Also see:
- How a Changing Labor Market Affects Education — from Education Stormfront
On 08/07/2011,
in 21st century, Artificial Intelligence / Machine Learning / Deep Learning / Algorithms, business, career development, corporate / business world, corporate universities / corporate training, creativity, curriculum, design, future, higher education, multimedia, new media literacies, professional development, society, technology (general), training / L&D, web-based collaboration, workplace,
by Daniel Christian
On 08/07/2011,
in colleges, community colleges, higher education, mobile learning, mobile technologies, universities,
by Daniel Christian
Your new campus guide: A small patterned square that talks to your smartphone — from The Chronicle by Jie Jenny Zou
On 08/07/2011,
in expectations, higher education, student-related, technology (general),
by Daniel Christian
College students and technology — a July 2011 report from Pew Internet by Aaron Smith, Lee Rainie, Kathryn Zickuhr
On 08/06/2011,
in change, educational games / serious games, engagement / engaging students, higher education, innovation, learning spaces, library / librarians,
by Daniel Christian
10 gaming trends that are transforming higher ed — onlinecolleges.net
Excerpt:
Video games don’t always enjoy the greatest of reputations, though their ubiquity and decade-spanning permanence keeps garnering them more and more mainstream acceptance as years tick past — to the point where many academics and institutes of higher education open their arms to their learning potential. While these digital technologies only trickle slowly into college and university classrooms, it seems as if they won’t be exiting anytime soon. Whether trendy, soon-to-be-trendy or a possible future trend, some of the amazing ways education professionals use video games definitely deserve consideration.
On 08/06/2011,
in 21st century, learning spaces, Michigan, science, smart classrooms, web-based collaboration,
by Daniel Christian
Custer helped Calvin College outfit a new science lab;
above picture features one of the possible implementations of Steelcase’s Media:Scape product
On 08/06/2011,
in higher education, IT in HE, library / librarians, universities,
by Daniel Christian
4 university libraries move down the virtualization path — from ConvergeMag.com by Tanya Roscorla
On 08/06/2011,
in accreditation, assessment, budgets, business side of he, colleges, community colleges, higher education, legislatures / government / legal, society, United States, universities,
by Daniel Christian
Debt to degree: A new way of measuring college success — from educationsector.org by Kevin Carey and Erin Dillon
Excerpt:
The American higher education system is plagued by two chronic problems: dropouts and debt. Barely half of the students who start college get a degree within six years, and graduation rates at less-selective colleges often hover at 25 percent or less. At the same time, student loan debt is at an all-time high, recently passing credit card debt in total volume.1 Loan default rates have risen sharply in recent years, consigning a growing number of students to years of financial misery. In combination, drop-outs and debt are a major threat to the nation’s ability to help students become productive, well-educated citizens.
On 08/06/2011,
in 21st century, Daniel S. Christian, disruption, future of higher education, game-changing environment, higher education, internet, IT in HE, leadership, strategy,
by Daniel Christian
Reengineering IT in higher education — from campustechnology.com by John Waters
Excerpt:
Higher ed IT is going the way of the TV repairman, eventually becoming anachronistic maintainers of commodity systems–if university and college technology managers and chief information officers don’t reclaim their rightful place as innovators. So proclaimed William G. “Gerry” McCartney, CIO at Purdue University, who spoke to attendees at the annual Campus Technology 2011 conference last week in Boston. McCarthy said he wants to see nothing less than a new kind of higher ed hybrid, one that transforms colleges and universities into “producers as well as consumers.”
From DSC:
I have had the perspective for decades now that those organizations who utilize technologies the best will be the winners (sorry for the competitive way of framing this topic, but it’s true).
“Keeping the systems running” in the world of IT is important — but the strategic use of IT has arguably become more important as the Internet, changing landscapes, and budgetary pressures continue to disrupt higher education.
In the 21st century, if you want a successful organization, you must have at least one visionary technologist — who understands your business — on your organization’s decision-making board; if not, good luck to such an organization in the future. If your organization minimizes and underestimates the power of technology to disrupt your business, things may not turn out too good for your organization in the future.
