On this week's episode of the Cutting EDge Podcast, Digital Pedagogy Lab founder Sean Michael Morris explains how he plans to connect with instructors after his move to edtech company Course Hero.

Jobs for the Future's Stephen Yadzinski discusses the Education Quality Outcomes Standards.

In the news this week:

The University of Washington named a new chief information officer.
https://edscoop.com/university-washington-cio-andreas-bohman/

Bowdoin College is lending out laptops to all of its students, in addition to iPads.
https://edscoop.com/bowdoin-free-macbooks-ipad-program/

Kentucky recently launched a discussion platform for faculty and staff across the state's public institutions to discuss common challenges to student success.
https://edscoop.com/kentucky-launches-online-platform-to-discuss-student-success/

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Ensuring quality for postsecondary credentials, digital study tools

On this week's episode of the Cutting EDge podcast, the University of Kentucky's Director for Analytics Todd Brann explains how the institution is leaning on data to find ways to support students.

Researchers at Georgetown University's Center on Education and Workforce are trying to calculate what students are getting back from their educations.

In the news this week:

Virginia Tech and Amazon are partnering on machine learning research
https://edscoop.com/virginia-tech-and-amazon-to-collaborate-on-machine-learning-research-fellowships/

Illinois is building a "2.0" version of its education data system
https://statescoop.com/illinois-education-data-longitudinal/

New Mexico State University hired a new chief information officer
https://edscoop.com/new-mexico-state-university-announces-system-chief-information-officer/

Data is transforming how universities approach student success

On this episode of the Cutting EDge podcast, University of Michigan-Dearborn Associate Provost Mitchel Sollenberger explains how the decision to avoid automated proctoring when the coronavirus pandemic began fed into a constantly-evolving conversation around assessment and course design.

Microsoft’s U.S. Education Senior Surface Specialist Kristen Kolodzeij and Director of Higher Education, Worldwide Education Industry, Rob Curtin join Scoop News Group’s Wyatt Kash to talk about how colleges and universities are investing in new ways to promote more equitable and more secure access to higher education resources.

In the news this week:

Researchers at the University of Washington in St. Louis are developing chips with tiny timers to defend against cyber attacks from quantum computers.
https://edscoop.com/wash-u-cybersecurity-timers-iot/

Clemson University is working with researchers to explore applications for AI-based analytics software after SAS donated $3.3 million.
https://edscoop.com/clemson-university-analytics-sas/

Ottawa University in Arizona plans to offer its cyber range to companies and governments that want to train business leaders to respond to cybersecurity threats.
https://edscoop.com/cyber-range-ottawa-university-arizona/

This episode of the Cutting EDge Podcast is brought to you by Microsoft.

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How advising against automated proctoring fed into course design

On this edition of the Cutting EDge podcast, EDUCAUSE's Brian Kelly talks about the delicate process of screening third-party vendors. 

Dell Technologies' Hernan Londono explains why colleges need to move more aggressive to modernize IT systems.

In the news this week:

Universities are eying more continuing education programs, but workers say they need access to benchmarks like real-time enrollment data and more administrative support to meet goals.
https://edscoop.com/university-continuing-education-modern-campus-survey/

Gov. Gavin Newsom wants to improve cybersecurity at California's community colleges with $100 million in new funding.
https://edscoop.com/california-cyber-funding-community-colleges/

North Carolina's Fayetteville State University is using a 36-foot-long video wall to highlight paid internships and jobs.
https://edscoop.com/internships-fayetteville-state-jobs-video-wall/

This episode of the Cutting EDge Podcast is brought to you by Dell Technologies.

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Translating third-party cyber risks for campus administrators

On this week's episode of the Cutting EDge podcast, providing a free textbook to cut costs for students is “opening a door” to using open educational resources, according to edtech nonprofit OpenStax.

West Virginia University’s libraries built a foundation for using OER through grants and review programs. 

