By Charles kuklwa n reg no 426

 

Future learning of higher education

 

The higher education landscape is undergoing significant change a result of technological innovations. They are changes in the way higher education is taught and in the way students learn. While the conversational settings of the lecture hall will continue to form the bed lock of higher education systems, it will be enhanced by the integration of new tools and pedagogies, and it will be enhanced by the integration of new tools and pedagogies, and will be completed by many more online learning opportunities and greater variety of providers in higher education

 

These new technologies and approaches to education are already having clear and positive impact on higher education provision. They can support efforts within the bologna processes and the European Union modernization agenda to enhance the quality and extend the reach of higher education across Europe. And they are already starting to facilitate better quality learning and teaching for both on campus and online provision, as educational resource from around the globe become more freely accessible and more interactive media for learning are employed. Methods of teaching can be better tailored to individual students needs and advance in learning analytics are enabling quicker feedback on students performance

 

There is enormous potential for widening access to higher education and increasing the diversity of student’s population. Online technologies provide opportunities to learn anywhere, anytime and from anyone. This flexibility is essential for non traditional learners and will enable a shift change in engagement of higher education institutions in lifelong learning and continuing professional development. This will provide an important tool to governments in ensuring a diversity of provision within higher education system to meet the needs of all learners. It also provides a platform for reach in international markets and complements existing development in cross border education

New technology cans facilitate greater collaboration, both with global partners and at a more local level. Developing education partnership is important elements of Europe strategy for cooperation with other parts of the world and also provides a mechanism for enhancing education attainment rates in emerging economies. At the local level, technologies can underpin national efforts to drive collaboration between institutions, combining expertise and delivering critical mass

 

The benefits are clear and Europe needs to take concerted action to ensure that the potential is fully realized. While the database on digital learning has been dominated in recent times by the MOOC phenomenon, the impact of technology can and will be much wider. Government must strongly encourage and support a greater integration of new technologies and associated pedagogical approaches in convection provision. Traditional provides must diversify their offering and provides more courses online, especially targeting continuing professional development and lifelong learning. They should also be encouraged and incentivized to engage with newer forms of open, online courses as these become more established. The momentum towards openness and freely accessible education resources needs to be maintained and built ion. The goals should be to ensure that all publicly funded education resources are openly available