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This podcast features an interview with Jennifer Schopf, Program Officer for the National Science Foundation. In this conversation, Schopf discusses the Earthcube program. 

The goal of the NSF EarthCube Program is to transform the conduct of Geoscience research by supporting the development of community-guided cyberinfrastructure to integrate data and information for knowledge management. The project is fostering collaboration to address the multifaceted challenges of modern, data-intensive science, and education through an online forum and a series of virtual and face-to-face events.

David Weinberger is a senior researcher at the Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University. He is also author of the book, Too Big To Know. In this interview, Weinberger discusses the networked knowledge, the Harvard Innovation Lab, and Digital Public Library of America.

This keynote presentation, from the EDUCAUSE 2012 Midwest Regional Conference, features Senior Leading Consultant and Founder of i4 Now Solutions, Linda Baer. In this session, Baer claims the best way to predict the future is to invent it. She presents a "travelogue" into the future of higher education by exploring the key challenges in the coming decade.

Illinois State University has been using iTunes U and other media outlets to incorporate multimedia content into internal and external communications. This podcast features Beth Forrest Warner leading a discussion with several of the professionals who have helped strategize and implement multimedia at ISU.

Included in this discussion:

In this podcast, Stephen Laster, CIO for the Harvard Business School, discusses disruptive technologies and what that means for the long-term future of higher education IT.

Music: "Finding Frangipanis" by Jane Aubourg

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In this podcast, Ethan Benatan, vice president for information technology & CIO at Marylhurst University, interviews Ken Spelke, CIO for the Board of Trustees of Community Technical Colleges. This system serves twelve colleges in Connecticut. In this conversation, Spelke touches on strategic alignment, the realities of serving faculty and users, and the role technology plays in such a large system of campuses. Since this interview, Spelke has accepted a position as Interim CIO for Southern Connecticut State University.

Music: "Finding Frangipanis" by Jane Aubourg

This talk by the Timothy E. Wirth Professor of Learning Technologies at Harvard University, Chris Dede, describes how we can transform teaching and learning to prepare students with the skills they need for 21st-century work and citizenship. The array of Web 2.0 interactive media for students to create and share knowledge is rapidly expanding. We can build on these media to improve our teaching and assessment and to strengthen the links between life inside and outside the classroom.

Music: "Mark It Up" by Sebastian6

Each year, the Horizon Report describes six areas of emerging technology that will have significant impact on higher education and creative expression over the next one to five years. This panel discussion reviews the 2012 Horizon Report. The panel includes: