EDUCAUSE | Change Management

Learning Landscape Project highlighted in report on widening access to higher education

catherine — Thu, 08 May 2008 06:36:34 -0500

At CARET, we're proud that the Learning Landscape Project has been highlighted in a recent report on widening participation in higher education, from the Von Hügel Institute at St Edmund’s College. Written by Michael Watts, David Bridges and Jonathan Eames, the report is titled “Widening Participation and Encounters with the Pedagogies of Higher Education” (2008), and was produced with funding from Aimhigher. Aimhigher is a national-level, government-funded education programme, run by the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE), with support from the Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills (DIUS).

The report seeks to highlight case studies and examples of good practice in pedagogy and support for student learning, in the context of improving access to higher education for all. The Learning Landscape Project was one of a range of pedagogic initiatives highlighted at Cambridge, with the Learning and Teaching Support Initiative and the Teaching for Learning network (TfLN) (two projects that we enjoy good relationships /connections with) also mentioned.

The report is available to read online at the Centre for Educational Research and Development at the Von Hügel Institute.

ELI Annual Video: Connectivism

gbayne — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 10:33:13 -0600

Video and slides for this presentation can be found here. The speech is by George Siemens, Associate Director of the Learning Technologies Centre at the University of Manitoba. This plenary session is entitled, "Connectivism".

The waves of technological and social change have eroded the effectiveness of traditional views regarding what, how, and why to educate. To effectively educate learners, fundamental assertions need to be rethought: the design of schools and curriculum, the nature of knowledge in a connected world, the relationship between educator and learner, the means and methods of authenticating information and knowledge, and, perhaps most significantly, what it means “to know” in complex, rapidly developing, and chaotic environments. This session will present connectivism as a theory of learning that can bridge the rift between traditional and new educational approaches to prepare learners for the tomorrow they will inherit.

ELI Podcast: Connectivism

gbayne — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 01:39:13 -0600

In this 58 minute podcast, we feature a session by George Siemens, Associate Director for the Learning Technologies Centre at the University of Manitoba, entitled, "Connectivism". This speech was recorded at the ELI 2008 Meeting in San Antonio, Texas.

Western Regional 2008: The Balance Between Institutional and Individual User Needs

cluckett — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 11:52:13 -0600

The 2008 Western Regional Conference, "One Size Doesn’t Fit All: Finding Practical and Innovative Solutions for Your Campus," will be held March 31–April 2 in San Francisco. View the program and register by March 3 to save money with low early-bird rates.

The conference will focus on these topic areas:

Engaging Today's Learners
Leadership and Management Challenges: Rapid Change, New Demands, and Limited Resources
New Models for Providing Technology Services
Corporate and Campus Solutions

General Session Speakers

Up Against the Firewall
Monday, March 31, 1:00–2:15 p.m.
Brenda Laurel, Chair and Professor, Graduate Program in Design, California College of the Arts
Rob Tow, Science and Technology Consultant, California College of the Arts
Don't Download This Panel
Wednesday, April 2, 10:45 a.m.–12:00 noon
Closing panel with Kenneth C. Green, Campus Computing Project; Greg DePriest, NBC Universal Vice President, Technology Policy; and Fred Von Lohman, EFF Senior Staff Attorney; moderated by Kent Wada, Director, IT Policy, UCLA

Half-day preconference seminars will cover important issues such as privacy practices for academic organizations, effective leadership strategies, and fitting new technologies into existing infrastructures.

E07 Podcast: Improving IT Governance Through Formal Change Management

kellywalker — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 10:31:15 -0600

This 24-minute podcast recorded during the EDUCAUSE 2007 Annual Conference features Danny Smith, Senior Director IT Services, Marquette University speaking on Improving IT Governance Through Formal Change Management.

The session abstract:

Changes to complex systems require careful planning and coordination to ensure additional incidents are not created in the production environment. This presentation will detail how Marquette University implemented ITIL-based change management to stabilize the infrastructure, gain visibility of work, and comply with financial audits.

E07 Podcast: An Interview with Robert Renaud

kellywalker — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 10:03:50 -0600

In this 16-minute podcast, we feature an interview with Robert Renaud, Vice President and CIO, Dickinson College He discusses the future of and challenges facing Enterprise Resource Planning systems as well as leadership in a time of change.

An Interview with Doris Kearns Goodwin

mpasiewicz — Tue, 30 Oct 2007 11:10:37 -0500

In this nine minute recording, we'll hear from Pulitzer prize winning author and historian Doris Kearns Goodwin. Listen in as she shares some poignant thoughts on the leadership that may prove especially relevant to institutions ripe with diversity such as those we find in higher education. She'll also comment on the prospects of Lincoln and Eleanor Roosevelt as bloggers in the 21st century, digital preservation, and the shares some thoughts on baseball. As an avid Red Sox fan, I'm sure she's thrilled with the outcome of the recent World Series and her comments regarding the momentum of the Red Sox were spot on.

September/October EDUCAUSE Review Now Available Online

cluckett — Thu, 30 Aug 2007 12:07:34 -0500

The back-to-school issue of EDUCAUSE Review, focusing on faculty development, is now available online. Read articles from Gardner Campbell on experiencing a “computer romance”; Patricia McGee and Veronica Diaz on getting a handle on all the latest learning technologies; Anne H. Moore, Shelli B. Fowler, and C. Edward Watson on designing change for faculty, students, and institutions; and Joel L. Hartman, Charles Dziuban, and James Brophy-Ellison on assessing roles in shaping and supporting the assimilation of IT into the teaching and learning process.

EDUCAUSE Review is also available via RSS feed. Click the orange RSS icon on the EDUCAUSE Review home page to access the XML required to subscribe.

Podcast: Information Literacy, IT Fluency, and Media Literacy - An Interview with Craig Gibson

gbayne — Wed, 29 Aug 2007 14:18:12 -0500

In this podcast, we feature 15 minute interview with Craig Gibson, Associate University Librarian at George Mason University. This interview was recorded at the ELI 2007 Fall Focus Session in Boulder, Colorado, where Mr. Gibson presented a speech entitled, "Prisms Around Student Learning: Information Literacy, IT Fluency, and Media Literacy". A podcast of that speech can be found here.

The family of literacies now promoted in higher education (information literacy, IT fluency, and media and visual literacies) continues to multiply. These educational agendas call for more pervasive collaboration among all stakeholders (faculty, administrators, librarians, technologists, student life staff, assessment specialists, and others) because of conceptual and programmatic linkages and convergences among them. The blending of these literacies can become a catalyst that taps into student learning and engagement at a deep level and effects cultural change within and across institutions.

This podcast was edited with assistance from Kelly Walker.

Southwest Regional Conference 2008: Participate as a Speaker

cluckett — Wed, 15 Aug 2007 17:42:49 -0500

The call for proposals is now open for the Southwest Regional Conference 2008, "Empowering Community Through Technology," February 20–22 in Houston, Texas. The program for this leading event in higher education IT will follow these tracks:

Empowering Our Teaching and Learning Communities
Leading the Charge for Change
Making IT Work - the Confluence of Technology, People, and Expectations
Corporate and Campus Solutions

Submit a presentation proposal. The deadline for submissions is October 10, 2007.

A related opportunity: consider submitting material for publication in EDUCAUSE Quarterly. EQ authors receive full editorial support and gain valuable exposure and recognition in a professional forum.