Webinars and other forms of presentations can be a great way to gain familiarity with a new topic or brush up on a skill that you haven’t used in a while. These presentations cover a variety of topics, from security to project management, and come from various sources around the web.
Conducting research on blended and online education: A research toolkit
This session consists of practice-based research planning activities to help participants prepare for conducting research at the course or program level. Specifically, we will utilize the distance education research toolkit developed by the National Research Center for Distance Education and Technological Advancements (DETA) to guide the development of research plans for blended and online learning. Attendees will walk away with a research agenda and the necessary tools to help them conduct research on their campus as part of the National DETA Research Center initiative. The DETA Center seeks to identify and evaluate effective course and institutional practices in online learning (including competency-based education) for underrepresented learners.
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SOURCE: Educause
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ELI Webinar: Conducting Research on Blended and Online Education: A Research Toolkit
This session consists of practice-based research planning activities to help participants prepare for conducting research at the course or program level. Specifically, we will utilize the distance education research toolkit developed by the National Research Center for Distance Education and Technological Advancements (DETA) to guide the development of research plans for blended and online learning. Attendees will walk away with a research agenda and the necessary tools to help them conduct research on their campus as part of the National DETA Research Center initiative. The DETA Center seeks to identify and evaluate effective course and institutional practices in online learning (including competency-based education) for underrepresented learners.
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SOURCE: Educause
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Today’s Higher Ed IT Workforce
Over 1,000 members of the higher education IT community recently participated in an EDUCAUSE Center for Analysis and Research (ECAR) survey about the IT workforce. This E-live is ECAR’s chance to share the most compelling results of that research back with the higher ed IT community. Learn about how the composition of today’s IT workforce looks different (or the same) as it did a few years ago. Hear about the professional experiences that drive career trajectories for managers and CIOs. See the factors that have a positive impact on IT salaries. Better understand work environments that help retain qualified staff.
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SOURCE: Educause
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If It’s in the Cloud, Get It on Paper: Six Years Later
Transitioning to cloud computing entails a paradigm shift from a technically managed solution to a contractually managed relationship. Thomas Trappler’s 2010 EDUCAUSE Review article, “If It’s in the Cloud, Get It on Paper,” helped enterprises understand that shift and how best to mitigate the associated risks to maximize the benefits. In the intervening six years, nearly a lifetime in “cloud years,” use of cloud computing has grown exponentially. The technology, use cases, and risks have evolved as well. This session will highlight the evolution of key issues pertinent to cloud computing risk mitigation via contract negotiation and vendor management.
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SOURCE: Educause
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Aligning Funding Models with the New Reality
As service delivery models change, the way we think about budgets and funding needs to change as well. Enterprise systems that were once primarily capital purchases may become subscription-based services with regular monthly or annual payment schedules. Shifting to a cloud model may also provide an opportunity to realign the IT budget in a way that creates opportunities for new initiatives. In this session, the panelists will describe their own efforts to meet the challenges of shifting funding models and consider the importance of working across the institution as part of those efforts.
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SOURCE: Educause
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Communicate to Persuade
Whether you are raising a teenager or negotiating a multiyear cloud-based service agreement, you need to focus simultaneously on surviving the immediate encounter and elevating the longer-term relationship. Learn to recognize and counteract proven successful negotiating tactics and identify new, more positive approaches that best fit your personal management style.
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SOURCE: Educause
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The Value of Cooperatives and Consortia
Institutions are starting to consider alternatives for service delivery that make those services as effective and efficient as possible while also aligning them more closely to the institutional mission. This panel will discuss how consortia and cooperatives can help institutions think about service delivery differently through collaborative activities and other innovative practices.
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SOURCE: Educause
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Legal Risk and Uncertainty in Managing Services, Vendors, and Contracts
What does the shift from managing technology and infrastructure to managing services, vendors, and contracts mean in terms of legal risk and how should IT and business leaders prepare to manage that risk for the enterprise? Focusing primarily on how institutions adopt cloud services, this session will explore legal concepts and offers suggestions on addressing legal risk as the enterprise shifts from technologies to services. Concepts explored will include establishing trust with the vendor, negotiating contracts when no negotiating is permitted, and leveraging the power of internet audit—your own and your vendor’s.
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SOURCE: Educause
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IT Governance: How Do You Measure Up?
Is your IT governance initiative topnotch? Or are you hitting a roadblock, but you just don’t know why? Building on successful benchmarking initiatives, EDUCAUSE has created a new online service that helps IT leaders assess and benchmark maturity and technology deployment for a suite of strategic initiatives. This workshop will help you identify your IT governance strengths and opportunities for improvement as well as how to improve in areas of difficulty. Pick up your lunch and join us for an introduction to this new EDUCAUSE service.
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SOURCE: Educause
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Beyond the Technology: The Broader Context of Enterprise IT
In this opening session, the presidents of EDUCAUSE and NACUBO will set the stage for the summit as they look beyond enterprise IT to the larger dynamic of change in the higher education landscape. Their discussion of new opportunities, new models, and new challenges will provide context for the conversations that follow throughout the event.
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SOURCE: Educause
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