Talk Delivered at the 44th International EUCEN Conference, organised and hosted by the University of Malta 07/11/2012

1. Opportunities Online
Directions in Learning Paths at Higher Education
Vanessa Camilleri
EUCEN, Conference, Malta 07/11/2012

2. Source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/will-lion/3601144842/
EUCEN, Conference, Malta 07/11/2012

3. Changing Trends in Higher
Education
• Different factors impinging on the state of
Higher Education
• Rise in a “Global Faculty and student
mobility
• “The Invisible College”
• The changing student
EUCEN, Conference, Malta 07/11/2012

4. Shifting Cultures
Source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/will-lion/3601146386/in/photostream
EUCEN, Conference, Malta 07/11/2012

5. New Models in Teaching and
Learning
• Shift towards the online world; online &
blended programs – more access
• Student needs create a more learner-
centric program – more collaboration
• Crowd sourcing or crowd learning? – more
sharing
• Gamification or game-based learning? –
more play
EUCEN, Conference, Malta 07/11/2012

6. How we learn today, is not how we will learn tomorrow.
Source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/24752578@N02/5589897831/
EUCEN, Conference, Malta 07/11/2012

7. Open Higher Education
• Coursera
• Udacity
• MOOCs
• MIT
• Stanford – the 100,000 classroom
EUCEN, Conference, Malta 07/11/2012

8. Coursera
How Higher Education is becoming more open
Source: https://www.coursera.org/

9. MOOCs
The current and future state of Higher Education
Source: http://edfuture.net/

10. Peter Norvig
The 160,000 classroom – talk from Ted
Source: http://www.ted.com/talks/peter_norvig_the_100_000_student_classroom.html

11. Learning inside a virtual world
A 3-D immersive experience

12. Source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/will-lion/3137387183/in/photostream
EUCEN, Conference, Malta 07/11/2012

13. What is happening around us?
• Imagination is more important than
knowledge – Einstein
• We need diversity of thought in the world
to face new challenges – Sir Tim Berners
Lee
Source:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/682
89482@N05/6277834810/
EUCEN, Conference, Malta 07/11/2012

14. Source: http://gizmodo.com/5813875/what-happens-in-60-seconds-on-the-internet
EUCEN, Conference, Malta 07/11/2012

15. What is happening around us?
Source:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jacobwhittaker/2902947614/
Source: http://angelapashia.com/2011/08/
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16. Source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lgb06/4390432853/
EUCEN, Conference, Malta 07/11/2012

17. THANK YOU!
Vanessa Camilleri
Email: vanessa.camilleri@um.edu.mt
Blog: https://seriouslyvirtual.wordpress.com/
Twitter: http://twitter.com/#!/veecam
LinkedIn: mt.linkedin.com/in/vanessacamilleri
Skype: vcami01