UB On-Demand Web Seminars for Higher Education managers

Free to UB Online Members

University Business Magazine regularly produces one-hour web seminars on topics of special interest to higher education leaders. Moderated by UB?s Editor Tim Goral, each web seminar features presentations by higher education leaders and experts giving Powerpoint presentations, and engaging in a Q&A session.

University Business Online members can view and listen to the archives of recent UB web seminars "on-demand" and free of charge. Click here to view and register for upcoming UB web seminars.

Recent University Business Web Seminars available on-demand:

Mobile Learning Initiatives at Abilene Christian University

Developing a “connected” 21st century campus--which means integrating technology into course curriculum and campus life--is a top priority at ACU. ACU is the first university in the nation to provide iPhones or iPod Touch devices to their entire incoming freshman class. Learn how the campus was able to embark on this innovative initiative and the efforts involved to support a new breed of mobile learners. This engagement includes working with the university constituents as well as partners in the wireless local area network and cellular industries. Presentations by: Tim Goral, Editor, University Business Magazine — Moderator; Arthur Brant, director of Networking Services at Abilene Christian University.
Original webcast: 12/9/2008. Sponsored by Alcatel-Lucent
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Next Generation Dashboards... Now

Understanding and evaluating performance is critical to financial and operational success for any college or university. However, all-too-often, these institutions find there just isn't a good way to consolidate, visualize and share this vital information. Evidence suggests that those days are over. Today, the most competitive universities are realizing the benefits of user friendly, visual business intelligence that provides a complete view of critical business information. Join the University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) and Business Objects, an SAP company, for a live web seminar illustrating how UTSA is currently using their business intelligence solution to enable both internal and external stakeholders to visually understand their business with ad-hoc reports and performance dashboards. There is no fee to attend thanks to sponsorship by Business Objects. Presentations by: Tim Goral, Editor, University Business Magazine - Moderator; Joe DeCristoforo, Assistant Vice President and University Registrar, The University of Texas at San Antonio; Don Swinson, Academic Classroom Scheduling, Office of Registrar, The University of Texas at San Antonio
Original webcast: 11/18/2008. Sponsored by Business Objects Americas
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Recruiting and retaining the students of tomorrow

Colleges and universities are experiencing record enrollments as a result of a population boom begun in the 1980s. Yet experts predict that, as the boom subsides over the next 10 years, enrollments will decrease as the number of high school graduates declines. On the other hand, the impact of immigrant groups represents a dramatic reshaping of the U.S. population. This demographic shift will radically alter the face of higher education in many states, presenting new challenges to colleges and universities in how they recruit and retain students of this next generation. Join our panelists for a frank discussion of how these changes will impact higher education. Presentations by: Tim Goral, Editor, University Business Magazine - Moderator; Demi Michelau, Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education, publisher of "Knocking at the College Door: Projections of High School Graduates by State and Race/Ethnicity"; Tammy Fowler, Director of Admissions at Arkansas State University
Original webcast: 11/6/2008. Sponsored by Azorus
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Beyond emergency notification: Lessons from real-life experiences

Colleges and universities are moving quickly to implement emergency notification systems. Everyone hopes the systems won’t have to be used at their own campus, but what lessons can be learned from instances when an emergency notification was required? Our speakers from Santa Fe College will talk about their notification system and its use in these incidents, touching issues such as coordination with first responders and directing messages through multiple notification channels. Our third speaker, an internationally recognized expert in school safety and violence issues, will discuss the importance of managing the communication process during emergencies. Presentations by: Tim Goral, Editor, University Business Magazine - Moderator; Tim Nesler, Chief Information Officer, Santa Fe College, Gainesville, FL; Daryl Johnson, Director of Public Safety, Santa Fe College, Gainesville, FL; Scott Poland, Psychologist and international consultant on school safety and violence issues.
Original webcast: 10/7/2008. Sponsored by Alcatel-Lucent
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Boosting Advancement Through a Comprehensive Software and Services Approach

Studies show that online donations tend to be greater—by about 33 to 50 percent—than those collected via telemarketing or direct mail. When students are on campus, they interact with the institution almost exclusively via the Internet. Yet, when they graduate, the first thing they get is often a postcard from the Alumni Association asking for a gift. That interactive connection is broken. This one-hour Web seminar will show you how a comprehensive approach to managing software and services can help you stay connected to constituents, keeping them engaged and involved in the life—and future—of your institution. Presentations by: Tim Goral, Editor, University Business Magazine - Moderator; Melanie Strodtman, Executive Director, Associated Colleges of Central Kansas; Kathy Dawley, President, Maguire Associates, Inc.
Original webcast: 10/1/2008. Sponsored by Jenzabar
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From Classroom to Campus-Wide: Extending Lecture Capture Across Your Department and Institution

