SCOP Presidents 2014 “Strategies for sustainable business models to finding strategic pedagogical approaches” (Focus) Higher Education in Brasil: Complex (and Critical) Analysis of/for Strategies Susane Garrido PhD in Computing Education - Master in Education - Chemist Ministry of Education (Conselour and Trainer) Member of the Scientific Committee ABED Institutional Relations at Estacio Group Universities (Consultant) Dean at ESTÁCIO University SP (2011/2012) and ESTÁCIO University Porto Alegre-RS (2013) Director at Distance Education at UNISINOS University (2006/2010) susanelg@gmail.com susane.garrido@estacio.br Points of view Linear thinking Complex thinking “Strategies for sustainable business models to finding strategic pedagogical approaches” Must think in a Trinomy (as synthesis) Education as AIM Culture (global and local) Business and market Culture CULTURE (global and local) Recent past: INFORMATION as Tech Past: Industrialization/Racionality Past past: Religion (…) CULTURE (nowadays) - Hyper consume and WILL to consume…because we have information and we are free for it From Hypermodernity of Gilles Lipovetsky Culture HYPER CONSUME (and production) OF INFORMATION and WILL However • Schopenhauer : WILL is BLIND (Hyper consume) • Nietzsche : WILL is potency (Power) #Education #Higher Education Business and market So…the scenary is really complex • We don`t recognize nothing anymore – CULTURE - Past is only a part… • We don`t have boundaries anymore – WILL Future is probability… • At present we only have questions Right Questions (for Brasil, at least) 1) How is the country? a) Inflation?, b)Unemployment? c) Iliteracy rates? 2) Who are our STUDENTS? a) Prepared from basic education? Not prepared? b) With purchasing power? They have need of funding? 16 Right Questions (for Brasil, at least) 3) Who are our PROFESORS? 4) How does operate the Regulation and Evaluation? 5) What is the kind of UNIVERSITY (IES) suppose to have? For market? For research? 17 Strategies for Management in Higher Education (on private Institutions) 6) Distance Education is necessary? And what is necessary to do to have a DE more flexible and really open? 7) How is the Technological access in Brasil? We have some GAP in somewhere? Is there solution for this GAP? 18 First Question How is the country? Inflation, Unemployment, Iliteracy rates… Galloping Inflation Controlled Inflation Galloping Inflation Unemployment rate for region North Northeast Midwest Southeast South Illiteracy rate in Brasil Kkkk kkkkk We had an increase in the rate of illiteracy Second Question Who are our STUDENTS? • Prepared from basic education? Not prepared? • With purchasing power? They have need of funding? Index of Basic Education Development ps.: 6,0 is the average in developed countries High School Third Question Who are our TEACHERS? MASTER (deg.) LATO SENSO DOCTORADE WITH UNDERGRADUATE WITHOUT UNDERGRADUATE Brasil 27 Fourth Question How does operate the Regulation and Evaluation? And.. 28 Education as AIM Firstly, some data * 2112 are Private Universities in Brasil (87,4%) 308 are Public • 17% of population for it is inside University (5.3 MM in private and 1.9 in public universities) * Enrollments in 10 years (2003-2013): 3.88 MM to 7.037 MM. 30 So, for an University for the market • Regulation: Different indicators and evaluation dimensions facing the market and not to the academy like the usual concept • Teachers being more qualified by the market (and capable to attend it) • Distance education as modality and not closed in some kind of methodology – Hybrid models for example • Shorter courses • Mobility • Creation of leveling courses, before the beginning of the annual calendar • Centralization and Optimization of back office processes at the shared Service Center (CSC) – Estácio University, for example. • Main task for big and private groups: To reduce the bad quality levels of education in Brazil 31 University for Research • Scientific Publishing with quality and not as quantity (as usual nowadays) • Teachers with high academic titles • High level of the students • Development of applied research • Cooperation projects required • Funding 32 For BOTH Universities Strategies in Distance Education • Mobile devices to be Used anywhere • Tablets are cheaper than printing • Teachers as authors • Moocs BUT the context is 34 Solving the gap in Technologies 35 TECHNOLOGY IN BRASIL – ACCESS Brazilian Index of digital cities (IBCD) 36 Technological access inside Basic Schools in Brazil • • • • South: 21 students/computer Center of Brasil: 30 Southeast: 35 North*: 82.9% of public schools do not have broadband and 23.7% have no light (electricity) 37 45 CITIES CITIES PER REGION Northeast Middle West South North Southeast 38 BRAZILIAN index of digital cities (IBCD) PERCENTAGE OF CITIES BY DIGITALIZATION LEVEL • . Telecenter Basic Access Electronic Services Telecenter Basic Access Electronic Services Research area: 75 cities Research area: 100 cities • The methodology adopted for this Index considers the technological aspects of connectivity and the use of services created from the digitalization, as well as the population ans access ones. Fonte: http://wirelessmundi.inf.br/indice-edicao-n-9/903-capa 39 SALES OF CELL PHONES communication • Today, the access through 3G and 4G networks toghether are 44%, but they will