EDUCAUSE | Podcasts

Podcast: Information Technology Challenges at NASA

gbayne — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 13:43:59 -0500

This 56 minute podcast features the opening keynote address from the EDUCAUSE 2008 Southeast Regional Conference. The speech, "Information Technology Challenges at NASA," is by Michael J. Bolger, CIO at NASA.

This keynote presentation discusses the current IT environment at NASA and the IT challenges that the agency faces as it moves into a new era of space exploration. The CIO from the Kennedy Space Center talks about new strategic directions and supporting initiatives being implemented across the agency to enable future mission success.

Podcast: Supporting Faculty Adoption of Emerging Technologies: Wanderlust or Creating a Campus Roadmap?

gbayne — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 12:41:10 -0500

This hour and thirteen minute podcast features a panel discussion from the EDUCAUSE 2008 Southeast Regional Conference. The participants of this general session, "Supporting Faculty Adoption of Emerging Technologies: Wanderlust or Creating a Campus Roadmap?," include:

W. Gardner Campbell, Professor of English, University of Mary Washington
Jean Ann Derco, Executive Director, Educational Technology, The University of Tennessee
James Groom, Instructional Technology Specialist, University of Mary Washington
Dolly J. Young, Full Professor of Spanish, The University of Tennessee
Session moderator: Julie K. Little, Interim Director, ELI, EDUCAUSE

Faculty who are early adopters of technology are experimenters and risk-takers; they broaden the landscape of effective teaching and learning with technology. Yes, they push the envelope, but they also offer partnership for identifying what’s scalable and sustainable for broader use. Our panelist share their campus perspectives on adopting emerging technologies from Web 2.0 to virtual worlds, their successes and challenges, and the partnerships they’ve formed.

EDUCAUSE Now - Show #4 – Cybersecurity, Cyberinfrastucture, Fear 2.0

gbayne — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 18:39:26 -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. Let us know what you would like to hear at podcast@educause.edu.

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This episode of EDUCAUSE Now features:

Lessons Learned in Cybersecurity
(01:37―07:24)
We speak with security professionals from Ohio University about their highly publicized 2006 security breach and what they've learned from the experience. The presented a session at the EDUCAUSE 2008 Security Professionals Conference entitled, " The Lifecycle of a Security Breach."
New Research Study―" Higher Education IT and Cyberinfrastructure: IntegratingTechnologies for Scholarship"
(08:04―14:09)
Cyberinfrastructure is a term that has confounded and confused many of us in higher education. We speak to ECAR Fellow Mark Sheehan about this new study on how institutions are using cyberinfrastructure successfully and what you need to know about it.
A Commentary from EDUCAUSE President Diana Oblinger
(14:10―17:01)
Diana considers a few of our assumptions about new and old technologies in a changing world.
ELI in Conversation: "Fear 2.0"
(17:20―22:35)
A conversation from the ELI 2008 Annual Meeting. A group of higher ed professionals discusses Web 2.0 tools and how they are shifting education. Participants include:
- Laura Blankenship, Senior Instructional Technologist, Bryn Mawr College
- Martha Burtis, Director, Teaching and Learning Technologies, University of Mary Washington
- Barbara Ganley, Lecturer in English and Writing Program, Middlebury College
- Leslie Madsen-Brooks, Teaching Resources Center, University of California, Davis
- Barbara Sawhill, Director Cooper International Learning Center, Oberlin College

This is an excerpt of a longer conversation.

Music for EDUCAUSE Now:
"Groove IT" by Denis Kitchen
"Zune 2" by Sebastian6
"MOAQ" & "Kalimbabumbum" by Kelly Walker
"Amber" by Dan Tharp

ELI In Conversation: The Fear 2.0 Group

gbayne — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 18:06:22 -0500

Web 2.0 tools have the power to transform education. Such a transformation requires that faculty, students, and institutions take risks. With those risks comes fear, which is often unarticulated. How do you tackle this fear and make real change?

In this 43 minute podcast we feature a conversation from the ELI 2008 Annual Meeting. Our particpants consist of a group of five higher ed professionals who co-presented the session, "Who's Afraid of Blogs, Wikis, Podcasts, and the Big Bad CMS? A Digi-Drama About Fear 2.0."

They include:

Laura Blankenship, Senior Instructional Technologist, Bryn Mawr College
Martha Burtis, Director, Teaching and Learning Technologies, University of Mary Washington
Barbara Ganley, Lecturer in English and Writing Program, Middlebury College
Leslie Madsen-Brooks, Teaching Resources Center, University of California, Davis
Barbara Sawhill, Director Cooper International Learning Center, Oberlin College

Podcast: The Big Brother Dilemma

gbayne — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 17:52:18 -0500

This podcast features a 50 minute keynote address from the EDUCAUSE 2008 Enterprise Conference. The speech, "The Big Brother Dilemma," is by Gregory A. Jackson, Vice President & CIO, University of Chicago.

