The Philosophy: The Philosophy: Why?Why?
Ray Cross, President
INTRODUCTIONINTRODUCTION
• Overview• Societal and Cultural Changes• Changes in the Work Place• Educational Changes/Observations• Changes at SUNY Morrisville
– Our Vision– Technology Strategies– Campus Implementation Issues
• Critical Issues
Everything is Everything is ChangingChanging
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Societal Societal and and
Cultural Cultural ChangesChanges
Societal Societal and and
Cultural Cultural ChangesChanges
Late 1800’s Late 1800’s
Agricultural AgeAgricultural Age
Industrial AgeIndustrial Age
Late 1900’s Late 1900’s
Industrial AgeIndustrial Age
InformationInformation AgeAge
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INFORMATIONINFORMATION
KNOWLEDGEKNOWLEDGE
LEARNINGLEARNING
TheThe INFORMATION INFORMATION
AGEAGE“The Information Age is being
driven by learning and knowledge...... So the time is right to develop a compelling vision for learning in the 21st century.”
Perelman, Lewis J. School’s Out: A Radical new Formula for the Revitalization of America’s Educational System. New York: Avon Books, 1992.
HIGHER EDUCATION in HIGHER EDUCATION in the INDUSTRIAL AGEthe INDUSTRIAL AGE
“Higher education is at a crossroads. Having aligned its operations and output with the needs of the Industrial Age, it has settled into a mode of operation that is often likened to the factory of the age it served.”
Handy, Charles. The Age of Paradox. Cambridge: Harvard Business School Press, 1994.
THEME -- ONETHEME -- ONE
KnowledgeSmart Roads, Smart Houses, Smart Cars, Smart Tires, Smart Cards, Smart Pucks, Smart Telephones The Digital Economy , Don Tapscott
THEME -- TWOTHEME -- TWO
DigitizationInformation was analog and physical (or “atoms”) -- now it is digital (“bits”)
THEME -- THREETHEME -- THREE
VirtualizationAs information shifts from analog to digital, physical things can become virtual
THEME -- FOURTHEME -- FOUR
Molecularization“Mass” will become molecular in all aspects of economic and social life.
THEME -- FIVETHEME -- FIVE
Integration --Internetworking
The integration of molecules into clusters that work with others.
THEME -- SIXTHEME -- SIX
DisintermediationMiddleman functions between
producers and consumers are being eliminated through digital networks
THEME -- SEVENTHEME -- SEVEN
ConvergenceThe dominant economic sector
is being created by three converging industries -- computing, communications, and the content industries
THEME -- THEME -- EIGHTEIGHT
Innovation“No matter how good your product, you are only 18 months away from failure.”
Lou Gerstner IBM
THEME -- THEME -- NINENINE
ProsumptionThe GAP between Producers and Consumers blurs.
THEME -- TENTHEME -- TEN
Immediacy“Today, consumer electronics products have a typical lifespan of two months.”
THEME -- THEME -- ELEVENELEVEN
Globalization“The digital planet will look
and feel like the head of a pin.”
Being Digital Nicholas Negroponte
THEME -- TWELVETHEME -- TWELVE
DiscordanceUnprecedented social issues are
beginning to arise, potentially causing massive trauma and conflict.
The The “Pace “Pace of the of the Race”Race”
The Velocity of The Velocity of ChangeChange
“ If the 1980s were about quality and the 1990s were about re-engineering, then the 2000s will be about velocity -- about how quickly business itself will be transacted; and about how information access will alter the lifestyle of consumers and their expectations of business. When the increase in velocity is great enough, the very nature of business changes."
Bill Gates
• Mentality shiftsMentality shifts-- from public phone to personal phone.
• Location shifts --Location shifts -- from a geographic focus to a focus on being connected.
• Individualization shift --Individualization shift -- from mass production to mass customization.
• Relationships shiftRelationships shift-- from a family living in many different states to all family members living in the same community.
