Technology Lifecycles

This thirty-two minute podcast features a session from the EDUCAUSE 2007 Annual Conference. The session, "Top-Down or Bottom-Up? Designing and Redesigning a Digital Campus Somewhere in Between," is presented by Hans Ogg, Head of the IT Department at INHOLLAND University of Professional Education. PowerPoint slides are also available for this session.

Four years ago, INHOLLAND university launched a learning scenario that required the latest in electronic communication and collaboration tools. The new digital campus that was built is being redesigned now using Windows Vista and SharePoint 2007. What was learned during these past few years, and what did the designers hope to achieve now?

 

In this hour-long podcast we feature the closing keynote address from the EDUCAUSE 2008 Midwest Regional Conference. The speech was delivered by Brad Wheeler, Vice President for IT, CIO, and Professor at Indiana University and is entitled, "Leading Ahead of the Curves". A PowerPoint Presentation is also available.

Three curves—technical possibility, social desirability, and economic feasibility over time—describe the forces that shape college and university IT challenges. The consumerization of technology, insourcing and outsourcing, edge or leveraged services on campus, and multi-institutional community source are timely opportunities for IT leaders who can wisely discern these curves.

Just saw this intersting article on Wired about a cardiovascular specialist who creates podcasts for his elderly patients. Interesting way to deliver information to audience not normally targeted for new media. Big element of his plan is that in the waiting room he has replaced some of his magazines with a couple of ipods and docking stations so that patients can listen to health ed talk whiile they are waiting.Wired Magazine Article: Podcast From the Heart