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Plamen Miltenoff , Ph.D., MLIS, Associate Professor, Learning Resources and Technology Services

Presented June 13 th , 2008 in Pravetz , Bulgaria at the FIFTH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE "TEACHING, LEARNING AND QUALITY IN HIGHER EDUCATION – 2008“ "National Strategy for Higher Education and the Labor Market in Bulgaria".

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Plamen Miltenoff , Ph.D., MLIS, Associate Professor, Learning Resources and Technology Services

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  1. Presented June 13th, 2008 in Pravetz, Bulgaria at theFIFTH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE"TEACHING, LEARNING AND QUALITY IN HIGHER EDUCATION – 2008“"National Strategy for Higher Education and the Labor Market in Bulgaria" Leadership and Planning in Educational Technology: Globalization and Local Decisions PlamenMiltenoff, Ph.D., MLIS, Associate Professor, Learning Resources and Technology Services St. Cloud State University, St. Cloud, MN Gary Schnellert, Ph.D, Associate Professor, Department of Educational Leadership University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND GalinTzokov, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department Education and Psychology Plovdiv University, Plovdiv, Bulgaria PPT available at: http://web.stcloudstate.edu/pmiltenoff/conf2008/strategic.ppt

  2. Keywords and Abstract • Keywords: strategic planning, technology planning, SWOT analysis, United States - higher education, Bulgaria – higher education, globalization, cross-cultural studies, online communication, Web 2.0, library • Abstract SWOT (Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats) analysis is a strategic planning method well known in the United States and Bulgaria. Our team revises the boundaries for external data gathering for SWOT analysis. In a case study, a comparison of external data for SWOT analysis from a Midwestern University in the U.S. is compared with other American universities and with Bulgarian Universities. Statistical data shows differences in the comparison of the Midwest University with the other and American universities and the Midwest University with the Bulgarian universities. The statistical findings suggest that collecting globally external data for SWOT analysis might benefit strategic planning and technological change in higher education. Further discussions, based on existing literature, are offered.

  3. Technology, Education and Planning • Several Important and interchangeable themes: • Technology and Education in the United States and Bulgaria • Implementation of technology in education and the question of change • The transition to a paperless society and the advent of distributive learning • Globalization

  4. Need and purpose of the study • Need of the study • Strategic planning under fire in general on both sides of the Atlantic • The application of technology in education changes the pace of strategic planning • The changing role of the educational leadership 3 hats) • Globalization • Purpose of the study • The purpose of the study is to analyze the perceptions of students and faculty members in two countries toward the latest electronic tools of online interaction and how administrators handle campus technology. Two countries with radical differences, both economic and cultural, will be compared in terms of the educational use of communication technologies and determine whether such cross-cultural comparisons can improve SWOT analysis in particular and strategic planning in general.

  5. American University Comparison of perceptions Comparison of perceptions Comparison of perceptions Universities in other countries Other American educational institutions External Data SWOT analysis

  6. Academic administration Strategic planning Technology leadership SWOT analysis Educational technology Online interaction Globalization External data Internal data Foreign country

  7. Data analysis • Survey (available upon request) • Likert scale and open question • Distributed to students and faculty members in November, 2007 via SurveyMonkey at 22 educational tertiary and two-years colleges in the United States and Bulgaria • total number of respondents was 470 with 6 incomplete surveys • Analysis • SPSS as statistical package, ANOVAs and t test

  8. Yes No Findings – U.S. advantage

  9. Yes No Findings – BG advantage

  10. Findings • U.S. is ahead of BG with the use of educational technologies (digital divide) • Technology is used in innovative way at Bulgarian educational institutions • There is enormous discrepancy between U.S. and BG respondents in the perception of the library as technology hub

  11. Role of the academic library • The American Library Association notion of the librarian as a technology leader on campus • Role of the academic library as a technology provider • Role of the academic library as a technology trainer

  12. Library and Educational Leadership • There is a strong correlation among respondents regarding their perception of the role of the academic library as a technology hub and the ability of the educational administration to handle technology

  13. Education and Labor Market • Information literacy is • a hot topic • widely discussed • not agreed upon • not implemented in a standard way across institutions

  14. Discussion and Questions • Plamen Miltenoff • pmiltenoff@stcloudstate.edu • Skype ID: aidedza • Second Life ID: Aidemoreto Laryukov • Gary Schnellert • gary.schnellert@und.nodak.edu • Galin Tzokov • g_tzokov@mail.bg

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