Cutting EDge Podcast

On the Cutting EDge podcast, Nathan Urban, the provost of Lehigh University explains how he worked to encourage a more positive approach to generative artificial intelligence at the university. https://ed.lehigh.edu/chatgpt Hear more from the higher education information technology community every two weeks on the Cutting EDge podcast. Listen here. https://edscoop.com/cutting-edge-podcast/

On the Cutting EDge podcast, Anthony Newman, the new director of the Research and Education Networks Information Sharing and Analysis Center based at Indiana University, says that he’s looking to solidify the center as a place of trust for leaders to share honest perspectives about information security. https://edscoop.com/anthony-newman-ren-isac-indiana-university/ Hear more from the higher educa...

On the Cutting EDge podcast, an architect and designer for a firm that specializes in higher education design says he’s working on classrooms that are “the future of learning.” Hear more from the higher education information technology community every two weeks on the Cutting EDge podcast. Listen here. https://edscoop.com/cutting-edge-podcast/

On the Cutting EDge podcast, the founding director of the Texas Immersive Institute at the University of Texas at Austin says she’s working to help make virtual reality — and other similar technologies — accessible for students and faculty at the university. https://immersive.moody.utexas.edu/ Hear more from the higher education information technology community every two weeks on the Cutting EDge...

On the Cutting EDge podcast, a New Jersey community college CIO says her journey to go paperless will help streamline operations and save money. Patricia Clay, the CIO of Hudson County Community College in New Jersey, says that the college made great strides toward digitization during the pandemic. Now she’s looking to build on that work. Register for StateScoop & EdScoop’s IT Modernization Summit...

On the Cutting EDge podcast, two web accessibility leaders say universities need to embrace making web pages more accessible now that institutions are back to normal after the pandemic. Jonathan Lazar, executive director of the Maryland Initiative for Digital Accessibility and a professor at the University of Maryland, along with Chris Danielsen, the director of public relations for the National F...

On the Cutting EDge podcast, Terrill Thompson, the manager of the University of Washington’s IT Accessibility team, says that while universities wait for additional regulations on web accessibility, they need to establish a culture that emphasizes its importance. https://edscoop.com/education-department-web-accessibility-update-soon/ Listen to the first episode in our web accessibility miniseries....

On the Cutting EDge podcast, Harvard University’s digital accessibility leader says that while he’s anticipating changes from the federal government on web accessibility standards, universities need to keep them as a key focus in the meantime. https://edscoop.com/education-department-web-accessibility-update-soon/ Hear more from the higher education information technology community every two weeks...

On the Cutting EDge podcast, Laurie Fritsch, the associate director of Hokie Wellness at Virginia Tech, outlines how she’s working with author Christina Cook to encourage students and faculty to spend less time staring at screens and more time connecting with their peers in real life. https://hokiewellness.vt.edu/ Hear more from the higher education information technology community every two weeks...

On the Cutting EDge podcast, Educause director of Teaching and Learning Kathe Pelletier says the process of putting together the association’s annual Horizon report is challenging, but provides an opportunity for leaders to think about how technology is changing teaching and learning. https://edscoop.com/educause-horizon-report-greener-tech-choices/ https://library.educause.edu/resources/2023/5/20...

On the Cutting EDge podcast, Calbright College’s Vice President of Workforce Strategy and Innovation Michael Younger says the online community college’s tech apprenticeship program will play a key role in addressing workforce shortages in tech jobs. Hear more from the higher education information technology community every two weeks on the Cutting EDge podcast. Listen here. https://edscoop.com/cut...

On the Cutting EDge podcast, Western Governors University’s Jennie Sanders says research her team has done shows that the right kind of outreach to students is increasing course completion. Hear more from the higher education information technology community every two weeks on the Cutting EDge podcast. Listen here. https://edscoop.com/cutting-edge-podcast/

On the Cutting EDge podcast, Clackamas Community College Chief Information Officer Saby Waraich says he’s leaning on innovative ideas to help weather the workforce and budgetary challenges facing higher education institutions today. https://edscoop.com/list/announcing-the-winners-of-the-2022-edscoop-50-awards/ Hear more from the higher education information technology community every two weeks on...

