ALGORITAMSKA INTERMEDIJACIJA I REMODELIRANJE VRIJEDNOSTI ODLUČIVANJA U SISTEMU VISOKOG OBRAZOVANJA / ALGORITHMIC INTERMEDIATION AND REMODELING OF DECISION-MAKING VALUES IN HIGHER EDUCATION SYSTEM

Haris Muhić; Sanel Huskić; Mario Hibert

doi:10.48052/19865244.2023.1.231

Authors

Haris Muhić World University Service, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Sanel Huskić University of Sarajevo, Faculty of Political Sciences - Institute for Social Research
Mario Hibert University of Sarajevo, Faculty of Philosophy

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.48052/19865244.2023.1.231

Keywords:

algorithmicizing, digitalization, higher education

Abstract

The paper investigates the effects of digitalization on teaching and educational processes and the possible negative effects that these processes have. For the Sarajevo Canton and the rest of Bosnia and Herzegovina, digitalization in education has already begun and it is important to fully understand the potential threats it poses. Decision-making processes were a human competence where different programs were used only as a tool to aid the process of reaching the best decisions. Today, algorithms are decision-makers where humans perform tasks of justifying algorithm’s decisions and preventing the upheaval caused by the increasing social inequality caused by algorithmicizing. The main argument is that of higher education without understanding of the underlining algorithmicizing of its processes could consequently lead to social inequality and wrong decisions. On the other hand, the lack of awareness of accelerated digitization can lead to lagging behind in digitization processes and loss of competitiveness in an increasingly global university market. This paper explains algorithmic intermediation and remodeling of decision-making values and points out threats and needs in the higher education. It should serve educational institutions and policy makers as a guideline in the adoption of future strategies on digitization processes in higher education as well as provide the base for future discussions focusing on Global Digitization Trends within the Bosnian and Herzegovinian higher education area and its policies, laws, and strategies with a recommendation for the Digitization Action Plan in higher education in Canton Sarajevo.

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