soon surpass the number of conexions through the 2G network, which corresponds to 50% of the accessses. million EXPANSION As smartphones become more popular, they have increased the number of mobile broad band connection in Brazil Fonte: http://www.gazetadopovo.com.br/economia/conteudo.phtml?id=1490784&tit=Celulares-com-conexao-banda-largaserao-maioria-no-pais-ate-o-fim-do-ano 40 TEACHING TECHNOLOGY • Half of public schools have no computers for the students or internet access Rate of students per computer in public schools Schools have an average of one computer for every 34 students. The number of students per computer has decreased to one thrid of the average in 2008 – falling from 96 to 34 throughout Brazil. Although the reduction was higher in the North and Northeast regions – from 163 and 162, respectively – they are the regions that still have the higher number of machines per student. Facilities of public schools Access to internet and broadband are the bottlenecks, mainly in the North In percent SCHOOLS WITH BROADBAND SCHOOLS WITH COMPUTERS FOR STUDENTS SCHOOLS WITH INTERNET SCHOOLS WITH IT LAB SCHOOLS WITH ACCESS TO ELECTRICITY http://educacao.estadao. com.br/noticias/geral,48das-escolas-nao-temcomputador-para-usodo-aluno,1531623 41 BRAZILIAN UNIVERSITIES ARE INCREASING IN DISTANCE MODE Ref. : http://www.abed.org.br/censoead/CensoEAD.br_2012_INGLES.pdf 42 THE FUTURE 43 More Questions a) Partnerships? Why? Who? b) Mobility ? c) Internationalization and International Accreditation? d) Meritocratic Values? e) Less burocracy ? f) Balance between quality and cost reduction? g) (Deep) Knowledge about “academy”, management and technology, DO WE HAVE IT? h) How to develop a Thinking of internal processes during the growth. 44 TO ACHIEVE a new BRAZIL in 2020 45 Brasil 46 Bibliography • • • • • • • • FREDRIC M. LITTO - PUBLIC POLICY AND DISTANCE LEARNING IN BRAZIL - [Published in International Handbook of Distance Education, Terry Evans, Margaret Haughy, and David Murphy, eds. London: Emerald, 2008.] Manuel Moran in http://www.eca.usp.br/prof/moran/site/textos/educacao_online/eadsup.pdf Censo EaD BR - Ref. : http://www.abed.org.br/censoead/CensoEAD.br_2012_INGLES.pdf Rate BRASIL of digital cities (IBCD), In http://wirelessmundi.inf.br/indice-edicao-n-9/903-capa Revista EXAME: http://exame.abril.com.br/negocios/noticias/10-grupos-de-educacao-quemovimentam-as-aquisicoes-do-setor?p=7 Jornal O ESTADÃO: http://educacao.estadao.com.br/noticias/geral,48-das-escolas-nao-temcomputador-para-uso-do-aluno,1531623 Scret Tunel of complexity – Image in http://thumbs.dreamstime.com/z/t%C3%BAnel-espiral-secreto-2446542.jpg Cartoons JANTOO: IN http://www.jantoo.com/ 47 Size of Distance Learning Institutions in Brasil 48 The Nature of Institutions in Brasil 49 CONCENTRATION OF DISTANCE EDUCATION COURSES AMONG PUBLIC, PRIVATE AND OTHER INSTITUTIONS The following chart (3.3) shows the distribution of higher education courses which are authorized, classified into corporate and non-corporate, associated to the education level they represent. Private Public Other SNAs Foundations In 2011, most courses were from institutions in the Southeast (48%) and South (30%) Regions, being most of them accredited. In 2012, this situation hasn’t changed, remaining most accredited courses in the Southeast (49.3%) and South (30.6%) Regions. Sequential Undergraduation Post Graduation Corporate Non-Corporate 50 CONCENTRATION OF COURSES BETWEEN PUBLIC AND PRIVATE INSTITUTIONS PER REGION (p 64) Most of the authorized and free courses in the Distance Education modality, according to the 2012 census, is developed by private institutions (63%), being 81% of them for-profit and 19% nonprofit institutions. Most of the courses are located in the Southeast Region (59.4%), and are offered by big companies (46.2%) and by institutions which develop face-to-face courses, distance learning and hybrid (48.6%) (Charts 3.16 to 3.19) Free Authorized Free Authorized North North east Middle West South east 51 ENROLLMENT GROWTH PER REGION (2011 TO 2012) Regarding the enrollments of 2012, they are mainly located in the Middle West Region (36.9%), followed by Southeast Region (29.7%), South (28.5%), Northesast (4.2%) and North (0.7%). Considering the number of enrollments as for educational level/modality offered by the institutions, we observe that, in 2012, the higher number of enrollments in authorized courses relies on professional technical courses, corresponding to 31.1% of the total . In higher education courses, most of the enrollments correspond to 51.5% of the total, spread into licentiate degree courses with 36% and technical courses with 16%. Bachelor’s degree courses account for 15.4% of the enrollments. What has call attention in 2012 is the growth in technical courses. There has been also an increase in EJA (Education for Adults for both elementary and high school), to 7%, and post graduation to 10% (Chart 3.22) 52 NATURE OF COURSES CONCLUDED IN DE There is a higher number of conclusions in institutions which develop face-to-face, hybrid and distance learning courses (79%), whereas the percentage is of 10% on those which only offer distance learning courses. Chart 3.27 shows the characteristics of institutions regarding the number of concluding students. Management Accounting Business Communication Other Law 53