{"id":7561,"date":"2012-09-13T20:16:53","date_gmt":"2012-09-14T03:16:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec522sept12\/?p=7561"},"modified":"2012-09-13T20:16:53","modified_gmt":"2012-09-14T03:16:53","slug":"analysis-of-the-educause-7-things-you-should-know-about-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec522sept12\/2012\/09\/13\/analysis-of-the-educause-7-things-you-should-know-about-report\/","title":{"rendered":"Analysis of the Educause: 7 Things You Should Know About report"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><em>Selecting one (1) of the reports, review it in sufficient detail to post a concise critical analysis of it in the ETEC522 course blog, focusing on the following general criteria:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>How, and how much, is it useful and valuable to the broader community of educators, as well as learning technologies specialists and venturers?<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en-US\">Upon reviewing the reports found in the Emerging Learning Technologies Market Projections Library in section 2.1 of this module, I have chosen the <em>Educause: 7 Things You Should Know About<\/em> report (n.d.) for the purpose of this assignment.\u00a0 The report is divided into two general categories: Campus-Wide IT and Learning Technology Topics. Its contents are organized in a format using seven guiding questions:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>What is it?<\/li>\n<li>How does it work?<\/li>\n<li>Who&#8217;s doing it?<\/li>\n<li>Why is it significant?<\/li>\n<li>What are the downsides?<\/li>\n<li>Where is it going?<\/li>\n<li>What are the implications for higher education?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p lang=\"en-US\">The usage of these questions provide quick referencing to answers that\u00a0 educators, learning technologies specialists and venturers may seek to find during the initial planning stages of a project. For the educator, the questions &#8220;What is it?&#8221;, &#8220;How does it work?&#8221;, and &#8220;What are the downsides?&#8221; supply answers to implementation needs. For the learning technologies specialist, all of the answers provided in the report enable further discussions on how economical and accountable a particular learning technology may be upon incorporation into the school\/district. For the venturer, the report provides a quick overview of the learning technology&#8217;s market, trend, and more to aid in the decision making process during the initial stages of a potential investment.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en-US\">From an educator&#8217;s perspective, I feel that this report provides information that is comprehensible enough so as to enable linkage of its contents to the incorporation of a select technology in educational settings. With the provision of real world examples, educators can gain a better understanding of how the technology is currently being used by other educators, and be prepared to meet and overcome challenges that others have experienced.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en-US\">I am a novice when it comes to the business side of things, but from what I understand the downside of the <em>Educause: 7 Things You Should Know About<\/em> report is that it does not seem to provide sufficient statistical data (like those found in <em>Ambient Insight&#8217;s 2012 Learning Technology Research Taxonomy<\/em> report) for venturers and learning technologies specialists to examine during the initial planning stages in order to create a sound analysis of the market for a potential investment in a particular learning technology.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Do you expect to seek out future versions of this report to help drive your own professional success, and also to recommend it to others in this regard?<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en-US\">One of the interesting features about this report is that its contents are provided under a Creative-Commons license. This would allow the sharing of a report amongst peers, colleagues and investors to enable efficient knowledge dissemination and collaboration on a particular topic. I will definitely recommend this report to others and continue to refer to it in the future for the breadth and depth of its coverage on a wide selection of learning technologies.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en-US\">James<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en-US\">References:<\/p>\n<p>Ambient Insight. (August, 2012). 2012 Learning technology research taxonomy [PDF document]. Retrieved from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ambientinsight.com\/Resources\/Documents\/AmbientInsight_Learning_Technology_Taxonomy.pdf\">http:\/\/www.ambientinsight.com\/Resources\/Documents\/AmbientInsight_Learning_Technology_Taxonomy.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Educause. (n.d.). 7 Things you should know about. Retrieved from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.educause.edu\/research-and-publications\/7-things-you-should-know-about\">http:\/\/www.educause.edu\/research-and-publications\/7-things-you-should-know-about<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Selecting one (1) of the reports, review it in sufficient detail to post a concise critical analysis of it in the ETEC522 course blog, focusing on the following general criteria: How, and how much, is it useful and valuable to the broader community of educators, as well as learning technologies specialists and venturers? 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