Chronicle  Tech  Trends:  After  a  Year  of  Disruption,  What  Now?  Educause  2012  

Panelists:  

Chronicle  of  Higher  Ed  Jeff  Young,  @jryoung  Marc  Parry,  @marcparry  

2012  –  Chronicling  the  Disruption  

2012  –  Chronicling  the  Disruption  

Free  copy  of  e-­‐book  at  The  Chronicle’s  booth  here  (#  725)  

5  Big  Shifts  in  Ed-­‐Tech  

Most  Influential  Man  in  Ed-­‐Tech  

Khan’s  Followers  

  SebasOan  Thrun,  Stanford  U.  Prof  Leader  of  Google’s  “Self-­‐driving  car”  

  SebasOan  Thrun,  Stanford  U.  Prof  

  “Having  done  this,  I  can’t  teach  at  Stanford  again.”  

     -­‐  Thrun  when  he  announced  Udacity  

SHIFT  1:  Profs  Bring  Their  Own  Classroom  

SHIFT  1:  Profs  Bring  Their  Own  Classroom  

SHIFT  1:  Profs  Bring  Their  Own  Classroom  

“This  was  their  baby,  they  did  it.  They  told  us  about  it—central  

administraOon  and  also  their  own  dean—only  when  the  project  was  

well  advanced.”  -­‐-­‐  George  Mason’s  provost  

Legacy  of  MOOC’s  

  Teaching  with  tech  is  increasingly  “cool.”  

Companies  Go  Directly  to  Faculty  

Pooja  Sankur,  Piazza  

She  intenOonally  avoids  deals  with  campus  technology  offices…  Argues  that  type  of  tool  to  use  should  be  le^  up  to  individual  professors.  

A  ‘Cloud’  Approach  to  Campus  Deals  

New  Type  of  Relationship  with  Campus  IT  

Look  for  More  Outsiders  to  Jump  In  

SHIFT  2:  Textbook?  What’s  a  Textbook?  

Types  of  Textbooks  Sold  by  College  Stores  

  Source:  Data  from  940  college  bookstores  run  by  Folleb  Higher  EducaOon  

TradiOonal  Print  

Custom  Print  

Bundle  

E-­‐book/Digital  

Tablet  Ownership  by  Students  Triples  

0   5   10   15   20   25  

2011  

2012  

Percentage  of  students  who  say  they  own  tablets,  per  Pearson  FoundaOon  

Object  Formerly  Known  as  the  Textbook  

Object  Formerly  Known  as  the  Textbook  

Modules  

Learning  Fractals  Chunks  

Nuggets  

Object  Formerly  Known  as  the  Textbook  

Modules  

Learning  Fractals  Chunks  

Nuggets  Share  your  suggesOon!  What  should  these  new  advanced  e-­‐textbooks  be  called?  

Tweet  @jryoung  or  with  tag  #newtextbook  

Redefining  Textbook  

Story  of  Luke  Thomas    

  In  a  250-­‐person  introductory  English  course  called  "The  Nature  of  Story”  at  U.  of  Maine.  

Story  of  Luke  Thomas    

  In  a  250-­‐person  introductory  English  course  called  "The  Nature  of  Story”  at  U.  of  Maine.  

  Course  syllabus  said  textbook  is  required  to  get  to  class  discussion  (10%)  of  grade.  

Story  of  Luke  Thomas    

  In  a  250-­‐person  introductory  English  course  called  "The  Nature  of  Story”  at  U.  of  Maine.  

  Course  syllabus  said  textbook  is  required  to  get  to  class  discussion  (10%)  of  grade.  

  Price  for  book  +  textbook  $150  (originally  not  sold  separately).  

Redefining  Textbook  

Publishers  As  Software  Companies?  

Publishers  As  Software  Companies?  

  Pearson  recently  paid  $650-­‐million  for  EmbanetCompass  (helps  move  colleges  online)  

Publishers  As  Software  Companies?  

  Pearson  recently  paid  $650-­‐million  for  EmbanetCompass  (helps  move  colleges  online)  

  John  Wiley  &  Sons  bought  Deltak.edu  for  $220-­‐million  to  jump-­‐start  move  into  online  ed  

Format  War  

Who  will  be  iTunes  of  textbooks?  

Data  and  services  for  professors  will  be  key.  

Redefining  Business  Model  

SHIFT  3:  Rise  of  Data,  and  Accountability  

SHIFT  3:  Rise  of  Data,  and  Accountability  

Shift  4:  Need  for  ‘Responsible  Tech  Use’  

Shift  4:  Need  for  ‘Responsible  Tech  Use’  

  Because  of  "always  on"  culture  of  constant  checking  of  e-­‐mail  messages  and  Facebook  updates  has  appeared  so  quickly  that  we  haven't  yet  developed  ways  to  balance  our  networked  and  physical  lives.  

Shift  4:  Need  for  ‘Responsible  Tech  Use’  

  Harrisburg  University  of  Science  and  Technology  tried  a  ‘week  without  social  media.’  

Network  Overload  

 Sept  2011  –  Network  overloaded  due  to  record  #  of  wireless  devices.  

 Sept  2011  –  Network  overloaded  due  to  record  #  of  wireless  devices.  

 Total  of  8,000  devices  online,  compared  to  900  previous  year.  

Tech  Overload  Not  Just  For  Students  

                       CIO    President              Jack  Suess  Freeman  Hrabowski,  III  

Tech  Overload  Not  Just  For  Students  

  “It’s  causing  me  to  dig  deeper  and  deeper  into  the  evening  hours  and  since  everyone  else  is  using  technology  more  and  is  expecOng  immediate  responses.”  

  “I  think  I’m  reaching  the  limits  of  what  I  can  do.”  

Tech  Overload  Not  Just  For  Students  

  “It  has  become  a  part  of  my  life  that  I  am  connected  to  this  device  for  communicaOon  in  the  same  way  that  I  am  connected  to  my  mind.  I’m  constantly  expressing  or  receiving.”  

Shift  5:  Return  of  Digital  Divide(s)  

Tech  Gear  Students  Own  

86%  

*  Source:  ECAR  2012  naOonal  survey.  

Tech  Gear  Students  Own  

86%  

*  Source:  ECAR  2012  naOonal  survey.  

62%  

15%  

12%  

*  Source:  ECAR  2012  naOonal  survey.  

Accessibility  in  Touch-­‐Screen  Era  

Take-­‐Aways  

  Professors  increasingly  ‘hacking  the  academy’  

Take-­‐Aways  

  Professors  increasingly  ‘hacking  the  academy’  

  Students  (and  others)  overdosing  on  tech  

Take-­‐Aways  

  Professors  increasingly  ‘hacking  the  academy’  

  Students  (and  others)  overdosing  on  tech  

  Outsiders  demanding  more  data  and  jusOficaOon  for  what  colleges  do  

Take-­‐Aways  

  Professors  increasingly  ‘hacking  the  academy’  

  Students  (and  others)  overdosing  on  tech  

  Outsiders  demanding  more  data  and  jusOficaOon  for  what  colleges  do  

Adds  up  to  big  challenges  for  anyone  working  with  campus  technology.