We want cameras watching for problems, but we worry that they will observe or disclose things we'd like to keep private. We want network administrators to track harassing e-mail to its source, but we don't want anyone monitoring our e-mail. We want our buildings to admit occupants and keep strangers out, but we don't want anyone keeping track of when we arrive and leave. In other words, we want big brothers to watch out for us, but we don't want Big Brother to watch us. And IT is caught in the middle.

note: commercial material from television and movies was used in this speech and has been cut out of the recording with as little effect on the speech as possible.

Podcast: Community Source Software: The Beginning of the End, or the End of the Beginning?

gbayne — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 16:46:16 -0500

This hour and seventeen minute podcast features a panel discussion from the EDUCAUSE 2008 Enterprise Conference in Chicago. This lively discussion, "Community Source Software: The Beginning of the End, or the End of the Beginning?," includes:

Laura McCain Patterson, Associate VP, Information Systems, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
Richard Spencer, Acting CIO and AVP IT, The University of British Columbia
Brad Wheeler, VP for IT, CIO, and Professor, Indiana University
Session moderator: Andrea Di Maio, VP Distinguished Analyst, Gartner, Inc.

Community source is designed to coordinate the work of different user IT organizations sharing the same purpose and requirements. An alternative to commercial applications and custom development, it gives users control and shares risk across peer organizations. Although several such public sector communities exist and yield great promises, many struggle with achieving critical mass and a viable business model. This panel compares and contrasts community source with more traditional software sourcing options and explores critical sustainability success factors.

Podcast: Today's Clash of Cultures on Campuses and the Role IT Needs to Play

gbayne — Fri, 30 May 2008 22:12:34 -0500

This 47 minute podcast features a keynote address from the EDUCAUSE 2008 Enterprise Conference. The speech, "Today's Clash of Cultures on Campuses and the Role IT Needs to Play," is by Morris W. Beverage Jr., President of Lakeland Community College.

Campuses today face a growing number of clashing cultures. Faculty struggle with traditional methods of teaching in an environment where demands for flexibility and convenience are rising. Learners increasingly treat a college degree like a commodity. Battles rage over resource allocation. Politicians are exerting influence on campus operations and outcomes. This session addresses these issues and the role IT departments need to play to help higher education not just survive, but thrive.

Podcast: The "Greening" of Information Technology

gbayne — Fri, 30 May 2008 15:45:22 -0500

This 55 minute podcast features a keynote address from the EDUCAUSE 2008 Enterprise Conference. The speech, "The "Greening" of Information Technology," is by EDUCAUSE President and CEO, Diana Oblinger.

The environment is the largest enterprise system of all, and one that is impacted by information technology. As "green" initiatives and sustainability become a greater part of our consciousness, "green computing" will receive increasing focus in higher education. This presentation explores sustainability, energy use, and "reduce, reuse, and recycle" programs.

Podcast: IT and Campaign '08

gbayne — Wed, 21 May 2008 17:12:59 -0500

This 58 minute podcast features a panel discussion from the EDUCAUSE 2008 Policy Conference. The participants of this discussion, "IT and Campaign '08," include:

Joanne Carney, Director, Center for Science, Technology & Congress, American Association for the Advancement of Science
Michael R. Nelson, Visiting Professor, Georgetown University
Cameron Wilson, Director, Public Policy Office, Association for Computing Machinery
Session moderator: Richard E. Bissell, Executive Director, Policy and Global Affairs, National Research Council

While Washington concentrates on the IT legislative and regulatory issues at hand, the presidential candidates are being queried about their positions and the Democratic and Republican National Committees are focusing on crafting platforms to be adopted during their summer conventions. Policy experts from some of the leading IT policy associations and think tanks share their insights on how the Democratic and Republican parties and their respective presidential nominees will integrate IT issues into the 2008 presidential campaign.

Podcast: P2P Policy Update - From Campus to Congress, and Now the State House

gbayne — Tue, 20 May 2008 17:29:33 -0500

This hour and forty-five minute podcast features a panel discussion on the latest P2P news regarding higher education. The discussion, "P2P Policy Update - From Campus to Congress, and Now the State House," features:

Thomas S. Danford, Chief Information Officer for the Tennessee Board of Regents
Terry W. Hartle, Senior Vice President of Government and Public Affairs at the American Council on Education
Charles F. Leonhardt, Principal Technologist at Georgetown University
Kent Wada, Director, IT Strategic Policy at UCLA
Moderator: Steve Worona, Director of Policy and Networking Programs at EDUCAUSE

Peer-to-peer file sharing remains a major headache for campus IT administrators, as the RIAA and MPAA aggressively explore the boundaries of litigation and legislation. This session features two panels of experts to discuss where we stand. The first panel reviews the best current thinking on campus policy and technology options for coping with P2P issues: How to deal with DMCA notices, prelitigation letters, and John Doe lawsuits, and whether blocking and filtering technologies have matured to the point where they can help. The second panel looks at the current status of federal P2P legislation and describes recent entertainment industry initiatives to enact such legislation at the state level.

