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Top-Ten IT Issues, 2013: Welcome to the Connected Age [Grajek]; and other items from the Educause Review Online

On 06/05/2013, in higher education, innovation, IT in HE, leadership, strategy, vision/possibilities, by Daniel Christian

Top-Ten IT Issues, 2013: Welcome to the Connected Age — from educause review online by Susan Grajek

Also see:

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From DSC:
If we want organizations to survive/thrive in the future, we really need to drop the word “geek” from our vocabularies and get rid of the mental tapes and images that the word “geek” suggests.  It’s just not helpful.

 

 

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Class of 2013: Your careers will be volatile and risky. Learn to love it. [Jeff Immelt, GE’s Chairman & CEO]

On 05/22/2013, in business, career development, change, corporate / business world, future, innovation, lifelong learning, strategy, student-related, workplace, by Daniel Christian

Class of 2013: Your careers will be volatile and risky. Learn to love it. — from linkedin.com/by Jeff Immelt, Chairman & CEO at GE

Excerpt:

Success in the 21 century will come to those that that can get in front of the trends, move quickly, innovate, and work together to deliver results. And our ability to contribute to the century in which we live will come down to our willingness and ability to do five things.

  • Change
    “We can’t wait for the economy to stabilize. We can’t wait for a time when there is more certainty. It used to be that you only had to manage momentum. Today, you have to create your own future. And that means change.”
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    “Continuously innovate in your lifetime, regardless of your profession and regardless of past performance. You must choose change.”
  • Learn
  • Risk
  • Persist
  • Lead.

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The Next Generation University [Selingo, Carey, Pennington, Fishman, & Palmer]

On 05/21/2013, in colleges, community colleges, cost of getting a degree, dangers of the status quo, Daniel S. Christian, future, future of higher education, game-changing environment, higher education, leadership, New "Amazon.com" of Higher Education, reinvent, staying relevant, strategy, surviving, universities, vision/possibilities, by Daniel Christian

TheNextGenerationUniversity-May2013

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Excerpt:

As the nation struggles to find new ways to increase college access and completion rates while lowering costs, a handful of “Next Generation Universities” are embracing key strategies that make them models for national reform. The report The Next Generation University comes at a time when too many public universities are failing to respond to the nation’s higher education crisis. Rather than expanding enrollment and focusing limited dollars on the neediest of students, many institutions are instead restricting enrollments and encouraging the use of student-aid dollars on merit awards. But, according to the report, some schools are breaking the mold by boldly restructuring operating costs and creating clear, accelerated pathways for students.

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Download the full report here.

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In addition to the report, see:

 

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  • What happens when 2 colleges become one — from chronicle.com by Ricardo Azziz
    Excerpt:
    Earlier this year, Moody’s Investors Service released its annual assessment of higher education in the United States, a report that viewed the sector’s short-term outlook as largely negative amid growing economic pressures. The analysts, however, applauded the efforts of a few states that were trying to merge or consolidate campuses because such efforts “foster operating efficiencies and reduce costs amid declining state support.”
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Solid career advice for college grads from LinkedIn’s Founder

On 05/17/2013, in career development, presentations, professional development, strategy, student-related, workplace, by Daniel Christian

Amazing career advice for college grads from LinkedIn’s billionaire founder — from businessinsider.com by Nicholas Carlson

Excerpt:

To answer those questions Hoffman and Ben Casnocha first co-authored a book called “The Start-up of You.”

Then, expanding on ideas from that book, they created a slideshow presentation for college grads called “The 3 Secrets of Highly Successful Graduates” and allowed us to republish it here.

 

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  • 3 steps for plotting your personal future in an uncertain world — from fastcoexist.com by Venessa Miemis
    What’s the best way to feel productive and valued at work and in life? Having a sense of where you’re going. To do that, you need to forecast your own future, and then put yourself on the path to get there.
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The emergence of Chief Digital Officers [Berkman]

On 05/09/2013, in 21st century, analytics, career development, corporate / business world, data related items, marketing/social marketing, social media, strategy, workplace, by Daniel Christian

The emergence of Chief Digital Officers — from sloanreview.mit.edu by Robert Berkman
As social and other digital technologies shift responsibilities in the C-suite, businesses are creating a new position, the chief digital officer or CDO, to focus their digital strategy. This is the fifth and final piece in our series on how social business is changing power dynamics in the C-suite.

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  • The coming era of ‘on-demand’ marketing — from mckinsey.com by Peter Dahlström and David Edelman
    Emerging technologies are poised to personalize the consumer experience radically—in real time and almost everywhere. It’s not too early to prepare.
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Will be interesting to see if the pathways to the CEO position expand a bit further…

On 05/04/2013, in 21st century, 24x7x365 access, career development, corporate / business world, Daniel S. Christian, innovation, internet, leadership, strategy, technology (general), by Daniel Christian

Interesting tidbit (emphasis DSC):

According to a study from IBM, for the first time CEOs have identified technology as the most important external aspect impacting their organizations. To meet these needs, IBM recently introduced new products.

