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Hendrawan Soetanto
Advisory member of Vice Rector for Academic Affairs

University of Brawijaya

RIDING THE WAVE Of

QUALITY COMPETITIVENESS IN DIGITAL ERA :
A Challenge For The Future of Indonesian Higher Education
A keynote paper presented at : International Conference on Higher Education-Enhancing Competitiveness In Asia
held at the University of Brawijaya, 27th – 29 th October 2017

CONCLUDING
REMARKS

What Are we going

NEEDS TO CHANGE &
to discuss WIN COMPETITION

DIGITAL ERA :
A HIGHLIGHT

INDONESIAN H.E.
DEVELOPMENT

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Fact Sheet of INDONESIA :

These cause disparity in

economic, education and
health between islands

The Role of Higher Education On National Development

Historical facts
Context/
challenge
• Imperialism • Development/ establishment
• Emergence of new nations of the new nation • Globalization • Digital Era

1908 1928 1945 1966 1985 1998 2000 2012

• “HE reformation”
• National
enlightenment
• Independence • New Order • Challenge to • New paradigm
• IQF
• Struggle for
• National independence,
• Technocrats, establishment • National • HE Law
bureaucrats • Professionals Competitiveness
unity support to • economic Brain pool, • Competence
defense growth Market driven ????
Response

Characters
Educated “Mass”
Educated “elite” (for 3,500,000 HE students)
(for 200 HE students)

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INDONESIA Proportion of Workforce

7,20% Tinggi
Vs Education level
22,40% Menengah
70,40% Dasar

RESEARCH-BASED
OECD INDUSTRY
MALAYSIA

Education Level
20,30% Tinggi
56,30% Menengah HEAVY-LEVEL
Malaysia INDUSTRIY
24,30% Dasar

MIDDLE-LEVEL
Indonesia
OECD INDUSTRY - LIGHT

40,30% Tinggi
Number of Workforce
39,30% Menengah
20,40% Dasar

REALITY

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The Hottest
Global Issue

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Current situations in ASEAN

1. Lack of adequate qualified faculty staff,
2. Declining academic community,
3. Limited experience of quality assurance processes,
4. Lack of equitable access for all students,
5. Lack of infrastructures, geographic spread and
diversity of universities,
6. Lack facility of the usage of English, and
7. Limited research expertise.

Exception: Singapore, Thailand, Malaysia

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DIGITAL NATIVES : FAQ

“Our students have changed radically.

Today’s students are no longer the people our
educational system was designed to teach.”
After Marc Prensky (2001).

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What should we call our “present” student

today..?

• Some call them The N-gen (N refers to “interNet” or D-gen (for

“Digital)”
• Some call them Generation “Z” to distiguish from “X”, “Y” ans
“Alpha”
• But, Prensky (2001) calls them “Digital Natives” because they
are native speakers of the digital language of computers, video
games and the internet.

Today’s
Student
Attributes

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Digital immigrants : are those who were not born into the digital
world but have, to some extent become fascinated by and adopted many
aspects of the new technology.
OBSTACLE

the single biggest problem facing education today is that our Digital
Immigrant instructors, who speak an outdated language (that of the pre -
digital age), are struggling to teach a population that speaks an entirely new
language.

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• What is ...
• Why do we...
• How can we ...
• When will we ....
• Where are we going to..

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PREPARING
THE CHANGES :

What values do we need ?

• Vision & Mission
• Adopting Local wisdom
• International perspective

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HE positioning
• Produce competent
graduates
• Provide Equity
• Accesability
• Good governance
• Transparency
• Accountability
• Etc...

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Hendricks, P. (1998). Targeting life skills model. Available at: http://www.extension.iastate.edu/4H/lifeskills/homepage.html

LOCAL
INTERNATIONAL
WISDOM PERSPECTIVES

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TEACHING &
LEARNING
METHOD &
EVALUATION

INPUT BENCH QA
QUALITY
MARKING SYSTEM

STUDENT &
ACADEMIC
STAFF
MOBILITY

HIGHER EDUCATION POLICY

ASEAN
1) Good character and knowledgeable
ECONOMIC human resources
COMMUNITY- 2) Technology Innovation through multi
2015 disciplines convergency

Knowledge Society

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Thank You
Gracias
Terima Kasih

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