MOOCs, E-Textbooks, Tablets, Analytics, Oh My!

Thursday, October 17, 2013 | 5:30PM–6:20PM | Meeting Room 211A/B
Session Type: Professional Development
Digital applications promise easier access to content and personalized learning. Unfortunately, it's difficult for faculty to make productive use of digital resources and a challenge for IT departments to keep up with integration projects. According to the 2012 Campus Computing Survey, 74% of campus IT officers identified "instructional integration of information technology" as a very important campus IT issue over the next two to three years. Come learn how IMS Global, InCommon, and ELI are collaborating to evolve a new IT architecture for learning to help institutions make the best of exploding options for digital resources to enable personalized learning experiences.

OUTCOMES:
Learn specific policies to accelerate development of personalized learning environments. | Learn how IT leaders and commercial partners can collaborate to develop and implement a flexible and adaptable IT architecture for learning.

Presenters

  • Rob Abel

  • Gerry Hanley

    Assistant Vice Chancellor, Academic Technology Services, California State University, Office of the Chancellor

  • John Harwood

  • Laura Patterson

    University of Michigan-Ann Arbor

  • Jack Suess

    Vice President of IT & CIO, University of Maryland, Baltimore County