If robots are going to take our jobs, then how should the future of education change? How can educators better prepare students for the future of work? How will artificial intelligence and big data change the types of skills people need, and the ways and places they’ll learn? These are the issues Jeff Selingo has spent the last 20 years studying. Selingo is the author of three books, including a New York Times bestseller, a special advisor and professor of practice at Arizona State University and a visiting scholar at Georgia Tech’s Center for 21st Century Universities.

360 spoke to Selingo about his vision for the future of education and why the places people learn will become more important than ever.

NEAR + FAR TERM TRENDS

When he looks at the near-term in education, Selingo cites a few trends as being most impactful. One is the ability to harness data to allow for personalized learning. He says the lecture hall with hundreds of students learning the same information, in the same way will become a thing of the past. Professors will use online learning tools to track the pace of each student, answer questions in advance and see which concepts students have difficulty grasping. Data on performance, failures, class schedules and majors will help educators craft the best experience for each student based on previous success rates.

The longer-term trend, according to Selingo, is around lifelong education. “When we think of school now, we think of it as something that happens to young people, and it happens early in their life. But, the need for new skills to keep up in almost any job will require learning for the rest of your life,” he says. He imagines schools around the world creating content that allows you learn in the moment and keep up in life.