Apparently, the future of IT in higher ed has been pwned by ActiveX

admin September 02, 2008 strategic planning, vision 1 Comment

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Well, I guess not. But the link below requires ActiveX. So here’s my summary for the benefit of the Pure and the True Believers: guy at Arizona State outsourced a bunch of stuff, says we need to stop wasting time and money on stuff that doesn’t actually distinguish us from the pack, says the future of the university and of our nation requires transparent systems and open access–requires the education of the masses not just the privileged, and that, oh yeah, we should burn down the libraries. C’mon, the libraries are so last century. Wait, actually, two centuries ago. Whatev. Point is, if you’re trying to figure out how to upgrade stuff and not how to actually Get Rid of Doing The Same Old Stuff then you’ve, like, lost. Dude, this isn’t linear, it’s exponential. You can’t land on a fraction, man! It’s either a 1 or a 0, you dig?

So, instead of the clip below, I bring you my own clip on IT and Next Gen Learning

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One Response to “Apparently, the future of IT in higher ed has been pwned by ActiveX”

  1. rufusb said:

    Sep 03, 08 at 8:32 am

    Your vision is dark and foreboding, as usual. I am taken back to your presentation re: IT support with a smile where you used the image of the Tower tarot card. Am as inspired/frightened now as I was then. Shine on you crazy admin.

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