Bridging the Gaps in Digital Media

The following video is of a panel discussion I organized for the 13th Annual CUNY IT Conference back in December. The talk that took place was on the topic of designing digital media programs within higher education. I gathered a number of my colleagues from some of the digital media programs throughout CUNY to find out how they approach program design and the maintenance of curricula in evolving technical disciplines.

This has been an area that has been on my mind since completing the Periodic Program Review for the LaGuardia New Media Technology degree, as well as beginning the redesign of the Communication and Media program at the CUNY School of Professional Studies. This talk was similar to another panel group I organized a few years back in which I was advocating for developing a comprehensive CUNY-wide strategy in building technology based programs. That talk led to the start of a CUNY Digital Media Council and brought together the program directors of most the Digital Media degrees within the university system. I am planning to push for the reconvening of the Council in the coming year.