Public lecture: The Future of the University

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Date:	Thursday, 05 November 2009
Time:	6:30pm - 8:00pm
Room:	Advanced Concept Teaching Space (Rm132)
UQ Location:	Sir Llew Edwards Building (St Lucia)
Event Information
Description:	A public lecture by Professor Phillip Long, Director of the Centre for Educational Innovation and Technology. The current model for tertiary education is largely based on a presumption that knowledge is scarce. From the layout of learning spaces, to the rules by which access is permitted, to the units of knowledge preservation and distribution, our institutions are designed to protect and transmit this knowledge in an authoritative structure. The university experience, which was once defined by the four walls and the instructor’s class syllabus, is being questioned for its relevance, its importance and ultimate value for students in the 21st century. With the explosion of information technology and network connections revealing information’s abundance rather than scarcity, what role, if any, does the university play amidst the growing alternative sources for acquiring knowledge? Is there a future for the university in the context of its educational role as a place for the transfer of knowledge from generation to generation? What are characteristics that will describe it? If there isn’t what will become of it? How will it retain relevance in the face of the global challenges facing today’s societies?
URL:	http://www.uq.edu.au/sbs/docs/Events/PhilLong051109.pdf
Event Category:	Other events / Alumni / Featured Events / Public lectures / Seminars & workshops / Teaching & Learning Week /
Contact Information
Name:	Dr Jason Tangen
Phone:	56774
Email:	jtangen@psy.uq.edu.au
Org. Unit:	Psychology
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