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Student Engagement & Progression
The Average AU Institution: 25,383 students
AU Average Student Contribution: $12,500 per year
AU Average Rate of Attrition: 14.8%
NZ Average Rate of Attrition: 14%
Note: Wananga institutions: 31%
AU Source Times Higher Ed Reported 13 August – Data Released by Australia Dept of Education and Training
NZ Source http://www.educationcounts.govt.nz/statistics/tertiary-education/retention_and_achievement
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Massification of Higher Education in Australia
Massification of Higher Education -
no longer educating an elite –
responsible for training and
retraining professionals through-out
their careers with an increasing focus
on ensuring career readiness.
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Massification of Higher Education in Australia
• Just over 1.0M domestic students
• 330,000 international students - half of all international students are enrolled
in courses within the management and commerce field of education.
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Massification of Higher Education in Australia
• Just over 1.0M domestic students
• 330,000 international students - half of all international students are enrolled
in courses within the management and commerce field of education.
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Good morning, my role as Vice-President, eLearning for APAC takes me to many parts of the region. These are my FB check-ins for mostly business but some personal travel over the last 2 years. [EXTRA TO FOLLOW]
Physical Learning Spaces
Often hybrid or blended learning requires investment in learning spaces as well as technology to support flipped classrooms, collaborative group work and so on.
Care not to use technology for technology’s sake. Successful eLearning when technology supports the pedagogy rather than leads it.
Have to remind ourselves that the software that Blackboard has, and other vendors, are only tools that firstly need to be used by passionate and engaged academics but, importantly, used in ways that the software has been designed to be used.
The quality of teaching and assessment in Higher Education will, I believe, appear on the radar of the Vice Chancellors and senior management increasingly over the next 3 years as institutions compete for students in the demand driven system and the Federal Government seeks to manage the associated costs through greater attention to student progression rates and outcomes such as graduate employability.
QILT – although it is a blunt instrument is the first step I believe.
http://www.olt.gov.au/resources
Teaching standards framework project (2011)
Professor Judyth Sachs, Professor Nick Mansfield, Ms Bronwyn Kosman, Macquarie University
Six standards provide the universal goals of all institutions as they relate to quality learning outcomes and the quality of the learning experience under the 3 categories
http://uniteachingcriteria.edu.au/What is the Australian University Teaching Criteria and Standards Framework?
The framework is intended as a practical, flexible guide to assist a range of higher education institutions and their academic staff to clarify what constitutes quality teaching at university level. The framework is underpinned by carefully researched definitions and principles of quality teaching. These definitions and principles are expressed through seven criteria. For each criterion, the framework provides examples of practice and concludes with clearly stated expectations of levels of performance with suggested sources of evidence academics can use to demonstrate that they meet the expected performance standard. The organising principle of the framework is alignment with academic appointment and promotional levels. The framework offers examples of evidence and suggests indicative standards of achievement for each of the promotional levels A – E.
http://www.utas.edu.au/student-evaluation-review-and-reporting-unit/nprn
Momentum is building around the need to implement peer review of assessment to ensure the reliability and comparability of assessment outcomes and standards across higher education institutions in Australia. The Peer Review of Assessment Network project is an Office for Learning and Teaching (OLT) supported initiative which will establish a peer review network to provide the framework to meet this need.
Peer Review is core to assuring standards
From the proposed Higher Education Standards Framework, Standards 1.5.1 and 5.3.3 relate directly to the external benchmarking of assessment and student data for assuring student learning outcomes and achievement standards.
Establishment of the Peer Review of Assessment Network
The purpose of the Peer Review of Assessment Network is to address these standards and develop a national conversation around the peer review of assessment. The aims of a national Peer Review of Assessment Network are to:
Provide fora for sharing and disseminating good practice in external assessment across different contexts
Identify key academics experienced in external assessment
Provide professional learning opportunities for academics
Denise Chalmers
1) Extend and embed the outcomes of the Australian University Teaching Criteria and Standards project;
2) Investigate the feasibility of a sector-developed and endorsed Australian Professional Tertiary Teacher Standards – external standard against which individuals and institutions can benchmark teacher quality
3) Investigate and trial a process of peer review that will apply teaching criteria and standards and model how to assess teacher excellence and quality.
