Change in the Wind: Higher Education and Technology Colleen Carmean February 2007 Arizona State University

The question: If I said I can give you a tool that will hugely increase your ability to retrieve and to convey complex ideas over space and time, and that would completely change your relationship to exchanging information with others at any distance both forward and backward in time, and if I said, you can have this but the consequences are going to be incredible political instability, the destruction of the self as you know and understand it, the robbing of your memory, not to mention all sorts of other costs, would it now make you think twice about whether or not you would want to embrace this? Would you: 1 . Think twice, step back and reflect on the consequences or 2. Plunge Forward and embrace consequences?

“ The technology, of course, is writing, and no other subsequent technology we’ve come up with has been as world-shattering and world-transforming as that.” Richard Powers National Book Award Winner 2006 for “The Time of Our Singing”

most pressing technology issues facing higher education today?

1.Security

2.Support

3.Information literacy and preparedness for the digital age

Security

SANS Institute: (SysAdmin, Audit, Network, Security) Top Attack Targets- data, the network, identity

Data Security Backups Laptop encryption Authentication Virus Protection Software Updates Security Releases and Patches

Backups

Laptop encryption

Authentication

Virus Protection

Software Updates

Security Releases and Patches

Network Security Firewall Configuration Hackers Worms Denial of Service Attacks Intrusions, malicious code, logic bombs, trap doors, buffer overflow, format string attacks, hijacks..

Firewall Configuration

Hackers

Worms

Denial of Service Attacks

Intrusions, malicious code, logic bombs, trap doors, buffer overflow, format string attacks, hijacks..

Identity Security Awareness & Advocacy: Information Availability MySpace & FaceBook FERPA Password Strength Email Hoaxes & Scams Phishing

Awareness & Advocacy:

Information Availability

MySpace & FaceBook

FERPA

Password Strength

Email Hoaxes & Scams

Phishing

Support: Advocacy Training Testing & Implementation Maintenance Development Delivery Applied Research

Support of Technology In the classroom In public spaces In the offices

In the classroom

In public spaces

In the offices

Support for Usage On the phone In person Using IM Via Web documentation In discussion forums As needed, where needed, when needed

On the phone

In person

Using IM

Via Web documentation

In discussion forums

As needed, where needed, when needed

Digital Literacy:

Literacy for the Knowledge Age Find, evaluate, synthesize, and create knowledge and information Incorporate graphical, aural and complex textual media Help learners prepare for the digital age Constantly adapt to new technologies

Find, evaluate, synthesize, and create knowledge and information

Incorporate graphical, aural and complex textual media

Help learners prepare for the digital age

Constantly adapt to new technologies

From push/passive to pull/active Wikis Blogs Google logic/authority of consensus Collaboration and consensus tools Tag clouds RSS feeds Visual galleries & meta-tagging Social bookmarking IM & text messaging Mobile computing Social spaces…

Wikis

Blogs

Google logic/authority of consensus

Collaboration and consensus tools

Tag clouds

RSS feeds

Visual galleries & meta-tagging

Social bookmarking

IM & text messaging

Mobile computing

Social spaces…

Learning Environments: creating the architectural “third space” for education--where we choose to be, on campus and online from classroom to studio from fixed to flexible from static to dynamic from prescribed to desired from the classroom to anywhere/anytime learning

creating the architectural “third space” for education--where we choose to be, on campus and online

from classroom to studio

from fixed to flexible

from static to dynamic

from prescribed to desired

from the classroom to anywhere/anytime learning

Technology leadership needs in HE include the ability to: Listen Reflect Evaluate Synthesize Research Inspire Collaborate Create consensus Dream Imagine Grow Support

Listen

Reflect

Evaluate

Synthesize

Research

Inspire

Collaborate

Create consensus

Dream

Imagine

Grow

Support

Finally… A question for us all to ponder: What will it take to change the institutions we built into the institutions the next generation needs?

A question for us all to ponder:

What will it take to change the institutions we built into the institutions the next generation needs?