tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-69783359633630060412024-03-07T23:36:52.976-08:00Hawk VisionHawk Visionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14044198613804158410noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6978335963363006041.post-50385128292333541562016-12-07T09:42:00.002-08:002016-12-07T09:45:09.332-08:00What is your Idea of the University?<div class="column">
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">We have been exploring important questions and issues in higher education, as well as possible solutions and and new ideas that might shape the future of higher educational institutions like Mohawk Valley Community College. Perhaps the most common theme in the "solutions" category is disruption, or disruptive innovation, which describes the process by which technology enables new entrants to provide goods and services that are more accessible and eventually replace (or disrupt) already established competitors.</span></span><br />
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Hawk Visionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14044198613804158410noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6978335963363006041.post-31239099377819384442016-10-26T07:51:00.002-07:002016-10-26T07:51:26.644-07:00IT and the Campus of the Future<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">This week, we continue the conversation on what the future of technology could look like at a college campus, specifically at Mohawk Valley Community College. How can colleges stay nimble and ahead of the curve when it comes to technology when the technology is changing as fast — or faster — than the plan and infrastructure can be built?</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Colleges across the country are trying to figure it out.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">For example, Cornell Tech — a collaboration between Cornell University and the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology — is working on "the creation of an institution dedicated to technological innovation,
academic experimentation, and the kind of serial flexibility those two
principles require," or "'the chameleon campus,' a space where interchangeability permeates everything." But as with any long-term building project, technology keeps advancing, and no one knows where we will be technologically when the campus is complete.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Read about the project <a href="http://www.chronicle.com/article/How-Do-You-Plan-the-Campus-of/147803">here</a>, keeping in mind the following questions. We appreciate your feedback in the comments below.</span></span><br />
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<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">To what extent are our initiatives sustainable in terms of financial and human resources?</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">How are our programs and practices synergistic in developing a campus culture for students and staff? </span></span></li>
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Hawk Visionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14044198613804158410noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6978335963363006041.post-26928328724316216042016-10-10T07:41:00.000-07:002016-10-10T07:41:21.555-07:00IT Plan: Is Technology the Chicken or the Egg?<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Technology is present throughout MVCC supporting our students’ Learning and Administrative needs. The processes for our faculty and staff serving our students, more often than not, also involve technology.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">As we use and evaluate our processes, or perhaps build new processes, do we take the approach of “What can technology do for the process?” or do we look at it in the inverse: “How can we fit the process into the technology?”</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">What processes could be modified or added and how might technology play a role?</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">What is the role of the end-user in technology planning?</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Are we involving a wide enough constituency in our planning?</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">This post is designed to take a look at the College’s inaugural Three-Year Information Technology Plan. Please give it a review <a href="http://www.mvcc.edu/information-technology/it-strategic-plan-draft-2"><b>here</b></a>, keeping in mind the questions posed above, and perhaps respond with questions of your own. We’d love to hear your feedback on technology process/design and the planning process in front of it all.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">So ... What comes first?</span></span><br />
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Hawk Visionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14044198613804158410noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6978335963363006041.post-2813713030645203862016-09-21T11:06:00.000-07:002016-09-21T11:06:42.464-07:00Improving efficiency key to future success<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Corporate America relies on efficiencies to drive its profits. While Walmart has its critics, it is ubiquitously seen as a master of efficiency. Walmart’s focus on efficient business practices are even reflected in its merchandise shipping procedures. By using 27 different boxes, as compared to the 12 it has historically used, the company has been able to decrease the total volume of boxes it ships by one-third. Needless to say, with a company the size of Walmart, this has resulted in tremendous cost savings.<br /><br />With this in mind, MVCC is looking for ways to improve efficiency in all areas of the institution to make it easier for us to move successfully into the future. Do you have ideas or suggestions? Please share them in the comments below.</span></span>Hawk Visionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14044198613804158410noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6978335963363006041.post-71330624263956778932016-09-14T14:44:00.000-07:002016-09-14T14:44:03.087-07:00Higher Education: Not What It Used to Be?<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Hawk Vision is back, and we are ready to talk about higher education.</span></span><br />
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and it has been for some time now. It is a movement to connect physical things
to the Internet and to each other through wireless technologies to form a
seamless, coherent experience (<a href="http://www.entrepreneurial-insights.com/internet-of-things-future-data/">http://www.entrepreneurial-insights.com/internet-of-things-future-data/</a>).
The future of the Internet of Things raises questions regarding big data and
what we do with it. There is much discussion about how everything connects
through wireless technology, but what happens with all the data that gets
collected? Is there a place for the Internet of Things in higher education? And
if so, what? <span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
According to a white paper written by software
company Oracle (“This paper provides an overview for the adoption of Big Data
and analytic capabilities as part of a ‘next-generation’ architecture that can
meet the needs of higher education institutions”) on enterprise architecture,
“Institutions have traditionally measured students by grades and attendance.
Students facing severe academic challenges are often recognized too late. Many
institutions are now starting to look at Big Data solutions to better
understand student sentiment (gathered from social media) and other aspects of
the campus life experience. For example, sensors in buildings enable tracking
of students and the time that they spend in the classroom, in their dormitory,
in the cafeteria, or in the library. The effectiveness of their instructor can
be partly determined by analysis of student sentiment. Problems can be detected
and corrected earlier, with less dire consequences for all involved.” (For the
complete report, click <a href="http://www.oracle.com/us/technologies/big-data/big-data-education-2511586.pdf">here</a>.)
Although written and researched by a for-profit company, the implication of the
direction of one of the largest data companies is staggering. <span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
So does the Internet of Things begin to quantify
our students? Can we use the examples of a quantified self to increase student
performance and completion? What is quantified self and what data are used to
quantify one’s self? Currently the trend in quantified self is using personal
data, such as fitness trackers, calorie counters, etc., to track one’s fitness
and health. According to the Association of College and Research Libraries
(ACRL), “Quantified Self describes the phenomenon of consumers being able to
closely track data that is relevant to their daily activities through the use
of technology.” It is enabled by wearable technology and the mobile web. This
is a notable trend because it gives us a glimpse of what our daily lives will
be like in the near future, in which many of the emerging technologies that we
are just getting used to – the mobile, big data, wearable technology – will
come together for a seamless consumer experience. (<a href="http://acrl.ala.org/techconnect/post/higher-professional-ed-lifelong-learning-to-stay-employed-quantified-self-and-libraries">Full
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Only when the Internet of Things, quantified self,
and big data come together in a student profile can we begin to understand how
much impact the data can have on higher education. In the near future, we will
have to address how these three come together to better aid our students in
study habits, health habits, and academic planning to truly enhance the entire
student experience. The future beyond big data will be the true quantified self
through learning experiences, and competency-based education through
just-in-time learning and creating a fully quantified self that will serve as
an e-portfolio of a person’s true qualifications and ability. The future of
higher education will be credentialing competency-based education, experiential
learning, and lifelong learning. Self-tracking websites such as LinkedIn (<a href="http://www.linkedin.com/">www.linkedin.com</a>) give us a peek into the
future and the quantified self. <span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
Do you have any comments or questions about the
Internet of Things and the quantified self? Hawk Vision would love to hear from
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education happen? How will a student pay and register for classes? This article has some interesting concepts of the future of higher education.</span><br />
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collecting practices of innovation that are happening at MVCC. Do you use, or
know of someone who uses, a new teaching strategy, interactive learning
activity, open resources, or service learning? Or have you created a new
process that helps student with administrative tasks? We are looking for any
current activities that help to promote student success in and out of the
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