Tech as a service

Posted on October 18th, 2013

According to the 2013 Campus Computing Survey, four of the top five issues chosen by high-ranking university IT officials “relate to IT as a service, from helping faculty use technology in the classroom to leveraging resources to help students succeed. Those findings may indicate that colleges and universities are moving away from focusing on specific products and vendors and toward a more holistic view of technology.” The Campus Computing Survey includes responses from IT staff at 451 institutions. The survey also found that more than half of it’s respondents “see MOOCs as an effective way to deliver online education, but only 29 percent believe MOOCs offer a viable business model.”

http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2013/10/17/survey-shows-it-service-dominates-top-priorities-among-university-it-officials?