Cultural Cultural ShiftsShifts
• Knowledge and LearningKnowledge and Learning• Directly Connected Directly Connected • IndividualityIndividuality• MobilityMobility• MiniaturizationMiniaturization• Speed or Velocity Speed or Velocity
Key Societal and Key Societal and Cultural ChangesCultural Changes
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Changes Changes in the in the Work Work PlacePlace
Changes Changes in the in the Work Work PlacePlace
CHANGING CHANGING NATURE OF JOBS NATURE OF JOBS
and WORKand WORKAverage Worker -- Change Jobs 6.8 X and Occupations 3 X
Over 76% of Current Workforce will need Significant Retraining
CHANGES IN THE CHANGES IN THE WORKPLACEWORKPLACE
1900 -- More than 50% of employed people worked for themselves as farmers and shop owners
1977 Only 7% were self-employed2020 -- Drucker predicts that early in
the 21st century fewer than half of working people will be employed by others in a classic way
CHANGES IN THE CHANGES IN THE WORKPLACEWORKPLACE
• Constant training, retraining, job-hopping, and even career-hopping will become the norm.
• Fading are the 9-5 workdays, lifetime jobs, predictable, hierarchical relationships, corporate culture security blankets, and, for a large and growing sector of the workforce, the workplace itself (will be replaced by a cybernetics “workspace”).
CHANGES IN THE CHANGES IN THE WORKPLACEWORKPLACE
•Today, 95% of all workers use some type of information technology in their jobs.
•By 2003, more than one-third of the U.S. workforce will be mobile
CHANGES IN THE CHANGES IN THE WORKPLACEWORKPLACE
The Department of Labor estimates that this year approximately 44% of all workers will be in data services (e.g., gathering processing, retrieving, or analyzing information).
CHANGING CHANGING WORKPLACEWORKPLACE
Could a Doctor who retired 15 years ago function in today’s hospital??
NOT A CHANCE
NOT A CHANCE
CHANGING CHANGING WORKPLACE?WORKPLACE?
Could a teacher who retired 15 years ago function in most classrooms today??
Quite Easily
Quite Easily
• Education and Training Education and Training (Knowledge)(Knowledge)
• Pervasive Impact of Pervasive Impact of TechnologyTechnology
• Mobility Mobility • Speed or Velocity of Changes Speed or Velocity of Changes
in the Work Place in the Work Place
Key Changes in Key Changes in the Work Placethe Work Place
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Educational Educational Changes and Changes and ObservationObservation
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Educational Educational Changes and Changes and ObservationObservation
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Personal Personal Observations Observations
Regarding Regarding ““Educators””
EducatorsEducators
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FatalisticFatalistic
Theme Song?
““Constraints Constraints Theory”Theory”
Continuity-Continuity-OrientedOriented
““AppendageAppendagess““AppendageAppendagess
The The Educator’s Educator’s ApproachApproach
INFORMATION AGEINFORMATION AGE
CHANGING WORLD CHANGING WORLD OF OF
LEARNINGLEARNING
INDUSTRIAL AGEINDUSTRIAL AGE
Classrooms, libraries, and laboratories
Networks and being Networks and being ConnectedConnected
Teaching LearningLearning
Seat time-based education
Achievement-Achievement-basedbased learninglearning
Classroom-centered instruction
NetworkedNetworked learninglearning
Information acquisition KnowledgeKnowledge navigationnavigation
INFORMATION AGEINFORMATION AGE
CHANGING WORLD OF
LEARNING
INDUSTRIAL AGEINDUSTRIAL AGE
Time out for learning Fusion of learning and Fusion of learning and workwork
Distance education Distance-free learningDistance-free learning
Continuing education Perpetual learningPerpetual learning
Separation of learners and learning systems
Fusion of learning Fusion of learning systems systems
• Teaching Assumptions shiftTeaching Assumptions shift-- from readings are on reserve to everyone owns a copy of his/her own.
