How the Internet of Things is Changing Our Colleges, Our Classrooms, and Our Students (eBook)

Roy Bartels, Mickey Slimp (Autoren)

eBook Download: EPUB

2019
194 Seiten
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers (Verlag)
978-1-4758-4299-9 (ISBN)

Infos

You have heard about the Internet of Things. You know that it is having an impact on higher education. So, what is it? Now that students have the entire computing power of 1975 in a pocket device, the college of the 2020s is entering a new educational age. For teens and tweens, the magic world of Harry Potter is all around. With a wave of a hand, they can control lights and surround themselves with music. In minutes, they can make a catalog of devices appear using a 3D printer. And now, they are ready to travel by driverless cars, summoned from a cellphone. Embedded technology, that is, computing built into everyday devices, is all around. Known as the Internet of Things, embedded sensors in our home, in our tools, and even in our baseball bats have changed the world as we know it. As with every stage of evolution, leaders have the options to resist, adapt, or to get ahead of the change.

Autor

Mickey Slimp’s career has married technology and education to create a better world for students. As the founding director of the Virtual College of Texas, an innovative media producer in biotech, a former reporter, and a community college leader, his insight provides new digital markers for the pathways to student learning.After thirty years in various industries and technology-related positions, Roy Bartels retired from Western Texas College as Chief Technology and Information Security Officer. His experience, education, and service on regional, state, and national boards, plus his retirement career in fiction writing, gives him a unique perspective on the Internet of Things

Inhalt

AcknowledgementsIntroductionChapter 1: Life in the 2030sA Brief History of the FuturePersonal Technology Available NowA Day in 2030So, Hold On. Here’s What’s ComingChapter 2: The Internet of ThingsWhat is the Internet of ThingsGetting to NowHow the Internet of Things WorksStandards, Routers, Bridges, and Gateways – Oh My. . .Chapter 3: The Student as an EndpointThe Ubiquitous Use of TechnologyThe Rural Dilemma Digitization of the PersonThe Digitization of Personal EffectsStudent Mastery of the Digital EnvironmentStudent Use of Social MediaThe 21st Century StudentThe Student in a “Multiverse”Chapter 4: Teaching in the Empowered ClassroomUniversal Access to InformationSharing the PowerLearning Models for the Early 21st CenturyThe Evolution of Distance EducationeLearning – an Educational Crucible for IoTChapter 5: Smartphones and Student Empowered Learning So many Toys ToolsIs Learning Changing Due to IoT?Chapter 6: The Campus Network—Building an Infrastructure for IoT The Physics of the InternetAlways ConnectedSo, How Much is Enough?IPV4 & IPV6Static vs. Dynamic AddressesWhat is WiFi and Where Does It Come From?Copper and FiberEthernetHubs, Switches, and RoutersWhere Does “The Cloud” Come In?Types of CloudsEquipment and Software: Planning for Upgrades and ObsolescenceServer CapacityChapter 7: College Facilities in the Digital AgeEmbedded Technology Throughout the OrganizationRethinking Campus FacilitiesEnergy EfficiencyInventory ManagementHuman Traffic and Crowd ControlSchedulingCar Traffic on CampusLaboratories and the SciencesAthletics and IoTSocial Spaces for LearningPublic Information and Message ControlChapter 8: The Security NightmareMore than Just the MachinesThreats to Your NetworkSpecific Infection TypesPreventionPlanning for Failures, Recoveries, and SecurityThe Professional EdgeChapter 9: The Careers of the IoT Age“Daddy, What’s a Truck Driver?” HealthcareSo, What is Next?Artificial IntelligenceQuantum ComputingWork and the Self-Driving CarEmerging CareersThe Disconnect with TeachingChapter 10: Looking AheadNetworking FuturesResources for the EducatorFinal WordsOne Final ToolEpilogue: Graduation DayAppendix: Truthfinder Report About the AuthorsIndex

Produkt-Details

• Zusatzinfo: 51 Illustrations including: - 43 Halftones, Black & White including Black & White Photographs; - 1 Tables; - 7 Text Boxes.
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Schulbuch / Wörterbuch ► Schulbuch / Allgemeinbildende Schulen
• Themenwelt: Schulbuch / Wörterbuch ► Unterrichtsvorbereitung ► Unterrichts-Handreichungen
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Erwachsenenbildung
• Schlagworte: Artificial Intelligence • College • eLearning • Elementary School • Future • Gateway • higher education • High School • middle school • professional development • Smart phones • Social Media • Technology • University
• ISBN-10: 1-4758-4299-6 / 1475842996
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4758-4299-9 / 9781475842999