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5.5 Digitalisation in theUniversity Next I wanted to knowwhat is themeaning of digitalisation for the university. In his answer,M.H. stated thatdigitalisation for theuniversity isnot aspurposeper se, but in order tomake its products and services better, it is possible to set up several hypothesis. Inhis view, learninghas to takeplaceover long time,not like one-two- days sprints; it is important to learn several things at one time, in order to create connections between different subjects; he also highlighted the importance of learningand teaching fromeachother, basedonownexperiences and that hasbeen read from some books or other forms of courses. Learning about something and then sharing this with the others. Similarly with Henderson et al. (2017) he also emphasised the role of experi- menting and tryingdifferent solutions.The role of technology anddigital toolswas just seen ashelpingpeople, both students and faculty in this process.Digitalisation of university means a range of different trials and experiments, what might work andwhatnot, and it isalsoclear, thatwhatworkswithonemightnotworkwith the other, and this depends on the student, on the subject, the instructor and relatively little on the technology. M.H. toldalsomore specifically about theEBS’s experiences andwhat hasbeen done in the university during this new digital transformation process. What was really interesting to hear was that there are several trials and experiments taking place at the same time and the success of these is mainly determined by the facts whether these help students and whether corporate customers will buy these for their employees. ‘… fromthedigi-andstart-upworld (that isalso indirectly related to the digitalworld) it can be seen hownew things are done,first there is an idea, then you can look for best practices from the world, put together the brief over- views, find people to test these with, which ones would they buy… andwhen the majoritywouldbuy the sameyouhave selected, youare on the right track and can use these with students. These should be relevant and specifically meeting the students’ needs’. 5.6 Future of Learning andTeaching Learning together and sharing the knowledgewas emphasised several times during these interviews. The chancellor also argued from the student’s perspective, saying that ‘in today’s high pace environment… it would be more faster and efficient doing it individually, and thusviadifferent formsofonlineandon-demandcourses, where you can learn the basics andwhichmight not be so exiting, but need to be known’. He also found it possible and even necessary to have groupworks in the virtual world, where students do not need to be physically present, but also expressed his concerns stating that: ‘there’s not yet enough evidence that it will replacemeetingswith others. And there are thingswhich have been and alsowill stay, these are face-to-face meetings, working in groups and learning from each other’. 156 M. Kooskora