Podcasts and Metrics

This 24-minute podcast recorded during the EDUCAUSE 2007 Annual Conference features Craig Blaha, Manager of Special Projects, University of Texas at Austin, and David Burns, Director, Computer Services, University of Texas at Austin speaking on Measuring What Matters.

The session abstract:

Determining what to measure, how to measure it, and to whom to report the results can be more of an art than a science. In this session, four major research universities will address how to communicate the importance of IT to administration, outreach, teaching and learning, and research.

In this 20 minute recording, we'll hear from John Oberlin, Associate Vice Chancellor for IT, Technology Assessment and Planning.  Listen in has he shares some thoughts on the Memex Metadata (M2) for Student Portfolios project, Kurzweil's Law of Accelerating Returns, and much more. 

See also:

• Microsoft's LifeBits
• An Interview with GMU's Roy Rosenzweig

In this 24 minute recording, we'll hear from Tracy Schroeder, Vice President for IT and CIO at the University of San Francisco. Listen in as Marliu Goodyear hosts a discussion about ERP systems, identity management, metrics and more.

See also:
http://www.itil.co.uk/
http://www.educause.edu/conference/camp/

This 42 minute recording provides coverage of the 2005 EDUCAUSE Annual Conference Session entitled Using Actionable Intelligence to Improve Performance.