Higher Ed Av Podcast

What does it mean to have the title of "Instructional Media Engineer" as a one-man-band on your college campus? Tom Callan joins the show to discuss how he leverages wearing multiple hats in order to provide a high level of service to his campus in all areas from design, installation, and support. Likewise, with having been back on campus for a whole year, what can the rest of us learn as we return post-COVID?https://www.linkedin.com/in/tecallan/.

This week, we take a walk down memory lane with a sage of the AV industry. E.J. Hudock, Manager of AV Infrastructure at Lafayette College joins to discuss supporting campus with a smaller staff and how he has adapted various technologies to pedagogies over the past forty years of his career. Connect with E.J. Hudock on LinkedIn at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ejhudock/.

No matter how big your school is or where you are geographically located, we all face similar challenges in supporting our staff and designing our spaces. In this episode, Cody Bennett, Manager of User Services at the University of Alaska Southeast discusses the unique challenges in being located where vendors won’t regularly come, and how they are a true home grown department. He drops golden lines throughout the entire episode, like “leadership is influence,” “make principle choices, not technology choices,” and “the impact is in the people. People are still hurting.” And be sure to listen to the end for special “bonus content!”Connect with Cody Bennett on Twitter at @CodyJBennett and on LinkedIn at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/codyjbennett/.

What value does earning both a CTS-I and CTS-D bring to your institution? Jim Spencer, Educational Support Technician at the University of Notre Dame Mendoza College of Business, joins the show to talk about his AV journey, the impact of COVID on Notre Dame and higher ed, and his vision for the CCUMC Professional Development Committee.Connect with Jim Spencer on LinkedIn at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jspence4. Learn more about Notre Dame at https://www.nd.edu.

Should AVIXA hold InfoComm or shouldn't it? The safety risks behind attending are for each person to decide, so Joe and Dave Labuskes, CEO of AVIXA, leave that conversation alone to discuss the business behind the show, how a trade organization like AVIXA benefits our higher ed vertical, and the value that tech managers bring to the AV industry. We talk about what attendees can expect this year's event to be like and how end users will make the most of the show. Also, how far off is Joe's prediction of 31,000 attendees? Connect with Dave Labuskes at dlabuskes@avixa.org and on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/davidlabuskes/. Learn more about AVIXA at https://www.avixa.org and on Twitter at @AVIXA.

It's a bitter-sweet episode for Joe as he bids farewell to Jimmie Singleton, his Manager of Learning Environments for Support Services. Take a listen as Jimmie discusses his higher ed journey, what's next for him, and things that tech managers need to know.

In higher ed, we talk a lot about design, installation, team leadership, and relationship building around campus, but the glue that holds it all together is the programmer who blends the UX with the desired technical outcome. Today, James King from Stockton University and Steve Greenblatt from Control Concepts join the show in a special "Ask the Programmer" edition of the Higher Ed AV podcast.

This week we spotlight on UNLV's "RebelFlex" classrooms, featuring Sennheiser, installed to support hybrid learning. Frank Alaimo, Scott Sanders, and Andrew Kornstein join the show to discuss the process and outcomes.

Connecting with our customers and truly understanding their needs is one of the most difficult tasks we have. Maneesh Kumar, Collaborative Space Architect, Cal State University, San Luis Obispo, joins the show to talk about how he approaches classroom design. Listen how he educates his customers in order to get buy-in.

Imagine running support, design, and installation for your college as a one-person full-time staff team. Annie Foster, Audiovisual Technician at Elizabethtown College does just that. Listen to her discuss her career path and how she and her student workers support the needs of the college. Connect with Annie Foster by email at fostera@etown.edu and on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/annie-foster-5b13a9a6/.

What "value" do you bring to your faculty and students? Atkins Fleming, Assistant Director of Learning Spaces at Texas State University, joins the show to discuss how evaluating our services from the user's point of view can and should inform the AV decisions we make. Connect with Atkins Fleming at atkins@txstate.edu.

Online bullying is not acceptable. Unfortunately, one of our Women of AV was subject to unprovoked abuse. I welcome Michelle Loret to discuss this incident, and how we can and should build one another up in this industry. What steps can we all take to make to support the people of our industry. Michelle also shares great advice for our higher ed vertical regarding communication and supply chain issues.Connect with Michelle Loret on Twitter at @vacajun and on LinkedIn at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michelleloret/.

