Openness, Dynamic Specialization, and the Disaggregated Future of Higher Education

Autor/inn/en	Wiley, David; Hilton, John, III
Titel	Openness, Dynamic Specialization, and the Disaggregated Future of Higher Education
Quelle	In: International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, 10 (2009) 5, (16 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1492-3831
Schlagwörter	Higher Education; Specialization; Change Strategies; Educational Change; Organizational Change; Open Education; Electronic Learning; Distance Education; Access to Education; Influence of Technology; Educational Development; Trend Analysis + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Arbeitsteilige Spezialisierung; Lösungsstrategie; Bildungsreform; Organisationswandel; Offene Erziehung; Offener Unterricht; Distance study; Distance learning; Fernunterricht; Education; Access; Bildung; Zugang; Bildungszugang; Bildungsentwicklung; Trendanalyse
Abstract	Openness is a fundamental value underlying significant changes in society and is a prerequisite to changes institutions of higher education need to make in order to remain relevant to the society in which they exist. There are a number of ways institutions can be more open, including programs of open sharing of educational materials. Individual faculty can also choose to be more open without waiting for institutional programs. Increasing degrees of openness in society coupled with innovations in business strategy like dynamic specialization are enabling radical experiments in higher education and exerting increasing competitive pressure on conventional higher education institutions. No single response to the changes in the supersystem of higher education can successfully address every institution's situation. However, every institution must begin addressing openness as a core organizational value if it desires to both remain relevant to its learners and to contribute to the positive advancement of the field of higher education. (Contains 2 tables and 1 endnote.) (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10