Podcast: A Blueprint for Big Broadband: Moving from Why to How

gbayne — Tue, 20 May 2008 16:19:27 -0500

This podcast features a speech by John Windhausen Jr., President of Telepoly. The speech, "A Blueprint for Big Broadband: Moving from Why to How," was recorded at the EDUCAUSE 2008 Policy Conference in Arlington, Virginia. You can also read John Windhausen Jr.'s EDUCAUSE white paper, A Blueprint for Big Broadband.

The United States has fallen behind its international competitors in broadband deployment, price, and openness in part because it has no national broadband policy. In contrast, most other countries adopted proactive programs to address the broadband needs of their citizens at the beginning of the decade that are now proving successful. Several U.S. states are now developing their own broadband plans because of the void at the national level. This session proposes an action plan for the nation based on the lessons learned from Europe, Asia, and some U.S. states and discusses what it will take to get such a plan through Congress.

Podcast: Do's and Don'ts of Advocacy: Helping Your Federal Relations Officer Advance the IT Agenda

gbayne — Tue, 20 May 2008 16:05:39 -0500

This hour and sixteen minute podcast features a panel discussion recorded at the EDUCAUSE 2008 Policy Conference. The discussion, "Do's and Don'ts of Advocacy: Helping Your Federal Relations Officer Advance the IT Agenda," includes the following participants:

Anna M. Gould, Project Assistant for EDUCAUSE
Timothy Lance, President and Chairman of NYSERNet, Inc.
Bob Samors, Associate VP of Research & Science Policy at NASULGC
Michael A. Waring, Executive Director of Federal Relations for the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor

This session features some real-world training about how lobbying works and the keys to effective advocacy. In addition, lobbying meetings (both good and bad) are role-played to give a feel for the sorts of issues that come up and how best to advance the cause. This session seeks to aid IT professionals in understanding how their federal relations officers work and the best ways CIOs can assist in making that advocacy successful.

Podcast: American Higher Education Is Going Global: Implications for CIOs, National Networks, and Federal Policymakers

gbayne — Mon, 19 May 2008 17:02:04 -0500

This 44 minute podcast features a keynote address by Jeffrey S. Lehman, Former President of Cornell University. His speech, "American Higher Education Is Going Global: Implications for CIOs, National Networks, and Federal Policymakers," was recorded at the EDUCAUSE 2008 Policy Conference in Arlington, Virgina.

U.S. universities have come to see their universes in global terms, most visibly in brand-new overseas campuses. But just as important are joint teaching and research projects that dramatically intensify the flow of data to points halfway around the world. Historically, such data flows have required the physical transportation of people or storage media from place to place. Dramatic improvements in networking technology, however, are changing academic leaders' perceptions of the kinds of collaborations that are possible. The most ambitious forms of network cooperation test the capabilities of the global cyberinfrastructure, with bits crossing campus, regional, national, and international networks. Each of the four tiers is a vital link. Each involves a different set of actors, challenging us to develop new policies and governance structures that respond to the concerns of each level, as well as a truly global perspective that is not yet effectively captured. Our national policy community must step into this void, helping demonstrate the range of possibilities and the choices we face, while respecting and reflecting that people in other countries will likely perceive matters differently from us.

Podcast: The FTC as an Educational Partner in Improving Data Security and Privacy

gbayne — Mon, 19 May 2008 16:40:38 -0500

This 38 minute podcast features a keynote address by Mary Beth Richards, Deputy Director of the Bureau of Consumer Protection for the Federal Trade Commission. Her speech, "The FTC as an Educational Partner in Improving Data Security and Privacy," was recorded at the EDUCAUSE 2008 Policy Conference in Arlington, Virgina.

The Federal Trade Commission deals with issues that touch the economic lives of most Americans. The current portfolio includes protecting consumers in the areas of data security and privacy, identity theft, Social Security number misuse, identity management, spam, maintaining the National Do Not Call Registry, and other IT issues of interest to colleges and universities. The FTC's Bureau of Consumer Protection, although a regulator of businesses, is also an educator: it seeks to educate consumers and provide businesses and other organizations with the information they need to comply with the rules of the road and to provide consumers with the necessary tools to engage in commerce intelligently. This session highlights information policy issues the FTC is addressing and educational resources institutions of higher education can leverage to improve student, faculty, and staff awareness of data security and privacy risks.

