The University of the Future

The University of the Future.  The BBC have launched this programme that analyses the MOOC phenomenon.  Well worth a listen with some quite startling highlights:

1. Some academics can make themselves into global superstars, taking their teaching to an audience that they could only have dreamed of.
2. Watch out for UDACITY.  The early MOOC rush created some lousy products.  UDACITY seem the most likely to be innovative in the pedagogy of MOOCs.
3. MOOCs are irresistible.  The tide has already turned, undoubtedly some universities may suffer unless they adapt to a new paradigm.
4. In 50 years time will there be only 10 Higher Education institutions?

(http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b03wpf59)