Historically, there have been two types of digital transformations in education. The first type is disruptive technology change. This is usually driven by the emergence of a new technology or an event. For example, the invention of laptops, followed by iPads, then the explosion of 1:1 device programs at every level of education - this has changed education irrevocably. History will tell if COVID is one of these types of catalysts. The swift move to technology dependent, remote learning has given educators a taste of change, a taste of what’s possible. Some are starting to adopt that ‘taste’ as their norm, others are using it to supplement their current practice.
Melanie Gillies
Mel Gillies is Director Consulting - Risk and Security at RTG. Mel has recently been awarded her Master of Education (Research) comparing global and local privacy regulations, contextualising this to educational data governance and how these inform the privacy and security of school data within the ‘Educational Data Economy’. A qualified Lead Auditor ISO27001: Information Security Management System, Mel works closely with organisations to assist in identifying and protecting against cyber threats, whilst strengthening incident response plans to support timely recovery to normal operations and reduce the impact from a data breach or cyber security incident.
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Moving from ‘Break-Fix’ to Innovation and Impact in a Pandemic
By Melanie Gillies on Aug 27, 2020 7:33:50 PM
The chance to shift the industrial age schooling paradigm is finally here - how many schools will take it?