 

From DSC:
Reading the item above got me to wondering if the pathways to the CEO position might be opening up to include those coming from more technical backgrounds. Technology must be used strategically — whether in the corporate/business world or in the world of higher education (and come to think of it, within all industries that exist today).  The IT area that you think you know about isn’t just about infrastructure any more — though that’s still critical.  It’s becoming the key department/group within your organization that can either make or break your organization’s future.  Many don’t like this fairly recent situation, but the fact is that in this information age, those who know how to innovate with — and leverage — technology will not only survive, but thrive.  Those who treat IT with disdain, contempt, indifference, or simply continue to minimize the area of IT, won’t make it. To those of you clinging to the status quo, my recommendation is to wake up and adapt before it’s too late.

Along these lines:

  • Why your C-suite needs a social and digital rock star — from imediaconnection.com by Noam Kostucki
    Excerpt:
    We have seen different waves of C-level executives be promoted to CEOs: The ’70s promoted sales, the ’80s loved accounting, the ’90s encouraged advertising-driven CMOs, the ’00s were simply turbulent, and the ’10s are looking for the new CEOs. Those who understand social and digital (SnD) will thrive in leading the companies of today and tomorrow.

 

 

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Reflections on “Why the lean start-up changes everything” [Blank]

On 05/03/2013, in corporate / business world, Daniel S. Christian, disruption, entrepreneurship, experimentation, higher education, innovation, reinvent, staying relevant, strategy, surviving, by Daniel Christian

WhyLeanStartUpChangesEverything-SteveBlank-May2013

 

Excerpt (emphasis DSC):

But recently an important countervailing force has emerged, one that can make the process of starting a company less risky. It’s a methodology called the “lean start-up,” and it favors experimentation over elaborate planning, customer feedback over intuition, and iterative design over traditional “big design up front” development. Although the methodology is just a few years old, its concepts—such as “minimum viable product” and “pivoting”—have quickly taken root in the start-up world, and business schools have already begun adapting their curricula to teach them.

From DSC:
This fits into my thinking/recommendation that each institution of higher education should create a much smaller, more nimble group within itself — whose goal is to experiment, pivot, adapt, etc. — in order to find out what’s working and what’s not working.  It’s why I have categories and tags for words like “experimentation,” “staying relevant,” “reinvent,” “innovation,” “surviving,” and “disruption.”

The trick is/will be how NOT to be a commodity –what’s going to differentiate your college or university?

 

 

 

 

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The IT conversation we should be having [Stikeleather]

On 04/25/2013, in corporate / business world, dangers of the status quo, Daniel S. Christian, future of higher education, game-changing environment, innovation, IT in HE, leadership, organizational change, pace of change, strategy, technology (general), workplace, by Daniel Christian

The IT conversation we should be having — from HBR.org by Jim Stikeleather

Excerpt (emphasis DSC):

It is a conversation about the increasing importance of information technology and the role it must assume in every enterprise, regardless of size, industry or geography.

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Our observations:

  • CEOs are demanding more visible value from their CIOs, in terms of generating revenue, gaining new customers, and increasing customer satisfaction.
  • Increasingly, the CIO and IT must be seen less as developing and deploying technology, and more as a source of innovation and transformation that delivers business value, leveraging technology instead of directly delivering it.
  • The CIO must be responsible and accountable if technology enables, facilitates or accelerates competition that the C-suite didn’t see coming, or allows the enterprise to miss opportunities because the C-suite did not understand the possibilities technology offered.
  • CIOs today must adapt or risk being marginalized.

 

From DSC:
This is critical in the higher ed space as well!

The majority of the higher education industry still isn’t getting it — we are operating in a brand new ball game where technology must be used strategically.  It’s not just about building and maintaining the infrastructure/plumbing anymore (though that is extremely important as well). It’s about the strategic, innovative use of IT that counts from here on out.

 

 

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Excerpts from transmedia storytelling presentation by Gianluca Fiorelli

On 04/25/2013, in career development, communications, computer science, creativity, Daniel S. Christian, digital audio, digital learning, digital photography, digital storytelling, digital video, e-books, education technology, educational games / serious games, elearning, emerging technologies, engagement / engaging students, entrepreneurship, experimentation, human-computer interaction (HCI), immersion, informal learning, innovation, interactivity, internet, learning ecosystem, Learning from the Living [Class] Room, learning preferences, media/film, multimedia, new business models, new media literacies, online media, participation, platforms, play, programming, social media, story, storytelling, strategy, streams of content, transmedia, trends, user experience (UX), Virtual Reality (VR) / worlds / learning, by Daniel Christian

Notes from DSC:

  • Some of the material in this presentation or the website may not be appropriate for a younger audience.
  • Notice how many potential jobs/roles/positions/skillsets can be explored here!

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From DSC:
The word Bible is here not quite I think of as the Bible…but you’ll get the point if you review Gianluca’s presentation.
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Questions from DSC:

  • What opportunities might be presented by this type of trend within the worlds of education/training? (i.e. within K-12, higher ed, the corporate world)
  • What sorts of streams of contents could be created for educational/training-related purposes?
  • What sorts of open doors are now present within the world of communications? For a church, a school, a college, a business?
  • How can we incorporate the use of story more effectively in our teaching and learning environments? (If we could do this, we could greatly increase our students’ ROI.)