As at year-to-date (YTD) June 2015, there were 464,787 enrolments by full-fee paying international students in Australia on a student visa.
China and India accounted for 35.5% and 11.7% respectively of enrolments by students in university followed by students from Vietnam, South Korea and Thailand.
Source: https://internationaleducation.gov.au/research/International-Student-Data/Documents/Monthly%20summaries%20of%20international%20student%20enrolment%20data%202015/06_June_2015_MonthlySummary.pdf
This is a league table you don’t want to be on the top of!
Care not to use technology for technology’s sake. Successful eLearning when technology supports the pedagogy rather than leads it.
There are over 4 billion people living inside this circle representing over 60% of the world’s population but occupying only 22% of the land mass.
As at year-to-date (YTD) June 2015, there were 464,787 enrolments by full-fee paying international students in Australia on a student visa.
China and India accounted for 35.5% and 11.7% respectively of enrolments by students in university followed by students from Vietnam, South Korea and Thailand.
Source: https://internationaleducation.gov.au/research/International-Student-Data/Documents/Monthly%20summaries%20of%20international%20student%20enrolment%20data%202015/06_June_2015_MonthlySummary.pdf
DIBP – Department of Immigration and Border Protection
Aussie dollar depreciating – dipped under 70 US cents recently – first time in 6 years that it’s been at this level.
Australian government is streamlining visa regulations that will further boost international student numbers.
DIBP – Department of Immigration and Border Protection
Aussie dollar depreciating – dipped under 70 US cents recently – first time in 6 years that it’s been at this level.
Australian government is streamlining visa regulations that will further boost international student numbers.
Note that China is below the global average – this is important for the student experience when accessing data rich information such as videos.
The other key trend I wanted to touch on is that education will be delivered online and mobile everywhere.
The biggest change is the changing learner dynamics which give us all (Blackboard and your institution) an opportunity to create a different experience and partner in our belief that the learner should be at the center of the education experience.
We know when these needs are satisfied, students are willing to invest resources in learning a new skill. So it is important for us to look at how we can work with our community to improve on student satisfaction.
Reimagine Education
We need to fundamentally reimagine education, an industry that has so much potential for change but has been so resistant to it
This is an idea driving our strategy as a company
We wanted to be clear about what our mission is; what Bb stands for
We believe so strongly that we’ve made this our core mission: to Reimagine Education and our vision to create a world inspired to learn
Taking a new approach to industry and how we conduct business and how we help you better serve the learner.
Explains where we show up and why we do what we do
We want to make a difference in the world. Feel we can do that by putting learners at the center of what we do.
Our part = creating tools, services and technology and ideas that make it easier for learners more successful e.g.
Access
Retention
Workforce readiness
We’ve increasingly engaged learners in our development and strategy work
We have thought a lot about this; about the new learner and how can we serve them in every aspect of their educational experience
And not just during K-12 and higher education
We have thought about it across the ENTIRE learner journey (womb, elementary, middle and high school, into higher education and beyond)
The end goal? Creating better interactions and better engagements, that ultimately lead to better outcomes
So, we stepped back, looked for common themes, differentiators and benefits that transcend any one product - a truly different and innovative approach to delivering education that is focused on the learner
An approach that is predicated on the belief that technology can make a difference
When planned and built around the leaner can be a powerful accelerator for every learner
Our answer is the New Learning Experience
Definition: a new approach to education that fosters better engagement, interaction and quality learning through the delivery of leading-edge technology, services and data capabilities
It is defined by five fundamental characteristics that shape how we build products and capabilities:
A focus on the learner
Connected and tightly integrated workflows which enable them to connect and interact with their community in a simple, seamless and easy way, 24x7
A delightful user experience; one they want to use (think Apple)
An accessible and always-on environment (SaaS-enabled)
Integrated data and analytics so they can track and manage their own learning experience as well as see how they stack up to others
It will lead to better engagement and interaction, which ultimately creates a more effective learning experience
Streamlining on-campus service delivery and credentialing
Comprehensive commerce and security solutions built for Higher Education
More than 1,000 clients at some of the largest universities in North America
More than 6.5 million electronic student ID cards issued
More than 9.7 billion student purchase transactions processed annually
More than 5 billion door access authentications annually