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Exploring Why Institutions Change Student Information Systems
At its conference this year, Ellucian highlighted Indian River State College’s recent conversion from another student information system (SIS) to its Ellucian Banner SaaS product. In the accompanying video, Dr. Timothy Moore, the college president, highlighted the functional reasons for the product switch and discussed how he sees the new product as better supporting his ... Exploring Why Institutions Change Student Information Systems Read MoreAre Student Information Systems Being Replaced?
As you may have noticed, HigherEd evolves in a pendulum motion. At the university level, we can observe movements of centralization of services being depleted over time in favour of a decentralization favouring services in faculties and schools to then return to a central decision-making process a few years later. With IT systems being implemented ... Are Student Information Systems Being Replaced? Read MoreK-12 Student Information System Historical Implementations
This historical view of new implementations in K12 SIS Student Information Systems is based on almost 7,100 school districts in the USA and Canada. It represents 53 million students or 86% of the total number of students enrolled in elementary and secondary school programs in Canada and the USA. I like this view since it ... K-12 Student Information System Historical Implementations Read MoreStudent Information System Software by Total Enrollment v2
This is a follow-up to last week’s “Student Information System Software by Total Enrollment” post. We got a massive amount of positive feedback… Thanks! In all of the conversations, we got questions that we promised to answer. Well, this is the post that will hopefully answer all those questions. What country did last week’s data include? The ... Student Information System Software by Total Enrollment v2 Read MoreStudent Information System Software by Total Enrollment
When a post-secondary institution wishes to change its Student Information System software, what is the first question they ask? It’s usually either What system is my neighbour using? or What system is used by institutions of my size? About five years ago when my university (University of Ottawa) started looking for a new Student Information System software to ... Student Information System Software by Total Enrollment Read MoreWhat Learning Management Systems (LMS) and Student Information Systems (SIS) Are Used in Conjunction?
We use this chord diagram to show the movement in the LMS market – from the old system to the new system. We got great feedback, so we decided to use the same format to represent the relationship between the LMS market and the SIS market. As most of you know, several LMS are out ... What Learning Management Systems (LMS) and Student Information Systems (SIS) Are Used in Conjunction? Read MoreStudent Informations Systems by Degree Type
Degree type is a good indicator of SIS product selection but not as good an indicator as total enrollment size.
Read MoreRelationships Between Institutional Characteristics, Student Personas and SIS
Student information systems (SIS) have significantly evolved since they first appeared in the 1960s, from essentially serving as the central store of student-related data to supporting activities such as class registration, grade management, and transcript generation. With this evolution has come increased demands on the SIS to support different student personas (traditional, transfer, etc.) and ... Relationships Between Institutional Characteristics, Student Personas and SIS Read MoreThe E-Portfolio Value for Students and Educators
Read MoreE-portfolios can be indispensable tools in a higher education setting. Both for students and faculty alike, digital portfolios offer a variety of benefits for all involved.