This presentation will examine the effects of emerging trends in Cloud Computing on the future of higher education. Cloud Computing is already transforming how we teach and learn, and will further redefine the relationships among Information Technology and other campus groups. We will explore how its initiatives can be embraced and leveraged to better serve those constituencies. Innovations and research in Cloud Computing are driven primarily by the commercial sector; higher education is therefore at risk of waiting too long to understand and fully exploit its benefits. We will take a long-term strategic overview of how higher education can partner with Cloud Computing to take a more active role in harnessing and shaping its future.
Note: This is a very rough abstract for a keynote I will be giving in October. Like all my keynote speeches, it will be a romp through my wacky vision of the future with the goal to get people think a little differently after the talk. I would love for folks to comment on this Abstract – since I can still revise it.