{"id":2794,"date":"2017-03-30T15:22:23","date_gmt":"2017-03-30T19:22:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news?p=2794&#038;preview=true&#038;preview_id=2794"},"modified":"2024-07-08T06:06:29","modified_gmt":"2024-07-08T10:06:29","slug":"join-an-educause-discussion-group","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/2017\/03\/30\/join-an-educause-discussion-group\/","title":{"rendered":"Join an Educause discussion group"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2801\" src=\"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/educause-logo.png\" alt=\"Educause logo\" width=\"539\" height=\"121\" srcset=\"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/educause-logo.png 539w, https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/educause-logo-125x28.png 125w, https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/educause-logo-300x67.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 539px) 100vw, 539px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Did you know EDUCAUSE has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.educause.edu\/discuss\">60 constituent and discussion groups<\/a>? Here is just a sampling of the many that are available:<\/p>\n<div class=\"omsc-one-half\">\n<ul>\n<li>cloud computing<\/li>\n<li>digital signage<\/li>\n<li>diversity in IT<\/li>\n<li>enterprise content management<\/li>\n<li>health sciences<\/li>\n<li>governance, risk, and compliance<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><div class=\"clear\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"omsc-one-half omsc-last\">\n<ul>\n<li>mobile technologies<\/li>\n<li>privacy and security<\/li>\n<li>project management<\/li>\n<li>research computing<\/li>\n<li>service management<\/li>\n<li>wireless<div class=\"clear\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"omsc-clear\"><\/div><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>As a participant in open, informal &#8220;communities of practice,&#8221; you will find the responsiveness of an engaged group and a network of professionals. Most groups interact throughout the year via electronic discussions and meet at the EDUCAUSE Annual Conference. Discussions and meeting minutes are archived and fully searchable. Some EDUCAUSE Discussion Groups are closely tied to current EDUCAUSE programs, such as the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.educause.edu\/security\">Cybersecurity Initiative<\/a> and the Policy Analysis and Advocacy program. These groups benefit from the support of EDUCAUSE staff liaisons. Consider joining one or more to benefit from\u00a0the knowledge and expertise of a nationwide group of your peers in higher ed IT.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Did you know EDUCAUSE has 60 constituent and discussion groups? Here is just a sampling of the many that are available: As a participant in open, informal &#8220;communities of practice,&#8221; you will find the responsiveness of an engaged group and a network of professionals. Most groups interact throughout the year via electronic discussions and meet at the EDUCAUSE\u2026 <span class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/2017\/03\/30\/join-an-educause-discussion-group\/\">Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":2799,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","_umich_oidc_access":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[203,26],"class_list":["post-2794","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-professional-development","tag-educause","tag-training"],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/educause-logo.jpg",400,400,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/educause-logo-100x100.jpg",100,100,true],"medium":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/educause-logo-200x200.jpg",200,200,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/educause-logo.jpg",400,400,false],"large":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/educause-logo.jpg",400,400,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/educause-logo.jpg",400,400,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/educause-logo.jpg",400,400,false],"excerpt-thumbnail":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/educause-logo-200x140.jpg",200,140,true],"themonic-thumbnail":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/educause-logo-60x42.jpg",60,42,true],"ioslider-thumbnail":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/educause-logo-400x300.jpg",400,300,true],"post-thumbnail":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/educause-logo.jpg",400,400,false],"400x250-crop":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/educause-logo.jpg",250,250,false]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"Rita Girardi, ITS Communications","author_link":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/author\/girardi\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"Did you know EDUCAUSE has 60 constituent and discussion groups? 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