Faculty

Presenters: Michael Howser, Undergraduate Education/Geographic Information Systems Librarian, University of Connecticut; William P. Miller, Map Library Manager, University of Connecticut
Date: Thursday, November 5, 2009, 9:10-10:00 AM
Location: Olin 301 (Round Table Room)

Imagine encouraging critical thinking, sparking creativity, and infusing fun in your course by mixing, mashing, and sharing maps. Web 2.0 empowers students to use and create maps in new and exciting ways.

Presenters: Patrick Masson, Chief Information Officer, SUNY College of Technology at Delhi; Ken Udas, Chief Executive Officer, UMASS Online, University of Massachusetts Central Office
Date: Wednesday, November 4, 2009, 4:50-5:40 PM
Location: Olin 301 (Round Table Room)

Decision making within IT governance and project management is commonly driven by hierarchical, centralized, and rigid processes.

Presenters: Bruce Maas, Chief Information Officer, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee; Reagan M. Ramsower, VP Finance and Administration, Baylor University
Date: Wednesday, November 4, 2009, 4:15-4:45 PM
Location: Olin 301 (Round Table Room)

This unique, online-only session will discuss strategies for funding IT.

This session is part of the EDUCAUSE 2009 Online conference, being sponsored locally by LIS.

Presenter: Charles J. Henry, President, Council on Library & Information Resources
Date: Wednesday, November 4, 2009, 3:15-4:05 PM
Location: Olin 301 (Round Table Room)

The quotation marks around the title word indicate the increasing sense of irony of the term associated with academic publishing. Other terms that qualify for the ironic grammatical tag include “press,” “warehouse,” “library,” and “repository.” Academic environment is a term also fast approaching a status qualifying for quotation marks.

Presenter: Jane Drews, Information Technology Security Officer, The University of Iowa
Date: Wednesday, November 4, 2009, 1:45-2:15 PM
Location: Olin 301 (Round Table Room)

In this unique, online-only session, discuss emerging issues around incident management. .

This session is part of the EDUCAUSE 2009 Online conference, being sponsored locally by LIS.

Presenter: Diana G. Oblinger, President and CEO, EDUCAUSE
Date: Wednesday, November 4, 2009, 12:40-1:30 PM
Location: Olin 301 (Round Table Room)

The economic downturn and society-wide changes catalyzed by information technology (disintermediation, consumerization, and so forth) are causing many colleges and universities to question what the future of higher education in the digital age will be. Many historic challenges persist, such as cost, access, retention, and graduation rates.

Presenter: Kenneth C. Green, Founding Director, The Campus Computing Project
Date: Wednesday, November 4, 2009, 11:30-12:20 PM
Location: Olin 301 (Round Table Room)

Begun in 1990, the Campus Computing Project is the largest continuing study of the role of computing, eLearning, and information technology in U.S. higher education.

Presenter: Brad Wheeler, Vice President for IT, CIO, and Professor, Indiana University
Date: Wednesday, November 4, 2009, 9:15-10:45 AM
Location: Olin 301 (Round Table Room)

As open content, “above campus” economies of scale, and cloud services shape the environment for education and research, effective collaboration becomes an essential tool for IT leaders and leading institutions. Collaboration is more than guarded partnerships or money—it requires a cohesive vision, new attitudes, principled trust, and execution to achieve valued outcomes for institutional goals.

Facilitators: Diane Gossman and Dennis Blake
Date: Thurs., Oct 29, 2:30pm-3:00pm
Location: Dahl Centennial Union – Borlaug

Desktop Messaging is a service which allows faculty and staff the opportunity to retrieve Voice Mail messages via e-mail from your office or while away from your office. This demonstration will show you the features of Desktop Messaging.

Facilitators: Diane Gossman and Dennis Blake
Date: Thurs., Oct 29, 2:30pm-3:00pm
Location: Dahl Centennial Union – Borlaug

Desktop Messaging is a service which allows faculty and staff the opportunity to retrieve Voice Mail messages via e-mail from your office or while away from your office. This demonstration will show you the features of Desktop Messaging.