Back to the future - Future Proof IT 2017

Back to the future – Future Proof IT 2017Martin Hamilton

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Towards the intelligent campus

1. Near future careers

2. Rise of the robots

3. Implications & next steps

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About Jisc

» edtech not-for-profit with ~18m users:

› Running shared services like Janet, eduroam and JiscMail

› Negotiating deals with IT vendors and publishers

› Providing advice & guidance

» Major initiatives right now in digital skills, research data and learning analytics

» My role:

› Leading a small group looking at emerging technologies like Augmented Reality and brain computer interfaces

› Generating & channelling new ideas

› Building partnerships to bring them to fruition

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1. Near future careers:From DNA editor to asteroid miner

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Near future careers

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Now hiring… DNA editors

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Now hiring… DNA editors, drone engineers

Near future careers

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Now hiring… DNA editors, drone engineers, asteroid miners

Near future careers

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SpaceX first stage booster landing, THAICOM8 mission, May 2016 - via SpaceX

Near future careers

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Near future careers

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Near future careers

Coming soon… UK spaceports

2. Rise of the robots

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Rise of the robots

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› Pepper acts as greeter in 140+ SoftBank stores in Japan

› Nestlé planning to introduce in 1000+ sales outlets

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Pepper the robot visits the Financial Times

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› Amazon uses over 45,000 robots already in itswarehouses and distribution centres

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› Amazon uses over 45,000 robots already in itswarehouses and distribution centres

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From http://futurism.com

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Startups and scaleups

› Jisc Startups competition– Six month accelerator programme

– Support package includes cash grant and mentoring

› Winners: Omni Invent (now EngX)– 4 nozzle 3D printer + CNC mill,

automatically embed circuits/sensors, automated tool changer

– Selected for Hax hardware accelerator programme, in top 3% of entrants

– Team moved to Shenzen to finish commercialising

– http://engx.io

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› Tesla owners have already driven over 140m miles on Autopilot

› 90,000+ Teslas with Autopilot are already on the road

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› Tesla owners have already driven over 140m miles on Autopilot

› 90,000+ Teslas with Autopilot are already on the road

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Google DeepMind AI learns to play Breakout

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Obstacle detection and avoidance in the Google self-driving car

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Startups and scaleups

› Jisc Startups competition– Six month accelerator programme

– Support package includes cash grant and mentoring

› Winners: Wildfire Learning– World’s first AI content creation

service for learning

– Create learning objects from any text, PowerPoint or video

– Generate a course’s worth of content in an hour

– www.wildfirelearning.co.uk

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Rise of the robots

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3. Implications & next steps

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Implications & next steps

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Societal implications:

› You might be surprised at just how much more can be automated

› Further erosion of unskilled and semi-skilled employment opportunities– Watch out if your white collar job can be reduced to an

algorithm or “learned” from data

› “New Luddites” throwing stones at the Google bus?– Versus universal basic income?

– Versus psychological need for a greater purpose?

› Health implications of sedentary lifestyles, musculoskeletal disorders– Already 86% of Chinese high school students are

myopic – screen time & indoor play?

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Developing digital capability:

› There will be whole new careers & existing ones will change beyond recognition– We should view this as an opportunity, e.g. smart homes need smart

plumbers & smart electricians

› We will need to embrace portfolio careers & continuous/bite sized learning– No longer enough to learn a trade or achieve professional

certification

› Impedance mismatch between digital tech and the apparatus of the nation state– Brexit vs. Estonian e-residency

› Reaching the next billion learners– Last mile issues for trans-national education

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VLE data+

Student record system+

Attendance data+

Library data

Buildings data+

Learning space data +

Location data

Teaching quality data+

Assessment data+

Curriculum design data

Content data+

Learning pathways data

Better retention and attainment

Retention and attainment

Retention and attainment

Retention and attainment

A more efficient campus

Improved teaching & curricula

Personalised and adaptive learning

Efficient campus Efficient campus

Improving teaching & curricula

Now

Learning analytics

Institutional analytics

Educational analytics

AdaptiveAnalytics and AI

Future

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Tri-modal model for innovationCC-BY Simon Wardley – seeblog.gardeviance.org/2012/06/pioneers-settlers-and-town-planners.html

Tackling the Innovator’s Dilemma:

› What’s the right mix of Pioneers, Settlers and Town Planners?

Implications & next steps

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Martin HamiltonFuturist, Jisc

@martin_hamiltonmartin.hamilton@jisc.ac.uk

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