• Timelines shiftTimelines shift-- from “our class meets MWF” to “we see each other all the time and MWF we meet
together”• Students’ sense of access shiftsStudents’ sense of access shifts-- from
“I can get that book in the library” to “I have that book in my library.”
Educational Educational ShiftsShifts
Changing DesiresChanging Desires
• Learners want to be more NOMADIC
• Learners and employers want learning to be more “collaborative”
• Continuous contact -- students will want faculty and staff to always be available
• Learners and faculty want more relevant and realistic learning experiences
• Learners want to study and learn “anywhere, anytime”
EXISTING EXISTING FACILITIES?FACILITIES?
“Schools will become more like playgrounds and museums for children to assemble ideas and socialize with children all over the world. The digital planet will look and feel like the head of a pin.”
Nicholas Negroponte “Being Digital”
“I’m only attending school until it
becomes available on CD-ROM”
Anonymous sixth grade student
Changing Expectations
CHANGING FRONT CHANGING FRONT DOOR?DOOR?
Next “KILLER APP”Next “KILLER APP”
Distance Learning
• Changing Learner DesiresChanging Learner Desires• Importance of Perpertual LearningImportance of Perpertual Learning• Fusion of Learning and WorkFusion of Learning and Work• New Delivery Tools and TechnologyNew Delivery Tools and Technology• Desire for Mobility Desire for Mobility • The Demand for Speed or VelocityThe Demand for Speed or Velocity
Key Changes in Key Changes in EducationEducation
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Changes Changes at SUNY at SUNY MorrisvillMorrisvill
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Changes Changes at SUNY at SUNY MorrisvillMorrisvill
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Overview of SUNY Overview of SUNY MorrisvilleMorrisville
• Public Institution in Central New York
• Residential Campus with 3000 Students
• Over 70 Academic Programs
• Associate and Bachelor Degrees– Health, Aquaculture, Equine, Business, Info Tech,
Hospitality, Architectural Technology, Engineering Technology, Natural Resource Conservation, Biology
WHAT ARE WE WHAT ARE WE DOING?DOING?
• New Vision and Direction• Technology Strategy
– Strategic Partnerships – Mobile Computing
• Program by Program
– Nomadic Learning• Wireless Networking
– Totally Digital Environment• BlueTooth Technology
Our Vision Our Vision StatementStatement
“The State University of New York College of Agriculture and
Technology at Morrisville aspires to be an academically challenging , business-oriented, technology-
focused entrepreneurial learning community.”
Our VisionOur Vision
Academics
Applied Business Entrepreneurialism
TECHNOLOGTECHNOLOGYY
TECHNOLOGY TECHNOLOGY STRATEGIESSTRATEGIES
Technology Technology StrategiesStrategies
• Phase I– Place an Emphasis on Mobility– Build a Modern Infrastructure– Create a Common Access Tool– Create a Technology Comfort Level– Create Added Value– Develop Strategic Partnerships – Create a Marketable Difference– Encourage, Empower and Support Faculty
Development– Reduce Investment in Computer Labs
Technology Technology StrategiesStrategies
• Phase II– Create a Nomadic Learning
Environment– Promote Rapid Change– Improve Teaching/Learning
Process
Technology Technology StrategiesStrategies
• Phase III
– Totally Digital Environment
– Pervasive Computing– “BlueTooth”
Technology
A Totally WirelessEnvironment
A Totally Digital EnvironmentPervasive Computing
“BlueTooth”Technology
CAMPUS CAMPUS IMPLEMENTATIOIMPLEMENTATIO
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Facility and InfrastructureAdministrative IssuesAcademic Issues
FACILITIES AND FACILITIES AND INFRASTRUCTUREINFRASTRUCTURE
• Facilities– Academic Classrooms and Labs– Ubiquitous Learning Space
• Laptop Cafe
– Residence Halls
• Infrastructure– Campus Backbone and
Networks– Wireless
Fall ‘99:• 7 Classrooms• 6 Labs
Charlton 217
Hamilton 008
Fall ‘98:• 2 Classrooms• 2 Labs
Classroom Classroom ChangesChanges
Laptop ClassroomsLaptop Classrooms
The Laptop CafeThe Laptop Cafe
Other Lounges In:•College Skills•Library•Open Lab
Student Activities Building
The Laptop LoungeThe Laptop Lounge
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M M Strands/SM Strands
SUNY Morrisville SUNY Morrisville BackboneBackbone
•Connect to the Internetand the campusnetwork with Raytheon
•Wireless in allResidenceHalls
•Loaner Wireless Card Available to Students in all ThinkPad University Curriculums
Wireless Wireless NetworkingNetworking
A Complete A Complete Wireless CampusWireless Campus
•Connect to the Internetand the campusnetwork anywhere,at anytime!!
