University administrators and strategic planners
Planning a strategic review of your university's response to budget cuts and demographic shifts
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About
The CFSHE12 mind map template, developed for higher education leaders and researchers, systematically explores six weekly themes from October to November, covering 94 nodes across change pressures, net pedagogies, entrepreneurship, big data, leadership, and distributed research. It opens with 'Change pressures (Oct 8-14) What is influencing higher education?', detailing forces like 'Fewer Resources' (state budget cuts, endowments down) and 'Greater competition' (demographic changes, alternative models). The template then examines 'Net pedagogies (Oct 15-21) New models of teaching and learning', contrasting traditional, online-only, and blended/hybrid approaches including the 'flipped classroom'. Later sections address 'Entrepreneurship in education (Oct 22-28) also commercial activity', 'Big data and Analytics (Oct 29-Nov 4)', 'Leadership in Education (Nov 4-11)', and 'Distributed Research (Nov 12-18) New models of inquiry' with sub-branches on funding, doing, and publishing research. This CFSHE12 cheat sheet provides a structured framework for analyzing current challenges and innovations in higher education.
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Instructional designers and faculty development teams
Designing a new blended learning program that incorporates flipped classroom and online components
Research office directors and tenure committee members
Evaluating how to support open access publishing and alternative metrics for faculty promotion
How to use this template
Step 1
Launch and Explore Weekly Themes
Open the template in Xmind to review the six core themes ranging from change pressures to distributed research.
Step 2
Customize Nodes with Institutional Data
Double-click the existing nodes to replace generic labels with your specific research findings or institutional initiatives.
Step 3
Expand Content and Share Results
Add new branches for specific action items before exporting your final map as a PDF or image for stakeholders.
Frequently asked questions
The template covers six weekly themes: Change pressures, Net pedagogies, Entrepreneurship in education, Big data and Analytics, Leadership in Education, and Distributed Research. Each theme includes detailed sub-branches on specific challenges and innovations.
You can use it to map out the key pressures and trends affecting your institution, brainstorm responses to issues like budget cuts or online learning, and structure discussions around new models of teaching and research.
Yes, the Xmind template is fully editable. You can add, remove, or reorganize nodes to fit your specific context, update dates, and include your own data or action items.
It covers new models of inquiry, including funding sources (crowdfunding, prizes), collaborative approaches (citizen science, open hardware), and publishing innovations (open access, alternative metrics).
The template includes specific examples like '$10,000 degree programs', 'flipped classroom', and 'xprize' to illustrate concepts, but you can expand with your own case studies.
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