EDUCAUSE Now - Show #6 - Back To School: Helicopter Parents & Emergency Notification Systems

gbayne — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 10:35:01 -0500

Welcome to our back-to-school episode of EDUCAUSE Now! EDUCAUSE Now is a monthly podcast, focusing on the intelligent use of information technology in higher education. Each episode features a variety of stories, interviews, and views that relate to IT in higher education. Let us know what you would like to hear at podcast@educause.edu.

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This episode of EDUCAUSE Now features:

Helicopter Parents and Technology
(01:18–12:32)
The term “helicopter parents” refers to parents that are overly involved in their child’s life, usually at an educational institution. Why do some parents have trouble letting go once their child is ready to leave the home for university? Can technology help parents feel connected? We speak with three professionals that have extensive contact with parents and students:
Barrie Smith is the founder of MOFchat dot com, a support website for parents who are having difficulty adjusting to their children being on their own at school.
Terry Winters has been the Director for Academic Technology in the department of Computing & Information Services at the University of New Hampshire since 1996. She has been key in developing a Blackboard portal for parents, allowing them to access to instant bill pay and information on parent's association and student life at the university.
Tracy Mitrano is Director of IT Policy and University Computer Policy and Law Program in the Office of Information Technologies at Cornell University and has extensive contact with both parents and students through her office.
A Commentary from EDUCAUSE President Diana Oblinger
(12:33–15:33)
Diana considers the various facets of openness in higher education.
Emergency Notification Systems - Everyone on the Same Page
(16:13–23:30)
Choosing and implementing an emergency notification system is a complex undertaking. We speak with Mark Katsouros, Director of Telecommunication & Network Services at the University of Iowa (which underwent tremendous flooding in June ’08), and Bruce Myers, Business and Technology Analyst at the University of North Carolina at Wilmington. They give their thoughts on the multitude of considerations when taking a layered approach to emergency notification.

Music for EDUCAUSE Now:

”Groove IT” by Denis Kitchen
“Lapse” by Might Could
“F1-11” by Blues Garden
”Lorge” by El Ten Eleven

EDUCAUSE Now - Show #2 - P2P, Clifford Lynch, IT Cultures

gbayne — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 14:57:01 -0500

EDUCAUSE Now is a monthly podcast, focusing on the intelligent use of information technology in higher education. Each episode features a variety of stories, interviews, and views that relate to IT in higher education. EDUCAUSE Now will also inform you about upcoming events, report on past events, and feature the movers and shakers in policy, teaching and learning, security, and a whole host of other important topics for our members. Let us know what you would like to hear at podcast@educause.edu.

This episode of EDUCAUSE Now features:

Peer-To-Peer Filesharing on Campus.
We hear from some of the players in this debate including Steve Worona, EDUCAUSE Policy Director; Greg DePriest, Vice President of Technology Policy for NBC Universal; Kenneth C. Green, Founding Director of the Campus Computing Project, and Fred Von Lohmann, Senior Staff Attorney for the Electronic Frontier Foundation. You can find more information on the EDUCAUSE website abou the P2P debate.
A Conversation with CNI Executive Director, Clifford Lynch
The Coalition for Networked Information recently held their 2008 Spring Task Force Meeting. This gave us an opportunity to sit down with Clifford Lynch for an interview to discuss cyberinfrastructure, open access, and more. You can also hear the extended version of our conversation.
A Commentary from EDUCAUSE President Diana Oblinger.
EDUCAUSE President Diana Oblinger talks about moving into the future of EDUCAUSE by listening to member concerns and responding to those concerns with action.
IT Cultures Collide: Centralized and Decentralized Workflow
We talk about the culture conflict between centralized and decentralized IT units- bringing together the strengths of two very different approaches. We speak with Chris McCoy, Director of Engineering Computing at Iowa State University who presented a session entitled, "A Place For Everyone: Understanding IT Culture Using S-Curves", at the EDUCAUSE 2008 Midwest Regional Conference. Also included in the discussio is Ann Hill Duin, Associate Vice President & Deputy CIO at the University of Minnesota.
Music for EDUCAUSE Now:
- "Groove IT" by Denis Kitchen
- "Of Travel and Longing" by Sebastian6
- "Energy Drink" by Andrew Pfaff
- "Amber" by Dan Tharp

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EDUCAUSE Now - Show #6 - Back To School: Helicopter Parents & Emergency Notification Systems

EDUCAUSE Now - Show #2 - P2P, Clifford Lynch, IT Cultures