•Wireless in everyAcademicBuilding (Spring 2000)
•Connect while enjoying fresh air on the Quad
ADMINISTRATIVE ADMINISTRATIVE ISSUESISSUES
• Standard vs Threshold– Single Vendor vs Multiple Vendors
• By Program or Total Institution Implementation
• Funding and Ownership– Buy vs Lease vs Student Buy
• “Cold Turkey” vs Pilot• Vendor Selection
– Low Bid vs. Strategic Partner
•IBM ThinkPad 390E•300 MHz•64 MB memory (Standard Option) 128 MB memory (Gold Option)•3.2 GB hard drive•24X CD-ROM•3 1/2 “ floppy drive•12.1” TFT display (active matrix)•56K modem card•10BaseT Ethernet card•Back Pack Carrying Case•Windows ‘98•Microsoft Office Pro ‘97•2 year warranty
Fall ‘99 Fall ‘99 ConfigurationConfiguration
During Freshman Placement Testing:
•“The Benefits of a Laptop Investment”
•Vendor FairFaculty DemosSale of ThinkPads and
PeripheralsEquipment “Hands-On”
For Parents
Orientation Orientation Session for Session for
ParentsParents
•Contract Signing /Program Overview
- 1 hour; 100 students simultaneously•“Learn to Use Your Laptop”
- 1 1/2 hours; 25 students per session- 4 trainers; 4 concurrent sessions- Completed in 1 1/2 days for 700 students
ThinkPad Distribution
Fall ‘99 Welcome Fall ‘99 Welcome WeekendWeekend
Staffed by one full-time professional
…and 16 students
New Support New Support SystemsSystems
OPEN:Monday - Saturday8:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Sunday CLOSED
By Phone, E-mail, or Walk-In:Problem Resolution
Software Installations
Warranty Repairs
Loaner Laptops
General Laptop Hardware, Software, and Network Assistance
Help Desk HoursHelp Desk Hours
ACADEMIC ISSUESACADEMIC ISSUES
• Faculty Development and Support– New TECH Center– Help Desk– Workshops and Training
• Faculty Commitment• Program Selection
Process
CRITICALCRITICALISSUES and KEY ISSUES and KEY
POINTSPOINTS
Critical IssuesCritical Issues
• Academics Should Drive the Change• Communication with Students and
Parents– Early and Often– Financial Aid
• Commitment of Faculty– Critical Mass
• Seek out Strategic Partners
Key PointsKey Points
• Focus on learning -- not technology• Focus on the discipline of study --
not the technology• Focus on “adding value” -- not
“cost-related issues”• Focus on the committed faculty --
not total involvement
Key PointsKey Points
• Focus on developing faculty with the technology -- not developing the technical capability of faculty
• Focus on strategic planning -- not technology planning
• Focus on creating a comfort-level with technology -- not an infatuation with technology
SUMMARYSUMMARY
• Societal and Cultural Changes• Changes in the Work Place• Educational Changes/Observations• Changes at SUNY Morrisville
– Our Vision– Technology Strategies– Campus Implementation Issues
• Critical Issues
Thank you for taking the time to investigate SUNY Morrisville’s technology and teaching philosophy.