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Mission
Cal State Innovate promotes innovative activities across the 23 campuses in collaboration with the California State University Chancellor’s Office. Under the direction of Chief Innovation Officer Michael Berman, Cal State Innovate enables the development and diffusion of new and effective strategies and technology to promote better student outcomes, improve the student experience, and create greater administrative efficiencies
Opportunity
Many CSU campuses lack the resources to explore cutting-edge technology in any systematic way. Coordinating work in these areas across campuses, and finding strategies to support “deep dive” pilots with communications to the entire system can help accelerate the speed of innovation, encourage good investments, and help us find out what doesn’t work faster so we don’t waste excess time and effort.
Recent Blog Posts
Working Backwards to Improve Software Procurement
Prior to starting in this role, I had a vague sense of what the software procurement process entailed. I mostly knew that it took a long time, and that vetting for accessibility was a critical challenge. When Cal State Innovate was tasked with exploring how to improve the software procurement process, I was surprised to…
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2nd Multi-Campus Adobe Creative Jam LIVE
Over 250 students from seven campuses competed in a two-day Adobe Creative Jam on Oct 11th and 12th. This was the largest multi-campus Creative Jam event, topping last spring’s event, with teams from Cal Poly Pamona, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, Cal State Fullerton, Cal State LA, Cal State Long Beach, CSUN, and San José…
Cal State Ready Demos
Over the span of two weeks, I got the chance to demo Cal State Ready, a custom Alexa skill for prospective students, across the state at the 2019 CSU Counselor Conferences. Cal State Ready is intended to be a virtual high school counselor’s assistant, providing info to students on how to prepare, apply, and pay…
