EDUCAUSE On Campus
CITS is pleased to announce the EDUCAUSE 2014 Virtual Conference will be streamed live on the UMass Dartmouth campus, September 30-October 2.
The online sessions listed below are free and open to all faculty, staff, and students.
Registration is required for all sessions. Seating is limited, so please register early.
Eventrbrite - EDUCAUSE 2013 Online Conferences
All sessions occur in Library 426.
Tuesday, September 30
Disruptive Innovation and the Future of Higher Education
General Session
8:00 - 9:30am
Library 426
Colleges and universities today face challenges that demand new ways of thinking about their core mission of teaching and learning. Different kinds of innovation within higher education have begun to target perceived problems with promising yet varying results. Online education and competency-based education have already had major disruptive effects with implications for yet more. How can higher education leaders cultivate and encourage disruptive innovation to best serve their institutions? What do administrators, technologists, and educators need to know to be effective in an environment of disruptive innovation? In this session, Harvard Business School professor and best-selling author Clay Christensen will discuss his theory of disruptive innovation and why it matters to higher education.
Conference Welcome & From Disruption to Design
Exclusive Online Session
9:45-10:15am
Library 426
Join us for this virtual conference welcome and overview followed by a presentation by Diana Oblinger.From Disruption to Design: Technology is ushering in a new era for education and paving the way for many online learning innovations, including MOOCs, simulations, and games. Students want greater use of technology. Analytics is also a growing area for innovation in higher education that can be used to improve student decision making, pathways to degrees, and student success through early alerts/interventions. New business models are emerging predicated on IT that alter how time, faculty, and other resources are used. Institutions can go beyond using IT as a delivery channel, leveraging it to change the learning experience and catalyze different models. With thoughtful design based on institutional goals and values, IT can positively impact quality, student success, and institutional competitiveness.
What's in Your Toolkit? Supporting Online Teaching at the University of Tennessee
Concurrent Session
10:30 - 11:20am
Library 426
The Online Instructor Toolkit, an online faculty resource for teaching online at UT, will be featured. The presenters will share the toolkit's successful implementation, outline directions for growth, and discuss successful collaboration between three UT units to offer creative faculty development that stimulates online teaching. OUTCOMES: Identify best practices and lessons learned in the collaborative institutional support of online instruction * Acquire guidelines for developing and using a comprehensive faculty development and support web resource * Learn ways to utilize online resources for faculty development opportunities
A Journey to Accessibility: Temple University's University-Wide Accessible Information and Technology Initiative Implementation
Concurrent Session
11:40 -12:30pm
Library 426
During this session, learn how Temple University is implementing an Accessible Information and Technology initiative consisting of university-wide policy, standards, and guidelines for instructional materials, computer labs, smart classrooms, procurement, and web accessibility. OUTCOMES: Identify steps for implementing a university-wide accessibility of information and technology policy * List the organizational structure (including working groups) that can be used when implementing an accessibility initiative * Describe what accessibility standards and guidelines should be developed
Strategies for Evolving the IT Landscape
Exclusive Online Session
12:45 -1:15pm
Library 426
With the complexity of managing IT systems today, it is essential to find the best ways to build an enterprise platform connecting disparate systems on campus. We will identify system changes, staffing implications in IT and around campus, and how to lead strategic change. OUTCOMES: Identify standard components of campus system maps * Identify how technology change impacts system and organizational maps * Assess resulting staffing changes and readiness steps
Tales of Collaboration and Leadership from the Bottom
Exclusive Online Session
1:30 -2:15pm
Library 426
We will share how a collection of distributed IT managers across the institution work together and with central IT and others to address common problems, save money, build relationships, and create value for the university. Attendees should bring their collaboration success stories (and challenges) to share. OUTCOMES: Understand that organizational change does not need to start at the top of the organization * Identify quick wins that can be achieved through this type of collaboration * Identify other examples of success through collaboration started from within the IT organization or distributed IT
It Takes a Village: Moving toward Mobile
Exclusive Online Session
2:30 -3:20pm
Library 426
Texas A&M University is implementing its Go Mobile! initiative to encourage mobile-friendly communication across campus. We will discuss the cooperative model used by the Mobile Strategy Team to develop a mobile strategy, web resources, and supportive community, resulting in a mobile-aware campus and tremendous growth in responsive websites. OUTCOMES: Understand the relevance and need for higher education to transition to a mobile-centric web * Understand the value of the cooperative model used by Texas A&M to form a strategy team to examine the issues surrounding the mobile web * Recognize the need to create a campus-wide community of support for mobile, ideally with grassroots support
Flipping Out over the Flipped Classroom?
