Ryerson Zone Learning - Take Your Ideas to the Next Level. Examples Of Innovation In Higher Ed--With A Caution. Examples Of Innovation In Higher Ed–With A Caution by Terry Heick Recently, someone asked me what I thought about innovation in higher ed in an email, so I responded with a couple of hundred words, which I’ve added to in creating this short blog post.
I thought I’d share it because I haven’t talked much about higher ed, but for better or for worse, it is a big part of what we do in K12. I don’t follow higher education very closely, so this is all from 10 feet away. 4 General Examples Of Innovation In Higher Ed 1. “Schools don’t graduate employees, they graduate human beings. Competency-Based Education isn’t necessarily an innovation, but a move to Competency-Based Education can lead to other innovations–using technology to personalize a student’s navigation of to-be-mastered content, for example.
Competency-Based Education, at least in terms of the learning process (as opposed to content), should be more student-centered and efficient. 2. 3. Defining Innovation in Higher Ed A. B. C. D. E. 2010 to 2015 government policy: research and development. Issue The UK excels in research, development and innovation, and innovative companies are an important contributor to economic growth. We want to use our talent to make the UK the best place in the world to run an innovative business or service. Actions We are: National Academies We are also responsible for government funding of important programmes run by the UK’s 4 National Academies These include research fellowships that allow the most capable academics to work full-time on research. Royal Society – the UK’s national academy of science British Academy – promotes the humanities and social sciences Royal Academy of Engineering – the UK’s national academy of engineering Academy of Medical Sciences – promotes medical sciences and its translation into benefits for society Background We published the latest science and innovation strategy in December 2014.
Appendix 1: GrowthAccelerator and the UK Innovation Investment Fund This was a supporting detail page of the main policy document. Innovate UK.