As we all still struggle to establish best practices under these new conditions, it is all the more important to share resources and knowledge. In March, when campuses were faced…
Conference Management in the COVID-19 Environment
Peg Hanssen | Manager of Operations and Marketing in Continuing Dental Education, University of MinnesotaTravelling in 2020 has been cancelled for the foreseeable future, but that doesn’t mean conferences have to stop. Along with webinars, conferences provide colleagues, students and community members valuable information…
Today’s learners have high expectations as expert consumers in all aspects of their lives. Higher education needs to create an infrastructure that meets the needs of this tech-savvy demographic. Institutions…
The Digital Experience and the Analog Institution
Adrian Haugabrook | Executive Vice President and Managing Director of the Horizon Group, Southern New Hampshire UniversityFor decades, higher education had to follow a more rigid structure built for the traditional student—now the minority of the higher ed learner population. Institutions need to rethink their infrastructures…
Conferences Need More Than Speakers: Leveraging Tools to Take Events from Good to Great
Theresa Anderson | Business Analyst, University of MinnesotaDelivering on a Public University’s Mission with Contact Tracing Training
Eric A. Bullard | Dean of Continuing Education and UCLA Extension, University of California - Los AngelesArtificial Intelligence for Decision-Making and Student Success in Online Higher Education
Vyacheslav Khrapak | Operations Manager, Holberton School TulsaConnecting with Students from a Distance: 10 Ways to Stay Engaged Inside and Outside the Learning Environment
Rebecca Cooney | Director of Murrow Online Programs in the Edward R. Murrow College of Communication, Washington State UniversityIs It “The End of The World As We Know It” For Higher Education?
Brendan Aldrich | Founder, Invoke Learning Lige HensleyLeveraging Technology to Achieve Growth in a Period of Decline
Gary Hepburn | Dean of the G. Raymond Chang School of Continuing Education, Ryerson University Fred Anger, Serena WongEstablishing a Strong Infrastructure for a Remote Shift
Heather McRae | Vice Provost and Dean of the School of Continuing Education, MacEwan UniversityMaintaining A Strong Infrastructure for Remote Learning
Joseph Moreau | Vice Chancellor of Technology, Foothill-De Anza Community College DistrictRemote Learning: Peer Resources for Higher Education
James Baldwin | President, Excelsior College John Caron
Amid coronavirus concerns, many higher education institutions across the country have announced plans to transition on-campus students into online environments. These precautionary measures could persist for weeks or months as…
From Flyover Country to Talent Central: How Indiana is Leading the Pack Linking the Learn-And-Work Ecosystem
Ken Sauer | Senior Associate Commissioner and Chief Academic Officer, Indiana Commission of Higher Education Leighton Johnson, Jeff GrannOnce labeled as flyover country, South Bend, IN, is having quite the renaissance. The city and surrounding communities forming the South Bend-Elkhart Region were recently designated as a 21st Century…
Let’s face it: as we enter the third decade of the 21st century, there is a new normal in higher education for both students and the institutions that serve them.…
When Life Gives You Lemons: Embracing Challenges in the IT Space
Travis Carter | Manager of Enrollment Information Systems for Continuing and Professional Education, Virginia TechIn today’s world, we constantly find ourselves benefiting from never-ending advances in technology. Oftentimes, the “latest and greatest” technology or device is already outdated by the time it makes it…
Considering an OPM? Lessons to be Learned from Sourcing Best Practices
Stuart Harris | President, Stuart Harris ConsultingThe Promise of a Workforce Trifecta: An Innovative Way To Address the IT Professional Skills Gap
Edythe M. Abdullah | Dean of the Division of Continuing Education, University of North Florida‘This Was Absolutely Insane’: How Blockchain Could Have Averted One Parent’s Registration Nightmare
Melissa Layne | Associate Vice President of Research and Innovation, American Public University SystemHigher Education and the Blockchain Ecosystem: Using Blockchain in Admissions
Melissa Layne | Associate Vice President of Research and Innovation, American Public University SystemWhat a Long, Analog to Digital Trip It’s Been
Albert Powell | Director of Learning Technologies (Retired), Colorado State UniversityEffective Change Management: The Five Stages of the Innovation-Decision Process
Richard Rush | Director of Program and Business Development, University of VictoriaHigher Education and the Blockchain Ecosystem: An Overview
Melissa Layne | Associate Vice President of Research and Innovation, American Public University SystemUnderstanding and Overcoming Obstacles to Blockchain in Higher Education
Melissa Layne | Associate Vice President of Research and Innovation, American Public University SystemEd Tech Buyers: Don’t Ask These Four Questions
Katie Nielson | Chief Education Officer, Voxy
The Pressure to Integrate It is really no surprise that during the past decades colleges and universities have frequently found themselves under pressure to decrease their operating costs and increase…
Exorcizing Shadow Systems: What It Takes to Modernize University IT Operations
Rob Lowden | Associate Vice President of Enterprise Systems, Indiana UniversityLegacy systems are a reality for organizations of any size or magnitude. In the 1990’s, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software began entering into the workplace and replacing historical mainframe setups…
One of my favorite words I recall using while completing my undergraduate program here with the University of Arkansas’s Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences was denouement. …