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Dropping out and dropping in – Steve Jobs and higher education
People that know me know that I didn’t always agree with Steve Jobs but I have no doubt of his creative skill and vision and his impact on modern life. I also think he had a huge impact on education and not always in the ways you might expect. I’ve been watching the Stanford University [...]
The Cloud as a disruptor of educational technologies
The number of higher education institutions (HEIs) moving their student email (and, in many cases, staff email) to a cloud solution continues to grow. Every other day there is a new report one one HEI or other adopting either Google or Microsoft. Intrinsically I am not against this although I do find it interesting how [...]
Reforming the university: evolution or revolution? – A Response
As a ‘disenfranchised insider’ I really enjoyed reading Tony Bates’blog post ‘Reforming the university: evolution or revolution?’. In it Dr Bates discusses change in universities from a stakeholder point of view and considers Faculty, Students, Government and the Economy. He concludes by saying: My view is that universities do need to change quite radically, and [...]
Selling Solar Panels to Oil Sheiks
In a reflective mood on my Friday evening commute home I tweeted that: Being an advocate of #elearning and #edtech in universities is a bit like trying to sell solar panels to oil sheiksless than a minute ago via SeesmicMark Smithersmarksmithers
Response to: ‘Anatomy of a PLE’
The following is a response to a blog post by Steve Wheeler (@timbuckteeth). I tried to post it as a comment but it was too large so here it is instead.
A Draft Educational Technology Landscape Map
I’ve been working on educational technology strategy and implementation for what feels like as long as I can remember but one thing I have always intended to do was to develop a visualisation of educational technologies in the form of a ‘map’. There are a number of such maps around already. Some of these are [...]
Some Ways Universities Will Change Over Ten Years
As I’ve mentioned in previous posts, I am currently working on a roadmap for educational technology in my university over the next ten years. Of course when looking over such a period it becomes crucial to try and anticipate the changing roles and functions of universities over that period so that we can think about [...]
Information Technology Leadership in Universities
Some thoughts on information technology leadership in universities.
A Strategy for Migrating Existing Course Content to Online Delivery
Over the last two years, whilst working at La Trobe University’s Division of Nursing and Midwifery, we developed a strategy that would enable academic staff to leverage their existing lecture materials in such a way as to allow them to move into flexible, online delivery relatively easily. I have called it a strategy; it is actually such a simple approach that it barely deserves the term strategy.
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