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New EDUCAUSE Quarterly Reports on Top Higher Ed IT Issues
Created by Colleen Luckett (EDUCAUSE) on May 09, 2008

EQ logoThe summer 2008 EDUCAUSE Quarterly spotlights the complete findings of the 2008 EDUCAUSE Current IT Issues Survey as well as feature articles on open source software in education, a first assessment of a learning studio, and student use of clickers in library presentations. 

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2008 EDUCAUSE Midwest Regional Closing Session: Leading Ahead of the Curves by Brad Wheeler
Created by Lida L. Larsen (EDUCAUSE) on April 15, 2008

Leading Ahead of the Curves

Brad Wheeler, Vice President for IT and CIO, Dean, & Professor, Indiana University

[EDUCAUSE Midwest Regional Conference Closing General Session, March 19, 2008]

The slides for this keynote are available at http://www.educause.edu/upload/presentations/MWRC08/GS02/Leading-Ahead-of-the-Curves-Wheeler20080319_inked.ppt

A podcast of the session is available at http://connect.educause.edu/blog/gbayne/podcastleadingaheadofthec/46500

NOTES

Brad Wheeler began his talk on technology leadership with reminisces beginning in 1993 when he was an associate professor at the University of Maryland and Mosaic was the hot new tool and the Web took off.

Adapting the well-known “and then a miracle occurs” cartoon,  he changed the text on the blackboard to show a sketch of “Campus Cyberinfrastructure” -> “then a miracle occurs” -> ”Cloud Computing Nirvana” and said that we can be the miracle in leading ahead of the curves but we need more explicit information in the miraculous step 2. 

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Open Source Software in Education
Added by the EDUCAUSE Librarian
Title:Open Source Software in Education (ID: EQM0824)
Author(s):Shaheen Lakhan (GNIF Publications) and Kavita Jhunjhunwala (GNIF Publications)
Origin:EDUCAUSE Quarterly Articles (05/05/2008)
Type:Articles, Papers, and Reports
Abstract:

Academia has adopted open source software for some online learning initiatives because it addresses persistent technical challenges

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An Open Source LMS for a Mission-Critical, Enterprise-Level Application: Are We There Yet?
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Title:An Open Source LMS for a Mission-Critical, Enterprise-Level Application: Are We There Yet? (ID: WRC08063)
Author(s):Wen Hao Chuang (San Francisco State University) and Kevin Kelly (San Francisco State University)
Origin:Presented at Western Regional conferences (03/31/2008)
Type:Presentations/Speeches
Abstract:

The open source learning management system has gradually reached maturity. In this session, we will share ideas and lessons learned about making open source LMS enterprise-ready. Currently SFSU has one of the largest Moodle installations in the United States and is the sole university hosting an anonymous Moodle CVS server.

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http://www.educause.edu/ir/library/powerpoint/WRC08063.ppsPresentation Slides
http://moodle.orgmoodle.org
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http://docs.moodle.org/en/Documents_useful_for_decision_makersDocuments useful for LMS decision makers
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An Outsourced Open Source LMS and a Pot of Gold?
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Title:An Outsourced Open Source LMS and a Pot of Gold? (ID: NCP08060)
Author(s):Clark Shah-Nelson (SUNY College of Technology at Delhi)
Origin:Presented at NERCOMP Conferences (03/10/2008)
Type:Presentations/Speeches
Abstract:

Like many WebCT campuses, SUNY Delhi must select a new LMS and complete migrating to the new system in the next year. The total cost of ownership comparison led us to adopt a remotely hosted open source solution. We'll examine the facts, figures, and progress of moving from WebCT to Moodle and integrating with Banner.

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http://www.educause.edu/ir/library/powerpoint/NCP08060.ppsOpenSourceLMS-shah-nelson
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Flickering (or is that Flickring?)
Created by William J. Allen (Arkansas State University) on February 02, 2008

I teach a survey of art history class. I use digital images in the classroom and online. While I have several thousand of my own images, my collection is far from comprehensive in chronology and in geography. Arkansas State University twice purchased digital images under a contract with Saskia and others that places severe restrictions on where and how the images may be used (they may be seen only by faculty and students of the university under a secure sign-in system).

I discovered that Flickr has a large store of digital images that may be used for educational purposes. Of these hundreds deal with art and architecture (mostly architecture and sculpture, but with some surprisingly good images of paintings). I never prepare a presentation for my students without checking the holdings of Flickr. Additionally, when I find a particularly good source of images, I bookmark it in del.icio.us so that I may quickly find the collections (under imagearchive) and also share what I have found with others.