If yours is among the hundreds of colleges and universities considering lecture capture systems (LCS), this is one web seminar you won’t want to miss. Miary Andriamiarisoa, director of IT at Western University of Health Sciences, discusses the “dos and don’ts” of bringing LCS to your institution. How it works: A look at the classroom components that are needed, and what you should expect from the user experience. The right system: A discussion of various LCS configurations, including room-installed and portable systems as well as ad hoc solutions. Roll out strategy: What to know about the involvement of your AV and IT groups, creating a data retention policy, and the importance of a roll out schedule. Administering the LCS: Understanding intellectual property rights and clearances, getting faculty buy-in, and establishing university policies for recorded and shared media. Presentations by: Tim Goral, Editor, University Business Magazine - Moderator Miary Andriamiarisoa, Director of IT at Western University of Health Sciences
Original webcast: 9/25/2008. Sponsored by Echo360
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Tearing Down Silos: Enterprise-class CRM Solutions Bring the Picture into Focus

Colleges and universities invest heavily in relationship management solutions to capture data in the key areas of recruitment, retention and development, but that data exists as pieces of a puzzle. Now many institutions are turning to enterprise-class CRM solutions to pull together this siloed data to create a comprehensive view of the constituent that persists over time. This web seminar will feature a discussion of the conclusions from a new Datamonitor white paper on CRM in higher education. Presentations by: Nicole Engelbert, Datamonitor
Original webcast: 9/18/2008. Sponsored by Talisma
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Class-Capture Made Easy: Strategies for a successful campus-wide deployment

Northeast State Technical Community College of Tennessee is committed to delivering innovative teaching to a diverse population of students dispersed over a wide geographic area. Northeast State utilizes class capture technology to allow students to review class content as often as they wished and to learn more effectively. Tegrity Campus 2.0 was easily deployed across the entire campus as faculty and students immediately embraced the technology. Using Tegrity, Northeast State students no longer have to travel to campus daily, as they can now access class content anytime and anywhere via the internet. Eliminating the need for special recording equipment in classrooms allows every instructor to easily record class content with a click of a button. The burden on IT and administration is lifted and maintenance is simple. Presentations by: J. Christopher Lefler, Assistant Vice President, Evening and Distance Education; Dr. Thomas Wallace III, Director, Academic/Instructional Technology, Associate Professor, Computer and Information Sciences; Dr. David L. Toye, Professor, History; Paulette S. Kehm-Yelton, Program Director/Associate Professor, Dental Assistant
Original webcast: 8/14/2008. Sponsored by Tegrity
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How rich media is helping hearing-impaired college students

Cutting edge technology is helping to foster education in many ways, including assisting students (and faculty) with disabilities. Gallaudet U., the leading university for deaf and hearing impaired undergraduate students, has been using some special applications of lecture capture system technology to help its students. These applications can be adopted by any institution that serves the hearing impaired. For example, lecture capture video can record the instructor using American Sign Language. The recording can then be modified to add a transcript and/or closed–captions for hearing impaired students to facilitate their review. Presentations by: Earl Parks, Gallaudet University, Director of Academic Technology Deborah Chen Pichler, Gallaudet University, Associate Professor of Linguistics Mark Turner, Director of the Center for Accessible Media, California State University Chancellor’s Office
Original webcast: 7/24/2008. Sponsored by Echo360
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How to Benefit from New D.O.E. Rules - Encouraging Electronic Student Refunds

This one-hour web seminar will discuss the ‘what’ and ‘why’ of the new rules while identifying both the challenges of compliance and the associated opportunities to increase student satisfaction and reduce administrative costs using e-disbursement systems. Learn how to reduce disbursement timeframes from days (paper checks) to minutes (electronic disbursement) improving student satisfaction. Eliminate beginning of semester lines associated with issuance of paper disbursement checks so your staff can focus their attention on more serious cases that would otherwise be buried in the paperwork. Reduce the costs associated with printing and mailing checks. Presentations by: Casey McGuane, Senior VP, Client Operations, Higher One; Kathy Woods, Bursar, Texas Woman's University
Original webcast: 7/22/2008. Sponsored by HigherOne
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Transforming Data into Insight: How Colleges and Universities Benefit from Business Intelligence

Enterprise-wide systems today store vast amounts of data—yet many institutions of higher education struggle to find answers to mission-critical questions. Business intelligence (BI) can help colleges and universities transform mountains of data into valuable, actionable information that's available at any time, improving decision-making, performance monitoring, and the ability to respond quickly when needed. Presentations by: Nicole Engelbert, Sr. Analyst, Datamonitor; Reed A. Sheard, Ed.D., VP and CIO, Spring Arbor University
Original webcast: 6/26/2008. Sponsored by Jenzabar
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Migrating from a classroom-based class capture system to a full-scale class capture service delivered via web

