Professional Development

EDUCAUSE Library Items for Professional Development

How to Talk to a CIO (If You Must)

April 15, 2009

In this entertaining and provocative presentation, three experienced CIOs and three experienced managers who report to them will demonstrate what they have learned about how—and how not—to comm…

Seminar 1 - Building a Blueprint: Net Gen Students, Web 2.0, and the Future of Learning PLEASE NOTE: Separate registration and fee are required to attend this seminar.

April 14, 2009 | A session at the EDUCAUSE Western Regional Conference 2009

Today's students, shaped by a lifetime of technological innovation, are increasingly different from the faculty who will teach them. How can we leverage today's technologies—from wikis a…

Meeting the Top Challenges in Teaching and Learning with Technology

April 15, 2009 | A session at the EDUCAUSE Western Regional Conference 2009

Introducing emerging technologies. Developing 21st-century literacies. Creating learning environments that foster critical thinking skills. In the fall of 2008, the EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative tur…

More Than Code: Reorganizing Around Open Source

April 15, 2009 | A session at the EDUCAUSE Western Regional Conference 2009

San Francisco State University has gained considerable experience in open-source application management through its offering of Moodle as its official learning management system. Distributed units …

Managing Collaborations and Creating Solutions: IT, Librarians, and Student Judicial Affairs Jointly Addressing Academic Integrity Issues

April 15, 2009 | A session at the EDUCAUSE Western Regional Conference 2009

The USC Libraries spearheaded a campus wide Academic Integrity initiative aimed at reducing the number of academic integrity cases referred to Student Judicial Affairs by educating students to comp…

Polling 2.0: Agility In and Out of the Classroom

April 16, 2009 | A session at the EDUCAUSE Western Regional Conference 2009

Clickers as in-class devices have proven remarkably effective in enabling just-in-time teaching and assessment in the classroom, yet this model requires the student to carry a dedicated device that…

Establishing an Enterprise Database Administrator Role in Your Organization

April 15, 2009 | A session at the EDUCAUSE Western Regional Conference 2009

Many organizations already have product/platform or application silo-specific database administration groups. However, rarely is database administration part of an enterprise architecture strategy …

Getting to ERP in Months, Not Years

April 14, 2009 | A session at the EDUCAUSE Western Regional Conference 2009

A review by three independent CIOs painted an ugly picture of the state of information technology at ASU in 2004. The basic assessment was that administrative systems were at the end of their life …

Building a Culture of Assessment

April 15, 2009 | A session at the EDUCAUSE Western Regional Conference 2009

Assessment has many meanings in a higher education setting and affects faculty, students, administrators, IT managers, and the institution. The University of Southern California is embarking on a s…

What's Your Carbon Footprint? Sustainability and Green IT Initiatives That Make a Difference: Part 2 - Sponsored by Motorola

April 16, 2009 | A session at the EDUCAUSE Western Regional Conference 2009

Supporting our institutions' sustainability efforts and responses to climate change will be a key role for higher education IT in the decades to come. Do you know your carbon footprint? Do you…