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IT Engagement in Research: A View of Medical School Practice - Corporate Edition
Added by the EDUCAUSE Librarian
Title:IT Engagement in Research: A View of Medical School Practice - Corporate Edition (ID: ERS0801C)
Author(s):Mark R. Nelson (NACS)
Origin:Documents Contributed by ECAR, Research Studies (01/23/2008)
Type:Articles, Papers, and Reports
Abstract:

This ECAR research study was designed in collaboration with the Association of American Medical Colleges to analyze the practices and perspectives of IT organizations that support the academic research enterprise in medical schools and colleges. As the potential of biotechnology, proteomics, informatics, computational genomics, and other IT-intensive disciplines continue to offer breakthroughs in medicine, research in these fields requires greater and higher-level technology resources for infrastructure as well as IT support and services. The study is based on the results of a web-based survey sent to 125 medical schools and colleges in the United States, as well as qualitative interviews with leaders at 10 institutions. Respondents to the survey were predominantly chief information officers or other top administrators from 50 medical institutions, yielding a response rate of 39.7 percent. The findings contained in this report echo the results of the ECAR 2006 study, IT Engagement in Research: A Baseline Study, illustrating that the role and importance of IT in research is growing, while funding and budget decisions remain difficult.

View this resource:
http://www.educause.edu/ers0801Table of Contents and Entire Study
http://www.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/ecar_so/ers/ers0801/rs/ERS0801w.pdfEntire Study
http://www.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/ECM/ECM0801.pdfRoadmap Publicly Available
http://www.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/si/ESI07B.pdfSurvey Instrument
This publication is currently password protected. All faculty, staff, and students from institutions that have subscribed to ECAR at the ECAR Participating, Comprehensive Content, Corporate, and Research Studies Package levels are authorized to access this publication by using their EDUCAUSE personal profile, or you must purchase the publication separately. Please see the ECAR Web site for more information.
Price:$3500.00 (EDUCAUSE Members) | $7000.00 (Non-Members)
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IT Engagement in Research: A View of Medical School Practice Roadmap
Added by the EDUCAUSE Librarian
Title:IT Engagement in Research: A View of Medical School Practice Roadmap (ID: ECM0801)
Author(s):Bob Albrecht (EDUCAUSE) and Judith A. Pirani (EDUCAUSE)
Origin:Documents Contributed by ECAR, Roadmaps (01/23/2008)
Type:Articles, Papers, and Reports
Abstract:

This ECAR roadmap synthesizes the important issues and recommended actions drawn from the 2008 study, IT Engagement in Research: A View of Medical School Practice, by Mark R. Nelson. This ECAR research study was designed in collaboration with the Association of American Medical Colleges to analyze the practices and perspectives of IT organizations that support the academic research enterprise in medical schools and colleges. As the potential of biotechnology, proteomics, informatics, computational genomics, and other IT-intensive disciplines continue to offer breakthroughs in medicine, research in these fields requires greater and higher-level technology resources for infrastructure as well as IT support and services. The study is based on the results of a January 2007 web-based survey sent to 125 medical schools and colleges in the United States, as well as qualitative interviews with leaders at 10 institutions.

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http://www.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/ECM/ECM0801.pdfRoadmap
http://www.educause.edu/ers0801Entire Study
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IT Engagement in Research: A View of Medical School Practice
Added by the EDUCAUSE Librarian
Title:IT Engagement in Research: A View of Medical School Practice (ID: ERS0801)
Author(s):Mark R. Nelson (NACS)
Origin:Documents Contributed by ECAR, Research Studies (01/23/2008)
Type:Articles, Papers, and Reports
Abstract:

This ECAR research study was designed in collaboration with the Association of American Medical Colleges to analyze the practices and perspectives of IT organizations that support the academic research enterprise in medical schools and colleges. As the potential of biotechnology, proteomics, informatics, computational genomics, and other IT-intensive disciplines continue to offer breakthroughs in medicine, research in these fields requires greater and higher-level technology resources for infrastructure as well as IT support and services. The study is based on the results of a web-based survey sent to 125 medical schools and colleges in the United States, as well as qualitative interviews with leaders at 10 institutions. Respondents to the survey were predominantly chief information officers or other top administrators from 50 medical institutions, yielding a response rate of 39.7 percent. The findings contained in this report echo the results of the ECAR 2006 study, IT Engagement in Research: A Baseline Study, illustrating that the role and importance of IT in research is growing, while funding and budget decisions remain difficult.

View this resource:
http://www.educause.edu/ers0801Table of Contents and Entire Study
http://www.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/ecar_so/ers/ers0801/rs/ERS0801w.pdfEntire Study
http://www.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/ECM/ECM0801.pdfRoadmap Publicly Available
http://www.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/si/ESI07B.pdfSurvey Instrument
This publication is currently password protected. All faculty, staff, and students from institutions that have subscribed to ECAR at the ECAR Participating, Comprehensive Content, Corporate, and Research Studies Package levels are authorized to access this publication by using their EDUCAUSE personal profile, or you must purchase the publication separately. Please see the ECAR Web site for more information.
Price:$750.00 (EDUCAUSE Members) | $1500.00 (Non-Members)
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CNI Podcast: An Interview with Julian Lombardi, Executive Director of the Open Croquet Consortium
Created by Gerry Bayne (EDUCAUSE) on January 10, 2008

In this 15 minute podcast, we feature an interview with Julian Lombardi, Assistant Vice President at Duke University and Executive Director of the Open Croquet Consortium. Croquet is a powerful new open source software development environment and software infrastructure for creating and deploying deeply collaborative multi-user online applications and metaverses on and across multiple operating systems and devices.

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