Concurrent Session
3:40 -4:30pm
Library 426
While there is increasing talk about the flipped classroom across higher education, there is also a lot of confusion. In this session, we'll introduce the concept of flipping the classroom and demonstrate techniques involved with this teaching model that takes the traditional methods of delivering instruction outside the classroom to free up valuable face-to-face time and engage students in the application of course concepts. OUTCOMES: Learn about the concept of and techniques involved in flipping the classroom as a teaching model * Discuss research findings that support this model and share best practices for making the most out of in-class and out-of-class time * Explore the many resources available to support both novices and seasoned flippers
Wednesday, October 1
Connecting Learning and Learners with Open Badges
Exclusive Online Session
8:00 - 8:50am
Library 426
Unlike other static credentials, open digital badges can contain detailed claims and evidence of learning. Join us to learn about the results of the Badges Design Principles Documentation Project and how to use the insights contained in the Badge Design Principles Database. You'll also learn about the goals and efforts of the EDUCAUSE Microcredentials Constituent Group and the Badge Alliance Higher Education Working Group, as well as a new effort to incorporate digital badges and effective practices across all higher education learning platforms.
Introducing the Free Agent Learner: Speak Up Research Findings on a New Student Profile
Concurrent Session
9:10 - 10:00am
Library 426
Learn about a new subset of future students, the Free Agent Learners, who are already effectively leveraging emerging technologies to pursue highly individualized learning paths untethered from traditional education institutions or resources, and examine the implications of this emerging cohort on your institution through a high school student panel discussion. OUTCOMES: Learn about the digital learning expectations and needs of your future students from the Speak Up National Research * Gain insights into a new cohort of future students who are pursuing self-directed, interest-driven learning using technology * Explore the implications of this new student profile on your institution's plans for T&L over the next five years
Higher Education Breakthrough Models: Expert Interview with Interactive Audience Q&A
Exclusive Online Session
10:00 - 10:30am
Library 426
Join us for this exclusive interview with Holly Morris and Nancy Millichap of Next Generation Learning Challenges (NGLC), an EDUCAUSE initiative funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. During the interview, participants will engage in dialogue and Q&A on the NGLC breakthrough higher education models programs, their innovations, and business models.
Leadership Lessons of History from the American Presidents
General Session
10:30 - 11:30am
Library 426
A struggling economy. Two wars. A nation starving for leadership. While President Obama faces a myriad of complex issues, this is not the first time an American president has been forced to confront confounding problems. Doris Kearns Goodwin, one of America's most treasured historians, will provide stories, insights, and analysis of the men who have assumed the presidency and the difficult political, social, and economic issues they faced. Drawing on her award-winning biographies of Abraham Lincoln, Franklin Roosevelt, and Lyndon Johnson and her new book on Teddy Roosevelt and William Taft, Goodwin brings the past alive, allowing listeners to learn from the stories of some of our most fascinating leaders. Whether looking at how the presidents dealt with the complexities of working with Congress or the challenges they faced dealing with the banking systems and business community, Goodwin focuses on the individual qualities that make our leaders great.
