11. Evolving Institutional Models in Response to Education 4.0

 

The escalating pace of technological innovation experienced during Industry 4.0 has drastically changed the nature of employment. It has catapulted us into a knowledge-based economy. Some effects of this emerging economy can be observed in the widespread lack of skilled workers, and in the increased difficulties many companies are experiencing filling job vacancies for the skilled trades. This episode explores how adult and higher education institutions are innovating their organizational structures to accommodate the learning needs of displaced workers, adult learners, and students seeking competitive advantages during Industry 4.0. Join in the online forum to follow the discussion how adult and higher education intuitions are innovating their organizational structures to accommodate the learning needs of displaced workers, adult learners, and students seeking competitive advantages during Industry 4.0. 

• Which of the four models will be the most attractive to adult learners? Why? 
• What do you consider to be the model most likely to be adopted by most adult and higher education organizations? 
• Are there other models that can be adopted by these organizations?

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References

Bonfield, C. A., Salter, M., Longmuir, A., Benson, M., & Adachi, C. (2020). Transformation or evolution?: Education 4.0, teaching and learning in the digital age. Higher Education Pedagogies, 5(1), 223-246.

Ehlers, U. D., & Kellermann, S. A. (2019). Future skills: The future of learning and higher education (pp. 2-69). Karlsruhe.

Tierney, W. G., & Lanford, M. (2016). Conceptualizing innovation in higher education. In Higher education: Handbook of theory and research (pp. 1-40). Springer.