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SWIPE RIGHT ON LEARNING ROB CURTIN MICROSOFT EDUCATION @rob_curtin
SWIPE RIGHT ON LEARNINGROB CURTIN
MICROSOFT EDUCATION
@rob_curtin
1905
1925
2008
Javier Gutierrez Acedohttps://www.flickr.com/photos/javigutierrez/
TODAY’S CONVERSATION
OUR WORLD HAS
CHANGEDCONSUMERIZATION
OF EDUCATION
WE ARE IN THE BUSINESS
OF __________
TRANSFORMATION
INSPIRATION
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2B
3B
4B
5B
6B
7B
8B
GLOBAL DEMAND FOR EDUCATIONOpportunity or Threat?
UPPER SECONDARY
World Population by Education Level
Source: Our World in Datahttps://ourworldindata.org/grapher/projection-of-world-population-SSP2-
IIASA?shown=Upper%20Secondary+Post%20Secondary&country=OWID_WRL
POST SECONDARY
1970 1990 2020 2040 2060 2080 2100
1.4 B
750 M350 M
~2x Growth
THE RISE OF THE ALTERNATIVES 2015
THE NEW MAJORITY STUDENTS
27%
SINGLE PARENTS
36%
OVER AGE 25
46%
HAVE A DAY JOB
47%
FINANCIALLY INDEPENDENT
Source: GATES FOUNDATION 2014
RAPID SKILL TURNOVERTHE SHELF LIFE OF TODAY’S
WORKFORCE SKILLS
IS LESS THAN
5 YEARS
LinkedIn Emerging Jobs Report, 2017
THE SKILLS SHORTAGE in Real-TimeKey Findings from LinkedIn in 2018
• Communication skills are in the highest demand and scarcity across sectors
• Basic digital literacy is increasingly critical to careers across professions
• The US alone is short 450K professionals with software development skills
LinkedIn Skills Gap Analytics
Teaching & Learning Systems must innovate to keep pace
Who is the
Modern Learner?
What is the Modern
Workforce?
Minerva Project
2% Admissions Rate
p.s. Harvard is 5%
When did Higher
Education
become a
Consumer
Service?
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STATE FINANCIAL SUPPORT SINCE 2008 (SOURCE: CHRONICLE OF HIGHER EDUCATION)
HIGHER EDUCATION SHIFTING TO FAMILY FUNDED
One Word (or 2): Why do people like Uber?
What You Said• MEEC Word Cloud
• Why is Uber so popular?
Imagine if Uber worked like degree audit?
TODAY’S CONVERSATION
OUR WORLD HAS
CHANGEDCONSUMERIZATION
OF EDUCATION
WE ARE IN THE BUSINESS
OF ___________
TRANSFORMATION
INSPIRATION
RECORDS > > > DIGITAL ALBUMS > > > MP3 > > > PLAYLISTS > > > CUSTOM PLAYLISTS > > > FOLLOWERS
DIGITAL TRANSFORMATIONS
Technology can’t replace human experiences
Pilot Deployed
The Iron Horse did not disrupt The Teamsters
WE ARE IN THE BUSINESS OF ______________
We are in the business of __________
MEEC Feedback
SHIFT FROM
TEACHING(about the institution)
TO
LEARNING(about the student)
LEARNING
TEACHING
(STUDENT FOCUS)
(INSTITUTION FOCUS)
Who is in the Center?We can do better
s
TEXAS TECH | $8.4M
AUBURN | $52M
MISSOURI STATE
INVESTINGIN EXPERIENCE
Doing It Right !
PersonaPhase 1 Taxonomy & Definition
UNWILLING OR UNABLE TO DRAW A
DISTINCTION BETWEEN THE PHYSICAL
WORLD AND ITS DIGITAL EQUIVALENT
PHIGITAL / fɪ’́ǰə’təl / n
Florida State
FSU Campus Reimagined - The Back End
THE RISE OF THE MACHINES
DATA IS THE NEW OIL
http://www.ana.blogs.com/maestros/2006/11/data_is_the_new.html
Clive Humby 2006
Massive Array of
Data Integrated
For Analytics
MS Teams
W/X/P
OneNote
Windows
Forms
Sway
Exchange SharepointO365
Total
Total
Working together: Student Success Hub
• Your Ideas
• …
Tell us,
What wouldyou have it do?
Student Success Hub
MEEC Conference 2019
Audience Feedback
THE CLOUD IS NOT A DESTINATION
IT IS A CAPABILITY
Carol Dweck, Mindset: The Psychology of Success
Mindset change is not about
picking up a few pointers here
and there. It's about seeing things
in a new way.
THANK YOU@robcurtin | @MSFTEdu
