{"id":6039,"date":"2024-11-18T14:56:02","date_gmt":"2024-11-18T20:56:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.valpo.edu\/cital\/?p=6039"},"modified":"2025-06-27T08:56:25","modified_gmt":"2025-06-27T13:56:25","slug":"the-power-of-leadership-in-learning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/intra.valpo.edu\/cital\/the-power-of-leadership-in-learning\/","title":{"rendered":"The Power of Leadership in Learning"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Ed Finn, Executive Director, CITAL<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

I was fortunate to attend the 26th Annual <\/span>International Leadership Association (ILA) Global Conference<\/span><\/a> in Chicago, November 7-10. The impact of leadership in higher education cannot be overstated. In this article, I will mention just a few takeaways and implications that struck me as particularly timely.<\/span><\/p>\n

The title of the conference was appropriately \u201cArchitects of Change: Leaders, Followers, & Communities,\u201d which is very much in line with everyday leadership challenges. Before listing some of my other highlights, I want to take a moment to acknowledge the truly global nature of the conference and just how impactful engaging with other perspectives was. Some attendees took over 18 hours to travel, many coming from all over Asia, Europe, the Middle East, and Africa.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

With so many scholars and practitioners in one place, it was amazing how much of the conference spoke to infusing leadership into the colleges and universities, not just in curriculum but also organizationally. Here, I only highlight two sessions, but encourage you to review the full agenda linked above:<\/span><\/p>\n

Building Access and Knowledge: The Role of Open Educational Resource (OER) Textbooks and Leadership\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/b><\/h3>\n

This was a great session where authors of an open-source textbook <\/span>Developing Human Potential: A Personal Approach to Leadership<\/span><\/i><\/a> walked through the benefits and challenges of creating an OER:<\/span><\/p>\n