Innovation and Technology: Two Key Ingredients for Improving Preparation and Transition to College

Education Technology Objectives

• Collaborative Learning
• You want your learners to work in collaborative teams and networks that are not bound by the walls and grounds of your location.
• More Learning
• You want your learners to learn more than previously possible through print technology and gain greater mastery over the subject matter.

Education Technology Objectives

• More Cost-Effective Learning
• You want learning the amount of learning per dollar spent to be greater.

Education Technology Objectives

• Differentiating Roles and Specializing
• You want to allow each person to focus more on the more narrowly defined role, specialize, and improve the quality of their work on their areas of expertise (e.g., assessment, curriculum development, discussion, administrative processes, lecture, mentoring, counseling, etc.) and use technology to help free up time and reorganize the work to make this possible.

Education Technology Objectives

• Virtual Reality
• You want to be able to simulate real environments that are too dangerous, expensive and/or remote to provide at your school.

Education Technology Objectives

• Courseware Development
• You want to do what was once only the province of textbook companies, moviemakers and computer specialists: make multimedia courseware.

Education Technology Objectives

• Reach New Markets
• You want to export your unique and high quality programs into areas beyond the magic 30-minute, 30-mile barrier.

Education Technology Objectives

• Expand Offerings
• You want to be able to increase your offerings beyond what is possible and/or affordable with conventional educational delivery systems. You want to do this to attract and keep more students and increase the value of your programs.

Education Technology Objectives

• Survival
• You want to make sure you are not bypassed by other delivery systems
• and that your school is equal to or better than the competition in the use and availability of education materials and information technology.