I’ve got a lot of notes to process about the rest of the CASE District VI Conference, which ended last night with a lovely banquet and awards presentation. (Congratulations to the UMR Communications Department for winning a total of seven awards, including the coveted “Sweepstakes” award for institutions of our size [5,000-7,500 students]. You guys are a great team!) But it’ll be a few days before I get around to processing. In the meantime, check out Tony’s Kansas City‘s take on his speaking gig at the conference. I was worried TKC would go easy on us, since we’re wonky higher ed newbies, but my fears have been allayed.
Category: higher education
Blogging from CASE District VI: futurist David Zach
A quick post to give a hearty thumbs up to our keynote speaker today, futurist David Zach. The guy is one of the few people who actually have a degree in future studies. His presentation — a quick but comprehensive “tour” of the future — was thoughtful and thought provoking, sobering at times (I envisioned a Minority Report-like dystopia more than once during his presentation), and chock full of quotes from G.K. Chesterton, Will Durant, George Bernard Shaw and others. The money quote I took away from this session: The future will be “a society filled with choices, filled with people who don’t know how to choose.” This, he pointed out, is not a technological issue, but a pilosophical — and even theological — issue. Bottom line: choose wisely.
Would love to blog more, but I’m late for a reception.
Andy writes! 