Open AccessHow will Education 4.0 influence learning in higher education?
Author(s) -
Alan R. Williams,
Richard Windle,
Heather Wharrad
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of learning development in higher education
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1759-667X
DOI - 10.47408/jldhe.vi17.572
Subject(s) - higher education , industrial revolution , mathematics education , political science , pedagogy , sociology , business , psychology , economic growth , economics , law
Higher education at the start of the Fourth Industrial Revolution (Schwab, 2015) is undergoing unprecedented change because of the opportunities revealed through the use of digital technology. Though societies throughout time have undergone seismic change, it is the speed and magnitude of change now because of technology that is challenging higher education. The changes include access to knowledge, how that knowledge is shared and the increasing demand by students’ for their voice to be heard in their education and to be integral to the design of their learning. The opportunities revealed by the use of digital technology can lead to good and bad effects and it is essential academics and higher education investigate the design of learning objects used by students in higher education.