One the things I try to do when I attend conferences is to make a detailed record of all the sessions I attend, with the exception of keynotes, which tend to get really good coverage from other folks. I live blog the events as I attend them, which hopefully helps those who committed to other sessions, and then I do one of these “mega posts,” which summarize all the posts I attended. Based on my itinerary, 2013 seems to be the year of big data and analytics. I’m willing to bet a lot of my fellow attendees will agree 🙂
I’ve been in higher education for just over seven years now, and somewhat amazingly, this was the very first EDUCAUSE event I’ve ever attended. Why didn’t anyone tell me about this conference? It was an extremely worthwhile event, at least for me…one of the meetings I had will likely save my division close to $50,000 each year! That savings will go a long way toward providing students at CSUN with more and/or better services. There were lots of great sessions to attend, with lots of smart folks sharing what they’re doing with IT on their campuses. I’ll definitely be back next year.
Without any further ado, here’s my EDUCAUSE 2013 mega-post…please drop me a line and let me know if this helps you!
Friday, October 18 (last day of EDUCAUSE was a half day)
- Climbing the Leadership Ladder: An Insider’s View of the CIO Search Process
- EDUCAUSE Web Professionals Constituent Group
Thursday, October 17 (my busiest day)
- Turning Big Data Analytics into Personal Student Data
- Campus Readiness: Communicating IT Changes to the Campus Community
- Learning Analytics for Educational Design and Student Predictions: Beyond the Hype with Real-Life Examples
- Creating a Data Governance Program
- Big Data Enables Student Retention: Student Success & SAP HANA
- Ethics and Analytics: Limits of Knowledge and a Horizon of Opportunity
Wednesday, October 16 (spent a few hours prowling the vendor floor and visiting with my accessibility colleagues)
- EDUCAUSE Student Affairs Constituent Group Meeting
- Silver Linings Playbook: Hard Earned Lessons from the Cloud
Tuesday, October 15 (each session was a half-day long)
