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Summer Snapshot
Here's a fast glance at the Campus Technology 2007 sessions you simply won't want to miss this July.
5/17/2007
Year after year, teaching, learning, and associated technology challenges shift and evolve as campuses change and the world changes, too. But two things never change: 1) Campus technologists want to help guide their schools to positions of institutional leadership and competitive edge, and 2) Campus technologists are understandably interested in advancing their careers—especially as more and more CIOs join presidential cabinets.That is why Campus Technology 2007 (Washington, DC, July 30-Aug. 2) is designed to deliver attendees a true "Roadmap to IT Leadership." Let me share with you a quick sampling of the results-focused workshops, sessions, and plenaries you should not miss. (Article continues below.)
BI and DW Crash Courses!
Campus Technology 2007 attendees will be getting the inside track on critical business intelligence and data warehousing issues at this summer’s Roadmap To IT Leadership. A sampling of the sessions with powerful data-driven decision-making focus:
BI and Data Warehousing: Powering Better Decisions in Higher EdPresenters include Rensselaer Polytechnic’s BI guru Ora Fish; acknowledged data-driven decision-making leader Richard Ekman, president of the Council of Independent Colleges; Ron Abel, IMS Global learning Consortium; and more. Don’t miss your chance to hear from the BI experts and return to campus with truly actionable strategies and tactics. See you there!
Jump-Start Your BI and DW Initiatives: 60 Minutes of Solutions
The Economics of BI: How to Drive Cost-Effective Implementation Strategies
Leading Organizational and Program Change to Foster 21st Century Digital Literacy
Creating Faculty-Centered Quality Assurance for Online Courses
What is the Learning Impact of the Technology-Empowered Education You Deliver?
For instance, in "Your Personal Guides to IT Leadership," Tufts' Mely Tynan, the indomitable Annie Stunden (formerly of U Wisconsin), and Ron Bleed (Maricopa Community Colleges) will serve as personal consultants to attendees, helping to develop actionable institutional and career takeaways. Then, in his workshop, "Protecting Confidential Data: From Task Force Blueprint to Your Institution," Boston College's David Escalante will drill down through the complex layers of potential data breaches, and detail the precise steps needed for attendees' customized data-protection blueprints. In workshops and sessions focused on the newest teaching and learning technologies, Jim Wolfgang (U System of Georgia), Keith Politte (U Missouri-Columbia), and Frank Lowney (Georgia College & State U) will share the keys to successful social software and academic podcasting initiatives, while an expert panel from Appalachian State will walk attendees through "Teaching and Learning in a 3D Immersive World," and Wake Forest IT leaders will share their MobileU program model for "Moving to the New Converged Device Campus."
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- Columbia Center To Smooth Web Operations with Collaboration Suite
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- IBM's Pass It Along: Mapping Memes Toward A Learning Organization
How IBM's new release is following through on old challenges... big ones.
- North Idaho College To Provide Accessible Lecture Recordings for Disabled Students
North Idaho College will be implementing a new classroom capture system as part of an effort to provide accessible education to students with disabilities. The college will be using SpeakerBox from ClearSky Systems for the lecture capture program beginning in January 2009.