Learn how to improve student success and expand educational opportunities to include all students through a distributed education service. Like many institutions today, Wallace State Community College was faced with the challenge of moving from a hardware-based class capture program, limited to a few individual classrooms, to a campus-wide solution that would improve student success and expand educational opportunities to include all students through a distributed education service. Presentations by: From Wallace State Community College: Dr. Jenny Folsom, Vice President of Academic Affairs Bruce Tenison, Director of e-learning Dr. Theresa Ray-Connell, Instructor Mike Sparks, Humanities Chair/e-Learning chair committee and instructor
Original webcast: 6/24/2008. Sponsored by Tegrity
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Standardizing Classroom Technology for Ease of Use; Campus-Wide Control and Asset Management

The effective use of multiple digital media assets is becoming mission-critical for educators in classrooms on many campuses. But this rapid growth has created multiple challenges including purchasing, installation, training, support and maintenance of a bevy of digital media access and delivery systems. Smart schools are standardizing on command and control systems for these assets that help reduce costs, improve faculty satisfaction, and reduce the support and maintenance load on IT departments. In this one-hour web seminar archive you will learn about the major issues and trends, the development of standardized dashboard approach to room/equipment control, and specific examples of how a college has embraced standardized control with very positive outcomes. There is no fee to attend thanks to sponsorship by Crestron Electronics. Presentations by: Gregory Bronson, Academic Technology Facilities Project Leader, Cornell University, member of InfoComm’s Dashboard for Controls Group; Scott Deetz, Audiovisual Services Manager, Cedarville University
Original webcast: 5/13/2008. Sponsored by Crestron Electronics
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Improving Online Student Persistence with Integrated SIS and Open Source LMS

Student persistency is the number one barrier to more widespread adoption of distance education, according to recent studies by Sloan-C. The rise of open source Learning Management Systems like Moodle, however, create savings that can reinvested in integration to administrative and portal applications, as well as high-touch services, to improve student completion rates. Learn some of the challenges of building a successful online distance learning program, and how a commercial student information system can be extended to interface with, and provide support for an open-source CMS. Presentations by: Nicole Engelbert, Senior Analyst, Education Technology, Datamonitor and Catherine Snoddy, Ph.D., Assistant Director of Huntington Junior College, Huntington, West Virginia.
Original webcast: 3/12/2008. Sponsored by Campus Management
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Enhanced Classroom Teaching & Learning: How Do We Know It's Working?

Colleges and universities of all types and sizes are installing and/or upgrading more ‘smart’ classrooms than ever before. These projects carry with them investments in planning, design, hardware, training, and support and therefore raise inevitable questions of ‘Is it working? What are the real benefits? How can we tell? Presentations by: Mary Nell McNeese, Ph.D., Dept. of Educational Leaders and Research, University of Southern Mississippi and Lisa Christman, University of Central Arkansas, University College Mathematics Department.
Original webcast: 11/14/2007. Sponsored by Smart Technologies
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Increasing Student Enrollment with Distance Learning Technology - A Case Study

To increase its competitive edge, the Texas-based Southwestern Assemblies of God University made a strategic decision to offer 100% of its distance education curriculum online by Spring of 2008. Using an automatic Lecture Capture System (LCS), SAGU has been able to attract more Distance Learning students, who now comprise 38% of enrollment, and offer them the same resources as SAGU’s on-campus traditional students. Presentations by: Dr. Paul Brooks, Vice President of Academics, Southwestern Assemblies of God University (SAGU), Donny Lutrick, Dean for Academic Services, LeRoy Bartel, Dean for the College of Bible and Church Ministries.
Original webcast: 11/7/2007. Sponsored by Tegrity
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PCI Compliance to Protect Your Institution and Students

The use of payment cards on campuses is increasing rapidly. Administrators must stay on top changing issues of security and privacy to protect their institution, merchants and their students. In this web seminar, experts provide an overview of key issues, recent threat developments, and best practices to mitigate them, including staff and student training, best practices on information systems, and PCI compliance recommendations. Presentations by: Craig Henninger, Senior Network Analyst, PCI Compliance, Pennsylvania State University; and Bryan Sartin, Investigative Response, Verizon Business Security Solutions, Powered by Cybertrust.
Original webcast: 10/16/2007. Sponsored by MasterCard
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The ROI of Online/Distance Learning Technology

The focus of this one-hour online web seminar session is on measurable results from online/distance learning technology (LCS). Presenters share data that demonstrates improvement in grades and performance with this technology used to produce, capture and share lectures and demonstrations. Presentations by: Justin Davidson, Analyst, Datamonitor and Christopher Brittan-Powell, Coppin State University.
Original webcast: 9/18/2007. Sponsored by Tegrity
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Managed Refunds with e-disbursement: Win/Win Solutions for Students & Administrators

