4th World Chinese Economic Forum Melb Anthony Wong Nov 2012

Anthony WongAnthony WongChief Executive

AGW CONSULTINGAdvisory & Legal

Past President Australian Computer Society

& South-East Asia Regional Computer Confederation (SEARCC)

Education Partnerships and the Digital Economy – New Opportunities in the

New Economy

Topics1. Update on the latest online revolution

hitting the news in Education2. How the Digital Economy will

transform the Education landscapeThe opportunitiesAnd challenges

3. Education partnerships in light of the White paper – “Australia in the Asian Century”

An IntroductionAn education beneficiary of the Australian/Malaysian

partnershipLed the development and transformation of Thomson (now

Thomson Reuters) in the Asia Pacific to embrace the Digital Revolution

As CIO of the Australian Tourist Commission during the Sydney 2000 Olympics led the development of online information on Australian Tourism

As an advocate for the Digital Economy, hosted at the last Australian federal election a debate on the implementation of fast Internet Broadband to connect the continent of Australia

An adviser on the Australian ICT Industry Innovation Council on the ICT Industry, ICT skills and workforce planning

Invited to be on the International advisory panel on the professionalisation of ICT workers in Malaysia

The Online RevolutionThe Online RevolutionDevices of unprecedented power are helping us

transform and innovate in the way we work, live and play

Literally creating a level playing field and ‘shrinking our globe”

Shaping future economics including educationBig game changer in education since the invention of

the printing pressAs we stand at the precipice of an education revolution,

Centuries-Old Business Model is being challengedGenerating a great deal of excitement and fear in

education institutions Using technology to deliver education is not newHowever, with the rapid deployment of fast speed

internet and advances in media – the TIME HAS ARRIVED

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Udacity For-profit startup

Launched in January 2012, offering more than 14 courses on computer-science related topics

Spun out by Stanford scholars after online artificial-intelligence course in October 2011— with 160,000 enrolments from 190 countries —23,000 students completed the course

CourseraCoursera•Venture-capital-funded entity, launched in April 2012

•Include more than 33 universities including University of Melbourne, Queensland, Princeton and Stanford

•More than 198 courses are listed on topics including poetry, world history, statistics, logic, mathematical biostatistics

edX Not-for-profit enterprise launched by Harvard and MIT in May 2012

Now include University of California, Berkeley and University of Texas System

First offerings, "Circuits and Electronics”attracted 155,000 enrolments, with 7000 completion

Courses include chemistry, computer, electronics, health and artificial intelligence

Comparison of Massive Open Online Courses (MOOC) Source Time, 29/10/2012MOOC UDACITY COURSERA EDXTYPE OF VENTURE

For-profit For-profit Not For-profit

LAUNCHED Jan 2012 April 2012 May 2012School Ties An island unto

itself, the site was co-founded by a former Stanford professor

33 colleges so far, including Princeton, Stanford, Penn, Duke, Ohio State and University of Virginia

MIT and Harvard have been joined by the University of Texas and the University of California, Berkeley

NUMBER OF COURSES CURRENTLY OFFERED

14 198 7

COURSES INCLUDE

Introduction to Statistics, Software Debugging, Applied Cryptography

Fundamentals of Electrical Engineering, Introduction to Guitar, Greek and Roman Mythology

Introduction to Computer Science, Circuits and Electronics, Artificial Intelligence

NUMBER OF STUDENTS

400,000 1.4 million 350,000

Open Universities AustraliaEstablished in

1993 as Open Learning Australia

OUA is open to anyone, anywhere

National leader in online higher education

7 Shareholders: including Monash, Swinburne, Curtin

Open Universities Australia Shareholders and Providers

Recent Australian MOOCsUniversity of Melbourne recently joined Coursera

UWA signs on to MOOC revolution: Source The Australian 10 Oct 2012

University of Tasmania will launch its MOOC to attract more students from around the state and world: Source The Examiner 25 Oct 2012

DEAKIN University to launch MOOC and may bring in an international partner: Source The Australian 07 Nov 2012

The Transformation in Education“Consider Stanford’s experience: …160,000

students in 190 countries enrolled in an Artificial Intelligence course …. An additional 200 registered for the course on campus, but a few weeks into the semester, attendance at Stanford dwindled to about 30...the scale of the course, and how it spawned its own culture, including a facebook group, online discussions and an army of volunteer translators who made it available in 44 languages.”

NY Times (March 5, 2012)

The Revolution in Education“I normally teach 400 students,” Coursera co-

founder Andrew Ng told the New York Times’ in May.

Ng recently taught a class online that had 100,000 students. To reach that number of students, says Ng, "I would have had to teach my normal Stanford class for 250 years."

NY Times (15 May, 2012)

Opportunities and ChallengesHow will Massive Open Online Courses (MOOC) affect

traditional degrees? Is it a Game changer? Leading to the demise of campus-

based education institutions? Can it replace the long lasting ties and networks we create

learning and growing with fellow students on campus?Will it cause the end of traditional higher education

institution’s monopoly on academic credit? Is this the Beginning of the End for education institutions?

Akin to online advertising for newspapers and TV or online shopping for brick-and-mortar shops?

How would online course offerings be financed? -how long can $0 price tag continue?

Will it replace costly higher education in the future?Will it change how we teach?

Opportunities …History will see massive open online courses (MOOC) as a

disruptive technology for education institutionsHowever, it will make massive learning resources available to

the worldLesser known education institutions, may complement their

course offerings from top prestigious education institutionsNew strategies and models are required to compete in the

increasingly competitive international arenaWill boost online collaboration between students of all ages

and backgrounds, as well as between researchers, businesses and community groups

Scale and Teaching sizes - ability to connect with tens of thousands of students all at once instead of just a few hundred per semester, across geographic boundaries

Learning is flexible - anytime and anywhere

Challenges …Education institutions will need to rethink value proposition to

students, cost of education, and what price the market will bearIt is learning time - how it will transform education and how to

develop online content and learning - rethinking teaching and classrooms

Teachers have to use their creative skills to design and structure effective and innovative MOOCs

Concern about student supervision with the size of online enrolments and the lecturer/ student relationships

Current completion rates are lowRecognition of online certificates, credits and cross-creditsProtection of intellectual property including Copyright for

online offeringsPlagiarism, fake student avatar and identity sharing

fostering of a more aware workforce on Asia, deepening links between Australia and Asia

Australian National Objectives -School

10. All schools will engage with at least one school in Asia to support the teaching of a priority Asian language, including through increased use of the National Broadband Network

11. All students will have access to at least one priority Asian language; these will be Chinese (Mandarin), Hindi, Indonesian and Japanese

Source: Australia in the Asian Century White Paper Oct 2012

Australian National Objective 12 - Universities

White paper advocates that EVERY Australian university should: (i) have a presence in Asia, and (ii) establish an exchange program with transferable credits with at least one major Asian university

Source: Australia in the Asian Century White Paper Oct 2012

Why Education partnerships made good sense

In 2011, Australia had 550,000 international student enrolments (77 per cent from Asian region)China, India and South Korea top three source nations

Education Australia’s fourth-largest export (AEI 2011; DFAT 2012; Austrade 2011) - $15 billion contribution

Being far away from the rest of the world, NBN provides digital bridges to Asia and the rest of the world English can be taught to Asia from the best schools based in

AustraliaAustralians can learn Asian languages from the best language

schools in Asia without leaving home

Why Education partnerships made good sense

Partnerships with Asian universities made good sense with:

More cuts in government funding Rapid transformative change with Digital Economy

Increasing competitionServicing rising Asian economies and the growing middle-class