Note: This session is only for higher education college and university attendees and invited Diamond and Platinum Sponsor Representatives. Admission for sponsors designated by color-coded name badge ribbons.IT and academic departments and staff are in the midst of a full-scale digital disruption. Driven by the ubiquity of today’s rapidly developing technology and the influence of trends like AI and the Internet of Things, institutions are being forced to take a fresh look across the institution’s enterprise ecosystem to redesign business processes that will result in higher efficiency, less customization, and better alignment of technology with the core mission of the institution. Shaping their actions are concerns for student success, greater attention to managing the student lifecycle, flexible approaches that accelerate change management, and the inclusion of academic transformation and innovation in almost all strategic discussions.
This working session will be led by institutional leaders who are repositioning IT as an enabler of innovation and change—by reimagining enterprise collaborations, procurement processes, and integration strategies—to enable meaningful digital transformation. This session will generate awareness for effective practices based on open standards that will make it easier for faculty to innovate with technology by providing them with more efficient ways to manage student teams and roles across multiple learning tools, give them more control to integrate third-party resources, apps, and tools in the LMS—wherever and whenever—and ensure that assignment and grade results are automatically synced to the gradebook of record.
Participants will engage in open discussion and collaborative brainstorming and come away with practical ideas and resources to take back to their campuses so they can begin or continue to evolve their digital ecosystem into a transformative and easily extensible environment that offers a much higher return on innovation, student engagement, and better retention strategies.
Audience:- Academic vice provosts or other high-level leaders who are involved with teaching and learning technology
- Vice Presidents of Technology and CIOs
- Directors of Student Success Initiatives and Academic advisors
- High level IT managers of enterprise and edtech systems
- Directors of Academic Computing and Online Education/e-Learning
Note: This session is only for higher education college and university attendees and invited Diamond and Platinum Sponsor Representatives. Admission for sponsors designated by color-coded name badge ribbons.
