October 2021CIOAPPLICATIONS.COM8CIO InsightsCXO InsightsIn My ViewRethinking Education with DigitalizationPAUL FISHER, ASSOCIATE CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER, SETON HALL UNIVERSITYaul E. Fisher Jr. has served at Seton Hall University in the Teaching, Learning, and Technology Center since 1997, became the director in 2005, and was named the Associate Chief Information Officer in 2010. Paul is in charge of assisting Seton Hall in making thoughtful use of and integrating technology into the curriculum and across functional business units. He directs the instructional design, digital media services, classroom and event support, user support, web development, technology strategy, evaluation, and communication.Paul has led many mission-critical initiatives at Seton Hall, including the implementation of the University's learning management system Blackboard, the migration to the Microsoft 365 suite, and the award-winning mobile computing program. He and the rest of the IT team were instrumental in the Interprofessional Health Sciences campus's technology implementation, including the design of its state-of-the-art medical simulation center. In an interview with CIO Applications, Paul Fisher discusses challenges students and faculty face in the Ed Tech industry using the latest web technology and academic technology tools to support new teaching models in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.What do you think are some of the challenges that exist in this marketplace today?Higher education is being confronted with a number of challenges, leading to widespread skepticism about its value. As most of my expertise is in the field of education, I believe that understanding the entire operation of the University is critical in order to overcome the challenges. I spend a lot of time with my colleagues in other divisions--whether it's in student P
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