Comments on: Change, opportunities and other percievable threats to the status quo. http://ken.blogs.plymouth.edu/2006/08/28/change-opportunities-and-other-percievable-threats-to-the-status-quo/ An effort to record the markers on a technology and learning journey. Sun, 11 Oct 2009 01:41:30 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: ken http://ken.blogs.plymouth.edu/2006/08/28/change-opportunities-and-other-percievable-threats-to-the-status-quo/comment-page-1/#comment-11185 ken Mon, 28 Aug 2006 22:04:56 +0000 http://ken.blogs.plymouth.edu/2006/08/28/change-opportunities-and-other-percievable-threats-to-the-status-quo/#comment-11185 Precisely the questions. It makes the maintenance or development of 3-5 plan very challenging on some issues. Precisely the questions. It makes the maintenance or development of 3-5 plan very challenging on some issues.

]]> By: EdVentures in Technology » Are Google Apps the tool of the future for higher ed? http://ken.blogs.plymouth.edu/2006/08/28/change-opportunities-and-other-percievable-threats-to-the-status-quo/comment-page-1/#comment-11175 EdVentures in Technology » Are Google Apps the tool of the future for higher ed? Mon, 28 Aug 2006 20:34:46 +0000 http://ken.blogs.plymouth.edu/2006/08/28/change-opportunities-and-other-percievable-threats-to-the-status-quo/#comment-11175 [...] My colleague, Ken Kochien, has been blogging about the impact of web services on the slow to change behemoth of higher education. While he was talking specifically about the integrated suite of apps we presently utilize such as our Student Information System (SIS), Learning Management System, portal solution, email solutions, he wondered about the potential impact of new web services such as Microsoft’s Live. [...] [...] My colleague, Ken Kochien, has been blogging about the impact of web services on the slow to change behemoth of higher education. While he was talking specifically about the integrated suite of apps we presently utilize such as our Student Information System (SIS), Learning Management System, portal solution, email solutions, he wondered about the potential impact of new web services such as Microsoft’s Live. [...]

]]> By: John Martin http://ken.blogs.plymouth.edu/2006/08/28/change-opportunities-and-other-percievable-threats-to-the-status-quo/comment-page-1/#comment-11173 John Martin Mon, 28 Aug 2006 20:00:35 +0000 http://ken.blogs.plymouth.edu/2006/08/28/change-opportunities-and-other-percievable-threats-to-the-status-quo/#comment-11173 And Google is upping the ante with their new suite offering rivaling Microsoft's Live. Their suite contains their current apps: Gmail, Google Talk, Google Calendar and Google Page Creator. Like MS, they offer a tiered service structure for businesses and have a specific like for higher education. Check it out at: http://www.google.com/a/edu/ Is the current model we employ facing extinction? How many email accounts does anyone really need? How many different online identities? Should higher ed still foot the bill for services that fewer students might be taking advantage of? Good questions with no easy answers... And Google is upping the ante with their new suite offering rivaling Microsoft’s Live. Their suite contains their current apps: Gmail, Google Talk, Google Calendar and Google Page Creator. Like MS, they offer a tiered service structure for businesses and have a specific like for higher education.

Check it out at: http://www.google.com/a/edu/

Is the current model we employ facing extinction? How many email accounts does anyone really need? How many different online identities? Should higher ed still foot the bill for services that fewer students might be taking advantage of?

Good questions with no easy answers…

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