Share Paper: Sustainable Higher Education Learning Futures

1. James Taylor, University of Queensland, Australia

Abstract: A recent analysis of demographic trends produced projections that, at current rates of world wide growth, the number of students in post-secondary education will more than double in less than ten years. The fact that conventional classroom-based approaches to teaching and learning will not be capable of meeting this escalating demand for higher education is not widely acknowledged and represents a major leadership challenge. The need for innovative practices supported by new technologies to improve the productivity of teachers and learners has never been greater. In both developed and developing countries, open scholarship – based on flexible access to open ...