Podcast: The State of the Internet According to the Congressional Internet Caucus

gbayne — Fri, 16 May 2008 15:34:24 -0500

This hour and ten minute podcast features the panel discussion, "The State of the Internet According to the Congressional Internet Caucus", recorded at the EDUCAUSE 2008 Policy Conference in Arlington, Virgina. The participants include:

Tim Lordan, Executive Director for the Congressional Internet Caucus Advisory Committee
Ari Schwartz, Vice President and Chief Operating Officer for the Center for Democracy and Technology
Joe Tasker, Senior Vice President of Government Affairs and General Counsel for the Information Technology Association of America

The Congressional Internet Caucus is a bipartisan group of over 170 members of the House and Senate working to educate their colleagues about the promise and potential of the Internet. EDUCAUSE is a member of the Congressional Internet Caucus Advisory Committee, which includes a diverse group of public interest, nonprofit, and industry groups working to educate Congress and the public about important Internet-related policy issues. This session highlights the priority IT policy issues before the 110th Congress according to the cochairs of the Internet Caucus and provides an overview of the Advisory Committee’s programs and activities.

Podcast: Addressing Complex Security Threats Through Risk Management

gbayne — Fri, 16 May 2008 13:25:56 -0500

This 40 minute podcast features a keynote address by Rebecca Whitener, Former Vice President of Enterprise Risk Management and Chief Risk Officer at EDS. Her speech, "Addressing Complex Security Threats Through Risk Management," was recorded at the EDUCAUSE 2008 Security Conference in Arlington, Virginia.

In this session, we address the current cybersecurity issues that are challenging higher education leaders today as they try to stay on top of the risks associated with attacks on information systems from internal and external sources. Emerging enterprise risk management (ERM) methodologies are examined as a source of guidance for creating an effective risk-based approach for managing current and future threats.

CNI Podcast: Bamboo - Community-Defined Shared Services and Cyberinfrastructure for the Arts & Humanities

gbayne — Tue, 13 May 2008 15:51:36 -0500

This 18 minute podcast features an interview with Chad Kainz, Senior Director of NSIT Academic Technologies at the University of Chicago and David A. Greenbaum, Director of Data Services at the University of California, Berkely. It was recorded at the CNI 2008 Spring Task Force Meeting in Minneapolis, Minnesota where they presented a session entitled, "Bamboo - Community-Defined Shared Services and Cyberinfrastructure for the Arts & Humanities".

Bamboo is a multi-institutional, interdisciplinary, and inter-organizational effort to bring together researchers in arts and humanities, computer and information scientists, librarians, and campus information technologists to collectively tackle this question:

How can we enhance arts and humanities research through the development of shared technology services?

This interview is provided courtesy of CNI and was recorded at their 2008 Spring Task Force Meeting. The Coalition for Networked Information (CNI) is an organization dedicated to supporting the transformative promise of networked information technology for the advancement of scholarly communication and the enrichment of intellectual productivity. You can learn more about CNI at their web site, http://www.cni.org

EDUCAUSE Now - Show #3 - Current Issues Survey, Big Broadband Policy

gbayne — Fri, 09 May 2008 10:27:45 -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.

This episode of EDUCAUSE Now features:

The EDUCAUSE 2008 Current Issues Survey
We hear from Current Issues Committee Chair Debra Allison and EDUCAUSE staff liasion Peter DeBlois. The Current Issues Survey resource page is now available.
A Commentary from EDUCAUSE President Diana Oblinger
EDUCAUSE President Diana Oblinger talks about current issues facing higher education and how IT can be a solution, even for non-technical challenges.
A Look at Big Broadband Policy in America
John Windhausen Jr. speaks to EDUCAUSE Now about his white paper, "A Blueprint for Big Broadband".
Music for EDUCAUSE Now:
- "Groove IT" by Denis Kitchen
- "Symmetry and the Pocket of Angels" by Josh Woodward
- "Anapop" by Sebastian6

CNI Podcast: Digital Humanities Centers- An Interview with Mark Kornbluh, Director of MATRIX

gbayne — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 17:24:56 -0500

This 21 minute podcast features an inteview with Mark Kornbluh, Director of MATRIX and Professor of History at Michigan State University. Our conversation was recorded at the CNI 2008 Spring Task Force Meeting in Minneapolis, Minnesota where Mark co-presented the session, "Digital Humanities Centers: Models, Missions, and Challenges".

MATRIX: The Center for Humane, Arts, Letters and Social Sciences Online at Michigan State University seeks to advance critical understanding and promote access to knowledge through world-class research in humanities technology. Humanities technology brings together the humanist's quest for deeper understanding of human nature, thought, expression, and behavior with the tools, methods and applications of computer science, engineering, and information and library sciences. MATRIX researchers use networked technologies to advance, mediate, and inform the humanist disciplines of history, literature, language, philosophy, as well as disciplines within the arts, social sciences, and education. At MSU, MATRIX partners in music, speech and audiology, history, education, international studies, museum studies, and libraries are building new, global, networked resources and services that give life to the metaphor of "matrix" as the multiple intersections and applications of interdisciplinary research. MATRIX therefore applies humanities technology to all the elements of MSU's mission: research, education, outreach, and service to multiple public and professional communities. Guided by basic scholarly and humanist values of excellence, education, access, and inclusiveness, and conducted according to proven, collaborative, scientific methods and principles, MATRIX aims to be one of the top humanities technology centers in the world.

