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| | Today's Top Stories | | 1. | The Internet of Things Is Here | | | via EDUCAUSE Review | | | The Internet of Things (IoT) is a topic that engenders excitement, skepticism, and anxiety. Supporting these feelings are expectations regarding the potential value that the IoT can create today and into the future, the "hype-cycle" considerations, and the risks regarding security and privacy. Yet the fact is, the Internet of Things is here. Now. Higher education thus has an opportunity to support the development and deployment of the technical and business model innovations for an IoT-enabled economy, to build the leaders of the IoT-enabled economy today and into the future, and to address the TIPPSS risks related to the IoT: Trust, Identity, Privacy, Protection, Safety, and Security. More
Why This Matters: IoT-enabled devices are seeing widespread use already, but their prevalence is predicted to grow to billions of devices. How can higher ed lead the charge into an IoT-enabled future? EDUCAUSE takes an in-depth look. |
| | 2. | Digital Signage Saves Time, and It Can Also Save Money | | | via EdTech Magazine | | | Colleges and universities that have implemented digital signage on campus are already familiar with the benefits of such systems: quick delivery of information to the entire campus community, easy-to-customize messages and centralized control that cuts the effort and expense of traditional print communication. Many institutions, such as Kansas State University, have also made such displays an integral part of emergency response strategies, sending real-time alerts of safety issues on campus. More
Why This Matters: Digital displays don't just save money by eliminating paper-based communication. They can also generate revenue via paid advertisements. |
| | 3. | More Data On Non-Traditional Students is Needed, But Were On The Right Track | | | via The EvoLLLution | | | Institutional graduation and retention rates recall the old epigram comparing statistics to skimpy swimsuits: What they reveal is suggestive, but what they conceal is vital. More
Why This Matters: When we look at completion data reports, often nontraditional and transfer students aren't shown in the data. Read why this author thinks all kinds of students should be included, with their subsets separated out, to give a more thorough picture. |
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| | Blog Quote of the Day | (Marketing) Virtual Reality in Education: A History
"Todays ed-tech entrepreneurs are wont to claim that theyll be the first to bring virtual reality to schools, and that todays ed-tech journalists rarely fact-check or dispute these statements underscores how little either seems to know or care about ed-tech history. But the problem, as some long-time VR developers insist, isnt simply that these folks dont know much about technologys past: its that they dont know their research (also a huge problem); and quite arguably, they seem unfamiliar with any of the debates about design or definitions." Audrey Watters, Hack Education |
|  | @OtterScotter:
I think some of what has caused this polarity is #edtech being "forced" into, instead of "fit" with the Ts/Ss needs. |
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