Monday, November 05, 2012

[ED-TECH] Educause events AT YOUR DESK

Ed-Tech mailing list members,

On Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday of this week you can watch a number of the EDUCAUSE sessions right from your desk. If you are interested in technology in higher education, you should try to find time in your crowded schedule to take advantage of this incredible resource. The conference is in Denver, so ADD TWO HOURS to all Agenda times to get Miami times.

A set of sessions will also be shown in the Faculty Exploratory of the Richter Library. That is Richter, Room 305. Go to http://iacinfo.weebly.com/ for the list of sessions that will be shown here.

View following schedule as a web page: 


Public Webcasts

The selected sessions below give you a taste of the best thinking in higher ed IT that's taking place at this year's EDUCAUSE Annual Conference. You can view these sessions live, or in recorded format, by clicking on the session titles below and going to the "VIDEO" tab.

Webcasting sponsored by Sonic Foundry, A Platinum Partner.

All times are listed in Mountain Time. Convert to your time zone.

Wednesday, November 7
8:00–9:30 a.m. IT as a Core Academic Competence
Speaker: Clay Shirky
Sponsored by Pearson, Platinum Partner
General Session
10:30–11:20 a.m. Disrupting College
Speaker: Michael B. Horn
Sponsored by IHD ServiceDesk
Featured Session
11:40 a.m.–12:30 p.m. Using Predictive Analytics to Improve Student Success
Speaker: Tristan Denley
Sponsored by IHD ServiceDesk
Featured Session
2:30–3:20 p.m. The "New Normal" and the Need for Adaptation in Higher Education
Speaker: Kimberly Tuby
Sponsored by IHD ServiceDesk
Featured Session
3:40–4:30 p.m. Student Success at Scale: What Have We Learned from Applying Technology to Persistent Challenges?
Speaker: Josh Jarrett
Sponsored by IHD ServiceDesk
Featured Session
Thursday, November 8
8:00–8:50 a.m. The Digital Preservation Network
Speaker: James L. Hilton
Sponsored by Presidio
Featured Session
9:10–10:00 a.m. When Learning Analytics Meet Big Data: The PAR Framework
Speakers: Pearl Imada Iboshi, Mike Sharkey, Jonathan Sherrill, & Ellen Wagner
Sponsored by Presidio
Featured Session
10:30–11:30 a.m. Blueprint for Change in an Era of Rapid Reinvention
Speakers: Christine Flanagan & Elliot Masie
Sponsored by Higher One
General Session
1:30–2:20 p.m. Building and Scaling Analytics: Lessons Learned from a Multi-Institutional Collaborative Effort
Speaker: John P. Campbell & Matthew D. Pistilli
Concurrent Session
1:30–2:20 p.m. edX: A Breakthrough in Online Learning
Speaker: Anne Margulies
Sponsored by Presidio
Featured Session
4:30–5:20 p.m. Restructuring Your Application Portfolio for Speed
Speaker: Bill Swanton
Sponsored by Presidio
Featured Session
5:30–6:20 p.m. MOOCs: The Coming Revolution?
Speakers: Daphne Koller & Brian D. Voss
Sponsored by Presidio
Featured Session
Friday, November 9
8:00–8:50 a.m. Teaching in an Age of Plenty
Speaker: Theodore Gray
Featured Session
9:10–10:00 a.m. Academic Completion in a Lifelong Learning Universe: What's That?
Speakers: Peter Smith
Featured Session
10:15 a.m.–11:15 a.m. Discovery in a Digital World
Speakers: Edward L. Ayers
General Session