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KEEPING THE TECHNOLOGICAL EDGE$3.5 MILLIONAs the leading provider of professional education for working adults, GGU, perhaps more than any other school, must adapt its learning environment and delivery modes to serve the needs of the modern adult learner. The access provided through Web-based instruction, online information, learning resources and business processes allows students to balance their work and family lives with school.Technology is also not just about access; it’s about providing our students with the professional tool sets in class that they will use at work. We are a professional-practice institution, and that requires us to meet professional-practice standards for technology.Currently, about 23 percent of all instruction at GGU is delivered via CyberCampus, our Web-based, asynchronous learning program. Last year, 50 percent of our students took at least one online class, and GGU’s accredited online programs have seen a 300 percent increase in enrollments since 1998. Further, information-technology applications have begun to permeate the curricula and pedagogy of our in-person classes. Business- and legal-application software and the use of myriad websites are increasingly integrated in instruction at GGU. Our goal is for 100 percent of our classes, both in-person and online, to effectively integrate technology.GGU’s technology strategy, in a nutshell, is to provide ubiquitous access to information, academic content, learning resources, processes and transactions via a Web browser. The goal is for the GGU online experience to be the most customer-friendly experience possible.GGU’s technology infrastructure has been recently upgraded to the standard used in the most efficient global corporations. As applications are built on this new enterprise resource planning (ERP) platform, overall technology resources will shift from managing disparate applications, databases and operating systems to providing users with the tools they need to manage content, transactions and interaction with all customers (students, faculty, alumni). THE COMMITMENT GGU must evolve to meet the demands of both our students and an ever-changing marketplace. To do so, we must rely on the commitment of our alumni and friends to contribute the $3.5 million needed to ensure our students have the most up-to-date tools available and keep GGU at the technological forefront of universities nationwide. |
