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8 Teaching & Learning Trends Set To Reshape Higher Education in 2015
8 Teaching & Learning Trends Set To Reshape Higher Education in 2015
From MOOCs to mobile learning, the past few years have seen the rise of plenty of new
learning technologies and approaches with the potential to revolutionise traditional higher
education. So far, the revolution has been less than total but with external policy pressures
now bearing even more strongly on Australian universities, have we reached critical mass?
We asked some of the experts due to speak at the Future of Learning in Higher Education
Summit in February to bring out their crystal balls and predict the most dramatic shifts in
teaching and learning in 2015.
3. Study on demand.
Similarly, study will need to fit in around the work, family and extra-curricular commitments
of increasingly time-poor students. Were going to see more flexible delivery, with students
accessing education programs in and around their working and personal lives, says Susan
Young, Dean of Students at Victoria University. This reflects the trend away from full-time
on-campus students and the increase in the hours students are working.
4. Small group learning.
I think well see a shift back to small group and tutorial teaching, says Michelle Lincoln, a
Professor in the Faculty of Health Sciences at the University of Sydney. Content will largely
be delivered on-line and replaced with high quality small group face to face enquiry based
learning and teaching.
To join the discussion on leading change in teaching and learning, join us at the 2nd annual
Future of Learning in Higher Education Summit, 16-17 February 2015 at the UNSW CBD
Campus, Sydney. V