On smart education (part III)

The third proposal for a fundamental transition towards Education 4.0 tries to find a new approach to collaboration of academic departments. I continue sharing multiple basic transition ideas that are part of a bigger project and open them up for discussion. After a proposed transition from “Disruption to Agility” and a paradigm shift from being “Student-first to Faculty-first”, this next part is questioning classic linear relations.

Cooperation is not Collaboration

For a lot of general businesses the shattering of the often dysfunctional departmental silos has forcefully taken place during and because of these last few months of a sanitary crises. The more horizontal alignment and deeper coordination of production, technology, finance, e-commerce, human resources, sales and marketing departments was more often than not the only way to survive. I am not sure that the reactions to the crisis have happened in similar ways in the educational field. Sure, different departments such as faculty, technology, admissions, marketing, quality assurance and student services are cooperating, but that’s it unfortunately not enough anymore.