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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

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A ‘Disruptive’ Look at Competency-Based Education: How the Innovative Use of Technology Will Transform the College Experience: June 7, 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 in…
College 2.0: An Entrepreneurial Approach to Reforming Higher Education: June 7, 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 …
From Datapalooza to Innovation Clusters: Accelerating Innovation in Higher Education: November 8, 2012 | A session at the EDUCAUSE Annual Conference 2012
A variety of initiatives are under way at the U.S. Department of Education to leverage technology to accelerate the pace of innovation in higher education. Come join a conversation with ED's…
Chronicle Tech Trends: After a Year of Ed-Tech Disruption, What Now?: November 7, 2012 | A session at the EDUCAUSE Annual Conference 2012
There's talk of big change. Colleges reached into the cloud. Classrooms "flipped." Administrators hacked their workflow with digital tools. Technology is more important than ever t…
Disrupting College - Sponsored by IHD ServiceDesk: November 7, 2012 | A session at the EDUCAUSE Annual Conference 2012
In his remarks, Michael Horn will discuss how disruptive innovations—known more broadly as online learning—are emerging with the promise to make postsecondary education more affordable, acces…
Podcast: Ganesan Ravishanker on the Democracy and Pitfalls of Data Analytics: 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. …
The Game is Changing. What Will Be Expected of You?: June 6, 2012

“When we were doing our studies for the National Academies, the typical first response of university presidents or CFOs or provosts was to say: ‘I understand things are changing very rapidly…
Chapter 10: University of Phoenix: May 2, 2012

A chapter from Game Changers William (Bill) Pepicello Introduction The University of Phoenix was founded in 1976 on the principle that a large number of people wished to earn a d…
Rethinking Higher Education Business Models: March 28, 2012

Information technology has long been seen as a major key to meeting this challenge, but the results thus far have been disappointing. In this brief, the authors argue that the fault is not with …
Collaboration: A Spark for Innovation: March 21, 2012

Diana G. Oblinger ( doblinger@educause.edu ) is President and CEO of EDUCAUSE. Comments on this article can be posted to the web via the link at the bottom of this page. Colla…

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