Deep University

The book presents Deep University, the first of its kind. The pocket university is a sort of academic Chipotle with subsidiaries popping up in many countries and in the paradises of this world because of affordable housing. Deep University is creating a network of online and hybrid courses that have a unique characteristic: they promote constructive and creative deep learning. Its programs are created by the students, for the students. The students can name their degrees. Thus Deep University is radically different. Its marked differences are that (1) it is small - small is beautiful - and everywhere. (2) It is flexible and evolving, based on projects. (3) It is a start-up multiplier. (4) It transcends academic disciplines. (5) It is global yet culturally adaptive. (6) It provides credit transfer. (7) Students have mobility across international campuses. (8) It is community-based. Deep University has four major characteristics: Quality: Deep learning is quality learning and matches the highest standards Professionalism: We care for our students, they enter a very special network of connections that will last for life Pricing: the price per credit is one of the most affordable on the academic market Style: it proposes a unique campus architecture, a unique instructional design, a unique online environment Immersing students in a Deep Approach to Higher Education will help change the academia and society at large to: Better understand of how and why self-motivation and self-determined curricula could be the best incentive for deeper learning, Develop transdisciplinary topics helpful to society, create motives, templates and incentives for self-directed learning and self-determination, Empower students to build their curriculum and customized degrees by scaffolding possibilities and making instruction flexible, Emphasize the deep learning process rather than pre-determined outcomes, Encourage customized, peer-oriented, collaborative and project-based learning by focusing on culture, deep knowledge construction in practice, value creation and social action, Consider knowledge as story-telling about life, and Use formative, deep evaluation of integrated skills. Focus on value creation and an ethics of action: highlight critical issues related to the respect of the Other and of the variety of perspectives, the perception of status and potential discrimination, the colonial mindset and social justice, and human rights for peace building. The book presents the business plan of Deep University, its unique architecture, and the concept of constructive Small Private Hybrid Online Course (cSPHOC).

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Deep University is a world-class university whose education goal is to educate our students to become optimistic, affable and knowledgeable citizens. -- Prof. Yuangshan Chuang, Ph.D., Kaohsiung Normal University, Taiwan -- Global presence, amplitude of gaze, depth of perspective, universality of knowing and advanced higher education: This is the essence of Deep University. -- Prof. Manuel Fernández Cruz, Ph.D., University of Granada, Spain -- The power of motivation and personalized, deep learning is central to Deep University's raison d'être. It brings a much needed new education paradigm vital to preparing students for life, study and work in the 21st century. -- Prof. Shirley O'Neill, Ph.D., University of South Queensland, Australia -- This is a proven message: He who goes deep has more chance to soar high. -- Prof. Shaozhong Liu, Ph.D., Guiling University of Information Technologies -- Deep University is the new paradigm of the future in teaching and learning. The world is in dire need to change the way it communicates knowledge and how Education is implemented in order to create peace. Deep University raises global citizens who are open, motivated, creative, and in peace with themselves and the world around them. -- Prof. Zuleyha Colak, Ph.D., Columbia University, New York (USA) -- Deep roots allow the tree to have a leafy top. Like the oak, Deep University offers the Deep Education to ensure a solid foundation for educators and researchers of tomorrow. -- Prof. José Gijon Puerta, Ph.D., University of Granada, Spain -- Deep University offers exceptional opportunities for worldwide research partnerships allowing academics to give new insights to their theoretical and methodological background, and thus to improve the results of their investigations. Deep University could generate new open-minded research and researchers able to better understanding complex societies nowadays and helping others understand them. -- Dr. Danielle Zay, University of Charles de Gaulle Lille 3, France -- A different way to consider learning at University levels, Deep University makes you see your aims as part of your life, a concept of learning that will make you think in deep before saying or writing, reasoning every aspect of your learning process as part of a long-life learning process that will have the best basis you can imagine. -- Prof. Jose Luis Ortega, Ph.D., University of Granada, Spain -- The era of deep turn is coming, are you ready? Deep University is warmly welcoming you! -- Prof. Xiang Long, Ph.D., Guiling University of Information Technologies -- Our mission is to help you march toward success! 我們的任務是協助您邁向成功! -- Dr. Ching-Li Lee, Board of Trustees of the Lions Clubs International Foundation, Kaohsiung, Taiwan --