The future of tertiary education is eLearning for certain aspects of knowledge dissemination, how that is achieved is the challenge of instructional designers and practitioners. Of course, not every course is suited to an online paradigm, face-to-face is going to be around for a long time yet.
The collaboration between learning institutes around the world will increase; strategic alliances enhancing, not cannibalising client bases and student cohorts will be an important issue with the globalisation of learning and higher education. No longer will employers, businesses and public sector enterprises immediately liaise with local education providers; collaboration with the most proficient provider no matter where they are located worldwide is already the preferred option, this looks likely to increase in the future.
I view with interest the University of New England and their Future Campus model, this student-centred paradigm ideally suits highly motivated individuals with open plan learning spaces, online conferencing, video-walls, virtual meet-ups and live-cast presentations. It would appear younger students seeking the university social experience may soon be the minority. It begs the question, is the traditional university lecture dead?
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