EDUCAUSE | Leadership Development and Professional Development

Frye Leadership Institute Now Accepting 2009 Program Nominations

pkurkowski — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 10:50:10 -0500

The Frye Leadership Institute offers a unique leadership development opportunity and is designed to develop the next generation of higher education leaders emerging from IT and library backgrounds.

From May 31 to June 11, 2009, participants will gather at Emory University for an intensive residential experience that exposes them to higher education leaders and luminaries from around the country. A significant amount of personal and professional growth results from the networking and group exercises that bring a diverse set of international participants together to share, explore, and learn. Presentations are intermixed with case studies, brainstorming, role-playing, problem solving, and reflection. In this dynamic program Frye helps participants develop:

Habits of mind that help them think strategically and communicate clearly with diverse audiences
A broad perspective on higher education, its values, issues, and challenges
Confidence in their ability to address complex issues
A strong network of colleagues and friends

The selection process is highly competitive. Applicants must first be nominated by a senior institutional officer. The nomination deadline is November 14. Visit the Frye Institute website for more information, including nomination and application process, program overview, and scholarships.

Interested in the Frye Institute and attending EDUCAUSE 2008 in Orlando? Plan now to participate in the Frye Leadership Institute Update session on October 29.

E07 Podcast: Brian Hawkins - Learning To Drive (and Other Lessons Learned Along the Way)

gbayne — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 12:11:20 -0600

In November of 2006, Brian Hawkins, EDUCAUSE President, announced his plans to retire from the presidency of EDUCAUSE at the end of the 2007•2008 academic year. At the 2007 EDUCAUSE Annual Conference, he was asked to share the important lessons he has learned in his nearly 40-year career in higher education regarding management, leadership, and professional life. In this 42-minute podcast of that address, entitled "Learning To Drive (and Other Lessons Learned Along the Way)", he discusses issues including personnel management, professional development, and how to map a course for good leadership and a successful career.

Management and Leadership Development for IT

cgolden — Mon, 22 Jan 2007 11:38:13 -0600

Part of my responsibilities at EDUCAUSE include oversight of our programs in IT Management and Leadership development. Early in March, EDUCAUSE's Professional Development advisory committee will be meeting to review, among other things, the kinds of management and leadership development programming and resources that EDUCAUSE offers, and to discuss the needs of our community. The committee will make recommendations to the association about future EDUCAUSE efforts in this area.

I am anxious to hear from members of our higher ed IT community about what kinds of professional development opportunities you think are important, in particular in the area of developing new managers and leaders. You can learn about some what we already offer by viewing this matrix.

Some things to think about:

What kinds of professional development programs do you find most valuable?
What doesn't EDUCAUSE do in this space that you think we should be doing?
Would you like to see more activities that are online/virtual? F2F? Why?

Perspectives from aspiring managers and leaders as well as from those who are now playing the role of mentor to younger staff are most welcome! I look forward to any comments and dialogue. Your thoughts will be shared with our committee at the March meeting.

Cynthia

New E-Book Provides Career Development Advice for Campus IT

cluckett — Tue, 20 Jun 2006 14:46:00 -0500

Cultivating Careers: Professional Development for Campus IT, a new EDUCAUSE e-book, provides an overview of practices for mentoring the next generation of IT leaders in higher education. Hear audio interviews with current leaders in the industry about how they got to where they are today. Cultivating Careers is available online in PDF and HTML. It can be viewed in its entirety or chapter by chapter at no charge.

E2005 Podcast: We Value Leadership Throughout Our Organization

podcaster — Mon, 27 Mar 2006 17:20:23 -0600

This 50 minute recording provides coverage of the 2005 EDUCAUSE Annual Conference Session entitled We Value Leadership Throughout Our Organization.

E2005 Podcast: Developing Professional Leaders

podcaster — Thu, 23 Mar 2006 18:10:41 -0600

This 50 minute recording provides coverage of the 2005 EDUCAUSE Annual Conference Session entitled Developing Professional Leaders.

