Carl R. Long
EDU-505 Future of Education
Dr. Therese M. Ajtum-Roberts Ed.D
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 Educational opportunities
‐ Academic Advisors
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Provides assistance
‐ Knowledge level testing
 Preparing for the future
 History/Mission
‐ V 12 Program
‐ Mission – Academic support
 Technology
‐ Testing ability
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CLEP and CPST
‐ Future expansion
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 Trends to Advance
‐ Plan for future
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Technological advances,
Economical/budgetary issues, and
Public policy making
 Scanning for the Future
‐ Obsolescence
‐ Environmental Options
‐ Embracing Change
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 Five-Year Vision
‐ Scenarios
‐ Blended solution
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Testing on line
Web/pod casts
‐ Challenges to the vision
 No money in budget for change
 We are a military installation, college is on your own time
 Pilfering of tablets and other PC devices
 Extra man-hours to handle additional workload
 Who is doing this? We are not creating another position
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‐ Opportunities for the vision
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Saving money by reducing overall organization
Expanding minds, expands potential
Barcoding/scanners prevents theft
Virtual/online learning can be whenever, not confined to 8
hour day
Invest in a sailors future, and he/she will invest in the Navy
 Preparations for the Future
‐ No easy task
‐ Philosophical change
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‐ Implemented immediately
‐ Budget and resources in place
‐ Buy-in from management
‐ Spread the word
 All Hands on Deck
‐ Achieving the goals posed
‐ Stresses its importance
‐ Data collection
‐ Feedback loop
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 References
‐ Alison, C. (03 Dec 2006). V 12 Program. Retrieved from
http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~uscnrotc/V-12/v12-his.htm
‐ Betts, K., Hartman, K., & Oxholm, C. (2009). Re-examining &
repositioning higher education: Twenty economic and demographic
factors driving online and blended program enrollments. Journal of
Asynchronous Learning Networks, 13(4), 3-23
‐ EdSource (2006). The School District Budget Process. Questions and
Answers about California schools. November
‐ Farkas, S. Duffett, A. (2012). How Americans Would Slim Down Public
Education. Downloaded from
http://eric.ed.gov/?q=How+Americans+are+slimming&id=ED534121
‐ Johnson, L., Adams Becker, S. ,Cummins, M., Estrada, V., Freeman, A.,
and Ludgate, H. (2013). NMC Horizon Report: 2013 Higher Education
Edition.
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 References
‐ Kroll, A. (2013). Back to $chool: College Is the Past, Prison Is the Future.
New Labor Forum22(2) 39–43. Reprints and
permissions:sagepub.com/journalsPermissions.nav
DOI: 10.1177/1095796013482889
‐ Mietzner, D. and Reger, G. (2005). Advantages and disadvantages of
scenario approaches for strategic foresight. Technology Intelligence and
Planning, (1), 220–239
‐ Richards,L. O’Shea, J. Connolly, M. (2004). Managing the concept of
strategic change within a higher education institution: the role of
strategic and scenario planning techniques. Strategic Change.13, 345–359
doi: 10.1002/jsc.690
‐ Preston, C., Mowbray, L. (2008). Teaching Science: The Journal of the
Australian Science Teachers Association, Jun2008, Vol. 54 Issue 2, p50-53.
4p
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 References
‐ Strong, K. Fink, B.(2007). Using learning communities to foster futuring:
the bowling green state university experience. Futures Research
Quarterly, 17-24
‐ United States Navy (modified 25 October 2013). Retrieved from
https://www.navycollege.navy.mil/