Strategic Issues and Current Trends in Instructional Technology

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“…The World Wide Web will be a transformative medium, as important as electricity.

…its user can be at once a receiver and a sender of ‘broadcast’ --- a confusing property, but mind-stretching!”

Net or ‘N’ Generation:

Policy Implications for an Expanding Use of Technology in Higher Education
- NPEC Working Group Report 2000

In October 2000 the first Virtual University Fair was sponsored by the National Association for College Admissions Counselors.  In the first 15 minutes over 5,000 students signed on and jammed the system.

What does this mean for campus presidents?

Premises

Conclusion

All of this challenges the traditional organization and operation of colleges and universities

What is actually going on at higher education institutions?

Rising Use of IT in Instruction
WWW Pages for College Courses

Single Most Important IT Issue

Distance Learning Trends in U.S.
 U.S. Dept of Ed 1998 survey released Dec.’99

Distance/Distributed Learning Pushes the Transformation of the Instructional Model

Institutional Reorganizations

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Implications

More Implications

What are the effects on institutional policies

Faculty Support and Recognition

Intellectual Property Issues

New higher education providers do not function like traditional campuses.

Institutional Strategies

Investment strategies

Institutional Reorganizations

A Few Examples of Institutional Consortia

Taxonomy of Consortia & VU’s

What are the quality assurance issues in this new environment?

Consumer Protection vs.
Quality Assurance

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"Critical strategic planning issues …."

Tony Carnevale (ETS) points out:

Technology ¹ Deus ex machina

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