Also see:
- Technology not a priority for most college administrators, report finds — from ConvergeMag.com by Tanya Roscorla
On 07/29/2011,
in budgets, business side of he, higher education, legislatures / government / legal,
by Daniel Christian
Fixing Debt — from InsideHigherEd.com by Kevin Kiley
Excerpt:
Colleges and universities don’t like uncertainty, and right now they’re facing a lot of it. No one knows how long it will take the economy to recover to pre-recession levels. The government’s sovereign credit rating, once ironclad, is under review for potential downgrade. And people aren’t even sure if, in less than a week’s time, the government will be able to pay its bills. Nobody knows what the national fiscal picture means for higher education. The current drama in Washington over the debt ceiling has only exacerbated several years’ worth of economic uncertainty that led colleges and universities to convert variable-rate debt — a potentially volatile form of borrowing in which the interest rate can change weekly depending on the market — to fixed-rate debt. They purchased the variable-rate debt in droves because of historically low interest rates; shifting to fixed-rate debt will come at a price. But doing so provides somewhat more stability, no matter what happens in Washington — even if the worst unfolds and the government defaults, one of several factors that could send variable rates soaring.
On 07/26/2011,
in 21st century, 24x7x365 access, 3D, A/V -- audio/visual, convergence, corporate universities / corporate training, Daniel S. Christian, digital audio, digital learning, digital storytelling, digital textbooks, digital video, disruption, e-books, e-publishing related items (EPUB and more), e-readers, emerging technologies, engagement / engaging students, flipping -- inverted learning, future, future of higher education, global / globalization, higher education, homeschooling/homeschoolers, human-computer interaction (HCI), innovation, intelligent systems, intelligent tutoring, internet, K-12 related, learning ecosystem, learning spaces, media/film, mirroring and/or multiple devices, multi-touch, multimedia, music, new media literacies, online learning, online media, online tutoring, personalized/customized learning, play, social learning / networks, social media, storytelling, streams of content, technologies for your home, technology (general), telecommunications, telepresence, television, training / L&D, transmedia, trends, user experience (UX), videoconferencing, virtual field trips, virtual K-12 schools, Virtual Reality (VR) / worlds / learning, virtual tutoring, web-based collaboration,
by Daniel Christian
Intel predicts Smart TV is the device of the future — from nyxiotechnologies.com’s blog
Chipmaker Intel believes that the Smart TV is the electronic device of the future, in the living room anyway.
Excerpt:
The Smart TV is already upon us, in its various forms from various manufacturers. It has arrived with 3D capabilities, web browsing and social networking and applications. Currently Samsung and LG seem to be two of the big players pushing the Smart TV to consumers.
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On 07/25/2011,
in biology, chemistry, computer science, creativity, data related items, digital learning, e-publishing related items (EPUB and more), education technology, emerging technologies, engineering, faculty, geography / geology, graphics, higher education, innovation, interactivity, mathematics, physics, research, science, tools, user experience (UX), vendors, visualizing information,
by Daniel Christian
On 07/20/2011,
in digital textbooks, e-books, e-publishing related items (EPUB and more), e-readers, higher education, innovation, K-12 related, learning, learning theories, memory, metacognition / metacognitive skills, publishing, strategy, student teaching/teacher education, teachers, teaching & learning,
by Daniel Christian
Teaching secrets: Teaching students how to learn — from Edweek.org by Cossondra George
Excerpt:
Awareness of common pitfalls and effective strategies can support your efforts to help students “learn to learn” throughout the school year…
From DSC:
I sure wish instructional designers, subject matter experts, professors and teachers could annotate their “books” to give concrete, practical ideas and strategies that would help students to better study, understand, and remember the relevant materials. My early take on this might be achieved via a multi-layered, digital textbook approach that would hopefully address metacognition and help students learn how to learn:
On 07/20/2011,
in CMS/LMS, corporate / business world, higher education, K-12 related, tools,
by Daniel Christian
