EDUCAUSE | Presented at EDUCAUSE Annual Conferences and Trends and Visions

Uncovering the Science in Computer Science: Challenges for the 21st Century

drupal — Wed, 18 Oct 2006 15:56:42 -0500

Progress on the hardware side of computer engineering has been impressive, but software has lagged behind. Security continues to be troublesome at the operating system level, network level, and various application levels in computer networks. Some collections of computers (called "bots" or "bot armies") are used in abusive ways to send spam by launching distributed denial-of-service attacks. We may not be configuring the hardware of our basic computing platforms to assist in improving security. Where should we be spending time, money, and brainpower to significantly enhance our ability to provide deeper roots for computer, system, and network designs for the future?

An Eye to the Future with a Brief Look Back at the Past

drupal — Tue, 01 Nov 2005 12:34:26 -0600

As we look forward and plan for the future, it is useful to review where we have been, to highlight some of the processes and decisions in the higher education IT community that have worked well, and to identify missed opportunities and areas where we could have done a better job. The focus will be on the challenges we face going forward.

Rewind to Fast Forward

drupal — Tue, 01 Nov 2005 12:34:26 -0600

To move forward, it helps to look at past events to get perspective on future events. In this session, an IT leader will journey nostalgically into the past and trace its influence on current issues, identifying clues to predict future directions for higher education IT.
WINNER: 2005 EDUCAUSE Award for Excellence in Leadership. Award sponsored by SunGard SCT, An EDUCAUSE Platinum Partner.

General Session - Steve Jobs

drupal — Tue, 30 Nov 2004 16:44:53 -0600

Steve Jobs is Chairman and CEO of Pixar, the Academy-Award-winning computer animation studios which he co-founded in 1986. Pixar's first feature film, Toy Story, was released by Walt Disney Pictures in November 1995 and became the highest domestic grossing film released that year and the third highest grossing animated film of all time.

Before Pixar, Steve co-founded Apple Computer, Inc. where he co-designed the Apple II computer, led the development and marketing of the Macintosh computer, and oversaw the growth of Apple into a two billion dollar company. Steve also co-founded NeXT Software, which was recently acquired by Apple.

Steve was awarded the National Medal of Technology by President Reagan in 1985, the Jefferson Award for Public Service in 1987, and was named Entrepreneur of the Decade in 1989 by Inc. Magazine.

Steve grew up in the apricot orchards which later became known as Silicon Valley, and still lives there with his wife and three children.

Rethinking the Land Grant University for the Digital Age

drupal — Tue, 21 Sep 2004 17:00:57 -0500

The twentieth century has seen research and preparation of professionals at land grant universities as significant factors in making American agriculture and industry flourish. The dawn of the new century sees a different America: a larger, more diverse, complex, and predominantly urban society; new industries requiring a more highly skilled and educated workforce than before; new demands on elementary and secondary as well as higher education. Land grant research universities have the opportunity and the obligation to create a new vision of service to the nation--a vision whose implementation will be built upon computer-based technologies and the Internet.

Riding the Whirlwind

drupal — Fri, 20 Aug 2004 16:35:08 -0500

Information technology is not about technology--it is about people. IT leaders struggle with a broader set of complex issues than existed even 10 years ago: social, pedagogic, legal, economic, academic, and beyond. Looking forward from the perspective of his retirement, this long-time leader in higher ed IT will challenge you to ride the winds of change across a turbulent and ever-shifting landscape.

Winner: 2004 EDUCAUSE Award for Excellence in Leadership. Leadership awards sponsored by SunGard SCT, An EDUCAUSE Platinum Partner.

The Future of Teaching and Learning Technologies

drupal — Fri, 20 Aug 2004 11:02:02 -0500

The evolution of a few critical technologies has the potential to change the way teaching and learning are done in the near future. Previously unthinkable paradigms for education are now affordable. In this talk Howard will consult his admittedly cloudy crystal ball to present some challenging ideas about the possible future of colleges, classes, and courses.

Technology Futures

drupal — Tue, 29 Oct 2002 17:05:39 -0600

Our distinguished panel of technology experts has spent years gazing into the crystal ball of technology. With decades of experience observing change, anticipating technology innovations, and trying to reconcile their expectations with reality, panelists will respond to questions addressing technology's impact on learning, and will identify emerging trends to watch, technologies to consider, and tribulations to avoid.

The New Computing--Revisited

drupal — Fri, 20 Sep 2002 14:51:27 -0500

Without question, computing and information technology have become ubiquitous in higher education. Students now come to campus to learn about and to learn with computers. Technology is an essential component of the experience. But has the "new computing delivered the promised "computer revolution" in higher education? What have we learned about the "new computing" over the past two decades? How do our accomplishments compare to our aspirations and expectations? And what does the experience of the past two decades tell us about the "new computing" that lies ahead?

2000 Annual Gartner-EDUCAUSE Update

drupal — Thu, 30 Nov 2000 17:50:08 -0600

Managing information resources in higher education requires the merging of institutional knowledge and broader technology and market information into a coherent, achievable strategy. This session will provide an update on trends and forces at work in information technology in higher education, and will present current data for this ongoing process in colleges and universities. Particular attention will be given to management issues facing higher education globally in the areas of e-learning and e-business; administrative applications and their interface with e-learning and portals; the continued labor shortage and what to do to resolve hiring and retention problems in higher ed; and organizational issues facing higher education.