Opening Keynote
RICHARD N. KATZ has been vice president of EDUCAUSE since 1996. From 1996 to 2001, Katz was responsible for professional development, conferences, IT, publications, and research. In 2001, he founded the EDUCAUSE for Applied Research (ECAR), now the largest research service devoted exclusively to IT issues in higher education contexts. Before joining EDUCAUSE, Katz held a variety of management and executive positions spanning 14 years at the University of California (UC). From 1999 to 2006, he led that University’s development and implementation of strategic management initiatives. For this work, he became the second recipient of the University’s Award for Innovative Management and Leadership. of California Center.
Katz is the author, co-author or editor of seven books, four research studies, and more than 50 articles and monographs on a variety of management and technology topics. His book Dancing with the Devil was deemed one of the 10 most important education-related books of 1999 by Lingua Franca. He received his B.A. from the University, and his MBA from UCLA. of Pittsburgh.
Scholars, Scholarship and the Scholarly Enterprise in the Digital Age
The Digital Age is now only 60 years old. Computers, networks and intelligent devices have facilitated and even transformed work in nearly every sphere of human activity. We are entering a new phase of this Age. Where in the past, we have bent IT to our will, making new technologies indispensible tools and partners to facilitate our institutions, today many technologies are running their own course and are transforming entire industries. The newspaper industry, recording industry, and library are vivid examples of this unplanned transformation. This session examines how information technologies are affecting the life of the scholar, the nature of scholarship, and colleges and universities as places of teaching and research. In particular, this session explores whether or not the capacity of IT to unbundle the core elements of a firm or industry will result in dramatic and unplanned changes in higher education.
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Closing Keynote
DR. ALEC COUROS, is a professor of educational technology and media and the Coordinator of Information and Communications Technology at the Faculty of Education, University of Regina. Alec works with undergraduate and graduate students to develop their understanding and competencies in working with technology and media in K12 environments.
He has given hundreds of workshops and presentations, nationally and internationally, on topics such as open education, social & networked learning, instructional design, digital citizenship and critical media literacy. More about Alec can be found at his popular educational blog, Open Thinking, found at http://couros.ca.
Harnessing the Power of Social Networks in Teaching & Learning
There are now hundreds of millions of individuals who use social networking services like Facebook, Myspace, and Twitter on a daily basis. While many educators quickly dismiss such tools as useless distractors, others are finding great potential in leveraging social networks for teaching and learning. What should educators know about social networks? How are educators using these services to connect with knowledge, and each other? And, most importantly, how can we leverage social networks to create meaningful learning experiences for our students?
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