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Why is American Higher Education so averse to change? [Selingo]

On 11/01/2012, in 21st century, career development, change, dangers of the status quo, disruption, future of higher education, game-changing environment, leadership, reinvent, staying relevant, strategy, student-related, United States, by Daniel Christian

Why is American Higher Education so averse to change? — from Jeff Selingo

Excerpt:

In my 15 years of reporting on higher education—and especially in the last year as I have reported for my forthcoming book on the future of higher education—colleges and universities have come to remind me of other American content industries that have been disrupted in the last decade: newspapers and magazines, music, and book publishing. In many ways, colleges and universities are following the same playbook:

 

From DSC:
I hope that higher education learns from what the Internet did to other industries.  I hope we can reinvent ourselves, stay relevant, and ride the wave to create WIN-WIN situations…and not get crushed by it.

 

 

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Forecast 3.0, Recombinant Education: Regenerating the Learning Ecosystem [KnowledgeWorks]

On 10/31/2012, in disruption, education, education technology, future, future of higher education, game-changing environment, learning ecosystem, trends, by Daniel Christian

 

Excerpt:

Forecast 3.0, Recombinant Education: Regenerating the Learning Ecosystem, highlights five disruptions that will reshape learning over the next decade.  New education innovations, organizations, resources, and relationships will proliferate, giving us all the opportunity to put the pieces – some long-established and some new – together in new sequences to create a diverse and evolving learning ecosystem.  Education recombination promises to bolster the learning ecosystem’s resilience by helping it withstand threats and make use of possibilities.

 

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From DSC:
I originally saw this at GettingSmart.com — my thanks to the Getting Smart Staff for carrying a blog posting on this one — they nicely summarize the 5 disruptive forces therein:

  • Democratized Startups: Transformational investment strategies and open access to startup knowledge, expertise, and networks will seed an explosion of disruptive social innovations.
  • High-Fidelity Living: As big data floods human sensemaking capacities, cognitive assistants and contextual feedback systems will help people target precisely their interactions with the world.
  • De-Institutionalized Production: Activity of all sorts will be increasingly independent of institutions as contributions become more ad-hoc, dynamic, and networked.
  • Customizable Value Webs: Innovative, open business models will leverage complex networks of assets and relationships to create ultra-customer-centric experiences across industries.
  • Sharable Cities: Next gen cities will drive social innovation, with urban infrastructure shaped by patterns of human connection and contribution.


 

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Reflections on some items dealing with the future of higher education

On 10/23/2012, in 21st century, 24x7x365 access, changing business models, Daniel S. Christian, disruption, future of higher education, game-changing environment, higher education, innovation, New "Amazon.com" of Higher Education, online learning, by Daniel Christian

The future of higher education: White paper  — from IBM and the American Council on Education (ACE; specifically, the ACE Fellows Program)

Excerpts (emphasis DSC):

The role of higher education is to give students the skills and knowledge they need to succeed in a globally competitive world. Education isn’t just about teaching students to take tests well, but rather to create lifelong learners who can contribute to a thriving society and competitive economy.

From DSC:
We will have a very hard time creating lifelong learners if a large swath of people dislike learning in the first place.  When 20-30%+ of our youth are not even graduating from high school, I can’t help but recall a saying from one of my first coaches:

Always change a losing game. Never change a winning game.

I think that our biggest gift to students is not what they were able to get on an ACT or SAT test — though I realize how important that can be in getting into College ABC or University of XYZ (and thus hopefully helping them get started on a solid footing/career).  Rather, on a grander scale, our biggest gift to our students is that they would enjoy learning; that we could help students identify their God-given passion(s), talents, gifts, abilities — and then go develop them and use them to serve others. Everyone will benefit if they do so; and the students will know joy and purpose in their lives. These are the types of WIN-WIN situations that square up with the thinking of many economists —  “Do what you do best and everyone benefits.”

 

College is dead. Long live college! — from nation.time.com by Amanda Ripley

Excerpt:

From DSC:
Whether MOOCs make it or not, the key contribution (at least as of fall 2012) about them for me is that they are helping usher in much more innovative ways of thinking and are helping us to experiment more within higher education.
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Mindblowing implications!!! “IBM’s Watson expands commercial applications, aims to go mobile”

On 10/18/2012, in 21st century, 24x7x365 access, analytics, Artificial Intelligence / Machine Learning / Deep Learning / Algorithms, convergence, cost of getting a degree, dangers of the status quo, Daniel S. Christian, data related items, digital learning, disruption, education technology, elearning, emerging technologies, future, future of higher education, game-changing environment, higher education, homeschooling/homeschoolers, innovation, intelligent systems, intelligent tutoring, internet, K-12 related, learning agents, learning ecosystem, Learning from the Living [Class] Room, learning preferences, lifelong learning, mobile learning, MOOCs -- Massive Open Online Courses, more voice more choice more control, multimedia, New "Amazon.com" of Higher Education, online learning, online tutoring, personalized/customized learning, smart/connected TV, trends, ubiquitous learning, by Daniel Christian

IBM’s Watson expands commercial applications, aims to go mobile  — from singularityhub.com by Jason Dorrier

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From DSC:
This relates to what I was trying to get at with the posting on mobile learning.  I would add the word “Education” to the list of industries that the technologies encapsulated in Watson will impact in the future. Combine this with the convergence that’s enabling/building the Learning from the Living [Class] Room environment, and you have one heck of an individualized, data-driven, learning ecosystem that’s available 24 x 7 x 365 — throughout your lifetime!!!

