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Society looks to higher education as a source of innovation to address major challenges and fuel economic vitality. IT can be a source, catalyst, and supporter of innovation. As the higher education technology association, EDUCAUSE embraces the principle of innovation. EDUCAUSE understands not only the importance of innovation to higher education but also the supporting role that technology can play as a tool for innovation in the learning, discovery, and engagement offered by colleges and universities. Please share your showcases for innovation with us.
Articles and Reports
- A Disruptive Look at Competency-Based Education: How the Innovative Use of Technology Will Transform the College Experience, Center for American Progress, June 2012. This issues brief from Center for American Progress, provides a short primer on competency-based education in postsecondary education. The author then discusses the four elements of disruptive innovation theory and uses these elements as a guide to study education initiatives that could promote disruptive innovation.
- College 2.0: An Entrepreneurial Approach to Reforming Higher Education, June 2012. "College 2.0: An Entrepreneurial Approach to Reforming Higher Education," is a report that was created as part of a Kauffman Foundation retreat in December 2011 that brought together a panel of 30 education analysts and practitioners to examine the challenges facing higher education and generate ideas to overcome them.
- The entire issue of the EDUCAUSE Review Magazine, Volume 45, Number 1, January/February 2010 is largely devoted to innovation and the future of higher education.
- 2012 Horizon Report, ELI and NMC, January 2012
- The Future of Higher Education: Beyond the Campus, EDUCAUSE White Paper, January 2010
Podcasts and Videos
- Education Innovation Clusters: Accelerating Innovation through Interdisciplinary Partnerships, EDUCAUSE Live! August 8, 2012
- What Does It Take to Make Innovation Work? Measure and Understand the Impact , EDUCAUSE Annual Conference 2011
- Doing More with Much Less: Pursuing an Innovative Teaching and Learning Agenda in a Time of Fiscal Austerity, ELI Annual Meeting, January 2010
- Advancing Innovation in Teaching and Learning in an Era of Budget Cuts, EDUCAUSE Annual Conference 2009
Updated September 2012
Library Items on this Topic
EDUCAUSE Library Items for Innovation
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Emerging Technologies, Innovation, and Academic Transformation: A Report on the ELI Focus Session
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January 31, 2013
On October 2 and 3, 2012, the ELI teaching and learning community gathered for an online focus session on emerging technologies, innovation, and academic transformation . This white paper is…
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Leadership Panel - Looking at the Horizon: Supporting Campus Core Technology
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April 16, 2013
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A session at the ACTI Annual Meeting
Thought leaders discuss what they see as top core IT areas for campuses to focus on in the near future. Thought leaders discuss what they see as …
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Flipped Session: Working Successfully with Emerging Technologies and Innovations
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February 13, 2013
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A session at the West/Southwest Regional Conference
Continuously innovating and transforming our current practices is critical to keep pace with teaching and learning as it evolves. While there is no shortage of candidate innovations, the process …
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Flipped Session: Working Successfully with Emerging Technologies and Innovations
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March 19, 2013
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A session at the Midwest Regional Conference
Continuously innovating and transforming our current practices is critical to keep pace with teaching and learning as it evolves. While there is no shortage of candidate innovations, the process by…
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From Innovation Clusters to Datapalooza: Accelerating Innovation in Educational Technology
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November 1, 2012
Richard Culatta is the Deputy Director of the Office of Educational Technology at the U.S. Department of Education. Education in the United States is entering a very exciting moment. For …
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Rob Moore
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Instructional Designer
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, North Carolina
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Joyce Nijkamp
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Enterprise and Infrastructure Architect
University of Amsterdam
Amsterdam
NETHERLANDS
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Podcast: Ganesan Ravishanker on the Democracy and Pitfalls of Data Analytics
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July 12, 2012
Ganesan Ravishanker is Chief Information Officer at Wellesley College. In this conversation he shares his cautious insights into the challenges and benefits of analytics. …
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There's Never Been a Better Time to Be an Innovator
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October 20, 2011
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A session at the EDUCAUSE 2011 Annual Conference
Innovation is an imperative. Join this discussion on the importance of innovation in the education sector and how we can work together (public and private sector) to better educate our learners in …
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Navigating the Next IT Revolution
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September 19, 2011
It has become commonplace to open discussions of technology with a nod to the ubiquity of change. Storage, network bandwidth, and computing power double every 18 months. Today's smartphones…

















