This document discusses trends in classroom technology for business schools. It outlines various smart devices and collaboration tools used in classrooms, rising student loan debt, and alternative teaching styles like flipping the classroom. It also details the large costs of equipping classrooms and buildings with advanced technology, providing examples of specific university investments. Key decisions around technology include fundraising, hiring experts, faculty training, and support.

1. Classroom Technology The Nuclear Arms Race For 21st Century Business SchoolsSBAA Conference July 11, 2011 Dr. Hugh Watson Brad Hunt Ramsey Valentine

3. Important Instructional Trends Smart devices in the classroom The increasing cost of education Alternative teaching and learning styles

4. Smart Devices

5. Laptops: Boon or Bane?

6. A Typical Faculty View

12. Social Networking Google+ Twitter Virtual Worlds Video and Podcasting Facebook RSSFeeds YouTube Blogs Collaboration Tools Wikis Instant Messaging Presentation Tools

14. Student Loan Debt

16. Bubbles – overvalued and intensely believed

17. Distance Education

18. Active learning Flipping the classroom Deliberate practice

20. Flexible seating No “front of the room” Whiteboard walls Flat screen displays Wireless computers Movable equipment cart Collaborative Learning Classroom

23. Location

25. Technology Costsfor Recent Buildings $800,000 $200,000/cr $6,000,000 $330,000/cr $2,500,000 $150,000/cr $7,000,000 $200,000/cr

26. $/Classroom $300,000+ Cost Features $30,000

27. Shelf Life ~ 7 Years Expect 25% per year Reinvestment

28. Demand Pressures:What the “Cool Schools” are doing Digital Signage Lecture Capture Trading Rooms Team Rooms

29. The Factors

30. A Decision Framework

33. A Decision Framework

34. Demand Pressures/Raising the Bar:What univ of tennessee CBA Did HD Self Service Lecture Capture Digital Signage & Scheduling Masters Investment Learning Center Team Rooms

36. Masters Investment Learning Center

37. Extensive meeting space

38. Huddle Space for students

39. Room Access, Scheduling and E-Signage System

41. Haslam Building Cost and Funding

42. Design Objective & Attributes Create a campus within a campus Create a place where students want to stay Enable Faculty maximum flexibility & ease of use/adaptability in approach to learning. Support Experiential – team based learning Give faculty/students flexibility in what technology they want to leverage Maximize use of HD and IP Networking Enable last row clear viewing of single Excel Cell

43. Flexible, easy to use & Consistent Functional Classrooms

44. Team Rooms 33 Team Rooms, 2 Presentation Rooms throughout the Building Table & Chairs for 6 to 8 people Networking, Presentation & Collaboration Technology Available to students via web-based reservation system All Team Rooms, Classrooms & Conf Rooms Magnetic Locks LCD Room Signs & Entry Control

45. Key Decisions and their impact Fund Raising for Technology Hiring of AV Architect – Designer Assoc Dean attending every construction meeting! Taking AV Designer off Remote Access/Scheduling System Overhead projectors not allowed in the building. Faculty member must be trained before they teach their first class. High Touch Checking before each class (1st week). Rapid Response System part of control system. Early Adapter of HD & IP in our integrated AVIT building Custom solutions required – High Maintenance will follow AV Control Systems Room Access/Scheduling Integration

46. Key Decisions and their impact Fund Raising for Technology Hiring of AV Architect – Designer Assoc Dean attending every construction meeting! Taking AV Designer off Remote Access/Scheduling System Overhead projectors not allowed in the building. Faculty member must be trained before they teach their first class. High Touch Checking before each class (1st week). Rapid Response System part of control system. Early Adapter of HD & IP in our integrated AVIT building Custom solutions required – High Maintenance will follow AV Control Systems Room Access/Scheduling Integration

47. What we would do differently Adjust staffing levels early QA/oversight of AV consultants QA/oversight of RASS Programmers Proactive Faculty/Student/Staff Outreach Reduce Consultant/Vendor dependence. Allow staff to keep up with other tech changes such as social networking, mobile devices Provide electricity outside of classrooms. Electricity avail to students in flat & flex classrooms

48. Technology Tips

49. Technology Tips Involve IT, faculty, students, and administrators in selecting technology Make visits to schools that have new buildings Different kinds of classes require different technologies Make sure that any new technology is cost effective

50. Technology Tips Don’t forget the costs of maintaining and supporting technology Remember that technology has a short shelf life Most faculty don’t want to invest much time learning new technology Faculty expect excellent support

51. Thank You Contacts Hugh Watson – hwatson@uga.edu Brad Hunt – bjhunt@uga.edu Ramsey Valentine – ramseyv@utk.edu Slides Available at www.slideshare.net – search for SBAA Special Thanks to… Jay Noffsinger, Mason School of Business, The College of William and Mary and the AACSB affinity group “Technology in Business Schools Roundtable” (www.tbsroundtable.org) for their insight, information, and photos.