Quote from W. Edwards Deming:
“It is not necessary to change. Survival is not mandatory.”
— I saw this quote over at Edupunks, Distance Learning, and Biology
On 11/08/2010,
in changing business models, cost of getting a degree, digital textbooks, disruption, new business models, open courseware and systems, publishing, textbooks,
by Daniel Christian
On 11/06/2010,
in change, changing business models, disruption, future of higher education, game-changing environment, reinvent, staying relevant, technologies for your home, trends,
by Daniel Christian
From DSC:
All of us must constantly reinvent ourselves — if current trends continue, this will become truer with each day that passes for the rest of our lifetimes.
The article below points out yet another example of how the entrenched incumbents who don’t reinvent themselves ultimately lose customers, and therefor relevancy. It is very difficult to make a right turn from our traditional “bread and butter” business models and methods of doing business. But if an organization is to stay atop its field, it must reinvent itself. This is not a message for just the corporate world — it is a message for those of us within higher education.
Cable TV Bleeds Subscribers, Internet TV Cleans Them Up — from FastCompany.com by Austin Carr
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On 11/03/2010,
in career development, change, disruption, future, higher education, student-related, trends, workplace,
by Daniel Christian
How to pick the right education and career path for the future 30 years — from ILookForwardTo blog
1. Identify broad future trends.
2. Identify jobs that will be automated.
3. Identify jobs that will be outsourced.
4. If in doubt, pick a versatile degree.
5. Pick the right specialization
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From DSC:
I don’t know much about this blog; however, what resonated with me from the above posting was this quote:
This world is different from the one your parents grew up in, and the world in 30 years will be unimaginably different from that of today.
On 11/01/2010,
in change, dangers of the status quo, disruption, future, journalism, trends,
by Daniel Christian
Launch of Newspaper Extinction Timeline for every country in the world — from Exploration Network by Ross Dawson
Newspaper extinction timeline:
When newspapers in their current form will become insignificant
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On 10/29/2010,
in change, digital textbooks, disruption, e-books, e-readers, education technology, future, mobile learning, mobile technologies, new business models, open courseware and systems, publishing,
by Daniel Christian
On 10/26/2010,
in Apple, digital audio, digital learning, digital photography, digital storytelling, digital textbooks, digital video, disruption, e-books, e-readers, education technology, educational games / serious games, elearning, emerging technologies, engagement / engaging students, higher education, K-12 related, mobile learning, mobile technologies, multimedia, online learning, online media, tablets, tools, vendors,
by Daniel Christian
On 10/22/2010,
in 21st century, 24x7x365 access, digital audio, digital learning, digital photography, digital storytelling, digital textbooks, digital video, disruption, e-books, e-readers, education technology, educational games / serious games, elearning, emerging technologies, engagement / engaging students, game-changing environment, higher education, interactivity, K-12 related, learning ecosystem, love of learning, media/film, mobile learning, mobile technologies, more voice more choice more control, multi-touch, multimedia, music, new business models, online learning, online media, personalized/customized learning, platforms, podcasting, presentations, publishing, social learning / networks, story, storytelling, student-related, tablets, technologies for your home, telepresence, textbooks, tools, user experience (UX), vendors, videoconferencing, virtual field trips, vision/possibilities, web-based collaboration,
by Daniel Christian
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From DSC:
This tablet is larger, which I love! It also offers:
- Interactivity
- Multimedia
- Ability to annotate/save annotations
- Collaboration and more
Nice!
On 10/19/2010,
in convergence, corporate / business world, digital audio, digital learning, digital video, disruption, telecommunications, tools, vendors, videoconferencing, web-based collaboration, workplace,
by Daniel Christian
Damaka extends enterprise video conferencing to major smartphones and tablet endpoints — from finance.yahoo.com
Mobile UCC solution offers industry-first interoperability with enterprise video conferencing endpoints, including Tandberg and Polycom
RICHARDSON, Texas, Oct. 18 /PRNewswire/ — Damaka®, a technology pioneer in Mobile Unified Communications and Collaboration (UCC), today unveiled Enterprise Mobile Video™, delivering enterprise video conferencing to smartphones and tablets.
On 10/13/2010,
in digital learning, digital storytelling, disruption, education, education technology, K-12 related,
by Daniel Christian
On 10/12/2010,
in 24x7x365 access, adult learning, business side of he, changing business models, competency-based learning/education, consortiums, dangers of the status quo, Daniel S. Christian, disruption, education reform, education technology, emerging technologies, future of higher education, game-changing environment, higher education, innovation, leadership, lifelong learning, New "Amazon.com" of Higher Education, new business models, online learning, staying relevant, strategy, traditional / tradition, trends, United States, using teams,
by Daniel Christian
The world changed, colleges missed it — from edreformer.com by Tom Vander Ark
A bunch of colleges are going out of business, only they don’t know it. They pretend that trimming costs and jacking tuition is a solution. They haven’t come to terms with a world where anyone can learn anything almost anywhere for free or cheap. Art Levine, Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation, sees three major change forces: new competition, a convergence of knowledge producers, and changing demographics.
