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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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Harnessing the Power of Information Technology: Open Business Models in Higher Education: March 21, 2012

Robert G. Sheets ( bobgsheets@gmail.com ) is Director of Research, Business Innovation Services, at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. Stephen Crawford ( crawford@gwu.edu ) is R…
Opportunities for Innovation and Growth in Higher Education: June 19, 2012 | A session at the ECAR Symposium
New learning technologies threaten to disrupt traditional institutions, but they also lend themselves to innovation and growth. Especially for young students who want to truly "go" to c…
Bringing Business Analytics to the College Campus:Using Fiscal Metrics to Steer Innovation in Postsecondary Educations: September 19, 2011

This Center for American Progress and Delta Project report provides an overview of how business analytics could be used to improve the return on investment in higher education instruction. …
2012 Horizon Report: February 3, 2012

Co-produced by ELI and NMC each year, the Horizon Report describes six areas of emerging technology that will have significant impact on higher education and creative expression over the next one…
Fostering Innovation through Crowdsourced Idea Generation: March 27, 2012 | A session at the EDUCAUSE Midwest Regional Conference 2012
In his EDUCAUSE 2010 keynote "How to Outrun Change," Gary Hamel spoke on innovation and the need to foster as many ideas as possible. Davenport University has developed a culture of innov…
Setting the Stage for Innovation: A Discussion of Insights from the MISO Survey: February 15, 2012 | A session at the EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative 2012 Annual Meeting
At a time when resources remain scarce, IT organizations and libraries must draw extensively upon evidence and analysis to guide us as we seek to support innovation in teaching, learning, and schol…
There's Never Been a Better Time to Be an Innovator: October 20, 2011 | 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 …
Navigating the Next IT Revolution: 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…
Highlights of the 2011 ECAR Symposium: IT as a Game Changer: September 21, 2011

This ECAR research bulletin presents highlights from the 2011 ECAR Symposium, held July 28–29 in Chicago, Illinois. In addition to a synthesis of keynote talks by Doug Lynch, University of Pen…
IT as a Game Changer in Teaching & Learning: July 28, 2011

Presentation at the 2011 ECAR Symposium, July 28, 2011, in Chicago, Illinois. Is technology a “game changer” in teaching and learning? Will Facebook and the iPad really change how we deliver…

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