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Current Issues RoundtablesAdvanced Networking: How Much is Enough?Wednesday, October 11, 2000 Philip E. Long, CIO, Yale University College campuses are among the nation's most wired environments in support of teaching and learning. But few networks can reliably deliver comprehensive media for classroom and study use and competition is increasing from non-educational uses such as Napster. We are now adding advanced services such as multicast video and developing wireless LAN environments and many students have data cell phones, pagers and more. How much is enough? Can this fit together? Where are we headed? Copyright Infringement IssuesWednesday, October 11, 2000 Rodney J. Petersen, Government Relations Officer and Director of Cybersecurity Initiative, EDUCAUSE Digital technologies presents challenging legal and ethical issues regarding the appropriate use of copyrighted materials. What are the types of infringing uses being reported to University administrators? What challenges do Napster and similar applications pose? What policies or procedures should be in place? What uses are appropriate under the law or campus policy? What is the institution's exposure to liability? Join us for a lively exchange of information, approaches, strategies, and more. Desktop Computing Management: Do We Need to Be Thinner?Thursday, October 12, 2000 Mark C. Sheehan, ECAR Fellow, EDUCAUSE Who needs a new, fully loaded PC when Citrix Metaframe software on a terminal server lets any old PC emulate a hot new one? WebTV, e-mail stations, wireless PDAs, and "Palm-enabled" Websites point the way toward cheap, ubiquitous Internet appliances. Still want that big PC? Come and discuss why and why not. Digital Libraries: Progress and ChallengesWednesday, October 11, 2000 Rodney N. Henshaw, Dean, Cowles Library, Drake University Is the development of a completely digital academic library inevitable, or merely a theoretical possibility? Is a purely digital library even desirable, or will it jeopardize access to the scholarly record? While librarians have made major progress over the last decade in developing electronic access tools and resources, the continued evolution of digital libraries is not assured. Significant technical, service, fiscal, legal, social, and political barriers may impede or delay further development. This roundtable will help equip participants with an up to date over view of the current state of digital library programs, and an awareness of emerging trends and directions. What has been accomplished? What are specific issues that must be addressed to insure continued progress? Participants will be encouraged to share successes and failures at their home institutions. Distance Education: How Do You Know It's Right for Your Campus?Thursday, October 12, 2000 Ellen Yu Borkowski, Director, Academic Support, University of Maryland Universities and businesses alike are "going online." How do you determine whether or not your institution should move to distance education? Large or small, public or private -- what issues should be examined in making this decision? Join us for a session to discuss and share experiences and questions around making the decision to go or not to go into distance education. E-Business: Challenges in the Research UniversityThursday, October 12, 2000 Jennifer T. Cobb, Senior Strategist - Learning Organizations, University of Florida The growth of e-business and e-learning markets is forcing higher education to question many of its operating principles. Can the factors that make e-business successful in the corporate world translate to a university? How does e-business fit into an institutional strategy? At this roundtable we will collectively identify issues, share perspectives and discuss alternative approaches. E-Business: Is It Any Less Complex in a Small College?Thursday, October 12, 2000 Barbara E. McMullen, Dean of Online Learning, Monroe College Conducting college business electronically impacts operating efficiency, the value of education, and competitive advantage. After ensuring a common vocabulary, participants brainstorm on what colleges can do short- and long-term with e-business strategies. The focus is on complexities that hamper deployment, what can be accomplished, the potential, and barriers to success. Effective IT Support: It Starts with Understanding Customer NeedsThursday, October 12, 2000 Carolyn Livingston, Director, Financial Information Systems, Tufts University Tracy Scharer, Manager, Departmental Applications Development, University of Virginia Understanding current needs is important. Anticipating future needs is even more important. Meeting customer needs takes much more than technical expertise. It requires extensive communication, cooperation and patience between academic departments and central IT. At this roundtable we will share information about our successes and challenges. Electronic Classrooms and Buildings of the FutureWednesday, October 11, 2000 Elia Schoomer, Team Leader, Instructional Media Services, Lehigh University How many universities and colleges have adequate high technology classrooms and student learning spaces to meet current demands ? With the exponential growth in the use of the Internet and multimedia to support enhanced instructional delivery, student learning, and research; there never seems to be enough high technology facilities available to meet the needs of faculty and students. A critical issue facing our campuses is planning, developing, and supporting new high technology facilities to meet critical demand for teaching innovation, research, and student learning. This session will examine and discuss