Speaker: Michael Greene

Providing a next generation learning technology ecosystem doesn’t have to require massive budgets, rollouts, or sunsets. We’ll discuss three strategies Duke has leveraged and how they can be applied alongside other large NGDLE efforts or as standalone initiatives.

Collate details on why an app is in use, how others use it, and details on where someone can get support in an App Store. This provides faculty a path to select tech that’s driven by their learning goals. Put people and what those people want to accomplish with tech at the center of your strategy and execution instead of a tech platform (LMS) itself. This means IT builds and maintains very little functionality compared to a LMS or ERP and leverages the apps in your ecosystem instead. Embrace the apps that people actually use that you can integrate but not support. This means users get to use the stuff they were going to anyway while reducing institutional risk and leaving the burden of support with the vendor or user. It’s not perfect, but it is better.