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Report from EDUCAUSE 2006
By Claudia Lynch,
Benchmarks Online Editor
The EDUCAUSE
annual conference, held October 9-12 in Dallas, was a big success.
According to a source at the EDUCAUSE headquarters in
Colorado,
approximately 4,000 people attended the entire session, with 300 opting
to just go through the
exhibit hall.* Approximately 2,200 additional
attendees were exhibitors. At least 26 of those attending represented
UNT, including people from CITC, the Libraries, CDL and other areas.
I attended the three excellent
general sessions, discussed here in this month's
Network Connection, as well as
quite a few conference sessions. Of the conference sessions I attended
(click for the
full conference schedule), these currently have resources available on the EDUCAUSE
website:
- How Faculty Like to Learn (and What Should Be Done About It)
Conference Presentations and Resources
As the conference website
states, access to a growing pool of resources from EDUCAUSE 2006 is
available to both those were in attendance and those who were unable to
attend. These resources include online video recordings of select
general and featured-speaker sessions, session audio tapes and CDs, and
conference blogs and snapshots. Resources are added as they are
received, so check back if you don't find what you're looking for. Check
for:
Presentation Videos
Following are select general session and featured speaker
presentations from EDUCAUSE 2006. Note: The videos may not work
with browsers other than Internet Explorer:
General Session Presentations
- Uncovering the Science in Computer
Science: Challenges for the 21st Century–Vinton
G. Cerf, Vice President and Chief Internet
Evangelist, Google
View:
Mediasite Windows Media
Featured Speaker Presentations
- Time, Space, and History–Edward
L. Ayers, Dean, College and Graduate School of Arts and
Sciences, University of Virginia;
William G. Thomas, III, John and Catherine Angle Professor
in the Humanities, Department of History, University of Nebraska -
Lincoln
View:
Mediasite Windows Media
- Still Crazy After Two Years (Kuali
panel)–Bruce
K. Alexander, Director, FIS/HRIS Project, Michigan State
University;
J. Michael Allred, Associate Vice Chancellor -
Finance/Controller, University of California, Davis;
Lee Belarmino, Associate Vice President, Information
Technology, San Joaquin Delta College;
Sally Jackson, Vice President for Learning & Information
Technologies and CIO, The University of Arizona;
David Lassner, Chief Information Officer, University of
Hawaii;
John F. Walsh, Senior Director, e-Business Services,
Indiana University
View:
Mediasite Windows Media
- Career Development for IT Professionals–Marilu
Goodyear, Professor and ECAR Fellow, University of Kansas;
Susan E. Metros, Deputy CIO & Exec Director for eLearning &
Professor, Design Technology, The Ohio State University;
Eugene L. Spencer, Associate VP for IS & Resources,
Bucknell University; Moderated by
Cynthia Golden, Vice President, EDUCAUSE
View:
Mediasite Windows Media
- Good Judgment Comes From Experience–Daniel
A. Updegrove, Vice President for Information Technology,
University of Texas at Austin
View:
Mediasite Windows Media
- From Today's CMS to Tomorrow's Learning
Support System–Joel
M. Smith, Vice Provost and Chief Information Officer,
Carnegie Mellon University;
Malcolm B. Brown, Director of Academic Computing, Dartmouth
College;
Carolyn Lee Windham, Student, North Carolina State
University
Moderated
by David Lassner, Chief Information Officer, University of
Hawaii
View:
Mediasite Windows Media
- Pioneering New Territory and Technologies–Malcolm
B. Brown, Director of Academic Computing, Dartmouth
College;
Saiid Ganjalizadeh, Assistant Director for Instructional
Technology, The Catholic University of America;
Leslie P. Hitch, Director, Academic Technology Services,
Northeastern University;
Pablo G. Molina, CIO, Information Systems Technology,
Georgetown University;
John S.
Moses,
Director, Technology Planning, Biological Sciences, University of
Chicago;
Art St. George, Manager, Advanced Communications
Technologies, University of New Mexico;
M. Christine McMahon, Manager, Advanced Technology, Saint
Louis University
View:
Mediasite Windows Media
- The Challenge of Campus
Cyberinfrastructure–James
R. Bottum, CIO/VP For DCIT, Clemson University;
Bonita M. Neas, Interim Deputy CIO/Executive Director
ConnetND, North Dakota University System;
Patrick Dreher, Project Director and Research Scientist,
MIT
View:
Mediasite Windows Media
Next Year
I was very pleased with all the sessions I attended and look forward
to more opportunities to attend EDUCAUSE conferences in the future. The
Southwest Regional Conference
will be in Austin February 21–23, 2007 and the next annual conference is
slated to be in Seattle
October 23-26, 2007. It's never to early to start planning!
* If you are really interested, "2006 Attendee
Demographics" can be found here
(scroll down the page a bit).
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