CNI Podcast: An Interview with Wendy Pradt Lougee, University Librarian at the University of Minnesota

gbayne — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 17:46:19 -0500

This 18 minute podcast features an interview with Wendy Pradt Lougee, University Librarian at the University of Minnesota. It was recorded at the CNI 2008 Spring Task Force Meeting in Minneapolis, Minnesota where Lougee was a co-presenter for a session entitled, "Implementing NIH Deposit Policies: Institutional Strategies".

In January, 2008 the National Institutes of Health (NIH) announced a revision of its Public Access Policy, requiring researchers to deposit articles resulting from NIH funding in the NIH digital archive. Supporters of Open Access consider this policy revision, which was taken in response to an act of Congress, a major step forward in providing broad access to the results of research funded by public monies. Researchers in our academic institutions may need guidance in complying with this new policy, including working with publishers. Key campus players may include offices of research, legal counsel, and the library. This session will provide a brief overview of the policy and then descriptions of the strategies that two institutions are developing to work with their constituencies to ensure compliance. Participants will be invited to share developments in their institutions in an informal discussion.

CNI Podcast: An Interview with Duane Webster, Executive Director of the Association of Research Libraries

gbayne — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 17:32:53 -0500

This 26 minute podcast features an interview with Duane Webster, Executive Director of the Association of Research Libraries. Our conversation was recorded at the CNI 2008 Spring Task Force Meeting in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Duane E. Webster is Executive Director of the Association of Research Libraries, an organization representing 123 major research libraries in North America. The mission of ARL is to identify and influence forces affecting the future of research libraries in the process of scholarly communication.

Duane received his M.A.L.S. from the University of Michigan in 1964, and worked in research, public, and special libraries before joining ARL in 1970 to establish the ARL Office of Leadership and Management Services (OLMS).

Duane was appointed Executive Director of ARL in 1988. In this capacity, he has helped establish the ARL Office of Scholarly Communication in 1990; the Coalition for Networked Information co-sponsored by ARL and EDUCAUSE in 1990; and, most recently in 1998, SPARC - the Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition. All of these organizations are actively working to transform the current the current system of scholarly communication with the goal of moving toward a more sustainable, productive, and accessible system.

CNI Podcast: Research Cyberinfrastructure Needs at the University of Minnesota - An Interview with Ann Hill Duin

gbayne — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 17:36:15 -0500

This 17 minute podcast features an interview with Ann Hill Duin, Associate Vice President & Deputy CIO at the University of Minnesota. Our conversation was recorded at the CNI 2008 Spring Task Force Meeting in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Dr. Ann Hill Duin is Associate Vice President and Deputy CIO at the University of Minnesota where she provides direct oversight of two large units within the Office of Information Technology--Academic & Distributed Computing Services (ADCS) and Networking & Telecommunications Services (NTS). Dr. Hill Duin serves as a catalyst for innovatively leveraging technology to advance and support extraordinary education, breakthrough research, and dynamic public engagement. She provides leadership for establishing a long-term vision and innovative IT strategic plan that is consistent with the mission, vision, and action strategies for the University.

This interview is provided courtesy of CNI and was recorded at their 2008 Fall Task Force Meeting. The Coalition for Networked Information (CNI) is an organization dedicated to supporting the transformative promise of networked information technology for the advancement of scholarly communication and the enrichment of intellectual productivity. You can learn more about CNI at their web site, http://www.cni.org

CNI Podcast: Moving To Mobile - Exploratory Services and Applications in Libraries - An Interview with Lisa Hinchliffe

gbayne — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 15:17:18 -0500

This 14 minute podcast features an interview with Lisa Hinchliffe, Head of the Undergraduate Library at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. It was recorded at the CNI 2008 Spring Task Force Meeting in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Hinchliffe was co-presenter for a session entitled, "Moving to Mobile: Exploratory Services and Applications in Libraries".

Cell phones and other mobile devices are ubiquitous and offer increasingly robust operating systems, user interfaces, and hardware sophistication. The potential of these devices for accessing the richness of library and information content, services, and applications provided is largely unrealized. This is particularly unfortunate in considering library outreach to undergraduate students. Several projects are in development at the Undergraduate Library at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to explore possibilities for communication, content delivery, and instruction through mobile devices.

CNI Podcast: nanoHUB.org: Future Cyberinfrastructure - An Interview with George B. Adams III

gbayne — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 14:57:26 -0500

This podcast features an interview with George B. Adams III, Associate Director for Programs, Network for Computational Nanotechnology at Purdue University. Our interview was recorded at the CNI 2008 Spring Task Force Meeting in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

nanoHUB provides users with “fingertip access” to over 70 simulation tools for research and education. Users not only launch jobs that are executed on the state-of-the-art computational facilities of Open Science Grid and TeraGrid, but also interactively visualize and analyze the results--all via an ordinary Web browser. nanoHUB middleware hides the complexity of Grid computing, handling authentication, authorization, file transfer, and visualization, and letting the researcher focus on research. This approach also helps educators bring these tools to the classroom, letting them bypass the difficulties of Grid computing and focus instead on learning science and engineering.