How one N.J. school is embracing interactive displays by Cutting EDge Podcast

As Virginia Tech CIO Scott Midkiff prepares to step down from his role leading the institution’s information technology, he’s looking forward to returning to a faculty post where he can concentrate on research and instruction. https://edscoop.com/scott-midkiff-virginia-tech-cio/ Hear more from the higher education information technology community every two weeks on the Cutting EDge podcast. Listen...

As higher education IT leaders rush to fill workforce gaps, the new director of Educause’s cybersecurity and privacy program says he plans to focus on the student side of cyber and privacy education. Hear more from the higher education information technology community every two weeks on the Cutting EDge podcast. Listen here. https://edscoop.com/cutting-edge-podcast/

As online learning becomes more of a mainstay in the higher education enterprise, Arizona State University is looking at the changing definition of what a “learner” is, according to Lev Gonick the university’s CIO. https://news.asu.edu/20230124-solutions-partnership-asu-youtube-crash-course-expands-offering-college-credit https://edscoop.com/arizona-state-university-digital-learning-record-pocket/...

As student success continues to rank high in priority lists for higher education IT leaders, an initiative from Butler University’s Institute for Well-Being is giving institutions actionable data on how students are doing. Bridget Yuhas, a co-executive director of the institute, tells us more. https://www.butler.edu/well-being/institute-wellbeing/swiss/ https://edscoop.com/list/announcing-the-winn...

Ben Woelk, a governance awareness and training manager at the Rochester Institute of Technology, will lead an online workshop for Educuase on “Creating a Campus Culture of Security and Privacy” starting later this month. https://events.educause.edu/courses/2023/creating-a-campus-culture-of-security-and-privacy https://er.educause.edu/blogs/2019/9/wind-trees-and-security-awareness http://hopeforthe...

Paul Nagy, Hillsborough Community College’s vice president for strategic planning and analysis, says the school’s “auto grad” effort is using business intelligence to comb through a student’s transcript and automatically issue credentials that students have completed even if they weren’t setting out to complete that credential. https://edscoop.com/radio/helping-students-get-credentials-with-busine...

Paul Nagy, Hillsborough Community College’s vice president for strategic planning and analysis, says the school’s “near grad” effort is connecting with students who are just a few credits shy of completing a credential. Nagy is a winner of a 2022 EdScoop 50 Award. https://edscoop.com/list/announcing-the-winners-of-the-2022-edscoop-50-awards/ Hear more from the higher education information technolo...

Higher education technology leaders need to continue to align their work with the business and strategic goals of the university, Melissa Woo, chief information officer of Michigan State University, says on the Cutting EDge podcast. https://edscoop.com/list/announcing-the-winners-of-the-2022-edscoop-50-awards/ In the news this week: Edtech services provider Zovio offloaded Fullstack Academy, its c...

As higher education leaders continue to dive deeper into hybrid learning experiences, faculty training on learning management systems and tools is becoming even more essential, John Baker, CEO of D2L, says on the Cutting EDge podcast. In the news this week: Higher education IT managers are running into pushback and dissatisfaction from employees who say they don’t need to be on campus to do their...

Higher education IT leaders are preparing for changing federal reporting requirements on cybersecurity, data privacy and web accessibility, Jarret Cummings, Educause’s policy lead says on the Cutting EDge podcast. https://edscoop.com/new-federal-it-requirements-coming-to-higher-ed-educause-says/ In the news this week: A top official from the U.S. Department of Education’s Federal Student Aid offic...

The higher education IT workforce is “never going back to the 8-5 body in the chair in the building” way of operating, Lois Brooks, CIO of the University of Wisconsin says. In the news this week: Hybrid learning has the potential to make higher education more flexible, accessible and efficient — but not without concerted effort, according to a new report from Educause. https://edscoop.com/educause...