Build a Positive Rebellion
John W. Moravec examines power, trust, and the freedom to learn in twenty-five essays, with working notebooks for creating new education futures.
Topic
Higher education
Research and provocations on the changing purposes, structures, and responsibilities of universities.
Does the modern university end at AI?
AI Trends in Higher Education,” hosted by Emerald Publishing and the Higher Education Teaching and Learning Association (HETL), March 26,.
Degrees are obsolete by design … when knowledge has the shelf life of a banana
In a world defined by rapid advances in science, technology, and the very structure of work, a university degree can become obsolete faster than a banana browns on your kitchen counter. The old paradigm of “earn your diploma, land a career, follow a predictable path” no longer makes sense in what many call an Age of Disruption (see, for example, World Economic Forum, 2023).
Pre-active higher education leadership for a world in disruption
Last week, I had the privilege of presenting the closing keynote at the International Meeting on Educational Innovation and STEM Teaching hosted by Instituto Tecnológico de Buenos Aires, Argentina, where I shared my perspectives on the urgent need to rebuild higher education from the ground up and on the importance of pre active leadership.
Building a Leapfrog University
In 2006, the University of Minnesota engaged in a strategic repositioning process to transform it into one of the top universities in the world. To many, it seemed like a lot of promises, but not much substance.
Designing campus futures
A few months ago, I received an invitation for a dream gig. Simon Fraser University at Burnaby, British Columbia is designing a master plan to guide the institution for the next 50 years, and they needed an education futurist to provide some thought leadership.
The university of the future: Marching toward obsolescence?
A couple weeks ago, Carlos Scolari interviewed me for a project on pedagogical innovation and disruptive practices in higher education at the Universitat Pompeu Fabra (Barcelona). The aim of the project is to produce a document on the “university of the future,” including diagnosis, trends, and proposals for moving forward.