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Technology Review 10 Emerging Technologies 2007

drupal — Mon, 21 May 2007 09:48:55 -0500

This special issue of "Technology Review" provides detailed articles on 10 technologies that may change many aspects of our lives.

Designing the University of the Future

drupal — Tue, 27 Jun 2006 12:10:56 -0500

These authors identify transforming trends in society that are affecting the mission of universities, analyze the impact of those trends on the institutional and spatial structure of universities, and then summarize the factors that planners should be paying attention to in the future design of their institutions.

Coming Together around Library 2.0

drupal — Mon, 01 May 2006 11:27:24 -0500

'Library 2.0' is a term that provides focus to a number of ongoing conversations around the changing ways that libraries should make themselves and their services visible to end users and to one another. Through white papers, articles, blog posts, podcasts, presentations and more, at Talis we are taking part in this increasingly global conversation. Library 2.0 is more, though, than just a stimulus to conversation. The phrase captures notions of disruptive change, and promises to challenge both the ways in which we consider our library services and the forms in which they are offered to potential beneficiaries.

The Economic Imperative for Teaching with Technology

drupal — Thu, 23 Mar 2006 16:57:06 -0600

Innovative approaches to increasing classroom productivity are the best option for controlling the escalating costs of research universities. In 1997, management guru Peter Drucker predicted that in 30 years the big university campuses would be relics, driven out of existence by their inexorable increases in tuition and by competition from alternative education systems made possible by information technology (IT). Drucker overstates the case, but the nation's major research universities, both the publics and the private nonprofits, will have to make fundamental changes in the way they provide education if they are to thrive, rather than merely survive, in the coming decades.

Growing Up Digital: How the Web Changes Work, Education, and the Ways People Learn

drupal — Tue, 08 Feb 2005 16:36:49 -0600

The article discusses how the world wide web has transformed society, particularly the work place and education.

Note: This article was originally published in Change, Growing Up Digital, March/April 2000, pp 10-20.

Tracking the Digital Puck into 2004

drupal — Fri, 30 Jan 2004 16:38:13 -0600

The author uses the metaphor of a "digital puck" in his annual article summarizing information technology directions in higher education. Will your institution be able to anticipate where the puck is going—or be caught off guard?

Technology and Standards Watch

drupal — Fri, 22 Sep 2000 12:25:40 -0500

This Web site provides easy access to a broad range of information on trendsand developments in computing and IT that are relevant to learning and teachingactivities of tertiary institutions.

The main part of the web site holds reports on the key technologiesidentified by the Technology Watch Group including those that have beencommissioned for the site. These include reports on technologies, onstandards, on the Web, on issues for learning and teaching and on issues fore-business. The site contains news items, debate and information on justabout every technology important to education as well as a wealth of linksto related sites worldwide.

Community Colleges Bridging the Digital Divide

drupal — Fri, 24 Mar 2000 10:20:01 -0600

Alarming research shows that a significant number of low-income and minority students do not have access to computers or the Web at home or in school. This article offers recommendations to help community colleges bridge the "digital divide" and ensure that their students acquire the tools they will need in order to survive in today's ever-changing digital economy.