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IBM Watson-Introduction and Future Applications

 

 

Also relevant here are some visions/graphics I created from 2012 and from 2008:

 

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The Living [Class] Room -- by Daniel Christian -- July 2012 -- a second device used in conjunction with a Smart/Connected TV

 

 

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Why couldn't these channels represent online-based courses/MOOCs? Daniel Christian - 10-17-12

 

 

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Software is eating marketing [Bussgang]

On 10/16/2012, in career development, computer science, corporate / business world, disruption, marketing/social marketing, programming, by Daniel Christian
Software is eating marketing — from Inc.com by Jeff Bussgang
One VC argues that software is disrupting several industries in the 21st century, including marketing.
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Excerpt:

Within the $1 trillion marketing industry, the impact of software eating marketing has now reached the board room.  With the explosion of digital marketing, it is clear that technology is radically transforming the marketing function and the role of the marketing professional.

 

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The coming revolution in health care [Bluestein]

On 10/02/2012, in 21st century, change, disruption, emerging technologies, future, health, innovation, nursing, technology (general), web-based collaboration, by Daniel Christian

The coming revolution in health care — from inc.com by Adam Bluestein
To understand how the American health-care system is about to change, forget Washington. Look to the innovative companies hard at work on the future.

Excerpts/BIG IDEAS:

  • Medicine is a marketplace
    With new software, the doctor will see you now, not in three weeks.
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  • The consumer is king
    How to get good data into the hands of patients.
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  • The digital health record is here
    A cure for chronic paperwork.
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  • Health care is social
    Is the crowd smarter than your doctor? Just possibly.
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  • The house call makes a comeback
    A computer screen becomes an exam room.
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  • The algorithm is in
    Why smart software means better diagnoses.
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  • Your doctor is watching you
    How a simple text message can make you healthier.

 

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25 trends disrupting education right now [Heick]

On 09/20/2012, in disruption, education, trends, by Daniel Christian

25 trends disrupting education right now — from teachthought.com by Terry Heick

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The Siege of Academe [Carey]

On 08/30/2012, in corporate / business world, cost of getting a degree, dangers of the status quo, Daniel S. Christian, disruption, education technology, entrepreneurship, future of higher education, game-changing environment, higher education, innovation, New "Amazon.com" of Higher Education, new business models, reinvent, staying relevant, student-related, vendors, by Daniel Christian

The Washington Monthly - The Magazine - The Siege of Academe [Kevin Carey]

Excerpt:

The ongoing carnage in the newspaper industry provides an object lesson of what can happen when a long-established, information-focused industry’s business model is challenged by low-price competitors online. The disruptive power of information technology may be our best hope for curing the chronic college cost disease that is driving a growing number of students into ruinous debt or out of higher education altogether. It may also be an existential threat to institutions that have long played a crucial role in American life.

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From DSC:
If higher ed doesn’t respond more forcefully/significantly to the perfect storm it finds itself in, people will find other ways of getting employed and staying employed. The conversation continues to move away from institutions of traditional higher education (here’s but one example). Control is an illusion.

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Explore the disruptions occurring today in education with AdvancED CEO Mark Elgart [VIDEO]

On 08/16/2012, in 21st century, 24x7x365 access, digital learning, disruption, education, education technology, future of higher education, game-changing environment, higher education, K-12 related, more voice more choice more control, by Daniel Christian

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(Click on above image to see the video)

Also see:
http://www.advanc-ed.org/

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Key quotes/lessons from “How Barnes & Noble destroyed itself” [Maxfield]

On 08/16/2012, in 21st century, business side of he, change, changing business models, corporate / business world, dangers of the status quo, Daniel S. Christian, disruption, hearts -- matters of the heart, publishing, technology (general), by Daniel Christian

Key quote/lesson from “How Barnes & Noble destroyed itself” — from fool.com by John Maxfield

An unnecessary tragedy
What makes B&N’s story tragic from a shareholder’s and book-lover’s perspective is that it wasn’t inevitable. The company would be in an entirely different position if its leadership hadn’t pooh-poohed online retail in the late 1990s, when the now-dominant Amazon was in its infancy. Consider this from its 1998 annual report: “Although it is clear the World Wide Web, with its profound possibilities, will become a major component of the future of bookselling and publishing, we believe retail bookstores will remain the foundation of our industry . . . shopping and browsing in a bookstore is an irreplaceable experience, and it is woven securely into the fabric of our American culture [emphasis added].”

