Executive Report

Has a Flat World Flattened Education, Too?

Posted May 31, 2010 | Leadership | Leadership |

Domain

Innovation

Assertion 192

Colleges and universities are rapidly adopting online learning and other computer-based learning tools and techniques. The next generation of graduates will be computer savvy but not necessarily technically or socially competent. CIOs should take an active role with educational institutions as colleges struggle to redefine their core curriculums to be relevant for today's learning community.

About The Author
Robert Scott
Robert D. Scott is a Fellow of Cutter Consortium and a member of Arthur D. Little's AMP open consulting network. Mr. Scott also serves as Dean for the Global Institute for Professional Development of the IT Senior Management Forum (ITSMF). In this capacity, he leads the professional development arm of ITSMF, stewarding the development of Black IT senior managers and executives as well as providing diversity-related training for organizations. Mr… Read More
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The Cutter Business Technology Council identifies emerging trends in digital technology, and in the marketplace. Its members, business and IT specialists whose ideas have become important building blocks of today's digitally-connected global economy, offer the advantage of experience, eloquence, independence, and prescience in their Council Opinions and onsite in your enterprise.
Cutter Business Technology Council
The Cutter Business Technology Council identifies emerging trends in digital technology, and in the marketplace. Its members, business and IT specialists whose ideas have become important building blocks of today's digitally-connected global economy, offer the advantage of experience, eloquence, independence, and prescience in their Council Opinions and onsite in your enterprise.
Cutter Business Technology Council
The Cutter Business Technology Council identifies emerging trends in digital technology, and in the marketplace. Its members, business and IT specialists whose ideas have become important building blocks of today's digitally-connected global economy, offer the advantage of experience, eloquence, independence, and prescience in their Council Opinions and onsite in your enterprise.
Aaron Weis
Richard Nolan
Richard (Dick) Nolan is a Fellow of Cutter Consortium. From 2003-2008, he served as the Philip M. Condit endowed Chair in Business Administration at the Foster School of Business of the University of Washington (UW), where he researched a set of workable management principles for the information economy. Prior to joining UW, Dr. Nolan was the William Barclay Harding Professor of Management of Technology at Harvard Business School. He is… Read More
Richard Nolan
Richard (Dick) Nolan is a Fellow of Cutter Consortium. From 2003-2008, he served as the Philip M. Condit endowed Chair in Business Administration at the Foster School of Business of the University of Washington (UW), where he researched a set of workable management principles for the information economy. Prior to joining UW, Dr. Nolan was the William Barclay Harding Professor of Management of Technology at Harvard Business School. He is… Read More
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