Leading Change

"We want to learn; not to be taught"

http://www.facultyfocus.com/articles/teaching-and-learning/learner-centered-pedagogy-fear-losing-control/

Key elements of strategic vision

Know your organization and mission

Know your students now and future

Know the emerging technologies

Know your competition and understand the changing marketplace

Be agile & flexible - constantly reviewing and updating

Know your organization and mission

Know your students now and future

Gen Z is the first iGeneration (post 1995)

Technology has become central to their learning experience and lives with good reason

17 different employers and 5 careers expected for the average Gen Z

Readings:

17 Jobs, 5 careers: Learning in the age of automation https://www.theguardian.com/sustainable-business/2017/apr/15/seventeen-jobs-five-careers-learning-in-the-age-of-automation

The Rising "Phigital" (Phygital) Student http://www.edcircuit.com/rising-phigital-student/

The Coming of the Phigital Generation — and Reality

https://www.insidehighered.com/blogs/call-action-marketing-and-communications-higher-education/coming-phigital-generation-%E2%80%94-and

Know the emerging technologies

ADD GIG CULTURE READING

Moving from a "push" approach to a "pull" reality

Previously higher education was a push field - we produced the donuts (degrees) and we chose in the way and time we chose

Now, the economy and society has shifted - our donuts have become "day old" and "week old" - they just don't sell or satisfy the "customer" (both students and employers)

It is the employer and the student (the payer) who now are choosing what they want; when and how they want it

Increasingly, that is online, just-in-time to keep up with the changing technologies, while not ignoring the basic soft skills

Employers are increasingly tired of higher ed not providing what they need in entry level applicants and are dropping requirements for degrees or creating their own certificates (and soon degrees)

Readings:

15 More Employers NOT Requiring a Degree https://www.glassdoor.com/blog/no-degree-required/

Top Blockchain Jobs You Need to Know About https://www.computerworld.com/article/3277617/blockchain/the-top-blockchain-jobs-you-need-to-know-about.html

Colleges Pivot to Prep Students for High Demand Careers http://www.edtechmagazine.com/higher/article/2017/04/colleges-pivot-prep-students-high-demand-tech-ca

Employment Outcomes of Bachelor's Students https://nces.ed.gov/programs/coe/pdf/coe_sbc.pdf