APAC CIOOutlook

Advertise

with us

  • Technologies
      • Artificial Intelligence
      • Big Data
      • Blockchain
      • Cloud
      • Digital Transformation
      • Internet of Things
      • Low Code No Code
      • MarTech
      • Mobile Application
      • Security
      • Software Testing
      • Wireless
  • Industries
      • E-Commerce
      • Education
      • Logistics
      • Retail
      • Supply Chain
      • Travel and Hospitality
  • Platforms
      • Microsoft
      • Salesforce
      • SAP
  • Solutions
      • Business Intelligence
      • Cognitive
      • Contact Center
      • CRM
      • Cyber Security
      • Data Center
      • Gamification
      • Procurement
      • Smart City
      • Workflow
  • Home
  • CXO Insights
  • CIO Views
  • Vendors
  • News
  • Conferences
  • Whitepapers
  • Newsletter
  • Awards
Apac
  • Artificial Intelligence

    Big Data

    Blockchain

    Cloud

    Digital Transformation

    Internet of Things

    Low Code No Code

    MarTech

    Mobile Application

    Security

    Software Testing

    Wireless

  • E-Commerce

    Education

    Logistics

    Retail

    Supply Chain

    Travel and Hospitality

  • Microsoft

    Salesforce

    SAP

  • Business Intelligence

    Cognitive

    Contact Center

    CRM

    Cyber Security

    Data Center

    Gamification

    Procurement

    Smart City

    Workflow

Menu
    • Education
    • Cyber Security
    • Hotel Management
    • Workflow
    • E-Commerce
    • Business Intelligence
    • MORE
    #

    Apac CIOOutlook Weekly Brief

    ×

    Be first to read the latest tech news, Industry Leader's Insights, and CIO interviews of medium and large enterprises exclusively from Apac CIOOutlook

    Subscribe

    loading

    THANK YOU FOR SUBSCRIBING

    • Home
    • Education
    Editor's Pick (1 - 4 of 8)
    left
    A Blend of Six Technologies to Enhance Teaching-Learning Processes

    John Hui, CIO, The Education University of Hong Kong

    Key principles for campus technology investments

    Jeff Murray, CIO, University of Tasmania

    Love IT or List IT: Renovating STEM

    Paige Francis, Associate CIO, University of Arkansas

    Technology Driving Change in Higher Education

    Anthony Molinia, CIO IT Services, University of Newcastle

    The Impact of Technology on Research

    Christine Burns, Chief Information Officer, University Of Technology Sydney

    Discovering the Unique Possibilities in Higher Education

    Anthony Molinia, CIO, IT Services, University of Newcastle

    What is the Next Big Thing?

    Jeff Murray, CIO, University of Tasmania

    Digital Transformation in School Systems The Journey is Well Underway

    Raju Varanasi, Chief Information Officer, Catholic Education Office

    right

    The Power of Partnering in Educational Technology

    Paul Oppenheimer, CIO, and Sue Bolt, Director Planning & Resources, RMIT University

    Tweet
    content-image

    Paul Oppenheimer, CIO, and Sue Bolt, Director Planning & Resources, RMIT University

    The role of technology in a tertiary educational setting is rapidly evolving. Meeting expectations requires more than maintaining operational performance levels and requires a deep and broad partnership with staff and students in exploring and creating experiences that matter.

    In earlier times, students carried primary responsibility for learning, with the lecture being the main form of knowledge transmission. Importantly, the institution granting the qualification mattered. But lines are now blurring, with many large organizations moving at pace to disrupt traditional educational settings.

    In this environment, how do you best compete, innovate and differentiate? Further, how do you deliver value that will surpass others that occupy adjacent, rapidly evolving industries? And how does the role of the IT department need to adapt to not only remain relevant but to play an increasingly integrative role in positioning long standing institutions for enduring success?

    Students shaping learning

    University students increasingly recognize that they are powerful purchasers of knowledge, skills and credentials they can trade in the labor market.

