Digital transformation paves a path to success in education

Greg Kovich

August 05, 2022

教育永远改变了. Digital transformation offers an avenue to achieve positive outcomes and when students succeed, schools succeed.

We’ve recently talked about digital transformation and the six steps to student success and we explored how it can create a campus community for student-centric success. Now it’s time to turn our attention to what digital transformation means to educational institutions as we move into our new normal in a post-pandemic world.

While the events of the past two years have not been without challenges — and in many cases challenges that forced us to find new ways of doing things, quickly. From elementary, to higher education, 从5个到25个(然后是一些)学生, educators and institutions were challenged to stay-the-course and remain engaged and connected. The role of technology throughout that time cannot be under-stated. Now, 继续我们的旅程, understanding the digital transformation that has taken place and what needs to happen next is key.

数字化转型驱动未来

An evolving digital transformation strategy is essential to revitalise campuses and ensure technology decisions contribute to positive student and school outcomes. 组织如 EDUCAUSE are strong advocates for digital transformation in higher education and offer excellent resources to help schools better understand requirements, 技术和流程.

从这些资源中, it’s clear that whatever digital transformation strategy an organisation embarks on, the alignment of IT technologies with the institutions’ mission and budget, sets the foundation for what’s most important for both the student and the institution. 提供弹性是至关重要的, agile and cost-effective IT operations so institutions are better prepared to respond to economic downturns, unexpected crises, and cyberthreats.

Additionally, technology that keep students engaged with the institution, before, during and after their academic experience can create a competitive advantage over other schools. It can position the institution as a recognised leader enabling them to reap the rewards of a strong financial outlook and future growth.

成功的伙伴

The right digital transformation partner understands the challenges schools face today and the path to delivering a truly successful experience for students and schools. Deep knowledge of campus-wide digital transformation strategies is essential to deliver the technology, security and learning resources that colleges and universities require not just for today, 但是在未来. 以下是一些需要考虑的关键问题:

• Understand the challenges you are trying to address and what technology you can leverage to make it happen

• Build a smart campus foundation that provides a high performance, secure, 灵活的通信基础设施

•创建以学生为中心的平台, technologies, and applications that put the school’s resources into the students’ hands

• Provide solutions are easy to install, use, and manage

• Ensure robust cybersecurity measures to provide end-to-end resiliency

新常态下会发生什么

The world’s experience with the pandemic over the past couple of years has confirmed that digital transformation is essential for academic success and prosperity. Bringing the right parties together provides a common vision for success.

A campus-wide digital transformation strategy can create a virtuous circle of benefits for students, 未来的学生和学校. And, 当学生取得更好的成绩, 他们更享受在校园的时光, they share their positive experiences with others and create good will for their institution. Digital transformation is key to unlocking these pathways and experiences.