How are advances in 5G impacting education at ASU?
We are now witnessing the most life-changing technological moment since the beginning of the industrial revolution. As a university community and in collaboration with a wide range of partners, we have worked toward what we believe will position ASU as a leader in higher education for her 21st century.
With these insights in mind, we are driving the Learning Futures Collaboratory (LFC), an initiative that supports unique design, research, and creative efforts to apply technology to tomorrow’s learning needs. . This effort supports Verizon as a 5G innovation hub, including ASU’s continued design as the smart university of the future and programs that encourage students to develop, propose, and deploy creative applications of 5G technology to improve society. We support the efforts of Beyond LFC, ultra-fast connectivity powers on-campus and remote learning experiences, world-class research, immersive learning projects, and student and community services. That means there isn’t a single aspect of teaching, learning, and discovery at ASU that isn’t enhanced in some way by this advanced technology.
As a top public research university, ASU has a great responsibility to provide a high-quality education on campus and digitally, and I know that technology must play a big role in achieving that at scale. We understand. We are fortunate that ASU Enterprise Technology can imagine and guide this complex task. Our eAdvisor program, ALEKS math placement assessment, and me3 major selection tool are just a few examples of how we leverage technology to uniquely support student success.
If you were a student today, what technological advancements in smart campuses would you most enjoy?
As a fan of Star Trek, I would like to say that the university community and partners are designing something similar to the Vulcan Academy of Sciences, and I am excited about the experience and the vast possibilities it brings to higher education. I am.
At the same time, building on what we’ve learned through COVID-19, we’re also offering ASU Sync, a digitally enhanced face-to-face distance learning course that gives students more flexibility to fit their learning styles and schedules. It is now possible. None of these adaptive changes would be possible without a growing number of learning innovations and the creativity of those implementing them.
What are you thinking about today when it comes to technology, 5G, and higher education? And what’s the next big thing to tackle?
We are always asking ourselves: “With technology, could she educate three more students for every one she has on campus?” Think about what additional services you could provide without. We know that once these elements are widely available, there will be nothing inaccessible to what universities have to offer. Educational institutions will be able to educate more learners and increase admission rates to national universities.
Looking ahead, we cannot ignore the impact that AI will have on the future of higher education. Unlike many others, I’m an optimist. I believe that if managed wisely, AI has the potential to open new and unprecedented doors to learning for more people. It is essential that we work together to determine what that impact should be and how we can get there.
The goal is to discover all the ideas and innovations we can generate and apply them to everyone we interact with to promote individual success and the success of society as a whole. Once you understand this, you should be able to see what public universities should be like.