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EDUCAUSE Live!
January 13, 2009 10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. PT
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“Copyright balancing has become a critical issue in the academy as digital practices increasingly have challenged creaky policies and practices. Scholars, academic administrators, librarians, and intellectuals, as well as their students and mentees, need reasonable access to copyrighted culture to research and produce new knowledge. They and their distributors, whether journal publishers or YouTube, need to be able to share work that references and quotes copyrighted material without going through clearance processes never designed for this sector.”
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Topic: A Space of One’s Own: Learning Environments Derived from User-Centered Discovery Techniques
Date: November 21, 2008
Time: 10:00 a.m. PT
Presenter: Crit Stuart, Director, Research Teaching and Learning
Association of Research Libraries (ARL)
Duration: 1 hour

Where: ONLINE (Register Here)

In brief:

“This presentation will review a number of user-centered programming assessment techniques that are field-tested, easy to modify and extemporize on, and reliable in producing excellent data for constructing informed building programs.”
The event is free, but registration is required and virtual seating is limited. REGISTER NOW.

For the past nine years Educause has conducted a survey to determine the top issues facing postsecondary leaders on campuses across the nation. This year’s survey is especially noteworthy in that the previous top issue, funding, was bumped from the number one spot by security.

If you’re interested in the top-down approach to campus information technology issues and strategies, a look at this document is well worth the time.

San Francisco, April Fools Day, beautiful weather and a powerful conference. All the talk is about social networking, collaborative learning, and virtual learning environments. Learning Management Systems may be on the way out, as Google Tools and others take the place of student collaboration and communication. YouTube being demonstrated a lot and Second Life.

Makes me wonder if I can visualize our future even two or three years out? The Horizon Report is a place to start a conversation at our campus. I will suggest that upon my return.