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edtechnologyi.co.usin T:s @Eo.uc_Te:chnology HIGHER EDUCATION The latest technological developments in further education colleges and universities South Bank’s digital transformation
London South Bank University (LSBU) is to invest more than £14.8m to transform student experience through personalised education. LSBU is investing in IBM’s
Exceptional Student Experience, which uses a mix of analytics, mobile, social and security solutions built on cloud infrastructure to monitor academic progress of individual students. “The key benefit of the programme
is that it will enable LSBU to identify students who require support to complete their studies, and underpin our platform to enable repeatable, predictable, reliable and scalable technology-enabled learning for our students at best value for money,” said Phil Cardew, Pro Vice- Chancellor at LSBU. Since the introduction of tuition
fees, students expect value from their investment and learning that takes advantage of the most up-to- date technologies. LSBU’s investment in IBM’s Exceptional Student Experience will lead to up-to-date collaboration, a greater diversity of provision and more variety in modes of learning including mobile access to applications, social communities for knowledge sharing, online profiling and dynamic learning environments. Combined, this can improve teaching, assessment, feedback and student preparation for the world of work. To support the introduction of
the programme, LSBU’s entire IT environment will move to SoftLayer, an IBM company cloud computing platform. Adopting a cloud strategy will greatly increase the University’s agility, enabling educators and administrators to offer new services to students at busy times at a much faster rate. LSBU will now have the ability to manage the ever-
“Education, to be effective, must become more personal, engaging and efficient in educational institutions of all shapes and sizes alike.” Michael D. King, IBM
changing performance demands of today’s digitally connected students throughout the academic year. Through predictive analytics,
Exceptional Student Experience will enable LSBU to identify students who may require additional support with their studies, and will enable them to intervene with those students to offer any help that may be needed. “The use of big data, deep content
analytics and social technologies delivered via SoftLayer’s cloud holds the promise of enabling a truly personalised and exceptional educational experience, which has the potential to transform the entire education industry,” said Michael D. King, Vice President, Global Education Industry at IBM. “Education, to be effective, must
become more personal, engaging and efficient in educational institutions of all shapes and sizes alike; we are excited to help LSBU embark on this journey of transformation.” The ultimate objective of
the change programme is an augmentation of LSBU’s student experience and an increase in retention through predicting and proactively identifying students who will benefit most from support. The overall agreement also included additional value around enterprise skills, mentoring and job placements to improve student employability. The IBM Academic Initiative is
currently used by three million students and 25,000 faculty staff from 5,000 institutions globally.
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