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1、3ITasaGameChangerDianaG.OblingerINFORMATIONTECHNOLOGYCANBEAGAMECHANGERinhighereducation,asithasbeeninothersectors.IThasbroughtaboutmuchoftheeconomicgrowthofthepastcentury,acceleratingglobalizationandfosteringdemocra-cy.Suchbroadimpactswouldbeimpossibleif“informationtechnology”wereonly
2、asetoftechnologies.Asouruseofmobiledevices,games,andsocialnetworksillustrates,ITcancreatenewexperiences.Butmoreimportantly,ITenablesnewmodels.Itcandisaggregateanddecoupleproductsandprocesses,allowingthecreationofnewvaluepropositions,valuechains,andenterprises.Thesenewmodelscanhelphigh
3、ereducationservenewgroupsofstudents,ingreaternumbers,andwithbetterlearningoutcomes.AsimportantasITmightbe,technologydoesnothaveimpactinisola-tion—itoperatesasoneelementinacomplexadaptivesystem.Forexample,inorderforITtobeagamechanger,itrequiresthatweconsiderlearnersaswellastheexperienc
4、ethatthestudent,faculty,institution,andtechnologyco-create.Thesystemisdefined,inpart,byfacultyworkload,courses,creden-tialing,financialmodels,andmore.Torealizechangesthroughinformationtechnology,highereducationmustfocusonmorethantechnology.Thischapterexploresmanywaysthatinformationtechn
5、ologycanbeagamechanger.SomeareassimpleasusingITasadeliverychannelforinfor-mationorservices.Inothercases,ITcreatesuniqueexperiences,whetherinlearningorstudentsupport.Perhapsmostimportantforthefuturearetheex-amplesofITenablingalternativemodelsthatimprovechoice,decisionmaking,andstudents
6、uccess.ConvenienceInformationtechnologyisatoolofconvenience—ITcanchangethegamebymakingiteasierforustodothethingsweshould.Forexample,mobiles37SouthChinaNormalUniversity(202.116.41.69)-2016/1/28DownloadGameChangers:EducationandITallowustostayintouchanywhere.Mobileapplicationshelpusfindth
7、efastestroutetoourdestination,thebestrestaurants,andtheleast-expensivegasoline.Mobileapplicationsallowstudentstoreceivegrades,registeronline,anticipatethearrivalofthebus,listentolectures,collectfielddata,connecttotheirtu-tor,lookupresources,andmore.Evensimple,convenienttoolssuchase-mai
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