Key ideas
Industrial mode has not yet come to universities - disaggregation, specialization, etc. Lists P2PU as a “for-profit”
Theory
Drivers of change
- online education
- artificial intelligence
- market pressures
- pressure from federal government (accountable/cheaper/more accessible)
Transformation
Higher education has not undergone the kind of disruptive transformation we have seen across other sectors.
Yet faculty members continue to conduct their work as artisans. Each faculty member is an independent creator. Intellectual property is sacrosanct, nonreplicable, and highly ethereal. Once spent in a classroom, it has to be re-created by the artisan him or herself.
Possible model
Southern New Hampshire University President:
Self-paced courses with no conventional instructors, learning modules with clear learning outcomes and built-in assessment. Peer groups and social networks. Final assessments at proctored sites.
The game changing idea here is that when we have assessment right, we should not care about how a student achieves learning (LeBlanc 2011, p. 2)
