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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Collaborative Technology Support

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

In a collaborative effort to increase user effectiveness, Northern Illinois University staff from several divisions combined efforts to provide integrated assistance for students and faculty using Blackboard. This session outlines the structure of our collaboration and shares strategies for communicating among agencies to provide optimal services for all user levels.

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.

Social Software in Research Computing and IT Administration: Successes and Failures

drupal — Mon, 20 Mar 2006 12:58:14 -0600

The Nicholas School piloted two types of social software (wikis and a content management system) to expand services and facilitate collaboration between different communities. We will discuss software selection and development, assess our pilots, and offer suggestions and best practices for social software implementation and management.

Look, Listen, Learn: Collaboration in the 21st Century

drupal — Mon, 20 Mar 2006 12:58:14 -0600

Would you like to connect to researchers abroad? Do you want your students to learn from experts in the field? The University of Memphis is using desktop collaboration to share knowledge and experiences among academics and professionals. Experience it first-hand and discuss planning and implementation.

Merging Library and Instructional Technology Expertise Through Joint Positions

drupal — Mon, 20 Mar 2006 12:58:14 -0600

Over the past three years, four joint positions were created incrementally at DePaul University to merge library and instructional technology expertise. This presentation showcases the collaborative development of these positions that might serve as a model for next-generation library-IT staff organization.

Technology Support on a University Campus: Contingency, Theory, and Collaboration

drupal — Mon, 20 Mar 2006 12:58:14 -0600

The staff of Center for Academic Technology Support and Eastern Illinois University have met the challenges of technology support by using collaboration and the contingency theory and will monitor the environment and collaborate as new faces and technology arrive on campus.

Inter-Institutional Class Collaborations Online

drupal — Tue, 29 Mar 2005 12:10:16 -0600

This session examines best practices for technology use in breaking down barriers between the University of Illinois at Springfield and Chicago State University, enabling online joint class sessions across institutional boundaries. Highlighting synchronous and asynchronous exchanges, we will explore the building of collaborations between these ethnically and culturally diverse institutions.

Communication Problems ReSolved Through Portal Implementation

drupal — Tue, 29 Mar 2005 12:10:14 -0600

This presentation will describe the reasons behind and process of implementing a portal at a small liberal arts college, including the evaluation process and lessons learned. Challenged with the need to facilitate collaboration and improve communication, we defined objectives to streamline information and services, reduce costs, and provide access in one location

Crafting Collaborations: An Art or a Science?

drupal — Tue, 29 Mar 2005 12:10:08 -0600

The ability to connect content, people, and new ideas is a growing necessity for IT professionals. This panel will look at collaboration efforts within and across a statewide community college system, a national liberal arts college consortium, and a nationally and internationally emerging higher education federation.

Not Just Making Waves: Making a Difference with Intensive Multi-Campus Workshops

drupal — Fri, 14 May 2004 10:53:09 -0500

Many talk collaboration; we realize it. Learn how one model of a multi-campus event is creating not just waves but also a wake from which faculty, librarians, and technologists from 26 small liberal arts colleges have produced 36 instructional technology projects across 17 disciplines. Collaboration doesn't just happen—it requires cultivation.

How Collaborating with Neighboring Institutions Can Enhance Professional Development and Cut Costs

drupal — Fri, 14 May 2004 10:15:51 -0500

Neighboring institutions can successfully collaborate to create professional development and networking activities for their IT staff, even if the institutions comprise a mix of large and small, public and private, affiliated and unaffiliated. Several successful collaboration programs will be used as models to illustrate the salient issues.

Building the Midwest Instructional Technology Center

drupal — Mon, 07 Apr 2003 10:45:40 -0500

The Midwest Instructional Technology Center (MITC), an initiative of two consortia of small selective residential liberal arts colleges, seeks to foster innovative, effective, sustainable, multicampus collaborations that improve teaching and learning through the use of instructional technology. Learn how MITC accomplishes this goal by drawing on the ideas, staff, space, and technology of its member institutions.

Associated Colleges of the South Online Music Collaborative: Phase II

drupal — Thu, 03 Apr 2003 15:50:35 -0600

In 2001, the Associated Colleges of the South created a music collaborative involving 16 member institutions. The collaborative launched a student composition contest and held a New Music Festival and technology workshop. In the current phase, the collaborative is streaming video of faculty concerts, hosting the New Music Festival, and creating online teaching modules.