In the news this week:

Lincoln College in Illinois is planning to close in May, following 157 years of operations. 
https://edscoop.com/lincoln-college-ransomware-enrollment/
https://edscoop.com/lincoln-college-illinois-ransomware/

Arizona State University and Pearson are ending their online program management partnership in June 2023.
https://edscoop.com/pearson-arizona-state-contract-ends/

Educause published its annual Horizon report on teaching and learning.
https://edscoop.com/2022-educause-horizon-report-professional-development/

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How implementing OER is like training a puppy

When students are too intimidated to write an email to their professor, it can lead them not to ask for help, Lumen Learning Chief Academic Officer David Wiley says on this week’s episode of Cutting EDge. 

The National Student Clearinghouse’s Tara Conrad joins the podcast to talk about the nonprofit’s venture into blockchain.

In the news:

Experts explained a potential mismatch between the cybersecurity workforce and current academic options at “Hack the Capitol” last week.
https://edscoop.com/universities-cyber-workforce/

VR company VictoryXR is working with universities on creating immersive learning experiences, terming them “metaversities.”
https://edscoop.com/morehouse-college-vr-metaverse/

The University of Arkansas hired its first system-wide chief information security officer to identify cybersecurity threats across 22 campuses, divisions and units.
https://edscoop.com/university-of-arkansas-ciso/

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Adding communication features to courseware can aid students asking for help

On this week's episode of the Cutting EDge, we hear from senior IT leadership about how they're adapting operations and workplace guidelines to retain employees.

First, Jacqueline Malcolm, vice chancellor of IT for the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities, explains how the system is set up to make sure employee feedback makes it to the top. 

Then, Michael Cato, chief information officer for Maine's Bowdoin College, explains the new opportunities and pressures that IT staff face in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic.

In the news: 

The Department of Education's Office of Edtech announced the first refresh to the National Education Technology Plan since 2017.
https://edscoop.com/national-edtech-plan-2022-refresh/

Virtual classroom company Class plans to buy Blackboard's Collaborate from administrative tools provider Anthology.
https://edscoop.com/class-buys-blackboard-collaborate/

The University of Central Florida hired a senior vice president for student success with a background in implementing analytics.
https://edscoop.com/university-of-central-florida-student-success/

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How higher ed IT leadership are communicating about increasing workloads, burnout

To thoughtfully review technology, faculty should only pick a few tools to try at once, the University of North Carolina's Todd Cherner said on this week's Cutting EDge. 

Also, Coursera Chief Content Officer Betty Vandenbosch and the University of Michigan's Lauren Atkins Budde discuss making virtual reality more accessible to students.

In the news this week: 

University of Phoenix president George Burnett stepped down effective June 1, after the Department of Education inquired about a previous job at another for-profit school.
https://edscoop.com/university-phoenix-president-george-burnett-quits-inquiry/

The FBI warns universities about VPN credentials circulating on Russian forums.
https://edscoop.com/fbi-russia-cybercrime-university-credentials/

California State University system's chief information officer and chief information security officer take a road trip to all 23 campuses.
https://edscoop.com/california-education-pathways-workforce/

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More not necessarily better when it comes to implementing edtech

Higher education institutions' spending doubled on student information systems last year, marking a "turning point" in the education technology market, according to the Tambellini Group, an industry research firm. In recent years, the approach to marketing and designing SIS has also changed, Vicki Tambellini, the firm's founder, said on this week's episode of Cutting EDge.
https://edscoop.com/student-information-system-tambellini-group/

Also joining this podcast this week is the University of North Texas' Adam Fein, who recently added chief information officer to his title, in addition to the vice president of digital strategy and innovation since 2018. 

In the news this week:

Cyber.org declared June "National Cybersecurity Education Month," in hopes of rallying private and public sector organizations around K-12 cybersecurity initiatives.
https://edscoop.com/national-cybersecurity-education-month-cyber-org/

The University of Arkansas system is consolidating its online education efforts.
https://edscoop.com/university-of-arkansas-grantham-eversity/

The U.S. Department of Education awarded a $121 million contract to update its financial aid eligibility system.
https://edscoop.com/education-dept-general-dynamics-121-million-student-aid-eligibility/

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What does it mean to add CIO to your job title?

As study abroad programs rebound from the coronavirus pandemic, colleges now have the added tasks of tracking of students during travel slowdowns and keeping them apprised of changing health guidelines. 

