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Future Trends in Higher Education and Research in Finland
Outi Tasala
10.06.2016
GOALS
• To identify and predict the
trends in the higher education sector in
Finland within the next 5 to 10 years
• A local perspective
• A common understanding and a
national outlook of the possible
future changes to steer the
strategic decisions for the future
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STARTING POINT
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METHOD
Creating a preliminary list of trends
Finnish participants’ notes from EDUCAUSE 2015
Close reading of articles published about the topic
Discussions with the representatives of the Finnish
HEI’s
Processing the list further and adapting and localizing
it to better suit Finland and the European higher
education area
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WORK IN A CHANGING ENVIRONMENT…
Strategic empowerment of faculty vs. strategic decision
making and politics
Trends in relation to the operational environment
Decision making system and its influence
Change in the commission
New allocation of resources
One trend raised in the Government Programme
Further work was put on hold
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TRENDS
Emphasis on
cooperation
Separation of
research and
education
Exostructure
Analytics
Lifelong
learning
Student
centrism
Change in
organizing work
Changing market
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Emphasis on
cooperation
Wider course
selection through
cooperation Across
disciplines curriculum
Flexible paths between HEI’s, different levels, and the
job market
Teaching partnerships
Modularity
Incorporating work
experience into studies
Needs of the job market
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Separation of research and
education
Institutions focused solely on teaching
New enterprises to challenge traditional institutions
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Exostructure
Cooperation in
outsourcing
Multi- stakeholder cooperation
Hourly faculty:
teachers part time, short
term, faculty adjuncts
Corporate cooperation
Enterprises with focus on
student services
Change in sourcing
strategies
Professionali-zation
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Analytics
Real-time reporting
Data analysis and data driven decisions
Business Intelligence
Data to personalize
learning activities Early
alerts Academic Analytics
Learning Analytics
Big Data
Massive growth of
information that can be processed
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Lifelong learning
Moving from one
HEI to another
Increase in non-traditional
learners (older,
part time)
Alternative certificates Competency-
based education
Flexible study
opportunities
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Student centrism
Greater demand on
student services:
personalization of learning
support
Student Success
Technologies
Learners producing
digital content
Modularity
Social learning
Customer relationship
management
Commer-cialization
Online learning
challenging traditional degrees
Interactivity
SPOCs
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Change in organizing
work
Learners to teach other
learners
Use of digital video
Optimizing educational technology:
collaborating with faculty and
academic leadership
Enterprise application integration Libraries
as maker spaces
Informal digital
learning spaces
Disintegrated IT-services
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Changing market
Educational export
Rise of global higher
education Multiculturality
New markets through MOOCs
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QUESTIONS? COMMENTS?
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Grajek, Susan (2016). Top 10 IT Issues, 2016: Divest, Reinvest, and Differentiate.
Educause review. http://er.educause.edu/articles/2016/1/top-10- it-issues- 2016
International Trends in Higher Education 2015 (2015). University of Oxford - University
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