Return to campus also means preparing how we are going to reuse and repurpose our hybrid technologies. Tim Van Woeart from Rutgers University and James King from Stockton University both join the show to discuss the way forward. We also all make some pretty bold predictions for the future. Connect with Tim Van Woeart on Twitter at @TVanWoeart. Connect with James King on Twitter at @AV_JamesKing.

If the pandemic taught us anything, it is that relationships matter. Bill O'Donnell, AV Network Design Engineer at William Paterson University and Host of the EdTech Podcast, joins the show to discuss how we can leverage and build relationships at our institutions and throughout the AV industry. We also discuss the hot topic... "Is AV mission critical?"Connect with Bill O'Donnell on Twitter at @theoriginalod and on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/bill-o-donnell-cts-kcd-9117a417.

What does the return of students in the classroom and people at events mean for all the AV we recently bought and installed? How will we utilize our spaces moving forward? Craig Shibley, Director of Multimedia Services at California Baptist University joins the show to discuss this as well as HETMA and his ""Check My AV: One Simple Thing," Higher Ed AV monthly article. Joe also introduces a new "Just Give Me A Minute" segment where Craig knocks it out of the park.Connect with Craig Shibley on Twitter at @CraigShibley and on LinkedIn at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/craigshibley/.

It's ISE week! Well, it's virtual ISE week for most of us. The trade shows are back, but so are virtual conferences. Justin Dawson, Learning and AV Technologist at Dublin City University, joins the show to discuss the status of live events across the pond and what our future may look like. Be sure to also read Justin's in-depth article in this month's Higher Ed AV magazine. Connect with Justin Dawson on Twitter at @JustinRDawson and at his website: https://www.justinrdawson.com.

Active learning is more than a technology set up; it's a purposeful decision made with desired pedagogical ends in mind. Larry Darling, Classroom Technology Manager at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, and member of the AV Superfriends joins to discuss his journey through AV from integrator to tech manager, and how that impacts design and customer support.Connect with Larry Darling on Twitter at @LSDarling1 and on LinkedIn. Check out the AV Superfriends monthly episode at HigherEdAV.com, on Twitter at @AVSuperfriends, and online at https://www.AVSuperfriends.com.

The key to success in our new COVID and post-COVID landscape is knowing how to connect-to and relate-to all our campus stakeholders. Andy Vogel, Classroom Support Coordinator at The Ohio State University, joins the show to discuss how his journey helped position him well in his newest role. Also, we discuss how a student-led initiative helped ease the concerns over supporting across multiple campus departments by incorporating Microsoft Teams bots into the communication process. Oh, and of course we talk about the great local Columbus, Ohio, foods.

Classroom cameras have become a must-have in all installations moving forward. Hear Jonathan Lord, Classroom Technology Manager at Azusa Pacific University, Raj Singh, Manager of AV/IT Solutions, Design and Engineering at the University of Southern California, and Chi Hang Lo, AV/IT Solutions Architect at the University of Southern California discuss how they accomplished their enterprise-wide integrations. This podcast was recorded live at the Huddly Solutions Workshop, hosted by Higher Ed AV. View the entire video at https://www.higheredav.com/2021-05-huddly, and learn more about Huddly cameras and products on Twitter at @HuddlyInc and online at https://www.huddly.com. Connect with Jonathan Lord on LinkedIn, Raj Singh on Twitter at @RajSingh7722 and on LinkedIn, and Chi Hang Lo on Twitter at @ChiLo_SC and on LinkedIn.

What is the future of work-from-home (#WFH)? How will new norms impact our boots on the ground AV teams as we return to the office? Bill O'Donnell, AV Network Design Engineer at William Patterson University and host of AV Nation's EdTech Podcast, and Sharath Abraham, Engineering Manager at AVI-SPL, join the show to discuss the challenges we'll be facing and ways to support our teams. This episode was inspired by recent twitter and #AVinTheAM conversations. Connect with Bill O'Donnell on Twitter at @theoriginalod and on LinkedIn. Connect with Sharath Abraham on Twitter at @SharathSAbraham and on LinkedIn.