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Summer Snapshot
Here's a fast glance at the Campus Technology 2007 sessions you simply won't want to miss this July.
5/17/2007
Year after year, teaching, learning, and associated technology challenges shift and evolve as campuses change and the world changes, too. But two things never change: 1) Campus technologists want to help guide their schools to positions of institutional leadership and competitive edge, and 2) Campus technologists are understandably interested in advancing their careers—especially as more and more CIOs join presidential cabinets.That is why Campus Technology 2007 (Washington, DC, July 30-Aug. 2) is designed to deliver attendees a true "Roadmap to IT Leadership." Let me share with you a quick sampling of the results-focused workshops, sessions, and plenaries you should not miss. (Article continues below.)
BI and DW Crash Courses!
Campus Technology 2007 attendees will be getting the inside track on critical business intelligence and data warehousing issues at this summer’s Roadmap To IT Leadership. A sampling of the sessions with powerful data-driven decision-making focus:
BI and Data Warehousing: Powering Better Decisions in Higher EdPresenters include Rensselaer Polytechnic’s BI guru Ora Fish; acknowledged data-driven decision-making leader Richard Ekman, president of the Council of Independent Colleges; Ron Abel, IMS Global learning Consortium; and more. Don’t miss your chance to hear from the BI experts and return to campus with truly actionable strategies and tactics. See you there!
Jump-Start Your BI and DW Initiatives: 60 Minutes of Solutions
The Economics of BI: How to Drive Cost-Effective Implementation Strategies
Leading Organizational and Program Change to Foster 21st Century Digital Literacy
Creating Faculty-Centered Quality Assurance for Online Courses
What is the Learning Impact of the Technology-Empowered Education You Deliver?
For instance, in "Your Personal Guides to IT Leadership," Tufts' Mely Tynan, the indomitable Annie Stunden (formerly of U Wisconsin), and Ron Bleed (Maricopa Community Colleges) will serve as personal consultants to attendees, helping to develop actionable institutional and career takeaways. Then, in his workshop, "Protecting Confidential Data: From Task Force Blueprint to Your Institution," Boston College's David Escalante will drill down through the complex layers of potential data breaches, and detail the precise steps needed for attendees' customized data-protection blueprints. In workshops and sessions focused on the newest teaching and learning technologies, Jim Wolfgang (U System of Georgia), Keith Politte (U Missouri-Columbia), and Frank Lowney (Georgia College & State U) will share the keys to successful social software and academic podcasting initiatives, while an expert panel from Appalachian State will walk attendees through "Teaching and Learning in a 3D Immersive World," and Wake Forest IT leaders will share their MobileU program model for "Moving to the New Converged Device Campus."
Recommended Reading
- Sun, Stanford Working To Archive History
In May in San Francisco, experts from leading universities, libraries, and research institutions around the world met as part of an ongoing effort to address a pressing issue: archiving the world's history, right up to today.
- The Quilt Coalition Rolls Out XO Communications for High-Capacity Network Services
The Quilt, a coalition of 28 regional network organizations, has added XO Communications Services to its authorized vendor list. The Quilt represents 200 universities and thousands of other educational institutions across the United States. With this new relationship, Quilt members can purchase XO's high-speed IP transit and network transport services at competitive rates.
- Wimba Classroom 5.2 Expands Classroom Capture Support, Adds MP3 Downloads
At the NECC 2008 conference in Texas this week, Wimba launched a new version of Wimba Classroom, the virtual classroom component of the company's Collaboration Suite. The new 5.2 release expands options for classroom capture and adds a variety of other functional and ease of use features.
- Automation Chimera: Education Is Not Management
The lure of automating workflow online so human intervention is minimized is continually reinforced in the minds of higher education administrators by examples of automated campus systems such as financials, student information systems, and other enterprise systems. But what's good for management is not always good for learning.
- Cognos Releases BI Software for Linux-based IBM System z Mainframe
Cognos, which IBM acquired in January, has released an update to its business intelligence software that will run on the Linux operating system on IBM System z mainframes. IBM Cognos 8 BI was being developed by the two companies prior to the acquisition, but assimilation of Cognos into IBM accelerated development.
- Facebook and Collegiality: A Serendipitous Social Niche
Facebook is a way to greet a colleague as if she or he is on your own campus: a wave at a distance, a hello at the corner burrito place, a honk as you both leave the campus parking lot. Informal collegiality has been extended over the miles.
