The Vice Chancellor’s UWA Futures white paper provides leadership in three ways: (a) it rallies
the university to collectively address an imminent threat, (b) it spells out a process for
discussion with milestones, and (c) it offers specific proposals for consideration.
There seems to be great potential in tools like MOOCs but as always the funding models will be determining the direction these technologies will take. It would be interesting to hear views about how to utilise these technologies for the benefit of the whole of society.