are rapidly
changing.

48. Curriculum
in Higher
Education
has got to
change.

49. 1. People should be
able to attend
college for one year
and be able to
upgrade their job.

52. Ask Students: What skills will help you move
up in your job or move to a different job?

53. 2. Rethink
depth of
knowledge.

54. Search and Application
over Memorization
You couldn’t memorize all the information
in your field even if you wanted to.

55. ESIL LENS

56. Strictly deals
with the level of
information or
skill depth, not
the ability to
perform higher
cognitive level
activities.
EXISTENCE SUPPORTED
INDEPENDENT LIFETIME

58. 3. Streamline the existing
courses to make space to
teach more relevant
material at the right
depth.

59. Curriculum
Drift
New skills and fields
emerge that need to be
learned for a discipline.

60. Curriculum
Bloat
New knowledge,
research, and desires
from other schools
bloat the curriculum
from within.

61. Curriculum
Reality
Most curriculum
contains both drift
and bloat.

62. Curriculum
needs continual
tuning
If there is no space to
do innovative things,
innovative things don’t
happen.

63. 4. Expertise is a moving
target. Make the courses
themselves more flexible
by splitting the credits
into fixed and variable.

64. English
Composition

65. Core of English
Composition
with Business
Theme

66. Core of English
Composition
with Medical
Theme

67. Core of English
Composition
with Science
Theme

69. 8. The “NEW” Liberal
Arts Education?
Stack 3 pods and one
specialty year or
certificate.

70. For example:
Each ”pod”
can cross the
same set of
disciplines.
• Science
• Communication
• Humanities / Culture
• Business / Government
• Logic / Math / Philosophy

71. PLANET EARTH
ENVIRONMENTAL
SCIENCE
CONSCIOUS
CAPITALISM
WASTE AND RECYCLING
MANAGEMENT
TREND ANALYSIS ENERGY CULTURAL
PERSPECTIVES

72. BEING HUMAN
SCIENCE OF BEING
HUMAN
MEANING OF
CONSCIOUSNESS
STAGES OF LIFE PSYCHOLOGY OF
HUMAN
INTERACTIONS
INTERACTION
BETWEEN HUMANS
AND TECHNOLOGY

73. We simultaneously live
in awe of technology and
in fear of it.

74. "In 50 years there will be
only 10 institutions in
the world delivering
higher education"
- Sebastian Thrun, founder Udacity, 2012

75. "We think of it like a robot
tutor in the sky that can
semi-read your mind and
figure out what your
strengths and weaknesses
are, down to the percentile"
- Jose Ferreira, founder Knewton, 2015

76. “Anyone that can be
replaced by a computer
should be.”
- Arthur C. Clarke

77. We need to step up and face this future instead of hiding from it.

78. Questions?
Maria H. Andersen, Ph.D
maria@coursetune.com
busynessgirl@gmail.com
Twitter: @busynessgirl
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