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To Art’s list of three big change forces, add shrinking government support, the press for more accountability, and emerging technology…the next few decades will be marked by a lumpy move to competency-based learning…instant information and the ability to learn anything anywhere.
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The shift to personal digital learning is on. Some colleges get that. Others will seek bailouts until they go out of business. Working adults are getting smart on their own terms.
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From DSC:
Time will tell if Tom’s assertions are too harsh here, but personally, I think he’s right.
I have it that:
- There is a bubble in higher ed
- There also exists a perfect storm that’s been forming for years within higher ed and the waves are cresting
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- Institutions of higher education need to check themselves before they become the next Blockbuster
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- We must not discount the disruptive powers of technology nor the trends taking place today (for a list of some of these trends, see the work of Gary Marx, as well as Yankelovish’s (2005) Ferment and Change: Higher Education in 2015)
- Innovation is not an option for those who want to survive and thrive in the future.
Specifically, I have it that we should be experimenting with:
- Significantly lowering the price of getting an education (by 50%+)
- Providing greater access (worldwide)
- Offering content in as many different ways as we can afford to produce
- Seeking to provide interactive, multimedia-based content that is created by teams of specialists — for anytime, anywhere, on any-device type of learning (24x7x365) — at any pace!
- “Breaking down the walls” of the physical classroom
- Pooling resources and creating consortiums
- Reflecting on what it will mean if online-based exchanges are setup to help folks develop competencies
- Working to change our cultures to be more willing to innovate and change
- Thinking about how to become more nimble as organizations
- Turning more control over to individual learner and having them create the content
- Creating and implementing more cross-disciplinary assignments
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On 10/07/2010,
in change, changing business models, dangers of the status quo, disruption, education technology, emerging technologies, future of higher education, game-changing environment, higher education, innovation, internet, leadership, new business models, strategy,
by Daniel Christian
Reinventing management for a networked world — one of topics/presentations at Educause 2010
From DSC:
The following summary of this presentation is a powerful message that I’m looking forward to hearing (emphasis mine):
Over the past decade, the Internet has had a profound impact on just about every organization around the world. It has enabled dramatic efficiency gains in core processes and has radically changed service delivery in industries as diverse as education, financial services, publishing, and entertainment.
However, the greatest impact of the Internet is likely to come over the next decade as it starts to reshape the traditional management processes and structures that are used to run large-scale institutions. The management practices found in most organizations today trace their roots back to the Industrial Age or to medieval religious orders. While this model was well suited to a world requiring conformance and discipline, it is woefully inadequate and even toxic in today’s world of accelerating change.
To thrive in the years ahead, every organization must become as nimble as change itself—a challenge that will require a fundamental rewiring of our tradition-bound management principles and practices.
Unlike most organizations, the web is a cauldron of innovation; it is extraordinarily malleable and highly adaptable. In these respects, it already exhibits exactly those qualities that will be most critical to organizational success in the years to come.
That’s why the management model of every organization will need to be rebuilt on the fundamental values of the web: freedom, openness, transparency, collaboration, flexibility, and meritocracy. In this provocative and practical presentation, Gary Hamel will lay out a blueprint for “Management 2.0” and outline the steps you can take to help your organization to become as adaptable as the times demand.
On 10/06/2010,
in change, dangers of the status quo, disruption, education technology, emerging technologies, engagement / engaging students, generational differences, new media literacies, tools, vendors,
by Daniel Christian
Mind Map of the Digital Age — from fastcompany.com by Richard Watson
A new map showing how the digital era is changing our minds and in particular about how new digital objects and environments are re-wiring our brains. Best viewed by people aged 35+ with full-time jobs and teenage kids.
On 10/01/2010,
in disruption, future of higher education, game-changing environment, new business models, open courseware and systems,
by Daniel Christian
Time Warner: Apple TV would ‘jeopardize’ shows — from news.cnet.com
From DSC:
Yes, yes, yes…all the incumbents out there who refuse to reinvent themselves will buck against tech-enabled, innovative companies that introduce new ways of doing things that disrupt their current business model. It’s possible Time Warner will make less, but they could make more depending upon how they play things.
I have it that the same is true for institutions of higher education. There already is — and will continue to be — disruption caused by technological changes and new business models. We can either reinvent ourselves or get our butts kicked.
Relevant examples:
The Khan Academy brings Disrupting Class to life — from Disrupting Class by Michael Horn
If you haven’t yet seen it, there is a fascinating video of Sal Khan speaking at the Gel 2010 conference. For those who haven’t been following, Khan is the creator of the Khan Academy—a non-profit that has over 1,800 videos for free on the Web that teach topics in Math, Science, the Humanities, and so forth—and have attracted such an impressive following that they have more viewers than even MIT’s open courses on YouTube. The Khan Academy reaches people all over the world with these videos, and recently Google awarded it $2 million to create more videos and translate them into additional languages.
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University of Florida Considers a Flat Tuition Plan — from StraighterLine.com’s blog
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On 09/27/2010,
in dangers of the status quo, disruption,
by Daniel Christian
Blockbuster Bankruptcy: A Decade of Decline — from FastCompany.com by Austin Carr
