Contributed by Organizations or Campuses; Articles, Papers, and Reports; and ROI
Exploring Tangible Benefits of e-Learning: Does Investment Yield Interest?
| Title: | Exploring Tangible Benefits of e-Learning: Does Investment Yield Interest? (ID: CSD5383) | | Source: | JISC | | Origin: | Contributed by Organizations or Campuses (04/24/2008) | | Type: | Articles, Papers, and Reports | | Abstract: | The first decade of the 21st century is already on the wane and we stand at an interesting point as regards the use of technology to support and enhance learning and teaching. The fact that we still refer to much of this enhancement as e-learning (and still disagree about what the term actually means) signals that the relationship between technology and learning is not as yet an entirely comfortable one. e-Learning still carries with it a sense of something 'other' and few institutions can say that a sound understanding of available technologies, their capabilities and current examples of appropriate usage, forms a cornerstone of the curriculum design process. Within the academic community there remains a sizable proportion of sceptics who question the value of some of the tools and approaches and perhaps an even greater proportion who are unaware of the full range of technological enhancements in current use. Amongst senior managers there is a concern that it is often difficult to quantify the returns achieved on the investment in such technologies. | | View this resource: | |
Sustainable Computing: It's Not Easy Being Green
| Title: | Sustainable Computing: It's Not Easy Being Green (ID: CSD5349) | | Author(s): | Mary K. Pratt (ComputerWorld, Inc.) | | Origin: | Contributed by Organizations or Campuses (03/20/2006) | | Type: | Articles, Papers, and Reports | | Abstract: | "CIO William Hill had an admirable, if unanticipated, return on investment when he overhauled the IT infrastructure for Dayton, Ohio: He helped the environment. Hill's strategy included replacing the old setup -- a disorganized mix of 80 archaic networked terminals and numerous ad hoc PCs of varying ages and operating systems -- with thin clients for 60% of the staff and PCs for the rest, strategically positioned for optimum use. Hill opted for thin clients for technological and cost reasons, but says he saw a corresponding drop in how much energy his organization uses -- a drop that saves the city between $60,000 and $90,000 annually." | | View this resource: | |
The Value of ConnectND: Return on Investment and Benefits Analysis Update
| Title: | The Value of ConnectND: Return on Investment and Benefits Analysis Update (ID: CSD4079) | | Origin: | Contributed by Organizations or Campuses (2004) | | Type: | Articles, Papers, and Reports | | Abstract: | Between November 2002 and January 2003, the State of North Dakota and the North Dakota Higher Education system conducted a detailed analysis of the estimated costs and benefits of the ConnectND project. That analysis gathered information and developed 10-year projections on total implementation and operating costs for the project. Information was also collected on the costs to operate existing systems (legacy systems) and that too was projected out 10 years. The project team interviewed members of the ConnectND team, departmental and higher education staff to determine the types of benefits that were expected from the project and how those benefits would return value to the state and the higher education system. At the conclusion of that analysis, a report was published titled "The Value of ConnectND. A key element of that report was a Return on Investment or ROI. This is an update of that earlier report. | | View this resource: | |
Measuring organizational IS effectiveness: an overview and update of senior management perspectives
| Title: | Measuring organizational IS effectiveness: an overview and update of senior management perspectives (ID: CSD2623) | | Origin: | Contributed by Organizations or Campuses (2002) | | Type: | Articles, Papers, and Reports | | Abstract: | This paper reports the views of 80 senior IT managers about IT evaluation approaches, and the benefits that IT provides for their organizations. Their views were obtained through a survey mailed to medium to large organizations in both Europe and the US. The survey sought answers to three questions: How does the senior IT manager's organization assess the value of its (1) overall IT investment portfolio? (2) individual IT projects and applications? (3) IT function? Questions for the survey were based on a thorough review of prior research into IT evaluation. The paper provides a summary of that prior work and compares current findings to prior research. Consistent with prior research, the paper concludes that many firms do not conduct rigorous evaluations of all their IT investments, and offers a tentative explanation of why it might be rational to skip formal evaluations in some circumstances. It also posits five push factors to explain occasions when more lasting improvements in IT evaluation practice have occurred. | | View this resource: | |
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