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Creating Learning Spaces that Promote Active Learning
Learning can take place anytime, anywhere, and on any device. Learning is no longer confined to a physical time or location – it happens in spaces that transcend traditional, physical boundaries. These spaces support active learning and help students better engage. What is active learning? Active le…
My Top 3 takeaways from CoSN 2018
The theme of this year’s CoSN conference was Designing Learning in the 4th Industrial Revolution. (CoSN is the Consortium for School Networking, a professional association for K-12 school system technology leaders.) In the weeks since the event, I’ve thought a lot about the potential of this new ind…
Picture those Thousand Words: Collaboration, Visual Notes, and Dyslexia
As I prepare to head to EDUCAUSE 2017, I look to debate the impact of digitization in higher education. EDUCAUSE is attended by a wide spectrum of people from universities and colleges across North America and even around the world. Many represent IT departments and university facilities and support…
EDUCAUSE 2017: 8 Things You’ll Take Back to Your University
Get ready to take some serious notes! Cisco’s Higher Education experts have a lot to share when they meet you in person at EDUCAUSE. 1. A new view of Higher Education. The Network. Intuitive. Make decisions faster, mitigate more security threats, and manage the unprecedented scale of connected devi…
Cisco at EDUCAUSE: Reimagining Higher Education
Digital technology is changing teaching and learning, and affecting the way entire campuses operate. As a Cisco Education Advisor, I meet with education institutions that are exploring and embracing innovation that is fueled, in part, by digitization and supported by a shift in culture in today’s co…
The Time Is Now—Capture Your Share of E-rate Funding
In a new eSchool News special report, Supporting a Digital Transformation in Schools: How to build a network infrastructure that will have you poised for ed-tech success, the experts at eSchool News highlight an important—and often overlooked—fact. E-rate creates an “unprecedented opportunity for K-…
Cisco, E-rate, and the Digital Journey in K-12
Digitization, enabled by new and emerging technologies, has the power to change education as it has disrupted other industries: travel and transportation, retail, healthcare, and financial services offer consumers completely different capabilities and experiences today than in the past. We find ours…
How Your Network Just Became the Smartest Student in the Class
Chuck Robbins, CEO of Cisco, kicked off Cisco Live last month with a look at The Network. Intuitive. The Network. Intuitive. is a complete transformation in hardware, software, and management that will change how networks operate, enabling them to adapt in real time with artificial intelligence (AI)…
EDUCAUSE 2016: Update from the Show
Hello from Anaheim! I’ve had the chance to connect with tons of colleges and universities at EDUCAUSE 2016, and there have been many great breakout sessions. By far, the biggest trend this year is digital everything. Everywhere I look, digital challenges and solutions are front and center. In fact,…
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