EDUCAUSE Track

2001 Annual Gartner-EDUCAUSE Update

Tuesday, October 30, 2001
2:20 p.m. - 3:10 p.m. ETRK07

Michael Zastrocky, Senior Advisor, The Chronicle of Higher Education

In this, the 10th Annual Gartner Higher Education Update, we will look at which technologies are looming large on the Gartner higher education research radar screen and also provide an update on trends and forces at work in the management of information technology in higher education. The session will present current data from a recent Gartner higher education survey, with particular attention given to e-learning, portals, and course management systems.

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Anti-Terrorism Legislation and Campus Computing

Tuesday, October 30, 2001
3:55 p.m. - 4:45 p.m. ED01132

Tracy Mitrano, Director of IT Policy, Cornell University

Rodney J. Petersen, Government Relations Officer and Director of Cybersecurity Initiative, EDUCAUSE

Barbara Simons, Consulting Professor in Science, Technology, and Society, Stanford University

As this text is being written, the U.S. Congress is debating anti-terrorism legislation that will authorize increased government surveillance of computer and network activity. What will be the impact of these provisions on compus computing? Although it's far too soon for definitive answers, this panel will review the latest bills and attempt to anticipate the issues we will face.

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Legal Issues in the "E-Learning Business"

Monday, October 29, 2001
2:15 p.m. - 3:05 p.m. ETRK08

Jonathan R. Alger, Assistant General Counsel, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor

Michael B. Goldstein, Head, Educational Institutions Practice, Dow Lohnes PLLC

This session will describe and analyze key legal issues encountered by institutions exploring or operating significant E-Learning operations, whether internally or via separate entities. Items for discussion include federal regulatory issues, pros and cons of forming non-profit or for-profit e-learning subsidiaries, legal and practical experiences of institutional e-learning enterprises. (Presented by NACUA, the National Association of College and University Attorneys, which deals increasingly with critical issues of the law, policy, and business of IT on campus.)

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Mission Critical: Making the Most of Your E-Learning Investment

Monday, October 29, 2001
10:30 a.m. - 11:20 a.m. ETRK01

Peter J. Stokes, Executive Vice President, Eduventures, LLC

While the majority of higher education institutions are moving toward standardization of leading e-learning portal and CMS platforms, campus-wide use remains relatively low. In this session, Eduventures.com will help institutional executives and administrators develop effective strategies for leveraging their investments in e-learning products and services. The presentation will map the e-learning value chain, outline what leading e-learning companies are doing to improve their institutional customers' e-learning return-on-investment, and report survey data on institutional investment in and commitment to e-learning.

Near "Ground Hero" -- IT Lessons Learned in NYC

Monday, October 29, 2001
2:15 p.m. - 3:05 p.m. ED01133

Barbara Cunningham, Assistant Vice President for Information Technology, Pace University

Marilyn A. McMillan, Associate Provost and Chief Information Technology Officer, New York University

The session will begin with a synopsis of efforts undertaken by the IT staffs at two New York City institutions, Pace University and New York University, to support their communities on September 11 and in the ensuing period. It will include summaries of lessons learned thus far from these experiences about preparedness, crisis management, and helping one another cope. The second half of the session will be devoted to informal Q&A.

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Stretching Resources: Exemplary Practices in Community Partnerships

Tuesday, October 30, 2001
3:55 p.m. - 4:45 p.m. ETRK06

Joseph N. Douglas, Jr., CIO, Information and Media Technologies, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

David A. Greenbaum, Director, Data Services, University of California, Berkeley

Isaac Monteagudo, STS Manager, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

This session will feature the two award-winning projects that received the 2001 EDUCAUSE Award for Exemplary Practices in Information Technology Solutions:

The UC Berkeley Interactive University Project: A Model for Large-Scale University and K-12 Partnership
Over the past three years UC Berkeley and Bay Area school districts created an ecosystem of Internet Learning Community Projects to explore how the Internet can help K-12 teachers access university resources--both people and research materials. Through these projects the Interactive University (IU) has developed a future model for how the university can use the second-generation Web to open up its resources to thousands of K-12 teachers and learners.

Student Technology Services at the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee
STS, staffed and managed entirely by students, delivers technology-based services to the university and surrounding educational community. Real work experience combined with specialized training empowers STS employees to provide high quality services at a fraction of the cost of permanent staff. For K-20 institutions of all sizes, STS is an innovative approach to solving chronic IT funding and staffing challenges.

The 2001 Campus Computing Survey

Monday, October 29, 2001
11:40 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. ETRK02

Kenneth C. Green, Founding Director, The Campus Computing Project

Begun in 1990, the Campus Computing Project is the largest continuing study of the role of information technology in American higher education. The session will present new data from the project's 2001 survey. Key topics include user support issues, e-commerce, wireless networks, strategic and financial planning for IT, instructional integration of information technology, campus IT standards, campus portal plans and Web site services, and IT budgets.

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The EDUCAUSE Center for Applied Research (ECAR)

Tuesday, October 30, 2001
3:55 p.m. - 4:45 p.m. ETRK05

Robert Albrecht, ECAR Senior Fellow, EDUCAUSE

Mary Beth O'Connor Baker, Mary Beth Baker & Associates

Richard N. Katz, Vice President, EDUCAUSE

Diana G. Oblinger, President and CEO, EDUCAUSE

Why is it the research forms the foundation of the faculty belief system while anecdotes seem to drive administrative institutional behaviors and actions? As IT assumes a position of greater consequence on campus, can we long afford to base major institutional investment decisions solely on informal exchanges among trusted colleagues. Meet the core team of the EDUCAUSE Center for Applied Research in this session and discuss topics that merit greater research.