Convergence Is Real

Autor/inn/en	Enyeart, Mike; Staman, E. Michael; Valdes, Jose J., Jr.
Titel	Convergence Is Real
Quelle	In: EDUCAUSE Review, 42 (2007) 2, S.47-48 (11 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1527-6619
Schlagwörter	Educational Opportunities; Higher Education; Educational Trends; Surveys; Technology Integration; Problems; Educational Finance; Telecommunications; Computer Networks; Information Technology; Computer Security; Emergency Programs; Computer Uses in Education; Responses; Administrative Policy; Technology Planning + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Bildungsangebot; Bildungschance; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Bildungsentwicklung; Survey; Umfrage; Befragung; Problemsituation; Bildungsfonds; Telekommunikationstechnik; Computernetz; Computernetze; Kommunikationsnetz; Informationstechnologie; Computervirus; Computersicherheit; Hilfsprogramm; Computernutzung
Abstract	The concept of convergence has evolved significantly during recent years. Today, "convergence" refers to the integration of the communications and computing resources and services that seamlessly traverse multiple infrastructures and deliver content to multiple platforms or appliances. Convergence is real. Those in higher education, and especially those in campus IT organizations, need to understand the trends in order to structure their services as the future evolves. To outline some of the current trends in convergence, the EDUCAUSE Net @EDU ICS Working Group recently conducted a short survey of a targeted group of higher education institutions. The responses to this survey helped inform the discussion in this article of several basic parameters: (1) why convergence is being pursued in the first place; (2) the extent to which organizational structure has evolved to accommodate converged infrastructure and services; (3) the extent to which colleges and universities have actually deployed converged services; (4) some inhibitors to convergence; (5) examples of applications; (6) the economics of convergence; and (6) new educational opportunities. (Contains 7 charts and 4 notes.) (ERIC).
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Update	2017/4/10