Emerging Trends and Innovation in Education (5cr)

Objectives

This course focuses on discussing the future of education in technology rich environments. What are the emerging trends? How are the paradigms of learning changing? What do the future learning environments look like? What is the role of educator? What are our students like, how do they learn? How do the changes in students’ living worlds and learning environments affect their cognitive processes and learning?

After completing the course, the participants will be able to:

- recognize and discuss the main emerging trends in education
- reflect upon the changing roles of educators and learners
- critically evaluate emerging changes due to policy, technology, social and economic drivers
- apply the obtained knowledge in planning of learning environments in facilitating students’ learning and in assessing their learning outcomes
- adopt a proactive role in developing their working environment using the obtained knowledge and ideas.

Content

Commercialization and commoditization of education.
Unbundling of educational institutions and services.
Techno-solutionism and the influence of ‘Silicon Valley culture’ to education.
Education as an app and the ‘Uberization’ of work.
The use of AI and algorithms to drive educational planning and personalization.
The use of big data and learning analytics in education.
Open education, OER and MOOCs.