CNI Podcast: Digital Scholarship and the National Endowment for the Humanities - An Interview with Suzanne Lodato

gbayne — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 16:19:03 -0500

This 17 minute podcast features an interview with Suzanne Lodato, Director of the Division of Preservation and Access for the National Endowment for the Humanities. Our conversation was recorded at the CNI 2008 Spring Task Force Meeting in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Before coming to the NEH in 2007, Suzanne Lodato served at the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, as an associate program officer in the Scholarly Communications Program starting in June 2000. At the Mellon Foundation, she worked on a wide range of grants that spanned library technology, cataloging, electronic publishing, scholarly electronic resources, and research concerning current trends and issues in scholarly communication. Ms. Lodato is a founding member and vice-president of the International Association for Word and Music Studies (WMA). She has edited two WMA proceedings volumes, published a number of articles on song and song cycle analysis, and authored entries for The New Grove History of Music and Musicians (second edition), the Reader’s Guide to Music: History, Theory, and Criticism, and the forthcoming Encyclopedia of Europe: 1914-2004. Ms. Lodato received a B.M. from San Jose State University, an M.A. from Hunter College, and a Ph.D. from Columbia University.

CNI Podcast: Library Publishing Services: An Emerging Role for Research Libraries - An Interview with Karla Hahn

gbayne — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 12:05:14 -0500

This 16 minute podcast features an interview with Karla Hahn, Director of Scholarly Communication for the Association of Research Libraries (ARL). It was recorded at the CNI 2008 Spring Task Force Meeting in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Surveys and interviews of members of the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) have revealed that a majority are now developing publishing services. Publishing centered in research institutions has a long history. Departments, institutes and other campus publishing have complemented university press publishing, collectively producing a wide range of high-quality works. Research libraries are positioned to transform university publishing as they create organized publishing services.

Libraries launch publishing services in response to needs for new kinds of support for scholarly publications. Services focus on the local constituency, although much of the content they are publishing comes from outside the institution. Journal publishing is the most common genre supported, although a majority of programs also support monographic publishing.

CNI Podcast: Expanding the Scholarly Imagination: Vectors and Multimodal Publishing - An Interview with Tara McPherson

gbayne — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 18:08:22 -0500

This 31 minute podcast, recorded at the CNI 2008 Spring Task Force Meeting, features an interview with Tara McPherson, Associate Professor of Gender Studies and Critical Studies at the University of Southern California, and Editor of Vectors: Journal of Culture and Technology in a Dynamic Vernacular.

Tara McPherson teaches courses in new media, television, and popular culture in the School of Cinematic Arts at the University of Southern California (USC). Her Reconstructing Dixie: Race, Gender and Nostalgia in the Imagined South (Duke UP: 2003) received the 2004 John G. Cawelti Award for the outstanding book published on American Culture and was a finalist for the Katherine Singer Kovacs Book Award from the Society for Cinema and Media Studies. She is co-editor of the anthology Hop on Pop: The Politics and Pleasures of Popular Culture (Duke UP: 2003) and editor of Digital Youth, Innovation and the Unexpected, part of the MacArthur Foundation series on Digital Media and Learning (MIT Press, 2008). She is currently co-editing an anthology on digital narrative and politics and working on a book manuscript on the racial epistemologies of new media. Her new media research focuses on issues of convergence, gender, race, and representation, as well as upon the development of new tools and paradigms for digital publishing, learning, and authorship.

She is the founding editor of Vectors, the multimedia peer-reviewed journal sponsored by the Institute for Multimedia Literacy at the University of Southern California. Vectors pushes far beyond the "text with pictures" format of much online scholarly publishing, encouraging work that takes full advantage of the multimodal and networked capacities of computing technologies. She was recently selected as one of three editors for the new MacArthur-supported International Journal of Learning and Media (forthcoming from MIT Press in 2009), a hybrid online/print journal that will also explore new forms of online publishing.

Podcast: Up Against the Firewall

gbayne — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 15:05:28 -0500

This podcast features a keynote session entitled, "Up Against the Firewall", presented by Brenda Laurel, Chair and Professor of the Graduate Program in Design at the California College of the Arts, and Rob Tow, Science and Technology Consultant at the California College of the Arts. The session was recorded at the EDUCAUSE 2008 Western Regional Conference.

While students and educators clamor for unfettered access to the Internet, IT professionals are shoved against the firewall by the likes of the RIAA and the Union of Concerned Parents for a Safe College Experience. What are the educational arguments for open networks in higher education? Can’t the kids just look at YouTube and Facebook at Starbuck’s? What’s the use of an open-laptop, Internet-enabled classroom? What’s the duty of an educational institution regarding digital rights management? Is censorship of particular sites or content the proper role of higher education? This lively session features these and other topics.

