Michigan Universities Pool Funds To Buy More Cores — from CampusTechnology.com by Dian Schaffhauser
On 12/07/2010,
in computer science, higher education,
by Daniel Christian
On 12/07/2010,
in future, higher education, innovation, lifelong learning, strategy,
by Daniel Christian
Wharton, Rebooted — from InsideHigherEd.com (emphasis below from DSC)
The nation’s oldest graduate school of business is adopting sweeping changes to its M.B.A. curriculum that come with a unique acknowledgment: two years of study alone cannot prepare graduates for decades of future unpredictability.
The changes at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, which were supported by 87 percent of its faculty members in a vote last week, call for a more flexible menu of core courses, a greater emphasis on ethics, and new requirements designed to make students better communicators and judges of risk. They also promise future training — free — to graduates every seven years.
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Wharton’s solution is to offer tuition-free executive education training to future graduates of its master’s in business administration program, in what it dubs a “radically new vision of business education as a lifelong ‘knowledge partnership.’ “
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“In higher education, we generally think of degrees in the front-loaded sense: here’s everything you need to know and then we wish you the best,” he said. “This commitment they’ve made to career-long executive education is not only something that has changed the competitive landscape in business education, but also fits perfectly into our belief that management education is not something you can manage in just two years or one year.”
On 12/06/2010,
in 3D, computer science, emerging technologies, engagement / engaging students, higher education, immersion, mathematics, research, science, simulations, Virtual Reality (VR) / worlds / learning, visualizing information,
by Daniel Christian
UMC packs 3-D visuals into cutting-edge research lab — from grandforksherald.com by Ryan Johnson
$145,000 virtual immersion lab creates realistic 3-D simulations
Think virtual reality, only more realistic. Add to that cutting edge-technology and the ability to interact with and walk around 3-D holograms and you get the newest addition to the University of Minnesota-Crookston, complete with special effects impressive enough to put the 2009 blockbuster film “Avatar” to shame
— Dr. Adel Ali from grandforksherald.com
On 12/06/2010,
in collaboration, education technology, emerging technologies, higher education, K-12 related, mobile learning, mobile technologies, tools, vendors, videoconferencing, web-based collaboration, workplace,
by Daniel Christian
On 12/03/2010,
in higher education, IT in HE,
by Daniel Christian
IT Beyond the Campus — from CampusTechnology.com by Bridget McCrea
Drexel University positions itself as an outsourced IT department for smaller colleges
On 11/29/2010,
in Daniel S. Christian, education technology, future, higher education, K-12 related, learning spaces, smart classrooms, web-based collaboration, workplace,
by Daniel Christian
Surface computers linked via internet allow for new ‘mixed-presence’ collaboration — from ZDNet.com By Chris Jablonski
Researchers at Purdue and the University of Manitoba (in Canada) have developed software that enables users to use tabletop-sized touch displays to analyze complex datasets interactively over the Internet for business and homeland security applications.
The team created a software framework called Hugin that allows for more than one display to connect and share the same space over the Internet. They describe it as a “novel layer-based graphical framework for mixed-presence synchronous collaborative visualization over digital tabletop displays.”
The large displays of surface computers like the one Microsoft introduced in 2007 already allow for multi-user collaboration, but until now, they haven’t been connected for over the internet for mixed-presence interaction.
On 11/23/2010,
in change, higher education,
by Daniel Christian
On 11/18/2010,
in Canada, convergence, future of higher education, game-changing environment, higher education, learning theories, social learning / networks, trends,
by Daniel Christian
On 11/18/2010,
in higher education, mobile learning, mobile technologies, trends,
by Daniel Christian
Working group takes on challenges of WiFi growth on campus — from CampusTechnology.com by Dian Schaffhauser
A new working group dominated by IT representatives from higher education is tackling the problems and solutions of running WiFi networks that need to support a dramatic proliferation of wireless devices on campus and in business. A major goal of the Multimedia-Grade Working Group is to encourage vendors to design and deploy “multimedia-grade” devices and equipment.
“The demand being placed on WiFi networks is increasing at a blistering pace,” said David Morton, director of mobile communications at the University of Washington, one participating institution. “Handheld devices like the iPhone and iPad now account for nearly a third of all devices that are using WiFi on campus. At the same time we are seeing a mobile app explosion that has transformed how people use the network. Gone are the days when a typical user might occasionally check e-mail on a laptop. Users now do everything from streaming media to video chat to placing phone calls while mobile and expect all of that to work no matter where they are.”
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 11/02/2010,
in blended learning, colleges, community colleges, education technology, future of higher education, higher education, hybrid learning, online learning, universities,
by Daniel Christian
Tomorrow’s college — from The Chronicle by Marc Parry
The classroom of the future features face-to-face, online, and hybrid learning. And the future is here.
Jennifer Black isn’t a fan of technology. Until college, she didn’t know much about online classes. If the stereotypical online student is a career-minded adult working full time, she’s the opposite—a dorm-dwelling, ballet-dancing, sorority-joining 20-year-old who throws herself into campus life here at the University of Central Florida.
Yet in the past year, the junior hospitality major has taken classes online, face to face, and in a blended format featuring elements of both. This isn’t unusual: More than half of the university’s 56,000 students will take an online or blended class this year, and nearly 2,700 are taking all three modes at once.
As online education goes mainstream, it’s no longer just about access for distant learners who never set foot in the student union. Web courses are rewiring what it means to be a “traditional” student at places like Central Florida, one of the country’s largest public universities. And UCF’s story raises a question for other colleges: Will this mash-up of online and offline learning become the new normal elsewhere, too?
On 11/02/2010,
in global / globalization, higher education, library / librarians, Michigan, open courseware and systems, research,
by Daniel Christian
— Found originally at blog.oer.sbctc.edu
On 10/29/2010,
in change, disruption, future of higher education, higher education, innovation, leadership, reinvent, strategy, vision/possibilities,
by Daniel Christian
5 things Netflix streaming can teach higher ed — by Joshua Kim
1. Replace Yourself:
Where can we replace ourselves in higher ed, before someone else does it for us?
2. Service Tomorrow:
Do we have a good idea how education will be constructed, delivered and consumed in the future?
3. Experience, Not Technology:
How can we in higher ed focus on the experience of learning, as opposed to the delivery mechanism?
4. Be Fearless:
How can we be more fearless in higher ed, and be willing to take risks for our students?
5. Design For Your Customer:
Are we in higher ed offering enough choices for how our students’ want to consume and participate in learning?