{"id":59562,"date":"2017-05-16T06:00:52","date_gmt":"2017-05-16T10:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/?p=59562"},"modified":"2017-05-15T10:10:29","modified_gmt":"2017-05-15T14:10:29","slug":"59562","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/2017\/05\/16\/59562\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Gone are the days you can delegate the job of keeping up with technology to the IT staff.&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<hr \/>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #800000;\">From DSC:<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800000;\">Though slightly older, this article has some solid advice that I think we in higher education need to heed as well.<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.strategy-business.com\/blog\/The-Importance-of-Continuing-Education-for-Digital-Leaders\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>The Importance of Continuing Education for Digital Leaders<\/strong><\/a> &#8212; from strategy-business.com by Chris Curran &#8212; with thanks to tweets by Cathryn Marsh and G Athanasakopoulos<\/p>\n<p><em>Excerpt <span style=\"color: #800000;\">(emphasis DSC):<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Whether you\u2019re a newly minted MBA or an experienced leader, you\u2019re always honing your skills and navigating change. <span style=\"color: #800000;\">And<\/span><span style=\"color: #800000;\"> technology is one discipline in which you really can\u2019t afford to stagnate.<\/span> <span style=\"color: #800000;\">With digital transformation so central to strategy for most companies, all executives \u2014 especially CEOs \u2014 must embrace a learning mind-set.<\/span> <strong><span style=\"color: #800000;\">Gone are the days you can delegate the job of keeping up with technology to the IT staff.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Chief information officers (CIOs), of course, should regularly brief the management team and the board on new developments, demoing exciting new technology, bringing in external speakers and vendors, and using other tactics that promote tech learning and engagement. But keeping up on technology trends is also the responsibility of every executive. And while that can be daunting given the vast tech landscape and seemingly limitless avenues for learning, it\u2019s also incredibly exciting.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Indeed, the art of continuous learning itself may be the most sought-after skill for tomorrow\u2019s workforce as well as the key to solving tomorrow\u2019s problems.\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #800000;\">From DSC:<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800000;\">Tapping into streams of content (via RSS feeds and\/or with tools like Google Alerts) is key here. Developing your personal learning networks and your communities of practice are key here. The article also mentions MOOCs and online learning. which I would also add to the list of helpful tools\/avenues to pursue.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From DSC: Though slightly older, this article has some solid advice that I think we in higher education need to heed as well. &nbsp; The Importance of Continuing Education for Digital Leaders &#8212; from strategy-business.com by Chris Curran &#8212; with thanks to tweets by Cathryn Marsh and G Athanasakopoulos Excerpt (emphasis DSC): Whether you\u2019re a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[113,387,174,433,498,72,545,419,64,74,102,7,510,79,15,310,20,491,460,145,214,49,299],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-59562","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-21st-century","category-business","category-career-development","category-communications","category-communities-of-practice","category-daniel-s-christian","category-heutagogy","category-ideas-teaching","category-it-in-he","category-leadership","category-learning","category-learning-ecosystem","category-learning-from-the-living-class-room","category-liberal-arts","category-lifelong-learning","category-staying-relevant","category-strategy","category-streams-of-content","category-technology-general","category-traditional-tradition","category-universities","category-web-based-collaboration","category-workplace"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59562","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=59562"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59562\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":59569,"href":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59562\/revisions\/59569"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=59562"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=59562"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=59562"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}