EDUCAUSE 2005: Swapping Award Stories with the Team from Virginia Tech

AllanADL — Sun, 06 Nov 2005 17:18:25 -0600

When I saw that John Moore, Shelli Fowler and Anne Moore from Virginia Tech (VT) were making a presentation at the conference I was so happy that I could meet more online friends and colleagues face to face. John, Shelli and Anne presented the third of a series of synchronous online events we called Educating the Net Generation Webinar Series and the third was titled "Faculty Development for the Net Generation". These live webinars were attended by participants from 14 universities across Singapore, Australia and New Zealand. At one point we had 230+ people online simultaneously and the series reached over 500 people. These sort of live online events, where more than one location have numbers of people in attendance, are called Multiple Venue Presentations (MVPs) and I had to develop some new ways to manage the participation and interactivity.

Not only was I planning a podcast with them, it was especially thrilling for we had received a Live Online Award called a LOLA for the Educating the Net Generation webinar series in the category of "Creativity in Synchronous Design". I was advised of this while at Educause 2005 and was able to record an acceptance speech while in the USA. I also had a particularly enjoyable time announcing the award, to Diana Oblinger's complete surprise, at an Educause Learning Initiative (ELI) meeting of about a 100 people.

Like the webinars series, this podcast felt like it had a cast of hundreds well that's a bit exaggerated, but it certainly was the most people I had interviewed at any one time so far. It started with just three but as other Virginia Tech team members jumped in with great contributions, the final podcast contributors involved were:

John Moore : Director Educational Technologies
Ed Schwartz Director New Media Center and Faculty Development Institute (FDI)
Anne Moore: Associate VP Learning Technologies
Shelli Fowler: Director Graduate Education Development Institute (GEDI)
Eddie Watson: Co-Ordinator of Instruction FDI
Jeshua Pacifici: Learning Systems Manager

It was also a particularly meaningful time for the VT team as they were presenting about the Faculty Development Institute (FDI) which was featured in and helped Virginia Tech win an Educause Award for Systemic Progress in Teaching and Learning. In part this award reads: "Today, 85 percent of the university academic departments participate in online distance education. More than 90 percent of the faculty have participated in Faculty Development Institute programs, leading to more than 100 course transformation projects over the past five years through grants totaling more than $3.1 million. The Math Emporium alone serves 6,000 students each semester. " This podcast had a lot to discuss.

The Educause awards are very prestigious and one of the conference highlights was the video announcemnt at one of the Keynotes. This award video showcases some really cutting edge initiatives and people. It is worth a watch. You will need the Real Player for this to work, but this video presentation can be seen online by visiting this web address.

Quotes and Highlights from this Podcast

The Faculty Development program has been running for 13 years
25% of the faculty attend each year and they get a computer and software as an incentive but take away a lot more
The Graduate Education Development Institute (GEDI) targets current student instructors and helps them become the future faculty and hopes "Teaching, learning and integration of technology become normative practice for 21st century academics and better engage the Net Generation and transform the Academy"
Faculty response: reaches more than 95% of the faculty and they are getting better teachers as exampled by the success of the Math Emporium. There also has been a dramatic increase in the number of workshops requested and attendance has increased for each type.
Helps faculty be more creative in their teaching even providing workshops for the CAVE environment. That is "Computer Activated Virtual Environments"
Increasing dialogue between faculty and support - 90,000 questions have been answered.
"We will not have good marriages between Learning and Research infrastructures with content areas unless we have reallly good investments in the the imagination of people on both sides of that aisle to do that"

If your organisation is facing professional development challenges then you will find this podcast helpful and thought provoking. This podcast is part of the Educause 2005 Conference Podcast program and can be found at this Conference Podcast web address. Please listen to it and consider the possibilities then add your comments.

Regards
Allan