Education as a Service
Cloud vendors offer capability and reliability, but it’s up to IT professionals to make service offerings work in their institutions. The future is both massively online and backed up by substantial local technical and coordinating resources. It’s this blend that transforms services into a platform for educators and students. Far from a one-size-fits-all, this ‘Education as a Service’ ensures the power of the cloud uniquely reflects the needs and the goals of the institution.
| Mark Pesce's Biography
Mark Pesce is an inventor, entrepreneur, writer, educator and broadcaster. In 1994 He co-invented VRML, a 3D interface to the World Wide Web, and has gone on to write six books, including The Playful World: How Technology is Transforming Our Imagination, which explored the frontiers of the future through an examination of interactive toys, and THE NEXT BILLION SECONDS (www.nextbillionseconds.com) an analysis of culture now that we're all 'hyperconnected'. Mark's work has kept him at the forefront of emerging developments in science, technology and media. With a unique ability to make abstract concepts clear for lay audiences and to further the knowledge of the technologically savvy, he is a highly sought-after public speaker. Mark lectures throughout the world on a variety of topics - from the latest trends on the Internet, to current developments in neuroeconomics, to the future of design in an energy-conscious world.
The author of five books and numerous articles, Mark Pesce is widely respected as a technologist, futurist, philosopher and communicator who can translate abstract concepts into concrete explanations. He has been profiled in publications that include Forbes ASAP, TIME Digital, WIRED and The New York Times. A highly-respected journalist, Mark has written for WIRED, Feed, Salon, PC Magazine, and The Age. His views on the interactive world that we live in and innovation are highly sought after - particularly in his role as a panelist on the hit ABC show The New Inventors.
From 2003 to 2006, Mark Pesce chaired the Emerging Media and Interactive Design Program at the world-renowned Australian Film Television and Radio School. His mandate - to bring cinema and broadcast television into the interactive era - led him to create a program that encouraged creative vision. Marks work has resulted in a pipeline of award-winning entertainment professionals who are shaping the media of the 21st century.
Mark Pesce currently holds an appointment as an Honorary Associate in the Digital Cultures programme at the University of Sydney, and in 2006 founded FutureSt, a Sydney media and technology consultancy. He brings his encyclopedic knowledge of technology together with a consumer-focused sensibility to refine products and strategies for leading clients that include Telstra, Lonely Planet and SanDisk |