Part of that challenge requires cutting through the noise of notifications and emails to make sure students know where they're going, Anthony Rotoli, CEO of Terra Dotta, a study abroad management software company, said on this week's episode of Cutting EDge.

UMass Global's new chancellor, David Andrews, also joins the podcast to share how proactive technologies like nudging can help reach working adult students. 
https://edscoop.com/umass-global-david-andrews-new-chancellor/

In the news this week:

Global tech giant Siemens acquires Brightly in a $1.5 billion deal, bulking up its customer base and smart infrastructure portfolio.
https://edscoop.com/siemens-acquires-brightly-1-5-billion-edtech-deal/

The City University of New York names former New York City finance department IT leader Eusebio Formoso as chief information officer.
https://edscoop.com/city-university-of-new-york-names-eusebio-formoso-as-cio/

The Department of Education files settlement documents on a class action lawsuit that propose automatically canceling $6 billion in student loans.
https://edscoop.com/education-department-6-billion-student-debt-canceled/

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Colleges strategize on study abroad tech as travel rebounds

Nicolaas Matthijs, a vice president at Anthology, joins the Cutting EDge to talk about how the rapidly growing team behind the company's Blackboard Learn Ultra learning management system is working to shape learning experiences through the next generation of the software.

Matt Bemis, an associate registrar with the University of Southern California, shares how a years-long partnership with software company CollegeSource benefits the transfer approval process, and the reasoning behind selecting a cloud-based product for the step.

In the news this week:

Antioch University and Otterbein University are teaming up to form a national system for graduate and career-prep level courses. https://edscoop.com/antioch-otterbein-social-justice-course-catalogue/

The University of Georgia is investing more than $2 million in high-performance computing to support data-heavy work from current researchers and 50 new hires. https://edscoop.com/university-georgia-invests-2m-expand-high-performance-computing-center/

Mobile student ID vendor Transact announced plans to acquire Hangry, which builds apps for campus dining and shopping. https://edscoop.com/hangry-transact-acquisition-campus-tech/

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Balancing learning management systems with student experience

Sam Segran, chief information officer of Texas Tech University, joins the Cutting EDge podcast to talk about how the university’s latest enrollment and student success data effort is bringing more students to the school.

In the news this week:

Online education provider 2U is planning major payroll and marketing budget cuts to counter declining enrollment in online learning.
https://edscoop.com/2u-layoffs-spending-cuts-edx-focus/

A migration to a hybrid-cloud data center is underway at the University of South Carolina. 
https://edscoop.com/university-south-carolina-cio-hyrbid-cloud-data-center/

Southern University and A&M College System is moving its learning management system to Canvas. 
https://edscoop.com/southern-university-system-moves-to-canvas-lms/

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How data management drives enrollment at Texas Tech

Chris Misra, chief information officer of the University of Massachusetts Amherst, joins the Cutting EDge podcast to talk about how the university’s hybrid new student orientation program is driving data and information to help students even before they get to campus.

In the news this week:

Educause’s director of cybersecurity programming has left his post. 
https://edscoop.com/educause-brian-kelly-cybersecurity-director/

Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona says that lists of college rankings are “a joke.” 
https://edscoop.com/miguel-cardona-college-rankings-joke-data/

The New York State Division of Consumer Protection is warning college students against the threat of scams from cybercriminals. 
https://edscoop.com/college-university-scammers-nys-warns-students/

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U. Massachusetts leans on hybrid to fuel student success metrics

Michigan State University CIO Melissa Woo and Virginia Tech CIO Scott Midkiff join the Cutting EDge podcast to talk about the role of IT modernization in student experience initiatives. 
https://edscoop.com/admin-user-experience-key-it-modernization-university/

StateScoop & EdScoop's IT Modernization Summit On Demand:
https://upgather.com/it-mod-sled/live

In the news this week:

QuickLaunch, a higher education identity and authentication platform, says systems are back to operational after the platform experienced a distributed denial of service attack last week.
https://edscoop.com/quicklaunch-university-outages-havoc-first-day-campus/ 

San Diego State University has a new mobile safety app that includes campus safety alerts and gives users the ability to share their location with another person or university police. 
https://edscoop.com/san-diego-state-launches-safety-app/

TimelyMD, a mental health telehealth company that offers its services to universities, will give student users the ability to interact with each other in a new update. 
https://edscoop.com/student-mental-health-timelymd-peer-to-peer/

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How university CIOs push experience gains with modernization

Georgia Institute of Technology CIO Daren Hubbard joins the Cutting EDge podcast to talk about how the university’s “data excellence” initiative will improve operations at the Atlanta institution.

