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What can IT teams do to keep data safe in the cloud?

Damian Doyle, associate vice president of Infrastructure Solutions at UMBC, discusses his upcoming session on designing protected, yet easily accessible environments at UB Tech 2020.

IT risk management: Is your WISP policy document up to date?

Colleges and universities are facing a constant onslaught of new risk as well as a growing number of compliance laws and regulatory mandates. That’s why keeping the Written Information Security Program policy document up to date is important for protecting all data, says UB guest columnist and UB Tech featured speaker Nicholas M. Tella, director of information security at Johnson & Wales U.

The promise of voice technology for higher ed

Unlocking auditory-based learning, voice tech is helping students grasp material in an interactive way—and one that’s accessible and convenient, says UB guest columnist and UB Tech featured speaker Sanjay Pothen. Pothen is director of Emerson Launch, the center for entrepreneurship and innovation at Emerson College in Boston.

Entering the new world of ‘voice’

Sanjay Pothen, director of Emerson Launch at Emerson College, plans to demonstrate the voice skills that he and Emerson students created, during his UB Tech 2020 presentation on how to integrate voice technology into the curriculum.

Women in IT: Research and timing on our side

Building support through research and gaining traction from the #MeToo and Time’s Up movements will help level the playing field for women leaders in higher ed IT, says UB guest columnist and UB Tech featured speaker Elizabeth Clark, who is deputy CIO at Harvard Business School.

Esports programs: 10 startup steps to know

For higher ed leaders considering esports, research, buy-in, budget and tech are among the top priorities, says UB Tech Perspective columnist Kelly Walsh. And any institution can tackle a program by starting small.

Engaging students in an age of distraction

Encourage your students to use their phones to lock into—rather than tune out—class through instructional tools, says UB guest columnist Brent Warner, who is a professor of English as a second language at Irvine Valley College and who will be co-presenting a UB Tech keynote address with Timothy VanNorman, instructional technologist at Irvine.

3 ways to mitigate gender bias in higher ed technology departments

Leaders must understand workplace gender bias, examine their cultures and work to change inequitable practices, says UB guest columnist Amy Diehl, who is chief information technology officer at Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania and a featured speaker at UB Tech’s Women in Technology pre-conference.

Moving from makerspace to dynamic innovation space

Having the right audiovisual technology to support communication and collaboration is important for this purpose-driven space, says UB guest columnist Nick Swayne, who is a UB Tech® 2020 speaker and the founding director of JMU X-Labs at James Madison University.

Leveraging analytics to boost enrollment

Connect data with decision-making to compete and thrive—or paltry prospects and eroding enrollments will continue, says UB guest columnist and UB Tech featured speaker Jason Simon. Simon, who is associate vice president for Data, Analytics, and Institutional Research at the University of North Texas, provides strategies for getting started.

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