From DSC:
I love going to B&N; sipping some coffee and reading a book. So don’t get me wrong, I really enjoy the physical experience of going to a bookstore. But the lesson for higher ed — as well as for the corporate world — is that technology cannot be pooh-poohed and shoved aside.  Those who do so will be very sorry that they chose that route. There can be danger in pursuing the status quo.

How about your organization…is there solid representation of technology on your board/executive suite/leadership team?

My last thought here relates to my posting  What happens in our hearts has very practical, relevant implications in our daily lives

In 2009, the company paid its chairman of the board, Len Riggio, nearly $600 million for B&N College, an amalgamation of campus-based bookstores that controlled the rights to the parent company’s trade name and was then owned by Riggio and his wife.

At the time, it looked like a classic covetous overreach by an executive to extract capital without selling shares. When all that’s left of B&N is a Harvard case study, however, my guess is that this blatant display of avarice and disregard for minority shareholders will be characterized more ominously as the proverbial straw that broke the camel’s back.

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Investing in your own disruption [Winkler]

On 07/12/2012, in business, change, changing business models, disruption, publishing, by Daniel Christian

Investing in your own disruption — from edcetera.rafter.com by Kirsten Winkler

Excerpt:

What do you do when you realize that the business you have been building over the past decades, if not centuries, is toast? Well, you can entrench yourself and fight the last battle, trying to squeeze as much as possible out of what is left, or simply call it a wrap and move on.

Publisher Macmillan seems to have chosen the latter. PandoDaily published an interesting post about Macmillan New Ventures, a $100 million (or more) fund led by former Questia Media CEO Troy Williams. The task: invest in education technology startups that will eventually disrupt the publishing industry.

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Ringadoc.com — I wonder how far this will go and if there’s a Ringalawyer.com far behind it…?

On 07/12/2012, in disruption, entrepreneurship, health, nursing, web-based collaboration, by Daniel Christian

http://www.ringadoc.com

 

From DSC:
With webcams and web-based collaboration tools becoming more sophisticated all the time, I wonder how this relatively new concept/service will do…? Perhaps well, if the price and quality are right.  If it does succeed, I expect Ringalawyer.com won’t be far behind it.

 

 

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A great video that foreshadows the sorts of functionalities “TV’s” and second screen-based experiences will bring to us in the future

On 06/28/2012, in 21st century, A/V -- audio/visual, analytics, convergence, dangers of the status quo, Daniel S. Christian, disruption, education technology, educational games / serious games, game-changing environment, human-computer interaction (HCI), interactivity, internet, online learning, personalized/customized learning, second screen apps, transmedia, trends, by Daniel Christian

 

 

Videos from Qualcomm Uplinq 2012 show the future of Smart TV
— from hexus.net by Mark Tyson

Excerpt:
Here are the feature highlights of these “redefined” Smart TVs:

  • Console quality gaming
  • Concurrency of apps
  • Miracast wireless technology allowing smartphone and tablet screens to partake in multi-screen interactivity
  • Personalisation and facial recognition
  • Gestures
  • HD picture quality
  • HD video calling

 

From DSC:
…and add to that list the power of customized learning and analytics!

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Penn launches its first free online classes via Coursera [University of Pennsylvania]

On 06/28/2012, in disruption, game-changing environment, new business models, nursing, online learning, trends, by Daniel Christian

Penn launches its first free online classes via Coursera — from the University of Pennsylvania

Excerpt (emphasis DSC):

PHILADELPHIA — This week, the University of Pennsylvania launched three free courses via Coursera, an online educational platform designed to make Web-based classes available more widely.

With the capacity to reach millions of people simultaneously, Coursera has a design inspired by educational research on effective learning practices and creates an interactive learning experience for the course offerings.

So far, more than 50,000 people from around the world have enrolled in these three online courses, all stemming from Penn’s Perelman School of Medicine:

  1. Fundamentals of Pharmacology with Emma Meagher, an attending physician in preventive cardiology at Penn Medicine and the director of Penn’s four-year pharmacology curriculum.
  2. Vaccines with Paul Offit, a professor of pediatrics in the Perelman School and the director of the Vaccine Education Center at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, who has made it his life’s work to educate both the medical profession and the public on the value of vaccinations.
  3. Health Policy and the Affordable Care Act with Ezekiel Emanuel, the vice provost for global initiatives at Penn and the chair of the Department of Medical Ethics and Health Policy.  He is also a Penn Integrates Knowledge professor in the Perelman School and the Wharton School.
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Online education startups: A field guide [Heussner]

On 06/25/2012, in disruption, higher education, innovation, new business models, online learning, by Daniel Christian

Online education startups: A field guide — from gigaom.com by Ki Mae Heussner

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