New solutions are helping colleges and universities to reduce administrative costs, streamline business processes, increase student customer service and strengthen the campus community. Presentations by: Jerry Mock, Ass’t VP for Business & Auxiliary Services, University of West Georgia and Kathy Carlisle, Dean of Enrollment Services at Columbus State University, GA.
Original webcast: 7/17/2007. Sponsored by HigherOne
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Advancing Advancement in Today's Higher Education Institutions

With today’s financial pressures on colleges and universities, the role and responsibilities of the institution’s stakeholders involved with Advancement is both changing and expanding. New strategies, including CRM, are providing improved results, streamlined operations, and closer integration with other campus constituencies including Admissions, Financial/Business, Alumni, and Public Affairs. Enlightened awareness and collaboration, coupled with new technology advances for constituent relations and data-driven decision-making, create more efficient, effective and personalized experiences--a win-win for the school and its constituents. Presentations by: Catherine Burdt, Senior Analyst, Eduventures, Inc., Postsecondary Solutions and Kevin Campbell, CRM Program Director, Abilene Christian University.
Original webcast: 6/5/2007. Sponsored by Talisma
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Personalizing Student Relationships to Drive Enrollment Growth

As the requirements of an enrollment management professional are ever-evolving, keeping up with the latest trends can be a challenge. Join this interactive discussion evaluating the combination of practical recruiting strategy and best practices with leading-edge technology to help you gain control of your enrollment outcomes. Presentations by: Cathy Burdt, Senior Analyst, Eduventures, Inc., Postsecondary Solutions and Teri Terry, Director of Technology Support Services, University of Alabama.
Original webcast: 4/11/2007. Sponsored by Talisma
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Connecting the Campus Community with Wide Area Broadband Wireless

New wide-area wireless networking solutions can enable anywhere/anytime connectivity on the campus, and the nearby community for both data and communications, potentially saving your campus money over time. Powerful applications include: attracting and satisfying todays netgen students; wirelessly connecting video security and/or digital signage; and replacement of land line communications. Presentations by: Nicole Engelbert, Senior Analyst, Education Technology, Datamonitor, Tom Seto, University of Calgary, Director, IT Infrastructure Services and Kevin Miller, Senior Manager of Network Services, Duke University.
Original webcast: 3/27/2007. Sponsored by Motorola
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Strategies & Technologies Driving the Best Run Student Systems

It's no secret: Student information systems are crucial to an institution's success in meeting the ever-increasing expectations of traditional and non-traditional students. That's why more and more campuses are adopting both newly architected ERP systems and web-based point solutions of various flavors. But what strategies and technologies are driving the best-run student systems? Presentations by: Nicole Engelbert, Senior Analyst, Education Technology, Datamonitor, Dr. Kathryn (Kathy) F. Gates, Assistant Vice Chancellor for Information Technology at the University of Mississippi (UM) and Roger Rehm, V.P. of I.T., and Chief Information Officer, Central Michigan University.
Original webcast: 12/7/2006. Sponsored by SAP
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Campus IT Solutions: Commercial Applications or Open Source?

Faced with increased licensing costs, security and compatibility issues, some institutions are exploring Open Source solutions. But is it a panacea for mission-critical applications? Presentations by: Rob Abel, Chief Executive Officer IMS Global Learning Consortium, Inc., Jason Cash, Associate Director, IT-Network and Systems Services at the University of Delaware and Dr. Charles R. Severance, Executive Director, Sakai Project.
Original webcast: 9/12/2006. Sponsored by MiraPoint
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Email for Life - Benefits, Challenges and Solutions

Alumni appreciate a free ".edu" email address via your institution thatpersists throughout their post-college life. With a good system, your school won't lose track of alums and system administration is greatly simplified and more secure. Some institutions and alumni associations have tried using 'free' email hosts, or 'homegrown' applications, with varying degrees of success. Commercially available systems can provide significant advantages. Unlike simple mail-forwarding schemes common in many institutions, commercial services provide superior protection, as well as additional features that benefit both the user and the university. Communications for all types of programs and events, from homecoming to fundraising can be much more successful. Presentations by: C. Thomas Faulders, III, President & Chief Executive Officer, University of Virginia Alumni Association and Mike Briggs, Director of Information Technology, The George Washington University Law School.
Original webcast: 5/9/2006. Sponsored by MiraPoint
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When Outsourcing IT Makes Sense: Options for Senior Administrators

This free one-hour web seminar is designed to help leaders of colleges and universities of all sizes to evaluate management options to contain per-student expenses, streamline processes, boost productivity and broaden their reach while using technology as leverage to improve the student, faculty and administrative experience both within and outside the classroom. Presentations by: Eric W. Bassett, Research Director, Eduventures and Sandy Shugart, President of Valencia Community College.
Original webcast: 3/28/2006. Sponsored by Sungard
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