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Disruptive Technology Subcommittee. 7/12/2013. Why Even Consider Disruptive Technology (DT)?. Increasing cost of education Decreasing government funding Increasing price sensitive students Increasing competition (for profit / free) Expectations of “Digital Natives”
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Disruptive Technology Subcommittee 7/12/2013
Why Even Consider Disruptive Technology (DT)? • Increasing cost of education • Decreasing government funding • Increasing price sensitive students • Increasing competition (for profit / free) • Expectations of “Digital Natives” • + IST taking a leadership role Need to sustain product quality while controlling cost
“Focused” Disruptive Innovation • Overall Strategy: • Re-conceptualize education • Practice -> Automate • Ensemble -> Enhance “Team focus” problem-based learning • Performance -> Extend into professional level Preserving the leading edge of education
Action Plan from WPB MeetingDeliverables Scorecard • Practice Area • Outsource 1 or more courses (Summer ‘14) • Metric: Compare proficiency • Develop personalized curriculum (Summer ‘14) • Ensemble • Small class sizes (Spring ’14) • Cross campus team project (Spring ’14) • Perform • Sr. class into workforce (Summer ’14) • Intern level (Summer ‘13)
June Conference Call & Today’s Breakout • Discussed Coursera • IST Mini-MOOC strategy • “Community of Best Practice” • COIL – “Center for Online Innovation and Learning” • Personalized curriculum • Cross-campus team project • Disruptive technology “watch committee”
Disruptive Technology IdeasManaging Information, Powering Intelligence • How to deliver adaptive education • MOOCs , “mini-MOOCS”, and “micro-MOOCs” • What needs to be taught in IST – “Technology focused” topics like cloud computing, etc. - Faculty Driven • IST 402(What technologies do our grads need to know?) • “Applications and methodology focused “– Industry Driven • IST 403 (what applications and procedures do our grads need to know… real-time use cases) IST Graduates Will Have:Enduring capability to incorporate new technologies