Automated Workflow: The Secret to Digital Content Management
Exclusive Online Session
11:45-12:15pm
Library 426
A well-implemented digital content platform protects your users and your content and does not limit your technology choices in the future. Modularity through well-developed web services and a commitment to supporting and advancing standards makes this possible. Learn about how one platform supporting many functions can help control IT costs and help faculty accomplish many different kinds of content sharing without their having to learn new systems and interfaces. OUTCOMES:Learn to bring together local, cloud, social media, publisher, and open education resources in a single digital content experience * Learn how harvesting, federation, and content purchasing can be made easier * Learn about architecting for digital content management at scale
Web Content Management: Two Schools, Two Philosophies, Two Solutions
Exclusive Online Session
12:30 - 1:15pm
Library 426
George Washington University and Southern Methodist University looked at web content management systems to handle the public-facing websites for the universities. One went with a vendor-supported commercial solution, and the other went the open-source route. What was the reasoning behind the decisions, and how do they compare?OUTCOMES: Get a framework for conducting a source selection for a WCM * Better understand the similarities and differences between open-source and commercial WCM products * Understand the investment needed to implement a WCM
Explore BYOD and Crowdsourced Mobile Data Collection in Higher Ed with ECAR's MSAD Group
Concurrent Session
1:30 - 2:20pm
Library 426
Technology accessibility standards have existed since the 1990s. However, most websites, applications, videos, documents, and devices used in higher education remain inaccessible. How can this problem be solved? Through the example of the University of Montana, this interactive session will investigate the roles we all play in addressing these issues. We will consider an awareness of the accessibility challenges continuing to face higher education, successful strategies for addressing IT accessibility issues, and renewed motivation to engage in the work of providing universally accessible IT.
Beyond the Service Catalog to Service Design
Concurrent Session
2:40 - 3:30pm
Library 426
Moving IT organization from management of traditional IT "pieces" to managing "services" is altering the service delivery model. IT's motivation should focus on customer experiences and interactions. The Service Design framework enables an organization to move beyond just listing services to exploring how to improve customer interactions. OUTCOMES: Learn what Service Design is and who is involved in this initiative * Learn about Service Design processes and who is involved with each part * Explore how to engage stakeholders to be involved efficiently and effectively at different design stages, within time and resource limits
First Amendment Issues in Cyberspace and BYOT on Campus and at Home
Exclusive Online Session
4:30 - 5:20pm
Library 426
Although higher education technology professionals may wish to spend their days working on the systems and services that make their campuses go, legal issues creep up in many corners of the field. This session will address the application of First Amendment principles to the digital sphere and privacy issues associated with employee use of technology at work and at home. OUTCOMES: Understand the importance of working with in-house or outside counsel on complicated legal issues * Understand the applicability of the First Amendment to public colleges (and private colleges by policy) and its impact on web programming and commentary * Learn about managing the rights, responsibilities, and expectations of employees when allowing them access to campus systems and information with personal devices
Thursday, October 2
Building Campus Buy-In During Times of Change: New Products, New Processes, and New Policies
Exclusive Online Session
8:00- 8:50am
Library 426
Why would campus need stakeholder input when purchasing new IT systems? Clients don't really know what they need, right? The truth is, they do. Learn how Pittsburg State University builds buy-in across campus when selecting IT resources, leading to acceptance and adoption by informed and involved campus clients. OUTCOMES: Understand how to create an effective stakeholder group * Learn about data-driven decision making tools * Learn about an effective communication and training plan
Prepare to Wear! Exploring Wearable Technologies in the Learning Environment
Concurrent Session
9:10-10:00am
Library 426
This is the year of wearable technologies. Facilitators will wear and lead a discussion on the ways wearable technology will reshape the teaching and learning environment and the potential impact of wearables on the interactions between students and faculty. We will review projects and videos from Google Glass and the Narrative Clip Camera. OUTCOMES: Understand the ways wearable technology can reshape the teaching and learning environment * Analyze the challenges wearables pose in the interactions between students and faculty * Start thinking about your wearable technology strategy today
New Responsibilities for Postsecondary Education in the 21st Century
General Session
10:15 - 11:15am
Library 426
The health and prosperity of humanity worldwide increasingly depends on the reliable delivery of education and training to support the innovation-driven 21st-century economy and careers. And yet the gap between what's required to complete college successfully and readiness among the underprepared is widening, in both traditional and nontraditional populations. Chancellor Zimpher makes the case for how universities can and must be leaders in working to close that gap through creative, evidence-based, and scalable interventions that campuses and systems can and should embrace to better serve this nation, its prosperity, and the ongoing success of its citizens. Transformational changes in the ways universities deliver instruction must include applied learning, digital access, seamless transfer, and multiple learning supports to meet the demands of access, completion, and success.