current issues, problems, and trends related to developing and supporting new high technology classrooms, labs and student learning spaces. Electronic Learning Environments: Assessing Educational OutcomesWednesday, October 11, 2000 Scott Macklin, CTO College of Education, University of Washington Science and industry are exponentially improving the methods by which information can be collected, assembled, edited, upgraded, archived, displayed, distributed, and accessed interactively. In what ways can the progressive innovations in information technology enhance the outcomes of our educational efforts? Join us for a session for a discussion concerning assessment strategies regarding teaching and learning with technology. Engaging and Supporting Faculty Use of Technology: From Boutique to MainstreamWednesday, October 11, 2000 Paul R. Hagner, Albion College It is hypothesized that there are four faculty "types" in the area of learning transformation: Entrepreneurs, Risk-Adversives, Incentive Demanders, and Refusers. Our discussion deals with the validity of these "types" and how each presents different transformation challenges. Enterprise Information PortalsWednesday, October 11, 2000 David W. Koehler, Director of Information Systems, CIT, Cornell University Portals have certainly hit the issue list in a big way. Everyone seems to be planning or implementing a portal. What do you need to know to be successful? What's all the hype about anyway? Does your campus work best with the free model, or by buying the tools to implement or by developing your own? What's the story on the shareware portals from Java SIG and Apache? Do you expect to have one portal or many on your campus? What are the architectural considerations to enable portals on your campus? ERP Systems: Reality BitesThursday, October 12, 2000 Walter G. Weir, Chief Information Officer, University of Nebraska What do we do about the changes an ERP system brings to our University? How do we insure continued funding? Appropriate performance metrics? Identifying the return on investment? And creating a functional and technical organization to support and grow the ERP system? Join us as we discuss and try and find solutions to these issues and more. From Web Site to Portal: Organizational ChallengesThursday, October 12, 2000 Darrel Huish, Vice Chancellor for Information Technology Services, Maricopa Community College District The opportunity to use a portal to extend the functionality of the internet is generating intrigue and gaining acceptance within higher education. Often the challenges to a successful portal project are not only the technical or business issues, but also the organizational ones. This roundtable will explore the associated organizational issues. From Web Site to Portal: Technical ChallengesWednesday, October 11, 2000 Christopher Connolly, Assistant Director, WWW, University IT, Villanova University There are many technical issues that must be confronted to effectively move from a static web site to a portal. In-house development vs. commercial, centralized usernames and passwords, centralized information, e-mail and new technologies are many of the challenges that must be met. At this roundtable, we'll identify the issues universities have faced and discuss how new technologies, such as XML and Java Messaging Service may ease the integration process. Funding IT: When Does Outsourcing Make Sense?Thursday, October 12, 2000 Alan McCord, Executive Director, eLearning Services, Lawrence Technological University Many institutions struggle with funding IT infrastructure, services, and strategic projects. Outsourcing can address both service delivery and funding, but care must be exercised to find outsourcing opportunities that best match institutions to vendors. At this roundtable, participants will explore the advantages and disadvantages of outsourcing, and will share their experiences in selecting and administering outsourcing relationships. IT Strategic Planning: Getting It RightThursday, October 12, 2000 Robert F. German, Jr., Vice President for Information Technology, Millersville University of Pennsylvania Strategic planning in higher education IT is multi-level, continuous, and often thankless. It can be incredibly valuable, not only for setting your future direction, but also for confirming the role of IT at your institution's overall planning roundtable. We'll explore how to make it meaningful and how to strike the proper balance between burden and benefit. Recruiting and Retaining IT Staff: The Crisis Continues ... Or Does It?Thursday, October 12, 2000 Bret L. Ingerman, VP for Computing and Information Services, Vassar College The problems of hiring and keeping talented IT staff have been well debated and discussed, and not just within IT circles. Human resources, senior administrators, and even the general public have all gotten involved. Have these conversations yielded tangible results? Have new ideas or strategies been developed to address the problems? This roundtable will provide a forum where we can share our own experiences to try to collectively tackle this thorny issue. Wireless Networking: What Role Will It Play in Your Campus's Future?Wednesday, October 11, 2000 Dewitt Latimer, Chief Technology Officer, University of Notre Dame Wireless technologies represent a rapidly emerging area of interest in higher education. Are we chasing yet another Holly Grail or can it fundamentally enhance the business we are in? This roundtable will explore specific examples of how campuses are deploying wireless as well as the plethora of implementation issues such ubiquitous untethered access brings. |
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