A new book out on education and information technologies

Today’s knowledge revolution isn’t about how much information is available. It’s about how fast knowledge can travel through vast, connected networks of people—and how it can grow exponentially.

Ten years ago we knew that technology would change the face of education, and we were just beginning to imagine the ways. Today, learning can happen anywhere. More people, with increasingly diverse needs, are seeking education, and almost every country is promoting greater access to education. At a time when educational attainment is a global priority, the need to reimagine the education experience has never been greater.

Edited by Diana Oblinger, Game Changers: Education and Information Technologies is a collection of chapters and case studies contributed by college and university presidents, provosts, faculty, and other stakeholders. The book explores the tools and processes that can improve the quality, flexibility, and scalability of postsecondary education. The book takes a hard look at the education landscape today and asks what that landscape might look like tomorrow. It asks important questions and pushes us to open our minds about how technology will shape the universe of possibility for tomorrow’s students.

The book is freely available for download. (22.8 MB PDF, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 license)