EDUCAUSE | Collaboration, Presentations/Speeches, and Presented at Midwest Regional Conferences

The Virtual Burnham Initiative as a Collaborative Project of, by, and for the Community

drupal — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 11:55:04 -0500

Led by Lake Forest College, Chicago-area academic, cultural, and civic institutions are developing VBI, the Virtual Burnham Initiative, with 3D models re-creating the 1909 Plan of Chicago housed on a project website. VBI is a project about the Chicagoland community that builds community between academic institutions, area organizations, and the greater public through technology.

The Duluth Area CIOs Consortium: Collaborating with Regional IT Organizations

drupal — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 10:00:12 -0500

Academic IT leaders have much to learn from IT leaders in other businesses and organizations. The Duluth Area CIOs Consortium has members from local business, health care, government, and education. This session will describe the consortium's establishment, goals, and meeting structure, as well as the benefits of membership.

When The Whole Is Greater Than the Sum of Its Part(ner)s: Partnering for Success

drupal — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 10:00:13 -0500

This session will use the InfoCommons at Northwestern Library as a case study to examine a very successful partnership in technology application and space planning between two high-profile campus entities.

InCommon and the Committee on Institutional Cooperation

drupal — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 10:35:40 -0500

All dozen institutions comprising the CIC recently decided to join the InCommon Federation. This session will describe the motivation for and experience of joining InCommon. We'll also describe some of the use cases, including interactions with the federal government, interinstitutional access, and community source development projects.

Collaborative Development: The Human Side of Project Management

drupal — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 10:29:57 -0500

UW–Madison successfully managed a large IT project using a new collaborative development methodology. The goal was to bring the product to life quickly with fewer bugs and greater input from both functional and technical people. This methodology impacted our organization in unexpected ways. We'll share successes and lessons learned.

Partnering Effectively with Cross-Campus Groups and Organizations

drupal — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 10:29:57 -0500

Institutions of higher education are complex, decentralized organization that benefit from the individual expertise of their members. Institutional decentralization, however, can hamper cross-campus collaborations. This presentation will focus on understanding how institutional frameworks unknowingly sidetrack collaborations and the steps that can be taken to minimize these barriers.

Collaborating on an ERP System Implementation in Wisconsin

drupal — Thu, 15 Mar 2007 15:50:53 -0500

Under the auspices of WAICU, four members of WAICU (Lakeland College, MSOE, Ripon College, and Wisconsin Lutheran College), with different constituencies and business processes, created the WAICU Educational Technology Consortium (ETC), Inc. to purchase, implement, and support a common administrative system.

Collaboration at the Core of Change

drupal — Thu, 15 Mar 2007 15:50:53 -0500

Lake Forest College and Kalamazoo College have undertaken a collaboration initiative to provide e-mail and help desk services on shared hardware located in a remote data center. Representatives from both schools will discuss the process for forming the collaboration and the benefits realized to date.

Put Higher Education First: Check Egos and Institutional Biases at the Door!

drupal — Thu, 15 Mar 2007 15:50:54 -0500

Managing a project that involves collaboration between a number of different educational institutions and corporate partners presents unique challenges that require creative communication and team-building techniques. Learn about our experience with these challenges on the Kuali Financial System project.

Beyond the Institution: Building an IT Consortium

drupal — Mon, 20 Mar 2006 12:58:15 -0600

This presentation will explore the creation of collaborative IT groups. Three very different constituent group types will be outlined—campus-wide, system-wide, and international—followed by a group discussion of peer collaboration, including how to organize a group and maintain its vitality.