 

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The Device Conundrum – 1:1 vs BYOD [Sheninger]

On 04/03/2013, in Bring your own device (BYOD), digital learning, education technology, K-12 related, strategy, by Daniel Christian

The Device Conundrum – 1:1 vs BYOD — from esheninger.blogspot.com by Eric Sheninger

Excerpt:

As we continue to advance in the digital age schools and districts are beginning to re-think pedagogy and learning environments by instituting either 1:1 device programs or Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) initiatives. In my opinion, schools that wish to create the most relevant and meaningful learning culture will go in one of these directions. It is tough to argue the potential impact of either program that is implemented diligently and with a focus on learning that will not result in the enhancement of essential skills sets that our students need to succeed in today’s digital world. Probably the most significant impact, either 1:1 or BYOD can have is in the area of teaching digital responsibility, citizenship, and the creation of positive footprints online. After all, in the real world that we are preparing our students for, technological literacies and proficiencies are the cornerstones of numerous career paths.

 

From DSC:
Check out the some solid comments/perspectives from others as well.

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Why mobile learning is the future of workplace learning (infographic from Amit Garg and Upside Learning)

On 03/27/2013, in Bring your own device (BYOD), corporate / business world, corporate universities / corporate training, India, mobile learning, strategy, training / L&D, trends, workplace, by Daniel Christian

Why mobile learning is the future of workplace learning (infographic) — from upsidelearning.com by Amit Garg

 

 

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The Next Wave of Business and Finance Students Will Be “Renaissance Technologists” [Nitkin]

On 03/25/2013, in business, data related items, future, strategy, by Daniel Christian

The Next Wave of Business and Finance Students Will Be “Renaissance Technologists” — from edtechmagazine.com by Karen Nitkin
Data-driven environments require business students to be trained on the latest technology.

Excerpts:

  • “Now, finance is a high-tech environment, just as much as manufacturing is, and the academic world hasn’t really caught up to that yet.”
  • “The abundance of data available to industry through the Internet, social networks, sensor networks and financial-transaction systems will transform business decisions.”
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The transience of power: The powerful do not stay that way for long [The Economist]

On 03/19/2013, in corporate / business world, disruption, innovation, internet, strategy, by Daniel Christian

The transience of power:  The powerful do not stay that way for long — from The Economist

Excerpt:

But Mr Naím has good objections to the objections. His argument is not that companies are shrinking but that they are becoming more fragile. Internet giants can no longer rely on the economies of scale that kept General Motors and Sears on top for decades. Rather, they must constantly struggle to keep their products innovative and their brands fashionable—or fall prey to more agile upstarts. Powerful people are less secure than they were, too. The composition of the top 1% is constantly changing as CEOs lose their jobs and young go-getters outpace their elders.

Mr Naím celebrates the anti-power revolution for holding the mighty to account and providing ordinary people with opportunities. But he sees downsides, too. The more slippery power becomes, the more the world is ruled by short-term incentives and ever-changing fears. Politicians fail to tackle long-term problems such as climate change. Companies think of little besides the struggle for survival. Nonetheless, it would be worse if the populists were right and the 1% really did rule the world.

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VIDEO | The Educational Landscape in 50 Years [The Khan Academy]

On 03/14/2013, in creativity, education, education reform, education technology, emerging technologies, engagement / engaging students, future, K-12 related, more voice more choice more control, participation, real-world assignments, strategy, student-related, teachers, teaching & learning, by Daniel Christian

VIDEO | The Educational Landscape in 50 Years — from the evoLLLution.com by The Khan Academy

Excerpt:

In this video, Salman Khan, founder of the Khan Academy, a not-for-profit online education provider, shares his thoughts on what the educational landscape will look like in 50 years. By 2060, Khan predicts three major shifts in education: a change to the classroom model, a change to the credential model and a change in the role of the instructor.

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Bad move Google…

On 03/14/2013, in blogs / blogging / vlogging, cloud-based computing / apps / other cloud-related, Google, RSS, strategy, Uncategorized, by Daniel Christian

Google is retiring Google Reader as of July 1, 2013.

Excerpt:

We launched Google Reader in 2005 in an effort to make it easy for people to discover and keep tabs on their favorite websites. While the product has a loyal following, over the years usage has declined. So, on July 1, 2013, we will retire Google Reader. Users and developers interested in RSS alternatives can export their data, including their subscriptions, with Google Takeout over the course of the next four months.

 

From DSC:
To Google (and others) —

You should know that when you do this sort of thing, it creates a great deal of nervousness and uncertainty in K-12 and in higher ed.  We ask, well if we go with (Google Docs, Google Drive, Google ___) will they pull it in the future? What would we do at that point? It also causes us to pause in moving things to the cloud…

Below, I will be adding some alternatives that I’ve seen people mentioning:

 

 

Addendum on 3/15/13 and in defense of Google…
As Google stated, usage is low and RSS didn’t hit the mainstream in the current form.  Which is too bad, because it’s a very promising technology!  Also from this page, here’s a solid graphic that shows the decline in usage:

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