Podcast: Growing Up Tech: Beyond the Hype and Fear

gbayne — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 14:35:07 -0500

This podcast features a keynote session by Tracy Mitrano, Director of IT Policy and Computer Policy and Law Program at Cornell University. The speech is entitled, "Growing Up Tech: Beyond the Hype and Fear". It was recorded at the EDUCAUSE 2008 Western Regional Conference.

Why is technology often blamed when bad behavioral things happen? This session will address how higher education provide American society with leadership on how to understand the role that technology plays, not only in our classrooms but also in our homes and families, as a conduit for the creation of culture and as a medium for individual development and identity formation of youth.

Podcast: Don't Download This Panel - A Discussion of Peer-to-Peer Filesharing

gbayne — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 09:59:42 -0500

This podcast features a panel discussion of peer-to-peer filesharing. It was recorded at the EDUCAUSE 2008 Western Regional Conference, and is entitled, "Don't Download This Panel".

The attention of—and on—higher education has been focused on defensive measures to curb illegal file sharing. But this is occurring in the context of a much larger national debate about the appropriate role of copyright and intellectual property in cyberspace. Simultaneously, myriad new business models and delivery options for online digital entertainment are being tested. Ê What are institutions of higher education doing to curb illegal file sharing? What are the issues in the larger copyright debate? And what is the vision of the entertainment industry for offering digital entertainment online? A panel of distinguished experts in the field discusses these and other pertinent issues in the peer-to-peer file sharing debate.

The panel includes:

Greg DePriest, Vice President, Technology Policy, NBC Universal
Kenneth C. Green, Founding Director, The Campus Computing Project
Fred von Lohmann, Senior Staff Attorney, Electronic Frontier Foundation
Session moderator: Kent Wada, Director, IT Strategic Policy, UCLA

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

CNI Podcast: An Interview with Clifford Lynch

gbayne — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 04:02:29 -0500

On this podcast we feature an interview with Clifford Lynch, Executive Director of the Coalition for Networked Information. He spoke to us from the CNI 2008 Spring Task Force Meeting in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Clifford Lynch has been the Executive Director of the Coalition for Networked Information (CNI) since July 1997. CNI, jointly sponsored by the Association of Research Libraries and EDUCAUSE, includes about 200 member organizations concerned with the use of information technology and networked information to enhance scholarship and intellectual productivity.

EDUCAUSE Live! Podcast: Update on Key U.S. Copyright Developments

gbayne — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 17:57:02 -0500

In this EDUCAUSE Live! podcast, join host, Steve Worona, for the topic "Update on Key U.S. Copyright Developments". Steve's guest is James G. Neal, Vice President for Information Services and University Librarian at Columbia University .

Copyright continues to be a core interest of the higher education and academic library communities. This briefing focuses on eight critical legislative and legal arenas where the United States will be working on copyright: orphan works, digital fair use, broadcast flag, Section 1201 anti-circumvention rulemaking, electronic reserves, peer-to-peer file sharing, open access to government-funded research, and the report of the Section 108 Study Group on exceptions and limitations for libraries and archives. The work of the study group is highlighted, including its primary findings and recommendations. In addition, two important recent studies are described and their importance for libraries are cited. The advocacy and educational roles and responsibilities of librarians on copyright also is outlined.

Podcast: Leading Ahead of the Curves

gbayne — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 18:37:29 -0500

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.

Podcast: Challenging IT Leaders to Mashup, Twitter, Tag, and Poke: New IT Strategies for a Digital Society

gbayne — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 18:03:29 -0500

This 57 minute podcast features the opening keynote address from the EDUCAUSE 2008 Midwest Regional Conference. The speech was delivered by Susan E. Metros, Deputy CIO & Associate Vice Provost at the University of Southern California, and is entitled, "Challenging IT Leaders to Mashup, Twitter, Tag, and Poke: New IT Strategies for a Digital Society".

Today's youth are digitally titillated, visually stimulated, and socially connected. To educate and engage this new breed of learners, institutions of higher education are revisiting and revising the basic tenants of a general education by asking, What does it means to be literate in today's society? As educators transform the way they teach and conduct research, IT leaders also must alter their institution's IT strategy to best support a mobile, global digital citizenry.

Podcast: From Their Viewpoint - Three University Presidents on the Role of Technology at the Institution

gbayne — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 17:56:37 -0500

Ever wonder what your president really thinks about: the role of technology in higher education; the job of the CIO; career paths; the future? In this hour-long podcast, recorded at the 2008 NERCOMP Annual Meeting, we feature a moderated panel discussion to learn how our panelists took their path to the top and what they learned along the way.

