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Trends and directions in Higher Education

Trends and directions in Higher Education. 23 rd January 2003. Standard Platform. Portable PC Availability. e-Learning Framework. Enterprise Solutions. Software solutions. Integrated Planning. Shared Experiences. Common Factors. Network Infrastructure. Common objectives.

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Trends and directions in Higher Education

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  1. Trends and directions in Higher Education 23rd January 2003

  2. Standard Platform Portable PC Availability e-Learning Framework Enterprise Solutions Software solutions Integrated Planning Shared Experiences Common Factors Network Infrastructure

  3. Common objectives • Improve academic performance • Optimise the teaching schedule • Support the teaching infrastructure • Reduce technology complexity • Facilitate use of student-owned computers • Central storage and e-mail servers • Software refresh twice per year • Cap Helpdesk spend at current levels

  4. An one-stop entry point into University applications and tools that attracts A place to get access to relevant new students knowledge and information assets A place to socialise and A lifestyle build personal networks support environment A place to collaborate and form Portal University Partnerships A place to create and share ideas and information A place to attend A place for members to access classes, learn and be content and services assessed A place to A personalised support Students and Staff information library An internal and external news broadcasting and corporate communications environment

  5. University Portals

  6. The current workplace dilemma Student Services Further Complication Many organisations have 10s to 1,000s of disconnected intranets Content (Articles, Manuals, …) e-mail Alumni Collaboration e-Learning The Goal Integrated and configurable Dynamic Workplace™ Document / Content Management People Finding Finance Application Access

  7. What is a Portal Anyway…. • Personaliaation: tailoring presented content to individual users or groups of users based on explicit or implicit criteria • Aggregation: combining or integrating various kinds of information or content from different sources for users to access efficiently • Collaboration: Community of like-minded users • Presentation: Delivering content over one or more channels in most appropriate manner

  8. Tailored News Content Management Behavior Corporate Messages Personal Apps Team Tools People e-HR Virtual Help Desk Instant Messaging Business Apps Expert Location Mail & Calendar Learning IBM’s Workplace

  9. MyNews Description • Automated news feeds from numerous and varied news sources • Allows individuals the option to choose from various “channels” of information, both w/in their respective organization and across industries / areas of specialization (300 channels) • Company-wide authoring and publishing • Personalization provided at the main page level as well as at the application level • 173,000 subscriptions Benefits • Enhances individuals’ knowledge about their respective organization and about their industry or specialty area • Personalized content boosts individual productivity and efficiency and contributes to higher-quality decision making • Enterprise license to news feed vs. department saved 50% on duplicative licenses ($1M+ annually)

  10. Instant Messaging Description • Consists of 3 basic components: -- The list of 'who is online' and available to talk, -- An initial contact message-- The ongoing conversation. • Displays a rather extensive list of groups and people currently online. • 225,000 Registered Chat users • >1 Million Chat messages each day • Lotus Sametime Connect 1.5.5. Benefits • Productive and more efficient collaboration. Whether you send a quick questions to your co-worker who sits down the hall, or in another time zone, or conduct worldwide team conference chats, Sametime saves time and money.

  11. e-meetings - enabling real-time collaboration Description • 65,000 Registered e-meetings users • 47,000 person-hours in e-meetings each month • 6.34 average attendees/meeting • 1.86 hours is average length of meetings • Within and outside company Benefits • Helps plan and orchestrate meetings • Provides convenience for meeting attendees.

  12. Global Learning Portal Description • Web portal to learning environment • Enables use of video, audio, and multimedia technologies to enhance learning experience • Integrated course catalog browse, search, and select functions for over 38,000 learning 'events' • Course completion tracking to track employee skill development progress Benefits • More than 200,000 employees have received education and training online • Just-in-time learning for employees who don't have time to sit in a classroom • 40% of training via Web

  13. What are Learning Solutions on top of e-Business Solutions

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