{"id":7699,"date":"2012-09-16T15:05:35","date_gmt":"2012-09-16T22:05:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec522sept12\/?p=7699"},"modified":"2012-09-16T15:19:00","modified_gmt":"2012-09-16T22:19:00","slug":"top-10-it-issues-opportunity-horizon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec522sept12\/2012\/09\/16\/top-10-it-issues-opportunity-horizon\/","title":{"rendered":"Top 10 IT Issues- Opportunity Horizon"},"content":{"rendered":"

In the article, Top-Ten IT Issues<\/em> the authors identified 10 Issues as follows:<\/p>\n

Top-Ten IT Issues, 2011<\/strong><\/p>\n

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  1. Funding IT<\/li>\n
  2. Administrative\/ERP\/Information Systems<\/li>\n
  3. Teaching and Learning with Technology<\/li>\n
  4. Security<\/li>\n
  5. Mobile Technologies<\/li>\n
  6. Agility\/Adaptability\/Responsiveness<\/li>\n
  7. Governance, Portfolio\/Project Management<\/li>\n
  8. Infrastructure\/Cyberinfrastructure<\/li>\n
  9. Disaster Recovery \/ Business Continuity<\/li>\n
  10. Strategic Planning<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    and thanks to my colleague\u00a0melissaayers<\/a>\u00a0the 2012 list:<\/p>\n

    Top-Ten IT Issues, 2012<\/strong><\/p>\n

      \n
    1. Updating IT professionals\u2019 skills and roles to accommodate\u00a0emerging technologies and changing IT management and\u00a0service delivery models<\/li>\n
    2. Supporting the trends toward IT consumerization and\u00a0bring-your-own device<\/li>\n
    3. Developing an institution-wide cloud strategy<\/li>\n
    4. Improving the institution\u2019s operational efficiency through\u00a0information technology<\/li>\n
    5. Integrating information technology into institutional\u00a0decision-making<\/li>\n
    6. Using analytics to support critical institutional outcomes<\/li>\n
    7. Funding information technology strategically<\/li>\n
    8. Transforming the institution\u2019s business with information\u00a0technology<\/li>\n
    9. Supporting the research mission through high-performance\u00a0computing, large data, and analytics<\/li>\n
    10. Establishing and implementing IT governance throughout the institutions<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

       <\/p>\n

      This list serves as huge market research for the entrepreneur wanting to capitalize on the latest consumer demands of the educational environment. However, I think the ventures that will capitalize on this list, except # 3 teaching and learning with technology, will be short lived. I believe that the real capitalization in this market is not the technology itself but how it is being used. Most teachers still do not understand how to use the technology effectively. Content is still hard to research and find. Teachers still plan for hours. This will not be replaced with better technology infrastructure, but better teacher education and content or data mining (according to PLO’s). For the person or company looking to provide added value to this EDtech Marketplace it is the delivery of content and access to resources that are the biggest struggle for classroom teachers. I believe that this list serves valuable purpose, but not to those who are looking to exist in the market space for a long duration. It is more like a band- aid to deeper and more complex problems with the daily operations of a classroom.<\/p>\n

      The incorporation of technology seems to be an emphasis and a push in the last couple of years. I worked with schools who have spent a remarkable amount of money and resources trying to solve many of the problems on this list, yet when they solved these issues, the same problem with teacher education still seemed to be the biggest challenge.<\/p>\n

      Anyone else have any thoughts or disagree? Would love to hear some different perspectives.<\/p>\n

       <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

      In the article, Top-Ten IT Issues the authors identified 10 Issues as follows: Top-Ten IT Issues, 2011 Funding IT Administrative\/ERP\/Information Systems Teaching and Learning with Technology Security Mobile Technologies Agility\/Adaptability\/Responsiveness Governance, Portfolio\/Project Management Infrastructure\/Cyberinfrastructure Disaster Recovery \/ Business Continuity Strategic Planning and thanks to my colleague\u00a0melissaayers\u00a0the 2012 list: Top-Ten IT Issues, 2012 Updating IT professionals\u2019 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7840,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[328793],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7699","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-week-02-the-edtech-marketplace"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec522sept12\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7699","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec522sept12\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec522sept12\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec522sept12\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7840"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec522sept12\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7699"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec522sept12\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7699\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7702,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec522sept12\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7699\/revisions\/7702"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec522sept12\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7699"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec522sept12\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7699"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec522sept12\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7699"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}