Have you ever thought about upcoming changes that may be happened in the context of learning especially in the time of information in which the amount of knowledge would be twice just in every 20 months? What types of changes do you expect to see in learning as future trends?
Nice question, my view is that future learning would be domain specific & on-the-fly learning as the information is double every 2 years.
I gave my view on "future learning" in a thread about MOOCs (Massive Open Online Courses). I repeat it here.
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Let's imagine a future where MOOCs are ubiquitous, and parasitic businesses exist to curate educational content and provide support services (for a fee). This would, I feel, effectively bypass traditional universities -- although not in the immediate term.
Example: someone wants to study Visual Arts. One MOOC provides a solid grounding in Chinese ceramics, taught by a world expert from Beijing; another provides content in the renaissance painting taught by a world expert from Harvard, etc. This content is free, or largely free, and assessed in examination centres around the world so that one's identity could be verified -- something like how Microsoft engineering courses are presently administered.
With the money saved from not attending one university for 3- 4 years (and in the future -- thanks to MOOCs -- there WILL be no reason to remain on one campus for the duration of a degree ) participating students fly to Florence and Beijing to see Chinese ceramics and renaissance painting in the flesh with their guide/curator. They meet the world experts and discuss things with them related to their field of expertise, in-situ where the object of discussion is the material taught via the MOOC in the privacy of their own home.
Another example, a student wants to study Finance. Again, the content is taught by world experts via MOOCs, assessed in examination centres--perhaps with some (paid for) tutorial discussions in various locations near students’ homes if desired (by qualified tutors). Again, students fly to Wall Street and see how American commerce operates, and Beijing to see how it works in Asia, or Russia, or wherever. They visit major companies and learn their trade in-situ with real companies dealing with real finance problems. There might be employment spin-offs. MOOCs are already liaising with major companies to allow dovetailing of employment for 'graduates' after qualifying from their courses.
Free content, accreditation, possible employment, real-world experience in-situ with world experts.
My question is: why would this not a preferable means of higher education to that we currently have on offer?
It strikes me that many of the present "objections" to MOOCs are misplaced and don't look long-term. I note that one can study jazz drumming via one MOOC taught by a major figure in modern jazz.. If this is possible, anything is.
Great question, the future learning will be more of domain specific and self paced.
e-knowledge systems, learning distance system and learning teaching computerized system with digital performance. So the students are in front of their monitor screen actively with distance communication by typing their word on their screen and vis a vis between teachers and students in front of their screen.
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