IT INNOVATION and RESEARCH

The Innovation + Research team within Information Technology is on mission to lead, coordinate, and facilitate the discovery and exploration of emerging technologies and innovative solutions that catalyze digital transformation (DX) at Grand Valley State University.

Collaborating with internal and external partners through a rich "Education Futures Collaboratory and Innovation Ecosystem", our team strives to explore novel technologies, spark new ideas, serve as a change agent, and conduct experiments to create a robust portfolio of solutions, services, and resources that are purposefully designed to:

• Further academic and research initiatives
• Facilitate quality digital education
• Enhance the learner experience
• Encourage a culture of innovation
• Build the next generation of teaching and learning spaces
• Support the University’s mission and strategic priorities

Our focus is to:

1. Generate enthusiasm for new, emerging, immersive, and innovative technologies around the future of education.
2. Build confidence, incubate, and generate adoption of new ideas and models powered by technology by facilitating experimentation, increasing early adoption participation, promoting influencers, and celebrating successes.
3. Scale up deployment through awareness, collaboration, and generating communities of practice, laying the foundation for digital transformation.