    Less than a decade ago the term “customer” was seen as antithetical to the university sector. Today, in an economy where goods and services are even harder to delineate, we see the co-production of services, where experiences are just as much shaped by the expectations of the consumer as by service staff. In effect, we are moving to empower students to create their own product and derive value from their personal experience.

    Working with students and academics in designing technological solutions to enhance their experience and outcomes -such as the provision of online communities to support meaningful interaction with peers, tutors and industry mentors-is a wonderful opportunity for collaboration.

    Customer focus

    Technology leaders can partner with university professional staff and academics alike to better understand the changing student landscape; to keep pace as students seek (and demand):
    • Inspiring teaching, linked with industry

    • Sophisticated digital platforms

    • Immersive learning experiences

    • Practice-based learning and projects

    • Flipped classroom experiences (where students first gain exposure to new material outside class, with class time then used to assimilate that knowledge)

    • Ongoing and fruitful connections with their peers, throughout their studies and as engaged alumni

    • Unbundled credentials delivered in bite-sized chunks, recognized via digital badging

    • More IT and digital content, enabling them to move in and out of formal educational settings depending on life circumstances

    CIOs must lean into the space alongside academics and researchers (who are often themselves at the forefront of educational technologies) and support start-up practices to initiate “learn-fast, fail-fast” cultures in-house and with industry partners.

    IT departments must adapt to be creative disruptors, engaging with the business to identify opportunities to add value, create frictionless student experiences and demonstrate partnership models to deliver at scale in an agile manner.

    Importantly, communicating effectively and illustrating the benefits of integrating digital technology alongside changing business practices can be the proof point for delivering business strategy and keeping competitors at a (disadvantaged) distance.

    Applying acute focus and incremental innovation, and finding a mechanism for staff across the university to work together in deeper ways, should become the norm. Identifying exciting new ways to engage students is critical, as they’re the best advocates for innovation.

    Relationships matter Tertiary education now operates on a globalised scale, and the unprecedented influence and reach of information and communication technologies is integral to its growth trajectory.

    Institutions like RMIT compete with others to supply education, credentials and knowledge more broadly. Growth in international education is increasingly occurring online and through offshore partnership arrangements, as well as the traditional Australian on-campus model.

    More than ever, government and societal impacts influence both opportunities and student choices for their future careers. Understanding the world that surrounds students requires us to observe and listen, crowd source ideas, prototype tools and applications and reflect this reality back into their worlds.

    Examining student journeys and pain points further helps us focus our attention and investment where it delivers real value. We know that students continue to seek to belong and to meaningfully engage—primarily with their academic program, but also with their cohort. These relationships matter.

    Technology and assistive analytics can drive effective interventions that build meaningful connections, starting well before students come through the real or virtual doors. We can empower students to more seamlessly develop peer networks and friendships, create links with academics, access critical information, shape realistic expectations, improve skills and develop their confidence levels. Through this, the IT department contributes to delivering on the university’s commitment to creating life-changing educational experiences that prepare them for life and work.

    Weekly Brief

    loading
    Top 10 Education Tech Solutions Companies - 2023
    ON THE DECK

    I agree We use cookies on this website to enhance your user experience. By clicking any link on this page you are giving your consent for us to set cookies. More info

    Copyright © 2025 APAC CIOOutlook. All rights reserved. Registration on or use of this site constitutes acceptance of our Terms of Use and Privacy and Anti Spam Policy 

    Home |  CXO Insights |   Whitepapers |   Subscribe |   Conferences |   Sitemaps |   About us |   Advertise with us |   Editorial Policy |   Feedback Policy |  

    follow on linkedinfollow on twitter follow on rss
    This content is copyright protected

    However, if you would like to share the information in this article, you may use the link below:

    https://education.apacciooutlook.com/ciospeaks/the-power-of-partnering-in-educational-technology-nwid-5736.html