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.