Earlier this month we despatched a number of members of our crew to Philadelphia to attend Educause: an annual convention that brings collectively most of the brightest IT minds in greater ed. Being true believers in the concept one can by no means cease studying, we have been excited to satisfy with so many nice individuals. Whereas we discovered concerning the present and upcoming developments within the discipline of upper ed tech, we additionally used this chance to uncover the needs and wishes of in the present day’s greater ed admins. In case you missed it, listed below are our high 5 takeaways from Educause 2017:
1. IT leaders care simply as a lot about pupil outcomes and success as different departments. The position of the IT division in greater ed is remodeling from managing techniques and fulfilling technological requests to enabling enterprise transformation through expertise throughout your complete establishment.
2. Chief Info Officers (CIOs) are essential to understanding the structural impression of expertise. The CIO’s new strategic position requires them to not solely perceive expertise, however to assist your complete establishment perceive expertise’s impression throughout the broader instructional enterprise.
3. Personalised experiences are the way forward for greater ed. Individuality is necessary to Gen Z’ers. They count on a customized expertise of their schooling, particularly for the tutoring they’re paying. Knowledge assortment and evaluation will play an necessary position in serving to establishments meet this demand.
4. There was a shift in the direction of storing information within the Cloud. An rising variety of greater ed establishments are shifting in the direction of storing their information within the Cloud somewhat than on-site, rising accessibility and reliability. This shift permits the IT division to spend much less time updating and sustaining {hardware}, and permits them extra time to concentrate on strategic initiatives.
5. Privateness and information safety is at all times a high precedence. With the ever rising variety of information breaches throughout North America, safety stays the primary focus of upper ed establishments. Having an air-tight safety technique is crucial for protecting information and knowledge non-public and guarded.
Bonus perception on cell campus platforms: Final 12 months we noticed a rise in want for greater ed establishments to develop customized cell campus apps. This 12 months, we have seen a shift from establishments merely wanting a platform that shows mobile-friendly pages, to 1 that actively will increase pupil engagement.
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