Support the needs of learners. Develop and maintain the technological and human infrastructure. Sustain administrative and organizational commitment. I think higher education represents the best blend of age, diversity, technological resources, sophisticated designers and consumers of design. There are going to be much more and better idea-explosions that emanate, reverberate from higher education.
Technology enables change.
It s our collective cultural response to the options and opportunities presented by technology that drives change. The model to replace industrial age education isn t clear yet. But the idea that a person stands in front of the room stuffing information into learners like grain into a duck is changing to the idea that teaching is about being a wise companion and advisor. These technologies are really much more about creating and managing new relationships than creating and managing old information or new information. Citizens expect affordable, high quality education to be available from their public universities on an as needed basis.