EDUCAUSE | EDUCAUSE Review Articles and Higher Education Transformation

When Worlds Collide

ckeller — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 11:59:53 -0500

"Immersive worlds will make it possible to improve the carbon signature of higher education."

Innovation, Gambling, and a Love of Wisdom

elilly — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 11:43:07 -0500

The following excerpt is based on an interview conducted by Gerry Bayne, EDUCAUSE multimedia producer, at the EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative (ELI) 2008 Annual Meeting held in San Antonio, Texas, in January 2008. To listen to the full podcast, go to http://connect.educause.edu/blog/gbayne/eliinconversationgardnerc/46176.

Observations from above the Trenches

elilly — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 11:51:56 -0500

A Changing Profile

elilly — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 12:48:15 -0500

The new infusion of new technologies is strongly impacting higher education. Entering students expect high levels of IT support. It is challenging to predict future technologies and have the time to plan for it. Higher education is becoming more customer-driven.

Reframing Our Thinking

ckeller — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 09:39:23 -0600

"Over the next two years, the New Horizons department will contribute to the reframing process. Within the context of innovation in learning in higher education, we will be looking not only at emerging
technologies but also at emerging practices that make innovative use of those technologies."

The Second Decade and Beyond

ckeller — Wed, 02 Jan 2008 13:36:12 -0600

New EDUCAUSE President, Diana Oblinger, outlines EDUCAUSE's accomplishments in the last decade and previews new challenges and issues EDUCAUSE plans to take on in the future.

Winds of Change: Charting the Course for IT in the Twenty-First Century

ckeller — Mon, 08 Oct 2007 11:58:26 -0500

Campus IT leaders are responsible for providing a view of the technology changes that are coming over the horizon and a vision of where the “ship” of IT should be headed. The retiring EDUCAUSE president offers ten nautical maxims for charting this course for higher education IT.

Open-Source IT Leadership for Web 2.0

ckeller — Fri, 24 Aug 2007 17:19:04 -0500

The author writes about a new kind of IT leadership..."one that must surrender a modicum of control. Call it "open-source leadership." IT leaders must accommodate the contributions of the community rather than control them. They must learn to be supporters and enablers, not obstructionists. They must learn to cede some authority in this evolving world."

My Computer Romance

ckeller — Thu, 23 Aug 2007 12:05:39 -0500

“Only when our students see our own learning blossoming within a computer romance will they listen to us when we tell them to use these tools more wisely themselves.”

Academic Analytics: A New Tool for a New Era

ckeller — Thu, 28 Jun 2007 11:39:27 -0500

As colleges and universities respond to the public demand for greater accountability in the form of documented learning outcomes and increased student retention, the emerging practice of academic analytics can create actionable intelligence for higher education institutions.