Future Trends for Technology in Education

AIKCU PresentationPresenters: John Lympany & Kevin Blankenship

Did You Know…

Film producedby Karl Fisch, Scott McLeod & Jeff Brenman

Can We Anticipate the Future?

The Future …A Vision of today’s home computer in 1954

Information Consumers Multitaskers Self-navigators Interact through social

networks Online learners and online

communicators

Today’s students are …

Today’s Students They learn differently

Film producedby students atKansas StateUniversity

What are Students Saying?They Learn and Collaborate Differently Today

Opting out of residential learning and attending community colleges in greater numbers

Opting out of classroom learning in favor of online learning

Asking for more say and flexibility in how, when, and what they learn

Beginning to question the value of a liberal arts education

What are Students Saying?They are making new choices for themselves

Don TapscottPresentation

Can Faculty Respond EffectivelyChanging the way we teach and learn

“The Digital Age is eroding the exclusivity of the scholarly enterprise, and it is opening academic information and resources to all.”

“Is the modern college or university, centrally important as a storehouse of knowledge? As a purveyor of expertise? As a cultural arbiter?“

Richard N. Katz

What Does This Mean for our AcademyResidential Campuses are facing unprecedented challenges

How Do WeReinvent Ourselves?

1. Blended LearningPromote a blended teaching & learning environment that is rich in technology and rich in personal interaction.

2. Informed Planning/Decision MakingPromote better planning and decision making through robust decision support systems that track institutional performance and facilitate peer review.

Strategy

Blended Learning EnvironmentIntentional integration of online, instructional, residential, and applied learning

Online

Experiential

Learning

Residential

Classroom

Group Work(Online or Traditional)

VirtualWorlds

OnlineCollaboration,Group Work, &

Mentoring

WebPortfolios Reality

Simulations

VideoStorytelling

AssistiveTechnologies

AppliedLearning

Co-curricular

Internships

ServiceLearning

AmbientIntelligence

MobileTechnologies

CloudComputing

Blended Learning EnvironmentActive and Engaged Learning

Constructivist PedagogyUse of technology to support learning-by-doingactivity.

Diverse Teaching MethodsTo appeal to different learning styles

A Blended CommunityAided by virtual tools and onlineinteraction/collaboration

Applied LearningPractical learning experiences that include community partnerships, internships and service learning that prepare students to be successful in today’s information society

Blended Learning EnvironmentIntentional use of portal technology to support student persistence

1. Track student performancemetrics

2. Enhanceadviser/advisee relationship

3. Content and resources triggered whenpertinent to student

Decision Support SystemsTrack institutional performance/support planning & decision making.

Dashboard Systems

Analyze institutional performance◦ Against performance metrics◦ Longitudinally◦ Benchmarked against peers

Features◦ Drill down for more detail◦ Combines information from various

systems and databases◦ Updated in real-time◦ Graphical display

Decision Support SystemsTrack institutional performance/support planning & decision making.

administration

Decision Support SystemsTrack institutional performance/support planning & decision making.

If you have time to read one articleI would suggest this one ….

Incredible Shrinking Technology

•Technology is pervasive in today’s world

•Technology is intuitive to newer generations

•Technology is integrated more than ever into the culture and operations of an institution

•Information is processed in snippets and may not be completely absorbed

Future Trending of Technology Convergence- voice,

video and data networks are all one network

Ubiquitous- technology permeates the campus, on-demand, always on, always ready

Connected- campuses can connect via wide-area networks and pool resources and talent

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oMXm3fvktjU

Future Technologists Technologists must

become partners with faculty and administration

Technologists are savvy in a number of areas

Technologists must influence teaching and learning

Wireless mesh VOIP Video over IP Mobile computing Cloud computing Free applications (Gmail, etc.) What else?

What Will Change Your Campus

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