UNLV Department of Criminal Justice chairman and professor Dr. Joel Lieberman teaches Jury Decision Making, a criminal justice class at UNLV, amid the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19) on September 9, 2020 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Ethan Miller / Getty Images)
John Rathje, the university’s CIO, says aligning with business-focused functions of the university has made modernizing technology — and serving users — better.
A survey of more than 600 higher education leaders found that while universities are eager to deploy new technologies, pandemic-era budget woes hinder implementation.
Beyond the pandemic response, school districts have an opportunity to take advantage of their IT investments and modernize their approach to education.
Now straddling two audiences, university classrooms are getting upgrades that include document cameras and touchscreen podiums that simultaneously broadcast notes to in-person and remote students.