Professional Development

EDUCAUSE Library Items for Professional Development

RETHINK: Planning and Designing for K–12 Next Generation Learning

June 10, 2013

This toolkit from Next Generation Learning Challenges (NGLC) and the International Association for K-12 Online Learning (iNACOL) is for K-12 district, charter, and school leaders to use in the ve…

IT Career Development of the Future

June 3, 2013

Clare van den Blink is Director of Academic Technologies at Cornell University. Due to the shifts within information technology—shifts such as cloud-sourcing and a renewed focus o…

A Portfolio for Strengthening IT Leadership Skills

June 3, 2013

Julie Little is Vice President for Teaching, Learning, and Professional Development at EDUCAUSE. Norma Holland is Director of Leadership Program Management and Professional Development a…

Leading Change as a Library Administrator

June 3, 2013

Key Takeaways What should a leader do when moving to a new administrative position in a field where she hasn't held that role before? Fellow alumni of the Leading Chang…

The CIO: Defining a Career for the Future

June 3, 2013

IT professionals in higher education spend much of their time focusing on demand, resources, and constant change. The author suggests that they need to be investing more time in assessing, adv…

Elevate Your Game: Taking "IT" Home and Your Important Next Steps

March 20, 2013 | A session at the Midwest Regional Conference

Join this interactive session to obtain important tips and resources on how to take all you've learned at the conference and put it to good use when you return to your institution. We'l…

Lessons from Dewitt by Mike Chapple

May 23, 2013

Recently the higher education IT community suffered a great loss when Dewitt Latimer was tragically taken from us after a motorcycle accident in Montana. The news of Dewitt’s accident spread qu…

Listening - The First Step of Many

April 30, 2013

When I was asked by EDUCAUSE to write a blog about the experiences of a first-time CIO, I was concerned that I wouldn't have enough to write about that would be of interest to the EDUCAUSE c…

Successful Mentoring Relationships for Career Development

April 16, 2013

Participation in mentoring activities can be a key success factor in your career development. But how do you start? How do you find the right mentor or set of mentors for your situation? What sho…

Mentoring, Self-Awareness, and Collaboration: The 2012 EDUCAUSE Award Winners

January 28, 2013

The EDUCAUSE Awards Program, under the guidance of the EDUCAUSE Recognition Committee, brings peer endorsement and distinction to professional accomplishments in higher education information tech…