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		<title>Dropping out and dropping in &#8211; Steve Jobs and higher education</title>
		<link>http://www.masmithers.com/2011/10/08/dropping-out-and-dropping-in-steve-jobs-and-higher-education/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Oct 2011 09:12:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Smithers</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[People that know me know that I didn&#8217;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&#8217;ve been watching the Stanford University [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Reforming the university: evolution or revolution? &#8211; A Response</title>
		<link>http://www.masmithers.com/2010/09/08/reforming-the-university-evolution-or-revolution-a-response/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Sep 2010 12:56:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Smithers</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Selling Solar Panels to Oil Sheiks</title>
		<link>http://www.masmithers.com/2010/08/22/selling-solar-panels-to-oil-sheiks/</link>
		<comments>http://www.masmithers.com/2010/08/22/selling-solar-panels-to-oil-sheiks/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Aug 2010 04:57:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Smithers</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 That tweet seemed to strike a chord with some people and I can understand [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Draft Educational Technology Landscape Map</title>
		<link>http://www.masmithers.com/2010/06/28/a-draft-educational-technology-landscape-map/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jun 2010 07:52:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Smithers</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;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 &#8216;map&#8217;. There are a number of such maps around already. Some of these are [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Size of Universities in Australia and the UK</title>
		<link>http://www.masmithers.com/2010/06/27/the-size-of-universities-in-australia-and-the-uk/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Jun 2010 03:30:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Smithers</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For a long time I have been interested in organisational innovation. At the the moment that is focussed on the way that higher education and universities specifically can adopt and mainstream innovations in eductaional technicology and changing pedgagogy related to the adoption of new technologies. One barrier to innovation adoption may be related to the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Direct from the Innovation Prevention Department</title>
		<link>http://www.masmithers.com/2009/12/09/direct-from-the-innovation-prevention-department/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Dec 2009 04:15:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Smithers</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was watching the Twitter stream for the ASCILITE 2009 conference this morning during the final keynote from @jamesclay with a certain amount of dismay as tweets regarding the ‘Innovation Prevention Department’ (IPD) started to appear. The reference was to IT Services organisations in tertiary education. Now I wasn’t at the conference so I don’t [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Some Ways Universities Will Change Over Ten Years</title>
		<link>http://www.masmithers.com/2009/08/03/some-ways-universities-will-change-over-ten-years/</link>
		<comments>http://www.masmithers.com/2009/08/03/some-ways-universities-will-change-over-ten-years/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2009 06:43:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Smithers</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Information Technology Leadership in Universities</title>
		<link>http://www.masmithers.com/2009/07/16/information-technology-leadership-in-universities/</link>
		<comments>http://www.masmithers.com/2009/07/16/information-technology-leadership-in-universities/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2009 01:55:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Smithers</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Some thoughts on information technology leadership in universities.]]></description>
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