Higher Ed: The Next Generation?
Please take a look at my latest on what's next in higher ed from my co-edited blog in Inside Higher Ed:
Higher Ed: The Next Generation
Here is an excerpt:
"What that imperfect storm has left in its wake is what we need to analyze and discuss here. Hundreds of little, agile companies have popped up from beneath the surface offering to help us do what we do, only better, faster, and stronger. Giant corporations, such as the publishers we both love and hate, born of the pre-punctuated era, are the coelacanths gobbling up those little fish and attempting to integrate them without us even knowing it into our classrooms. Our campus leaders, under enormous financial pressures, are too often jumping from one quick fix to the next.
What is the long play here for us? For academia? For our students? For our careers? It is in all of our interests to elucidate that as much as we can."
As I hope you can see, I am not seeking after the latest ed tech coolness for this week or for this semester, but where we are going as a trillion dollar industry in the long run. Please let me know if you want to add your voice.
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1 年Nice one, Akiba!
Library & Info Science Researcher, Engagement Experience Professional, 2024 Media Education Lab Teacher Award , 2023 International Serious Play Award, 2022 Carolyn Markuson School Library Innovation Award recipient.
8 年It's not only in higher Ed Akiba. I see it in our high school as more and more technology is being bought to be implemented. Yet, students need to have skill and be thought the fundaments of education. I'm not saying there aren't good causes to embrace some of these initiatives. However, it seems that we are paying a high price for something that may not be best suited for all learners. We need to think about how do we meet the needs of a wide range of learners with these tools.