Participants in this conversation, entitled "From Their Viewpoint", include:

Cheryl Norton, President, Southern Connecticut State University
S. Georgia Nugent, President, Kenyon College
Susan Scrimshaw, President, Simmons College
Session moderator: Joanne M. Kossuth, CIO and Associate Vice President for Development, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering

Podcast: What Innovators Can Learn from Hollywood - Keynote by Scott Kirsner

gbayne — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 15:35:52 -0500

This 45 minute podcast features a keynote address by Scott Kirsner, Columnist for the Boston Globe, recorded at the NERCOMP 2008 Annual Meeting in Providence, Rhode Island. The speech is entitled, "What Innovators Can Learn from Hollywood".

Technology innovators sometimes expect that users will embrace new ideas and new tools with open arms. In reality, most innovations are met with hostility and indifference, and it can take a lengthy campaign to persuade organizations to change the way they work. In an illustrated spin through Hollywood history, journalist and author Scott Kirsner will demonstrate how innovators like Pixar, George Lucas, and Bing Crosby (yes, "Mr. White Christmas") have changed the movie industry while facing enormous resistance. He'll also describe the three kinds of people that exist in every organization and some of the key reasons people tend to rebel (or go into a shell) when confronted with a new piece of technology.

EDUCAUSE Now - Show #1 - Premiere Episode

gbayne — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 01:46:49 -0500

Welcome to the premiere episode of EDUCAUSE Now!

This episode of EDUCAUSE Now features:

The EDUCAUSE Center for Applied Research (ECAR) Study entitled, "Service on the Front Line: The IT Help Desk in Higher Education"
We talk about some of the surprising findings with ECAR Fellow and author of the study, Mark Sheehan.
ELI in Conversation: Future Learning
A conversation between George Siemens, director of the Learning Technologies Centre at the University of Manitoba, and Michael Wesch, assistant professor of cultural anthropology at Kansas State University. This conversation was recorded at the EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative 2008 Annual Meeting. George Siemens is the author of "Connectivism: A Learning Theory for the Digital Age", and - Michael Wesch has produced two important videos on Web 2.0, "Information R/evolution" and "The Machine is Us/ing Us." You can listen to the full length podcast of this conversation.
A Commentary from EDUCAUSE President Diana Oblinger.
Diana introduces herself as the new president of EDUCAUSE and provides some background information on her career path. She also speaks about her vision for the future of EDUCAUSE.
The EDUCAUSE Policy Office: Update
We check in with EDUCAUSE Vice President Mark Luker regarding current hot topics -- federal broadband policy, net neutrality, and peer-to-peer (P2P) file sharing. You can read the EDUCAUSE report, "A Blueprint for Big Broadband", and visit the talking points for P2P filesharing issues.
Music for EDUCAUSE Now:
- "Groove IT" by Denis Kitchen
- "Lorge" by El Ten Eleven
- "Guitar Suite I, Movement I" by Dan Tharp

ELI In Conversation: Veronica Diaz and Laura Blankenship on Instructional Technologies

gbayne — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 13:16:39 -0600

This 22 minute podcast features a conversation with Veronica Diaz, Instructional Technology Manager for the Maricopa Community College District and Laura Blankenship, Senior Instructional Technologist at Bryn Mawr College. This discussion was recorded at the ELI 2008 Annual Meeting where both presented sessions. Veronica Diaz co-presented a session entitled, "Your 2.0 Life: Models and Methods to Meet Learners' Needs in a Technological Age". Laura Blankenship co-presented a session entitled, "Who's Afraid of Blogs, Wikis, Podcasts, and the Big Bad CMS? A Digi-Drama About Fear 2.0".

The topic is Instructional Technologies. What are the attitudes of instructors and students toward new technologies in the classroom? How can we best integrate Web 2.0 tools into course planning?

ELI In Conversation: Thomas C. Reeves on the Conative Learning Domain

gbayne — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 12:50:11 -0600

This 13 minute podcast features a conversation with Thomas C. Reeves, Professor of Instructional Technology at the University of Georgia. Our discussion took place at the ELI 2008 Annual Meeting, where Professor Reeves presented a plenary session entitled, "Technology and the Conative Learning Domain in Undergraduate Education".

Dr. Thomas C. Reeves is a professor of instructional technology at The University of Georgia where he teaches program evaluation, multimedia design, and research courses. Since receiving his Ph.D. at Syracuse University, he has developed and evaluated numerous interactive multimedia programs for both education and training. In addition to numerous presentations and workshops in the USA, he has been an invited speaker in many other countries including Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, China, England, Finland, Italy, Malaysia, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Peru, Portugal, Russia, Singapore, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, and Tunisia. He is a past president of the Association for the Development of Computer-based Instructional Systems (ADCIS) and a former Fulbright Lecturer. In 1995, he was selected as one of the “Top 100” people in multimedia by Multimedia Producer magazine, and from 1997-2000, he was the editor of the Journal of Interactive Learning Research. In 2003, he was the first recipient of the AACE Fellowship Award from the Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education. His Interactive Learning Systems Evaluation book (co-authored with John Hedberg) was also published in 2003.