Why Digital Transformation is an Absolute Necessity for Higher Education

Presented at the GeckoEngage 2019 Client Forum
https://geckoengage.com/2019-geckoengage-client-forum/

Today's HE environment is tumultuous. From admissions, recruitment, and enrolment to student success, advising, and career development, universities are scrambling to keep up with the technological innovations of tomorrow with the demands of today. A digital deep dive into what innovative universities are doing right now as well as what's coming around the bend.

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27. “It is absolutely significant to say that students are going to compare their online learning experience against other web or app-based experiences that they encounter. It doesn't matter that this comparison might be with Facebook, Amazon, YouTube, or Google. What matters is that course designers, web designers, information technology architects, and others involved in the online learning sphere realize that in 2019, it is completely unacceptable for online-only courses to be PDF repositories.” @EricStoller #GeckoForum
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33. “Professors and administrators at recent conferences report that some students write entire essays on their smartphones or complete homework assignments on the bus commute to campus. Increasingly, students expect course materials to be accessible to them on their mobile devices just as they would be on a laptop.” @EricStoller #GeckoForum
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