Big news early in 2013 is that the
transformation of higher education moved into a new phase in early 2013.
I reported this at our third annual Nine Shift: Higher Education in the 21st century strategic planning seminar for senior administrators in colleges. Here's my coverage of myself:
“We are now out of the debate phase
from 2008-2012 about whether we have a problem. Everyone now clearly
understands higher ed has to be transformed,” he noted.
The new phase is a trial and error
phase where new ideas will be tested, with many hits-and-misses Draves
stated. MOOCs, for-profits such as
Coursera and Khan Academy, Mozilla badges, and corporate assessment are all
fads that will be tested in this phase, Draves predicted.
He also said many pilot programs will
become permanent and part of a new model of higher education, including flex
time, extended time, prior learning experience, testing outs, and new grading.
Draves said the next phase, which will
likely begin around 2016, will be a phase where several new models of higher
education are created, with the selection of the new model for higher education
occurring in just six years, in 2020.
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