Future Higher Ed IT Spending Will Be Driven by Cloud and Mobile

by Meghan Bogardus Cortez, Education Dive
This year, IT spending across industries will increase by 4.5 percent, rising to $2.1 trillion, and then increase by another 4 percent in 2018. IDC, which conducted the research, indicates that cloud infrastructure and mobile devices will be the source of the upswing. “Cloud and mobile are still the big drivers for IT spending, despite the attention devoted to new technologies like augmented reality, artificial intelligence and robotics,” says Stephen Minton, IDC vice president for customer insights and analysis, on Campus Technology. Universities are also prioritizing cloud and mobile as they update their technology. A survey last year indicated that 81 percent of university IT leaders were planning to increase their cloud spending. In 2016, 39 percent of their applications were cloud-based, but that number is expected to rise to 62 percent by 2021.

https://edtechmagazine.com/higher/article/2017/09/future-higher-ed-it-spending-will-be-driven-cloud-and-mobile

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Educators grapple with integrating technology into the lecture

by Pat Donachie, Education Dive

Most U.S. adults between say they learn more information from technology than through human interaction, with an even greater percentage of millennials reporting the same, according to a new survey — a reality which underscores both challenges and opportunities college educators face with balancing technological integration and traditional in-person instruction. The survey released last week was conducted by Growing Leaders, a nonprofit specializing in leadership training and development, and it surveyed 2,264 adults over the age of 18 earlier this year. In the results, 58% of respondents said they learned more from technology than people, with 69% of millennials from ages 18-34 stating the same.

http://www.educationdive.com/news/educators-grapple-with-integrating-technology-into-the-lecture/504140/

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7 Must-Have Phonics Apps and Tools

by Matthew Lynch, tech Edvocate
Learning letter sounds and how to decode words is one of the first steps to becoming a fluent reader. For young children, from pre-school to 2nd grade, phonics is especially important. To keep kids interested and excited about phonics, use these 7 must-have phonics apps and tools.

7 Must-Have Phonics Apps and Tools

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Online program to supplement Neosho classrooms

By Ariel Cooley, Joplin Globe

Teachers at Neosho Middle School and Neosho Junior High have spent the last several months learning about an online learning management system called Canvas. “It does not replace a quality teacher,” said Mandy Lybeck, instructional technology specialist with the school district. “It is not a baby sitter; it is a tool.” The district has been evolving to meet the needs of the “digital native.” This, Lybeck said, is someone who has never lived in a world without advanced technology. To do so, the school has been pushing for a ratio of 1-to-1 with computers. This goal has been achieved in the middle school, the junior high and the high school. The lower grades are becoming closer every year.

http://www.joplinglobe.com/news/local_news/online-program-to-supplement-neosho-classrooms/article_2e4303fe-09ae-592f-b53b-23f556ae5e2f.html

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Nonprofit receives nearly $1M to fund online Native language classes

By Associated Press

An Alaska foundation is hoping to revitalize five Athabascan languages through online education with help from a $900,000 grant. The Fairbanks Daily News-Miner reports that the Doyon Foundation recently announced the grant awarded by the nonprofit group Administration for Native Americans. The foundation will use the money to create 280 online lessons focusing on Holikachuk, Denaakke, Benhti Kenaga, Han and Dinjii Zhuh Kyaa languages. The courses will be available for educators and students throughout Alaska. The project is being worked on through a partnership with an organization called 7,000 Languages, which aims to preserve languages throughout the world.

http://www.ktva.com/nonprofit-receives-nearly-1m-to-fund-online-native-language-classes-417/

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5 free online courses for every entrepreneur

by Your Story

Whether you’re new to the startup world or you are an experienced business owner, continued education paves a clearer path in your professional journey. Enrolling in an online course gives you access to an ocean of resources, thus improving your knowledge on various subjects. It doesn’t have to be a financial commitment though, since free online courses make it easy and affordable for you to learn something new from the comfort of your home.

https://yourstory.com/2016/09/free-courses-for-entrepreneurs/

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College data backup in the age of the cloud