In the news this week:

Google’s philanthropic arm will invest $3 million in funding over the next three years in a University of Texas at Austin computer science education initiative. 
https://edscoop.com/google-gives-university-of-texas-3-million-computer-science/

Yale University’s CIO is being promoted to be campuswide vice president of IT. 
https://edscoop.com/yale-cio-john-barden-vice-president/

The California State University system has a new CIO. 
https://edscoop.com/ed-clark-cio-california-state-university/

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Georgia Tech turns to data for institutional success

The founders of the Robotic Process Automation Initiative at George Mason University join the Cutting EDge podcast to explain how their new RPA community of practice effort has the potential to expand to a nationwide network.
https://edscoop.com/george-mason-u-establishes-statewide-academic-automation-community/

In the news this week:

A former technology manager at Northeastern University’s Immersive Media Lab was arrested in Texas and is charged with falsely conveying a bomb threat and lying to federal agents. 
https://edscoop.com/northeastern-university-bomb-hoax-virtual-reality/

Universities are struggling to connect with their students, according to new survey results published by Salesforce. 
https://edscoop.com/colleges-struggle-connect-students-salesforce-survey-2022/

Students are adjusting to online learning, but technology challenges persist, according to survey results from Educause. 
https://edscoop.com/half-college-students-stressed-out-tech-research/

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George Mason U. wants to take their RPA work nationwide

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 office is pleading with higher education institutions to report cyberattacks and data breaches the moment they’re discovered.
https://edscoop.com/cyber-incident-reporting-ed-dept-federal-student-aid-office/

The Federal Trade Commission is suing edtech vendor Chegg for exposing tens of millions of users’ personal information after four major data breaches since 2017. 
https://edscoop.com/ftc-sues-homework-aide-chegg-over-multiple-data-breaches/

Campus tech leaders are continuing to look to play a greater role in overall institutional strategic planning, according to the new list of 10 lT priorities released by Educause.
https://edscoop.com/educause-priorities-list-gives-it-leaders-a-seat-at-the-table/

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Higher ed leaders brace for new reporting requirements

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://hopefortheintrovert.com/

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Why universities need to build a culture around data and privacy

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-winners-of-the-2022-edscoop-50-awards/

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Using data to assess and improve student wellbeing

How one N.J. school is embracing interactive displays

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/

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Making innovation happen on a low budget

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.

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How to find the right time to connect with students

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.

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How California’s online college is training tech talent

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/2023/5/2023-educause-horizon-report-teaching-and-learning-edition

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Inside the making of Educause’s Horizon report

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/

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Virginia Tech embraces digital wellness efforts

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/

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What’s next for higher ed web accessibility

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/

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Building a culture around web accessibility in higher ed

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 Federation of the Blind, tell EdScoop’s Lindsay McKenzie about how they feel about web accessibility right now.
https://edscoop.com/radio/whats-next-for-higher-ed-web-accessibility/
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Why now is the time for colleges to embrace web accessibility

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. 

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Inside one college’s project to go paperless

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/

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How UT Austin is helping students, staff embrace VR

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.”

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How design makes classrooms “the future of learning”

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/

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New REN-ISAC lead to focus on building community of trust

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

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Finding the right place for generative AI in the classroom

Every two weeks, the Cutting EDge Podcast will bring you the latest in higher education technology news and analysis. The program will explore trending topics in depth and highlight news across the campus IT landscape. Each episode will feature conversations with top executives across higher education on things like hybrid learning, emerging technology, cybersecurity and modernization.

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