HigherEdTECH Summit and Exhibition

CES is a crossroads for all walks of digital life. And digital life is at the epicenter of most debates on the future of education.

 

 
Join us at CES 2011 for a look at the world of high tech and higher education. The growing challenges of cost, access, and quality are affecting campuses worldwide. Students have unprecedented access to gadgets and devices that can help facilitate learning (or not). E-learning, anytime/anywhere have forced us to look at what it means to be a student.

 

Colleges, long bastions of tradition, are adopting the tools of the digital age to recruit students, improve services, save money, raise quality and expand access. From e-classes and e-texts to virtual labs and 24/7 advisors to open courseware and global universities, technology is changing what it means to go to college.  

 

HigherEd Tech is a day-long conference devoted to exploring the issues.

The HigherEd Tech exhibit is an area within CES dedicated to products and services for the Higher Ed Market. Join us for some important conversation and eye dazzling demonstrations.

 

 

Keynote: Anya Kamenetz

DIY U: The Coming Transformation of Higher Education

Why go to college when the best professors in the world are available for download? In a talk based on her new book,  DIY U: Edupunks, Edupreneurs, and the Coming Transformation of Higher Education, Kamenetz offers an unexpected perspective on the future of knowledge, talent, and innovation.


Keynote: Walt Mossberg
Walt Mossberg is the author and creator of the weekly Personal Technology column in The Wall Street Journal, which has appeared every Thursday since 1991. The goal of the column is "to take the consumer's side in the struggle to master the machine, to deliver a weekly dose of useful information in plain English.” He is also the co-producer of the prestigious annual D Conference, and the co-editor of the AllThingsDigital web site. Mr. Mossberg appears frequently as a technology commentator for the Fox Business network and is a trustee at Brandeis University.

 

Technology is changing what it means to be a student. We’ll look at the  digital tools and services are transforming the ivory tower into High Tech U.

 

Language immersion and global citizenship with a gustatory twist. Enjoy a buffet of international foods and participate in a demonstration of Rosetta Stone’s innovative language-learning solutions.

 

No more pencils, no more books. Is this old ditty finally coming true? Peek inside a high tech backpack and behold today’s students “must have” tools and what they will be craving in the future.  From pens to projectors, you’ll see how digital is an agent for change.

Never need to look for 973.06 again. While tablets and ebooks rule the CES stage, the academic environment has its own checklist for great products. E-books, digital devices and software, and sophisticated search engines are shaking up the world of textbooks and academic scholarship.

 

Walt Mossberg, WSJ looks through the hype and hyperbole to offer his unvarnished insights into where digital technology is heading (and what that might mean for higher education.)