Category Archives: change

Five Essentials for Change Mangagement

Posted on March 24, 2016 by geoffcain

When colleges and universities have conversations around “change management” there is usually technology involved: an eportfolio, email software, student information systems, etc. Having been through a number of these kinds of changes, I think I have learned a lot about … Continue reading →

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From Abelard to Apple with Richard DeMillo

Posted on October 15, 2012 by geoffcain

Richard DeMillo (Wikipedia) Today’s presentation in our MOOC, “The Current and Future State of Higher Education” featured Rich DeMillo, according to his introduction, he is “a Distinguished Professor of Computing at the Georgia Institute of Technology, the seventh ranked public … Continue reading →

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Innovation: Of Tide Mills and TED Talks

Posted on April 1, 2012 by geoffcain

Tide mills, along with riverine ship mills, were a major early medieval technological advance, allowing to tap the tidal power along the Atlantic Coast for milling. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)Watching TED Talks this morning made me think about how different the … Continue reading →

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Stephen Fry on Technology and Change

Posted on March 5, 2010 by geoffcain

I have been checking out the BBC interviews on technology from the series called “The Virtual Revolution.” Stephen Fry talks about how the driving force behind all the technological change isn’t the technology but the inherent human will to connect. … Continue reading →

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