{"id":95091,"date":"2025-04-14T17:39:13","date_gmt":"2025-04-14T21:39:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/?p=95091"},"modified":"2025-04-17T09:14:53","modified_gmt":"2025-04-17T13:14:53","slug":"reflections-on-2025-educause-students-and-technology-report-christian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/2025\/04\/14\/reflections-on-2025-educause-students-and-technology-report-christian\/","title":{"rendered":"Reflections on &#8220;2025 EDUCAUSE Students and Technology Report&#8221; [Christian]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/library.educause.edu\/resources\/2025\/4\/2025-educause-students-and-technology-report\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/library.educause.edu\/-\/media\/images\/library\/2025\/4\/2025-students-and-technology-hero-for-web-hub-v7.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"100%\" height=\"100%\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/library.educause.edu\/resources\/2025\/4\/2025-educause-students-and-technology-report\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>2025 EDUCAUSE Students and Technology Report: Shaping the Future of Higher Education Through Technology, Flexibility, and Well-Being<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0&#8212; from library.educause.edu<\/p>\n<p>The student experience in higher education is continually evolving, influenced by technological advancements, shifting student needs and expectations, evolving workforce demands, and broadening sociocultural forces. In this year\u2019s report, we examine six critical aspects of student experiences in higher education, providing insights into how institutions can adapt to meet student needs and enhance their learning experience and preparation for the workforce:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Satisfaction with Technology-Related Services and Supports<\/li>\n<li>Modality Preferences<\/li>\n<li>Hybrid Learning Experiences<\/li>\n<li>Generative AI in the Classroom<\/li>\n<li>Workforce Preparation<\/li>\n<li>Accessibility and Mental Health<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>DSC: Shame on higher ed for not preparing students for the workplace (<em>see below<\/em>). You&#8217;re doing your students wrong&#8230;again. Not only do you continue to heap a load of debt on their backs, but you&#8217;re also continuing to not get them ready for the workplace. So don&#8217;t be surprised if eventually you&#8217;re replaced by a variety of alternatives that students will flock towards.<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.educause.edu\/content\/2025\/students-and-technology-report\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-95094 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/NotUsingAI-Spring2025-EducauseRpt.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"100%\" height=\"100%\" srcset=\"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/NotUsingAI-Spring2025-EducauseRpt.png 981w, http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/NotUsingAI-Spring2025-EducauseRpt-150x95.png 150w, http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/NotUsingAI-Spring2025-EducauseRpt-768x485.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 981px) 100vw, 981px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>DSC: And students don&#8217;t have a clue as to what awaits them in the workplace &#8212; they see AI-powered tools and technologies at an incredibly low score of only 3%. Yeh, right. You&#8217;ll find out. Here&#8217;s but one example from one discipline\/field of work &#8211;&gt; <\/strong><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lawnext.com\/2025\/04\/thomson-reuters-survey-over-95-of-legal-professionals-expect-gen-ai-to-become-central-to-workflow-within-five-years.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Thomson Reuters Survey: Over 95% of Legal Professionals Expect Gen AI to Become Central to Workflow Within Five Years<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"longform-rte\">\n<div class=\"longform-image__caption\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Figure 15. Competency Areas Expected to Be Important for Career<\/strong><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"longform-image\">\n<div class=\"longform-image__image-wrapper\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.educause.edu\/-\/media\/images\/content\/2025\/student-study\/figure15_v4.png\" width=\"100%\" height=\"100%\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>. 2025 EDUCAUSE Students and Technology Report: Shaping the Future of Higher Education Through Technology, Flexibility, and Well-Being\u00a0&#8212; from library.educause.edu The student experience in higher education is continually evolving, influenced by technological advancements, shifting student needs and expectations, evolving workforce demands, and broadening sociocultural forces. In this year\u2019s report, we examine six critical aspects of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[53,322,842,356,851,97,174,28,115,433,302,57,159,72,286,32,210,71,36,35,3,391,99,119,482,64,7,838,228,382,62,66,50,40,460,321,214,299],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-95091","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-accessibility-udl","category-adjunct-faculty","category-alternatives","category-artificial-intelligence-agents-llms-and-related","category-bias-diversity-equity-inclusion-dei","category-blended-learning","category-career-development","category-cmslms","category-colleges","category-communications","category-community-colleges","category-cost-of-getting-a-degree","category-dangers-of-the-status-quo","category-daniel-s-christian","category-digital-learning","category-education-technology","category-emerging-technologies","category-faculty-staff","category-future-of-higher-education","category-game-changing-environment","category-higher-education","category-human-computer-interaction-hci","category-hybrid-learning","category-instructional-design","category-intelligent-systems","category-it-in-he","category-learning-ecosystem","category-learning-experience-design","category-learning-preferences","category-neurodivergent-special-needs","category-online-learning","category-student-related","category-teaching-learning","category-technologies-for-your-home","category-technology-general","category-united-states","category-universities","category-workplace"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95091","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=95091"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95091\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":95134,"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95091\/revisions\/95134"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=95091"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=95091"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=95091"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}