Dx isn’t just about adding a new technology or automating processes. It's about using data and technology to transform your institution. And you’ll need to make some fundamental changes across your institution along the way. In this section, we’ll explain why Dx is important and define its core principles.
Transformation is under way, whether we’re ready for it or not. The pandemic necessitated rapid innovation and forced institutions to accelerate their Dx planning and work.
Transformation is under way, whether we’re ready for it or not. The pandemic necessitated rapid innovation and forced institutions to accelerate their Dx planning and work.
Data from EDUCAUSE's 2021 Quick Poll on Dx.
Data from EDUCAUSE's 2021 Quick Poll on Dx.
Proportion of higher ed IT leaders who responded to our 2021 Dx survey who said their institutions are either engaged in Dx or developing a Dx strategy.
“Dx is well under way in many industries, and its impact on higher education is inevitable. IT leaders can play a critical role by (1) helping their institutions understand the urgency and potential of Dx, and (2) designing the architecture and infrastructure that will enable it.”
Intentional change in institutional value proposition
or direction
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Shifts in culture, workforce, and technology
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Digital Transformation
Intentional change in institutional value proposition
or direction
+
Shifts in culture, workforce, and technology
=
Digital Transformation
The president of Utah Valley University talks about prioritizing digital transformation on campus and its wide-ranging effects throughout her institution and higher education.
Proportion of higher ed IT leaders who responded to our 2021 Dx survey who said their institutions are either engaged in Dx or developing a Dx strategy.
“Dx is well under way in many industries, and its impact on higher education is inevitable. IT leaders can play a critical role by (1) helping their institutions understand the urgency and potential of Dx, and (2) designing the architecture and infrastructure that will enable it.”
The president of Utah Valley University talks about prioritizing digital transformation on campus and its wide-ranging effects throughout her institution and higher education.
Dx will help your institution reinvent itself to thrive during changing and challenging times. It can:
Dx will help your institution reinvent itself to thrive during changing and challenging times. It can:
It's easy to mistake the regularly increasing presence of digital information and processes for digital transformation. Higher education institutions have been moving everything from payroll to classes online for many years. Efforts at making information and processes digital may trigger or contribute to Dx, but by themselves they are not Dx.
We digitize information. We digitalize processes.
We digitally transform institutions.
Learn more about these topics in the following articles.
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