From DSC:
We really need a much more granular approach — like an iTunes for academic content.
On 11/15/2011,
in cloud-based computing / apps / other cloud-related, content development, aggregation, repositories, digital textbooks, emerging technologies, engagement / engaging students, human-computer interaction (HCI), innovation, interactivity, multi-touch, multimedia, new business models, publishing, reinvent, RSS, user experience (UX),
by Daniel Christian
One iPad publishing platform to rule them all — from Mashable.com by Josh Koppel, Co-founder and Chief Creative Officer at ScrollMotion
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Excerpt:
App developer ScrollMotion has created tablet content for some of the world’s largest publishers. At the Mashable Media Summit last Friday, its co-founder and chief creative officer Josh Koppel showed off a single platform built to run the entire gamut of enterprise media publishing.
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On 11/09/2011,
in budgets, business side of he, change, changing business models, dangers of the status quo, Daniel S. Christian, education technology, elearning, emerging technologies, future of higher education, game-changing environment, higher education, innovation, IT in HE, New "Amazon.com" of Higher Education, reinvent, society, staying relevant,
by Daniel Christian
If not now, when? –– from Educause ReviewMagazine by Adrian Sannier
Adrian Sannier is Digital Strategist and Senior Vice President of Product at Pearson eCollege and is Professor of Computing Studies at Arizona State University, where he was also the University Technology Officer prior to joining Pearson eCollege.
Excerpt:
Strong signs are indicating that higher education is finally on the verge of a long-awaited digital shift. Given that experts have been prophesying such a shift for more than forty years, with little if any real change, it’s reasonable to approach such a statement with healthy skepticism. Various factors—some cultural, some technological—have indeed retarded progress along this path to the future. Nevertheless, the unprecedented challenges facing the educational system, combined with higher education’s cultural success at solving daunting challenges through the widespread application of information technology, have created the conditions for rapid change. In the coming months, we will see major shifts in the role that technology plays in the creation, distribution, consumption, and improvement of learning experiences. And education will never be the same.
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Beyond Textbooks, Beyond Bookstores, Beyond Learning Management Systems, Beyond School—the changes introduced by technology have already begun. The digital shift is upon us. If other industries and other fields are any guide, once the dominos begin to fall, progress will be swift and irreversible.
I, for one, can’t wait to be a part of it. If not now, when?
From DSC:
Readers of this blog will not be surprised at what I’m about to say…
Higher ed, if we are wise, will quickly wake up and heed the disruptive changes that have already occurred within other industries (i.e. those caused by a variety of technologies). The following quote is especially relevant for those of us in higher education, because the conversation is no longer being controlled by those within the world of higher education.
“For the first time, the tools to drive change and improve learning lie beyond the scope and the control of the academy, in the community which surrounds it. So, for the first time in our history, colleges and universities do not control either the conversation or the drive to innovate. As a consequence, also for the first time, if they stand still, they will be left behind, bobbing in the wake of rapid change.” — HEMG
The writing on the wall is coming into a bolder/stronger/clearer view: Higher ed needs to respond to society’s needs and to its own customers…otherwise, it will become irrelevant. Much of this is due to what things often come down to — money.
The cost of education is one of the most potent forces acting as a catalyst to these changes — and the tidal waves of technological change will finish the job.
…and more forcefully illustrated:
On 10/28/2011,
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by Daniel Christian
On 10/20/2011,
in budgets, business side of he, change, changing business models, cost of getting a degree, dangers of the status quo, Daniel S. Christian, disruption, future of higher education, game-changing environment, higher education, New "Amazon.com" of Higher Education, new business models, reinvent, strategy, student-related, surviving, trends,
by Daniel Christian
On 10/14/2011,
in cloud-based computing / apps / other cloud-related, CMS/LMS, higher education, innovation, online learning, online media, open courseware and systems, publishing, reinvent,
by Daniel Christian
Pearson and Google jump into learning management with a new, free system — from The Chronicle by Josh Fischman
Excerpt:
One of the world’s biggest education publishers has joined with one of the most dominant and iconic software companies on the planet to bring colleges a new—and free—learning-management system with the hopes of upending services that affect just about every instructor, student, and college in the country.
Today Pearson, the publishing and learning technology group, has teamed up with the software giant Google to launch OpenClass, a free LMS that combines standard course-management tools with advanced social networking and community-building, and an open architecture that allows instructors to import whatever material they want, from e-books to YouTube videos. The program will launch through Google Apps for Education, a very popular e-mail, calendar, and document-sharing service that has more than 1,000 higher-education customers, and it will be hosted by Pearson with the intent of freeing institutions from the burden of providing resources to run it. It enters a market that has been dominated by costly institution-anchored services like Blackboard, and open-source but labor-intensive systems like Moodle.
