Friday, June 24, 2011

UNCOMFORTABLY Increasing $ACADEMIC info Tech? More/less "Shared governance"?

Academic IT "out of control"? #vwwt2000 Predctn9

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PREDICTION #9 OF 20 from year 2000 Still likely?

Increase Technology Investments; Forums for Exploration, Planning, Advice

Presidents, boards, and other academic leaders will continue to increase institutional resource allocations for academic uses of information technology – and to be uncomfortable about doing so. Consequently, more colleges and universities will form internal groups representing diverse constituencies (faculty, academic support professionals, administrators, students, …) and provide them with a forum to:

Explore and develop ways of improving teaching and learning – with technology.

Plan for the continuing integration of new technology applications into all scholarly work and for the institutionalization of change.

Offer academic leaders the best advice and help them shape related policies and decisions.

[These groups are like TLTRs -- Teaching, Learning, and Technology Roundtables.]
See also: TMI/TMO/TLT/TL$ & Why TLT Roundtables are coming back: CRISIS...LURCH...TLTR2!

[In 2000, I didn't anticipate the impact of the current economic recession, the increasing pressure to use technology to increase student/faculty ratio, the increasing workload for full-time faculty, and the increasing ACADEMIC role of technology neither owned nor controlled by the institution. - Steve Gilbert, 2011]

- 7th of 20 predictions from "A New Vision Worth Working Toward: Connected Education and Collaborative Change," Steven W. Gilbert, 2000-2006, First version published via AAHESGIT listserv January, 2000; PDF of full article

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