Podcasts and Professional Development

In this 7 minute podcast, we feature an interview with Michael Zastrocky, Vice President and Research Director of Academic Strategies for Gartner, Incorporated. He presented a session at the EDUCAUSE 2007 Annual Conference entitled, "IT Leadership and the Role of the CIO: The Annual Gartner/EDUCAUSE Update".

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.

 

Will faculty reduce lectures, become facilitators of learning, and adopt interactive learning methods? Are development tools available to help bring about these changes? Will students benefit? These questions were addressed in Florida Community College's presentation of the SIRIUS Project involving over 300 faculty. The presentation was titled "A SIRIUS Look at Faculty Development".

In this 12 minute podcast, we feature an interview with Bill Ganza, Director of Professional Development at Florida Community College in Jacksonville, Florida. He discuss professional development for faculty and the SIRIUS project that has been implemented at his and other campuses.

In this 17 minute recording, Marliu Goodyear sits down with Lehigh University's Bruce Taggart to cover a range of topics including professional development, accessibility and portals. 

In this 25 minute recording, Bill Hogue hosts an interview with Laurie Antolovic, CFO of Indiana University's Office of the Vice President for Research and Information Technology. Listen in as they chat about funding IT, the role of a CFO, and the vices and virtues of open source software.

This 50 minute recording provides coverage of the 2005 EDUCAUSE Annual Conference Session entitled 64 Campuses, One Central Organization for Training and Professional Development.

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

This 51 minute recording provides coverage of the 2005 EDUCAUSE Annual Conference Session entitled Learning Mania: A How-To Guide to Revitalize and Transform Online Staff Training and Development.

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

For small campuses and planning units within universities, employing experienced insiders can create an informed, flexible IT unit. Learn how Ohio University's Zanesville Branch took folks with an aptitude for technology from frontline operations to create a cohesive IT Support team. The attached thirty four minutes of audio provides full coverage from the session at the Midwest Regional Conference.

A big thanks to Tom Stamm for providing the music in this podcast under a Creative Commons license.