This entry is a bit late but will try and sum up the last two days of a well done Educause event.
Copywrite What? - Day two didn't really bring anything new to the table for me but Prof. Lessig (http://www.lessig.org/) changed that for me explaining more about copywrite laws. If you don't know, Prof. Lessig teaches at Stanford University and has written many books about copywrite laws and how they stand today. The way he presented his material about copywrite laws was very interesting to me and just makes me understand a little bit more about this monster we know as copywriting. He touched on some stories in his own life that has lead to copywrite misuse. He gave the history of the copywrite law and how it is being applied today. How the culture has changed and yet copywrite is still the same beast it was 30 years ago when the internet wasn't around and we were excited about computers printing out binary code. I do like the way he presents and if you ever want to see any of his presentations, check him out on youtube and you will see what I mean.
You get a Vendors, and You get a Vendor... - I have never seen so many vendors in my life talking, showing and presenting about their products. The only thing about this was so many companies are doing teaching and learning based products. It seems those are the money makers while management, storage and administration tools aren't high on the business' radar. I was walking and talking to many vendors but couldn't be a major contributer to the product as I have no say in teaching/learning products. I feel the converence is geared more so to teaching/learning and less on administration services.
The first day had a lot more informaiton I felt was important and the overall conference was exciting/fun. I would say anyone from the educational world should go to at least one in their educational career.
November 19, 2009
November 5, 2009
Educause 09 Roundup: Day 1
I had a full day yesterday going to speeches and learning more about how the educational setting will need to adjust for the technology to come. Here is my round up:
Good to Great and the Social Sector: If you haven't heard of Jim Collins (http://www.jimcollins.com/) then you need to. The information and ideas he comes up with isn't just his opinion but his opinion with evidence to back him up. He shows how businesses over 70 years of data have the makeup to be great and others that failed to survive. Great way to start off the conference and move to the rest of my sessions.
SunGuard Higher Ed Talk: This session for for my CIO to look over what SunGuard was coming out with and maybe explore this as another web application to use. I found its a collabration of a portal like instance mixed with an ERP system for users to registar for classes, collect work hours, etc. SunGuard also talked about their move to a more 'community' stance with their products and giving developers easier accessability to create forms with a lot less stress.
Mile High Twitter Debat: This was a debate between a professor who was for Twitter use in the class room and the CIO of Wisconsin who was against it. It brought up some interesting thoughts on the subject of twitter and how it can insure effective learn for his students. The opposite argument gave interesting facts with the basic concern that most people have about twitter; how much time is wasted with this communication medium. The Q and A was very informative and brought out some great responses. I tried to ask a question, forgot was I was trying to explain it, wrote it down and was able to complete a thought. It was embarrassing but I got through it.
Managing a Student Helpdesk: The talk was ok but the thoughts on how to run a helpdesk could be used at majority of university helpdesks. Things that were changed for the helpdesk Manager from Ohio Dominican University were:
Career Choices: Making the Decision that is Right for You: Being a CIO is something I am interested in and I was able to listen to four CIO's at major universities. There were some statistics that were presented on who are CIO's and how it has changed over the years. We then listened to the trials and tribulations they went through getting to where they are today. I don't know if I am totally set with that career choice in my life but I do want to aspire to something big. If the CIO position is in my life, I will do my best to make it work.
The Final Verdict: I have a lot to absorb from this conference but I know I have taken a lot from it. Just from the above is a small part of what I will learn Thursday and Friday morning. Glad to be a part of this learning proses.
Good to Great and the Social Sector: If you haven't heard of Jim Collins (http://www.jimcollins.com/) then you need to. The information and ideas he comes up with isn't just his opinion but his opinion with evidence to back him up. He shows how businesses over 70 years of data have the makeup to be great and others that failed to survive. Great way to start off the conference and move to the rest of my sessions.
SunGuard Higher Ed Talk: This session for for my CIO to look over what SunGuard was coming out with and maybe explore this as another web application to use. I found its a collabration of a portal like instance mixed with an ERP system for users to registar for classes, collect work hours, etc. SunGuard also talked about their move to a more 'community' stance with their products and giving developers easier accessability to create forms with a lot less stress.
Mile High Twitter Debat: This was a debate between a professor who was for Twitter use in the class room and the CIO of Wisconsin who was against it. It brought up some interesting thoughts on the subject of twitter and how it can insure effective learn for his students. The opposite argument gave interesting facts with the basic concern that most people have about twitter; how much time is wasted with this communication medium. The Q and A was very informative and brought out some great responses. I tried to ask a question, forgot was I was trying to explain it, wrote it down and was able to complete a thought. It was embarrassing but I got through it.
Managing a Student Helpdesk: The talk was ok but the thoughts on how to run a helpdesk could be used at majority of university helpdesks. Things that were changed for the helpdesk Manager from Ohio Dominican University were:
- Have leaving reviews/interviews
- Change the work atmosphere if it 'sucks'
- Doesn't use the title 'student technician' with his workers
- Provide room for growth with other job opportunities (web designer, graphic designer, etc...)
- Help the seniors with goals, resume building and mock interview
Career Choices: Making the Decision that is Right for You: Being a CIO is something I am interested in and I was able to listen to four CIO's at major universities. There were some statistics that were presented on who are CIO's and how it has changed over the years. We then listened to the trials and tribulations they went through getting to where they are today. I don't know if I am totally set with that career choice in my life but I do want to aspire to something big. If the CIO position is in my life, I will do my best to make it work.
The Final Verdict: I have a lot to absorb from this conference but I know I have taken a lot from it. Just from the above is a small part of what I will learn Thursday and Friday morning. Glad to be a part of this learning proses.
November 3, 2009
Opening A Mind - The First Post
I find it hard to believe I stopped blogging some time ago. It's crazy how times flies and how the brain wonders like it does.
I am back and this time I am writing with more of a purpose. That purpose is more on how open source is effecting my life and interesting finding within my job as a Linux Administrator. Red Hat, Ubunut, Arch Linux are just a few words you might see when I let my mind flow freely in this concept.
I am at a conference called Educause for work so I hope to post soon to express my thoughts on this.
Maybe even a post about how I came into the open source community.
I am back and this time I am writing with more of a purpose. That purpose is more on how open source is effecting my life and interesting finding within my job as a Linux Administrator. Red Hat, Ubunut, Arch Linux are just a few words you might see when I let my mind flow freely in this concept.
I am at a conference called Educause for work so I hope to post soon to express my thoughts on this.
Maybe even a post about how I came into the open source community.
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