On 10/14/2011,
in 21st century, analytics, business, career development, cloud-based computing / apps / other cloud-related, computer science, data related items, future, reinvent, surviving, workplace,
by Daniel Christian
Why cloud computing is expanding the powers of Big Data analysis — from wired.co.uk by Dan Smith
Excerpt:
According to Werner Vogels, Amazon.com’s chief technology officer, data analysis — specifically “Big Data” analysis — is the backbone of modern business. Without it, your survival chances are limited and, with the growth of cloud computing it’s becoming easier than ever for startups and SMEs. “There’s a shift going on,” Vogels says. “Five or ten years ago, when thinking about data analysis, you would think about the biggest companies in the world. Today, there’s not a new business not thinking about data analysis.”
Also see:
- Is the cloud driving the new marketplace? –– venturebeat.com
- undertheradarblog.com
On 10/10/2011,
in accessibility / UDL, cost of getting a degree, dangers of the status quo, Daniel S. Christian, future of higher education, game-changing environment, innovation, leadership, legislatures / government / legal, New "Amazon.com" of Higher Education, new business models, online learning, reinvent, staying relevant, strategy, trends,
by Daniel Christian
Excerpt from their Value Proposition page:
The concept of a broad based, highly educated population began its journey to reality a 150 years ago, when Abraham Lincoln signed the Morrill Act in 1862. The Act called for the establishment of “at least one College in every state upon a sure and perpetual foundation, accessible to all, but especially to the sons of toil” (emphasis DSC).
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Despite the unprecedented success of America’s public university system that is the envy of the world, reduced state and federal funding, almost a trillion dollars in student loans, tuition soaring out of reach for middle class families, stunning demographic changes and declining preparedness for college-level work, today’s public higher education is at a crossroads. Our old ways of doing business are no longer sustainable and the promise of the Morrill Act is in peril (emphasis DSC).
Also see:
On 10/10/2011,
in 21st century, change, cost of getting a degree, dangers of the status quo, Daniel S. Christian, funding / grants, future of higher education, game-changing environment, global / globalization, innovation, leadership, New "Amazon.com" of Higher Education, reinvent, society, staying relevant, student-related, vision/possibilities,
by Daniel Christian
From DSC:
Following are some of the announcements from last week’s the Future of State Universities Conference (oddly enough, I couldn’t find any blogs, recordings, etc. here…)
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October 7, 2011
October 7, 2011
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10:05 AM – 87% of the respondents to the pre-conference survey believe that public universities will undergo major structural changes in the future.
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9:15 AM –Two thirds of students graduating with 4-year degrees last year, owed on average $23,186 in student loans. CNN Money
Student loan debt has eclipsed credit card debt at $1.0 trillion and counting.
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In 2010 Open Universities Australia grew 35%–the largest increase on record. The Australian
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October 6, 2011
October 6, 2011
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3:45 PM – 57% of people surveyed by Pew and the Chronicle say that the cost of college outweighs its value. Boston Magazine
Unemployment rate for people under 25 is 54% and 9 out of 10 college grads are planning to move back in with their parents. Boston Magazine
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2:45 PM – Only 11% of respondents to the pre-conference survey believe that student readiness for college is stable or increasing.
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2:00 PM – 100% of presidents and 75% of provosts and deans that responded to the pre-conference survey believe that faculty interactions with students will change significantly in the coming years.
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1:00 PM – Stanford professor Thrun offered his, “Introduction to Artificial Intelligence” course online and free. 130,000 students signed up. —They will get the same lectures as students paying $50,000, same assignments, same exams, and, if they pass, “a statement of accomplishment”, but not Stanford credit. “Literally,” Thrun says, “we can probably get the same quality of education I teach in class for 1 to 2 percent of the cost.” The New York Times
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12:25 PM – iTunes U online is running 300 million downloads a year, with 350,000 lectures offered by more than 1,000 universities worldwide. BBC News Oxford has 10 million downloads—130,000 per week. More than half the people using them are from the US and China.
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9:45 am – 50% of respondents to the pre-conference survey believe that foreign universities will increasingly become competitors with U.S. universities for U.S. students.
95% believe that foreign students will be a major source of students in the future.
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9:35 am – Did you know: global higher education enrollment increased 53% in the last decade?
Did you know: 20% of all college students in the world are studying outside of their home country.
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October 5, 2011
October 5, 2011
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5:00 pm – Pre-conference Survey:
- 90% of respondents to the pre-conference survey believe that state funding for higher education will continue to decline.
- 85% believe that federal funding for higher education will decrease in the future.
- 75% believe that public support for higher education is destined to decline as costs increase.
- 13% believe that public universities are well prepared to market their online programs effectively.
From DSC:
Besides the words “reinvent” and “innovation” — and the phrase “the perfect storm” — the following graphic comes to my mind yet again:
Besides the words “reinvent” and “innovation” — and the phrase “the perfect storm” — the following graphic comes to my mind yet again:
On 10/05/2011,
in business, career development, dangers of the status quo, future, game-changing environment, reinvent, surviving, workplace,
by Daniel Christian
Some items re: the future of work
- The future of work — from Learnstreaming.com
Here are 19 Resources to help to gain a better understanding of this change. - The future of work is learning — from elsua.net
- The future of work is to freelance within an organisation – choose your task, assemble to work, then dissolve — from libraryclips.blogsome.com