The Future of Higher Education in an Era of Disruption
Exploring future scenarios of value creation Professor Robin Teigland
Management of Digitalization Chalmers University of Technology
June 2019
www.robinteigland.com | www.slideshare.net/eteigland | robin.teigland@gmail.com | @RobinTeigland
Visit by Minister of Education to Chalmers
Every period of significant
technological change has been met with corresponding waves of
innovation in education.
President Farnam Jahanian
Carnegie Mellon University
http://marketrealist.com/2016/01/fourth-industrial-revolution-need-know/
Digital is the main reason
just over half the Fortune 500 companies have disappeared since the year 2000.
-Pierre Nanterme, CEO Accenture, 2016
Yet..Digital disruption
has only just begun.
https://www.inc.com/glenn-leibowitz/meet-the-ceo-running-a-billion-dollar-company-with-no-offices-or-email.html
Transformation of economic activity
Centralized, hierarchical organizations
Decentralized, self-organizing
organizations
Global forces impacting universities
E&Y
If I want to learn something, I can learn it faster on my own.
I can figure out what I need to learn and everything is already online.
I want to know why am I studying something.
It is just too big a hindrance to stay in one place for 5 years because the world moves much faster than that.
Social Entrepreneur One year of International Business Program Erasmus Rotterdam School of Management
Towards personalized outcome-based education
The Green Warehouse Coworking Space
Peniche Ocean Watch
Blue Circular Economy Initiative
Social entrepreneurs in Peniche, Portugal
2Rodas Makerspace
TG Teigland
Robin Teigland
Jon Erik Borgen
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Looking into the future?
• Forecast
–How we think the future will be
• Vision
–How we want the future to be
• Scenarios
–What the future can be
–“ Alternative memories” from the future ?
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Creating future scenarios for 2030
Traditional education
Government
Private Sector
Fluid life-long learning
Adapted from E&Y
Go ve rn me nt ro le
Learner preferences
Four higher education scenarios for 2030
Traditional education
Government
1. Champion Universities
Governments champion a few mega- universities and fully fund them as strategic
national assets. Enrollment is limited in traditional degree programs that are highly
research-based.
4. Virtual Learning Labs
A range of local and global learning private platforms and providers capture the market.
On-demand micro-certificates dominate as technology disrupts the workplace.
3. Commercial Universities
Governments require universities to be financially independent to ease national budget pressures. Students favor degree programs that offer work-integrated learning.
Universities collaborate with industry on teaching and research.
Private Sector
Fluid life-long learning 2. Virtual University Labs
Universities and vocational institutes collaborate in networks and share digital platforms offering unbundled courses and
certificates. The focus is on training and employability.
Adapted from E&Y
Four higher education scenarios for 2030
Traditional education
Government
1. Champion Universities
Governments champion a few mega- universities and fully fund them as strategic
national assets. Enrollment is limited in traditional degree programs that are highly
research-based.
4. Virtual Learning Labs
A range of local and global learning private platforms and providers capture the market.
On-demand micro-certificates dominate as technology disrupts the workplace.
3. Commercial Universities
Governments require universities to be financially independent to ease national budget pressures. Students favor degree programs that offer work-integrated learning.
Universities collaborate with industry on teaching and research.
Private Sector
Fluid life-long learning 2. Virtual University Labs
Universities and vocational institutes collaborate in networks and share digital platforms offering unbundled courses and
certificates. The focus is on training and employability.
Adapted from E&Y
Free online AI courses
Robin Teigland
www.robinteigland.com www.slideshare.net/eteigland
robin.teigland@chalmers.se
@RobinTeigland
Trond Gunnar Teigland
tgteigland94@gmail.com
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