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