By Ken Stier, University Business

In just three years, enrollment at Lone Star Community College grew by about 50 percent. The six-campus system, located in the north Houston metro area, now has more than 95,000 students and has experienced explosive data growth, as well—from 40 terabytes to 1.6 petabytes. A data collection that big is hard to imagine. But as of April 2011, the entire U.S. Library of Congress had amassed 235 terabytes of data, and a petabyte is more than four times that, according to Michael Chui, a principal at consulting giant McKinsey & Company. The growth prompted IT standardization in the sprawling, decentralized system and an overhaul of Lone Star’s data backup process and technology.

http://www.universitybusiness.com/article/college-data-backup-age-cloud

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U-Michigan to Invest $100M in Big Data Initiative

by Greg Slabodkin, Health Data Management

The University of Michigan over five years will invest $100 million in a big data initiative with researchers seeking insights in four targeted areas—healthcare, learning analytics, social sciences, and transportation. Improving personalized healthcare delivery is at the heart of the health sciences/medicine component of the university’s Data Science Initiative. By tapping into DNA sequencing, electronic health records and other sources of big data, U-Michigan researchers hope to translate basic research into patient care based on more precisely diagnosing an individual’s risk for certain types of diseases and coming up with the most effective medical therapies. As part of the Data Science Initiative, U-M will hire 35 new faculty members, expand the university’s research computing capacity and strengthen its data management, storage, analytics and training resources. “We have a substantial personalized health/precision medicine footprint here,” says Alfred Hero, Ph.D., co-director of the new Michigan Institute for Data Science, which was created under the initiative and has an interdisciplinary core faculty of 40 data scientists. “There’s roughly $10 million that will be invested for the computational infrastructure for handling very large data sets.”

http://www.healthdatamanagement.com/news/University-of-Michigan-Invests-in-Big-Data-Initiative-51212-1.html

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Online learning offers another alternative

by Jacksonville Daily News

At one time, the public education system was a one-size-fits-all approach to getting students from kindergarten through high school. Now, there are nearly as many options as there are students — each one with strengths that might appeal to different students and their parents. For instance, there are local charter schools, where students, parents, teachers and administrators interact in a way that is simply not possible in the traditional school setting. There are also a host of different programs within those traditional settings — many more options than were available just a few short years ago. And then there’s online learning, an approach that allows students who might be at, ahead or behind the level of their classmates to progress at their own pace.

http://www.jdnews.com/article/20150908/OPINION/150909417/-1/s

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5 Ways Technology Is Disrupting Education

by JESS BOLLUYT, Tech Cheat Sheet

In today’s classrooms, stacks of heavy paper textbooks, battered notebooks, and worn-down pencils are giving way to e-readers, tablets, laptops, and a multitude of digital tools, apps, and software that are completely changing the way that students learn. These new tools don’t just change the delivery of the same material, though. Instead, they’re kicking off an array of changes to how students engage with what they’re learning, how they collaborate, how they receive feedback from teachers, and even how they learn to think and interact with the huge amount of information available to them. Here are five big ideas about how technology is disrupting education, and some of the resources pushing them ahead.

http://wallstcheatsheet.com/technology/5-ways-technology-is-disrupting-education.html/?a=viewall

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Students at Maine’s online public school complete first week

By Nell Gluckman, BDN

Students at the school, called Maine Connections Academy, finished their first week of online classes Friday. A breakdown detailing which school district each student came from — dated Sept. 2 — showed that 281 students from 88 different districts were enrolled. That list is expected to increase to up to 297 students as more complete the lengthy process of enrolling.

https://bangordailynews.com/2014/09/06/education/students-at-maines-online-public-school-complete-first-week/

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Smart Glasses Are More Than Just Google Glass

By eduglasses, Edudemic

Today I am going to highlight the four main large companies in the mix of SmartGlasses, along with their estimated release dates. The following companies have patented, finalized, and developed working prototypes of their smartglasses and have presented their technology at recent summits. This means that within the next year or two these technologies will be over inundating the market…. so as educators we need to be ready to meet the needs of the students. (Not to mention these will be priced within reason for the modern consumer).

http://www.edudemic.com/smart-glasses-just-google-glass/

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