The Philosophy: Why?

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


• 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”).


•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


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


• Phase II– Create a Nomadic Learning

Environment– Promote Rapid Change– Improve Teaching/Learning

Process


• Phase III

– Totally Digital Environment

– Pervasive Computing– “BlueTooth”

Technology

A Totally WirelessEnvironment

A Totally Digital EnvironmentPervasive Computing

“BlueTooth”Technology

CAMPUS CAMPUS IMPLEMENTATIOIMPLEMENTATIO

NNISSUESISSUES

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

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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

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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.

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