Implications for the Future of Distance Learning

In an every changing technological world, students need to have access to the newest innovations to be success in the global marketplace. Many students are taking advantage of the flexibility and cost effectiveness of online instruction to achieve their educational goals. High quality learning communities can help students learn new material in a variety of ways not available in a traditional classroom. As the move towards virtual education progresses, school systems will have to implement strategies to meet the demands of an ever changing student population. Global competiveness is a hot topic across educational forums. Remaining competitive in a global job market means that our educational practices must match or exceed best practices applied in different countries. Virtual learning allows educational institutions to meet student demand for educational opportunities more readily than traditional brick and mortar schools. Inherently, distance learning provides the flexibility necessary to adapt quickly to changing educational goals based on job market conditions. Virtual educational institutions and programs can better prepare students for current employment vacancies because they have the ability to reach more people, accommodate change more rapidly, and provide superior educational options when compared to traditional schools.

Wednesday, October 29, 2014

EDUC 639 Most Important Technology Trends from Interview with HP Executive

I had the benefit of interviewing an executive at Hewlett Packard to gain some insight on technology trends and the role of a corporate professional in the field of educational technology.  The following video captures the most important trends discussed from the interview.


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3 comments:

  1. UnknownOctober 29, 2014 at 4:16 PM

    HI Katherine,
    You scored a great interviewee!! How would you move forward in investigating software as a service in your current work environment? Remember to include a list of references with each post (in this case, it would be the interview :)

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  2. UnknownOctober 30, 2014 at 10:49 AM

    My reply URL is http://youtu.be/qkhAb8BwO_g

    References
    Grush, M., (2014). Moving campus services from the portal to the cloud.
    http://campustechnology.com
    Oracle SaaS-Software as a service. www.http://oracle.com/cloud/SaaS

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  3. UnknownNovember 2, 2014 at 5:00 PM

    Kathrine,
    These three trends are definitely of interest. The Software as a Service has been offered by Microsoft for at least two years. The small Christian school where I taught for over three years was set up on the service under a volume licensing program. The program allowed us all components of the Microsoft Office Professional and upgrades within the two year contract period. In an article in The New York Times (Mar 2013), the author recognizes an instant savings in initial cost for the program will gain a subscriber full access to MS Office. In addition to MS Office, you also receive extra storage in the SkyDrive, an online storage disk (or cloud program). There are now other programs that are starting to offer subscriptions, as well. Worth looking into.
    References
    Pogue, D. (2013, March 7). Subscribing to office, no and forever. The New York Times, p. Business News: pB1.

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