Leadership for Learning: Innovating with Technology

Background

Over more than two decades, advances in and utilization of technology, have required the recalibration of organizational assets, beliefs and behaviors, as well as ways of connecting and communicating (Anderson and Dexter, 2005). A 1995 paper on models of learning argued for research examining the educational uses of the Internet and the World Wide Web (Leidner & Jarvenpaa, 1995). By 2011 the use of the World Wide Web has become so pervasive, business, education, and government have come to infuse global links into everyday parlance. Early renditions of computer mediated learning meant that students were required to read extensively online yet they were insufficiently engaged with dynamic and satisfying approaches to learning (Hanna, 2003). While technology has become infused throughout higher education, for learners and leaders to maximize opportunities from technology further adaptations and innovations become essential.