Top of mind at most institutions are a pandemic, the student debt crisis, and budget/enrollment crises. But looming as a bigger issue (when these others lessen) are the changes coming to the workforce as AI-powered devices and systems begin to shuffle the roles of humans in the workforce. Institutions of Higher Ed need to move faster to address workforce changes, to retrain workers, to bring in new student populations, and to help the existing student population finish their degrees in smarter ways. I'll outline some of the foundational work required to begin moving quickly in response to the threats and opportunities from workforce changes as well as provide ideas for preparing students faster and in more sensible ways.

1. How can we be nimble
enough to prepare
students for the next
high-demand jobs?
Maria H. Andersen, Ph.D
CEO, Coursetune
Core Adjunct, Westminster
College
Presentation at:
Email: maria@Coursetune.com
Twitter: @busynessgirl

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

3. The signs
were already
there, but
we would
not have
seen them
until at least
2030.

4. In education, we still haven’t adjusted to
Smartphones existing.

5. Now that this world has opened, we can’t go back.
We must move into the new reality.

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

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

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

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

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

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

12. In education, everyone now understands how hard it is to teach online.

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

14. We can’t ignore the fact that some of our faculty have NO pedagogical training.

15. Parents and students are questioning whether the CLASSES are worth the cost.

16. The world has discovered that the SOCIAL component of college has some serious gravitas for young people.

17. Millions of people have lost jobs that might NOT be coming back.

18. Some jobs are being DISPLACED by our newfound discovery of existing technology.

19. Technology like Artificial Intelligence continues to RACE ahead.

20. OTHER 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)

21. Oh yeah, also a PANDEMIC.

22. This is our new reality.

24. How can we be nimble
enough to prepare
students for the next
high-demand jobs?
Maria H. Andersen, Ph.D
CEO, Coursetune
Core Adjunct, Westminster College
Presentation at:
Email: maria@Coursetune.com
Twitter: @busynessgirl

25. So what does a “nimble snail” actually look like?

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

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

30. 2. Revisit and re-
emphasize the
Associates Degree.

31. With an Associates Degree, a student can leave
academia for a few years and easily come back.

32. An Associate’s
Degree is more easily
transferable ...
to another institution
or another discipline.

33. 3. Be prepared to
teach upgraded
skills when AI
replaces workers.

34. 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/

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

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

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

38. Things I’ve learned in the last four 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

39. 4. Rethink depth of
knowledge.

40. ESIL LENS

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

43. 5. Streamline the
existing courses to
make space to teach
more relevant
material at the right
depth.

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

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

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

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

48. 6. People want re-
training with social
accountability.
Embrace Remote
Learning!

49. Remote learning
curriculum must be
well-designed. The
”remote” part
needs to be active.

50. Active
Learning
Training for
All Faculty

51. 7. Get more
creative about how
you use adjunct
faculty.

52. Find a way to
“qualify” expertise
for hiring adjunct
faculty.

53. Faculty of 5, 10, 15,
20+ years have very
little relevant
experience in business
outside of Academia.
Almost ALL of your
students will go out
and work in some kind
of business.

54. Map out what
new niche classes
need teaching and
find out where
you have staffing
needs.

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

56. English
Composition

57. Core of English
Composition
with Business
Theme

58. Core of English
Composition
with Medical
Theme

59. Core of English
Composition
with Science
Theme

61. Suppose a student
wants to do English
Comp with an
Entertainment
theme?

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

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

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

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

66. 9. Turn alumni
education into a
subscription
service.

67. Provide remote
courses to
keep alumni
up-to-date in
skills

68. Upgrading
alumni skills
forces the
upgrade your
faculty skills
too

69. Decide on
some level of
education to be
the ”base
achievement”
to qualify for
subscription
training

70. 10. You’d better start doing SOMETHING.

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