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Future Trends in Higher Education and Research in Finland

Outi Tasala 10.06.2016

GOALS

• To identify and predict the

trends in the higher education sector in Finland within the next 5 to 10 years

• A local perspective
• A common understanding and a

national outlook of the possible future changes to steer the strategic decisions for the future

*THINKSTOCK

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STARTING POINT

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METHOD

Creating a preliminary list of trends

Finnish participants’ notes from EDUCAUSE 2015 Close reading of articles published about the topic

Discussions with the representatives of the Finnish HEI’s

Processing the list further and adapting and localizing it to better suit Finland and the European higher education area

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WORK IN A CHANGING ENVIRONMENT…

Strategic empowerment of faculty vs. strategic decision making and politics

Trends in relation to the operational environment Decision making system and its influence

Change in the commission

New allocation of resources One trend raised in the Government Programme Further work was put on hold

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TRENDS

Emphasis on cooperation Separation of research and education Exostructure Analytics Lifelong learning Student centrism Change in

• rganizing work

Changing market

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Emphasis

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cooperation

Wider course selection through cooperation Across disciplines curriculum Flexible paths between HEI’s, different levels, and the job market Teaching partnerships Modularity Incorporating work experience into studies Needs of the job market

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Separation of research and education

Institutions focused solely on teaching New enterprises to challenge traditional institutions

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Exostructure

Cooperation in

• utsourcing

Multi- stakeholder cooperation Hourly faculty: teachers part time, short term, faculty adjuncts Corporate cooperation Enterprises with focus on student services Change in sourcing strategies Professionali- zation

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Analytics

Real-time reporting Data analysis and data driven decisions Business Intelligence Data to personalize learning activities Early alerts Academic Analytics Learning Analytics Big Data Massive growth of information that can be processed

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Lifelong learning

Moving from one HEI to another Increase in non-traditional learners (older, part time) Alternative certificates Competency- based education Flexible study

• pportunities

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Student centrism

Greater demand on student services: personalization

• f learning

support Student Success Technologies Learners producing digital content Modularity Social learning Customer relationship management Commer- cialization Online learning challenging traditional degrees Interactivity SPOCs

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Change in

• rganizing

work

Learners to teach other learners Use of digital video Optimizing educational technology: collaborating with faculty and academic leadership Enterprise application integration Libraries as maker spaces Informal digital learning spaces Disintegrated IT-services

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Changing market

Educational export Rise of global higher education Multiculturality New markets through MOOCs

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QUESTIONS? COMMENTS?

KUVA: THINKSTOCK

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REFERENCES

Five Trends to Watch in Higher Education (2016). Bsg.perspectives website. https://www.bcgperspectives.com/content/articles/education_public_sector_five_trend s_watch_higher_education/?chapter=2 Gartner (2015). Gartner Highlights the Top 10 Strategic Technologies Impacting Education in 2015. http://www.gartner.com/newsroom/id/2994417 Grajek, Susan (2016). Top 10 IT Issues, 2016: Divest, Reinvest, and Differentiate. Educause review. http://er.educause.edu/articles/2016/1/top-10- it-issues- 2016 International Trends in Higher Education 2015 (2015). University of Oxford - University

• f Oxford International Strategy Office.

Johnson, L., Adams Becker, S., Estrada, V., and Freeman, A. (2015). NMC Horizon Report: 2015 Higher Education Edition. Austin, Texas: The New Media Consortium. http://www.nmc.org/publication/nmc-horizon- report-2015- higher-education- edition/ Löwendahl, J-M, Thayer, T-L B., Morgan, G. (2016). Top 10 Business Trends Impacting Higher Education in 2016. Gartner. https://www.gartner.com/doc/3186325/top--business-trends-impacting Mitra, Sramana (2014). The Future of Education - 10 Trends to Watch. Huffington

• Post. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sramana-mitra/the- future-of- education-

1_b_4617335.html Mooney, Carolyn (2015). Next: The Credentials Craze. The Chronicle of Higher

• Education. http://chronicle.com/specialreport/Next-The- Credentials-Craze/2

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Thank you!

*PICTURES: THINKSTOCK, OUTI TASALA, MARIA VIRKKULA

Outi Tasala

• uti.tasala@csc.fi

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