2. • Important decision factor
when students select a school
• Only 17% of CIOs rate their
mobile environment as
“Excellent”
• 30% of schools are in the
process of migrating to the
latest Wi-Fi standard, 802.11ac
Campus Wi-Fi
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3. • Growing use of live Tweeting
• Send useful content
• Meet your customers where
they are
• Be responsive and positive
The Importance
of Being Social
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4. Digital Badges
• 60% believe badges will
replace diplomas and course
certificates
• Can be displayed on social
media networks and linked to
student profiles
• Provide employers and
recruiters with a better
candidate search tool
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5. • Student analytics and network
analytics
• The business intelligence and
physician diagnostics of the
education world
Analytics
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6. Google Glass
and Wearables
• Lectures in-person and live-streamed
• Interactive remote field trips
• Self-guided campus tours
• For more, see “14 Google Glass
Innovative Uses in Education”
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7. Drones
• Campus tours
• Inspections of buildings
• Courses on drones
• Capture sporting events
• For more see “10 Uses of
Drones in Higher Education”
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8. 3D Printing
• Enhances hands-on learning
• Consumer market is driving
down prices
• For art, design, and
engineering
• Paired with 3D scanning
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10. Small Private
Online Courses
(SPOCs)
• MOOCs have lost the limelight
• Much better completion rates
than MOOCs
• Technological core for online
classes
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11. Virtual Reality
• Immersive and augmented
reality
• Student enters a virtual
learning space optimized for
any topic of study
• Remote instructor can join
students in virtual classroom
• Will completely reinvent
education
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12. Disruption of
Higher Education
• Unbundling of higher ed
• Modularity
• New providers
• Technological core/
competency-based learning
• Digital badges
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