Oct
26
Thoughts on Educause 2007
October 26, 2007 | Leave a Comment
It is hard not to be impressed by the scale and organisation of a conference the size of Educause – 7000 delegates and the programme and logistics that go with it are no mean feat. There is nothing to compare within the UK or EU which is both regrettable and not surprising. I had heard […]
Oct
26
Tomorrow’s students - Are We Ready for the New 21st Century Learners?
October 26, 2007 | 1 Comment
Educause 2007 - Thursday 25 October
Presenter – Julie Evans -Chief Executive Officer, Project Tomorrow – NetDay
An interesting presentation, if taken at a breakneck speed. It was the presentation of the annual national research project for K-12 schools in the US for 2006- the 2007 survey has just begun. The 2006 survey covered 232,000 students, […]
Oct
25
Riding the 2.0 Wave (Successfully)
October 25, 2007 | Leave a Comment
Educause 2007 - Thursday 25 October
Presenter – Josh Baron, Director Academic Technology and eLearning , Marist College
Marist College was founded in 1929 and is based in Poughkeepsie NY. It has 5700 students with 200 full time, 500 part time lecturers. Technology is key part of the strategic plan and mission statement.
Currently most people use […]
Oct
25
Project Technology – A World of Reality
October 25, 2007 | 1 Comment
Educause 2007 - Thursday 25 October
Presenters: Robert H Hoar – Prof of Mathematics University of Wisconsin- La Crosse; James A Jorstad – Director of Educational Technologies University of Wisconsin –La Crosse
This project was based on a TV Series – Project Runway.- but in this version UW tried to follow 6 faculty members and how […]
Oct
25
The Role of Information Technology in an Age of Access, Affordability and Accountability
October 25, 2007 | 1 Comment
Educause 2007 - Thursday 25 October
Presenters: Robert W Mendenhall –President Westerns Governors University, Charlene Nunley – President Emerita Montgomery College; David Ward – President American Council on Education
A panel discussion based around the Spellings Report of 2006, a report commissioned by Margaret Spellings US Secretary of Education ‘A Test of Leadership: Charting the Future of […]
Oct
25
Social Software in Higher Education: Isolated Accidents or the Start of Something Big?
October 25, 2007 | Leave a Comment
Educause 2007 - Wednesdsay 24 October
Presenters were: Bas Cordewener – Manager International Collaboration, SURF Foundation; Eja Kliphuis – Educational Consultant, INHOLLAND University of Professional Education; Julie K Little – Associate Director, ELI, Educause; Cyprien P Loma – Director, Learning Centre, University of British Columbia
The session covered four examples of social software use and […]
Oct
25
Social Networking Technologies: A ‘Poke’ for Campus Services
October 25, 2007 | Leave a Comment
Educause 2007 - Wednesday 24 October
Presenters: Joanne E Berg – Vice Provost and Registrar, University of Wisconsin Madison; Lori Berquam – Dean of Students; Kathy Christoph – Director Academic Technology
The presentation was a re-run of material presented in the Match/.April edition of the Educause magazine.
Students use all sorts of new tech to keep in touch […]
Oct
24
Undergraduates Speak about IT – Results of the 2007 ECAR Survey
October 24, 2007 | Leave a Comment
Educause 2007 - Wednesday 24 October
Speakers were, Judith Borreson Caruso, ECAR Fellow and Director of Policy and Planning, University of Wisconsin-Madison andGail Salaway – ECAR Fellow, Educause
The ECAR study covered 27,000+ student respondents from 103 institutions. They were 62% female, 90% fulltime and 57% off campus residents. There were also 4700 written responses. Longitudinal […]
Oct
24
Xavier University Web 2.0 strategy
October 24, 2007 | Leave a Comment
Educause 2007 - Wednesday 24 October
Xavier is a 175 yrs old Jesuit university with a traditional liberal arts background and suffering a recent drop in students. The Info Resources team was formed in 2001 but benefited from little subsequent integration; its services were rudimentary and they worked with very limited personnel. Information services were heavily […]
Oct
24
Educause 2007 and Seattle
October 24, 2007 | Leave a Comment
This is my first visit to Educause, though all the literature is proudly trumpeting 20 years. the 2007 conference is housed in the Convention and Trade Centre in Seattle as well as the nearby Sheraton Hotel. The huge programme, delegate numbers and exhibition area dwarfs anything seen in the Uk (at least in my experience) […]
