Anticipation the Future Panel presentation by Professor Graham Webb for the DEHub/ODLAA Education 2011 to 2021- Global challenges and perspectives of blended and distance learning the (14 to 18 February 2011).

1. Staffing and Qualifications: A personal perspective 17 February 2011 Education 2011 to 2021- Global challenges and perspectives of blended and distance learning Prof. Graham Webb

2. Staffing and Qualifications These are personal observations - not institutional views Where are we? flexible learning qualifications are a sub set of qualifications for HE teaching more generally non-professionalised ‘profession’ basic qualification . . competencies registration (de-registration) requirement for continuing professional development alone as a non-profession . . alone in teaching (even Grad Certs)

3. Staffing and Qualifications curious in a credentialising industry most HE teachers do not see the need most leaders are uncredentialed and ignorant of the discourse “Grad Certs have not been proven to make a difference” (not true Grad Certs . . . true for PhDs?)

4. Staffing and Qualifications Lack of professionalisation means the discourse is stuck Journal articles . . enthusiastic reinvention most teachers unaware of discourse most do not go near Academic Development/Teaching Centres (AD/TC) AD/TC staff recruitment an issue . . lack of professional structure Positive: promotion . . . career progression in teaching has improved greatly But . . no fundamental change obvious

5. Staffing and Qualifications Where might we be going? Research productivity . . . accountability competition in the recruitment of highly productive research staff incentives . . . teaching relief accentuated by baby boomer retirees consequence: continued trend towards teaching concentrated, teaching only, casual teaching positions

6. Staffing and Qualifications Where might we be going? Increasing competition pressure to lower costs (labour) . . as competition grows with private providers with no research requirement greater staff flexibility required (market demand shifts . . . fluctuating enrolment patterns, campus patterns) continued drift to casualisation, remote working, multiple employers

7. Staffing and Qualifications Where might we be going? Some specialisation in roles to gain advancement through leadership, some will take PhDs, teaching qualifications, flexible learning qualifications eg group leaders, coordinators, supervisors, quality assurers . . . to distinguish from contract ‘teachers’ Qualifications? leadership, management, QA, interpersonal skills another set: project management, training, technical LMS (plug in) developers . . . professional skills courses

8. Staffing and Qualifications Where might we be going? In short continuation of non-professionalised HE teaching profession greater recognition of research greater distinction between research and teaching concentrated/ teaching only staff continuation of trend towards casualised staff some career advancement possibilities through leadership and technical credentialing

9. Staffing and Qualifications: A personal perspective 17 February 2011 Education 2011 to 2021- Global challenges and perspectives of blended and distance learning Prof. Graham Webb