ABSTRACT

At a crucial time in the writing of this chapter, an email popped into our inbox declaring the following:

A truly remarkable college or university is more than classrooms, students and academics. A modern, dynamic institution also provides the tools and technology for its constituents to excel at teaching, learning and working. It’s a thriving community with the ability to leverage technology to help change the world. Institutions that fail to keep up with mobile or cloud technology will fall behind. Those that ignore technology designed to assist students and teaching staff face the prospect of becoming inefficient with poor reputations, and additionally, those that fail to secure data will risk considerable financial damage.