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Report and Recommendations

Chancellor’s Fall Conference Action Committee

Campus Council for Information Technology April 14, 2008

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• Chancellor’s Conference held Sept. 16-18, 2007“Information Technology as a Vehicle for Innovation at UC Davis”

• 150 attendees - students, faculty, staff, alumni, administrators

• Using technology most effectively to advance the university's missions of teaching, research and public outreach

"The purpose of this conference was to examine our priorities regarding IT, to help the campus make the right investments,

and to work towards stronger collaboration." -- Interim Vice Provost Barbara Horwitz

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• Five break-out groups:1. IT in teaching and learning -- Robert Blake and Linda Bisson2. IT in research and scholarship -- Ann Bonham and Wesley Wallender3. Impact of IT on campus culture -- Jon Wagner and Gail Yokote4. IT as a tool for insight and innovation -- Andy Jones and Ken Joy 5. IT planning: Best choices -- Francois Gygi and Debbie Lauriano

• Produced five preliminary break-out group reports

"Technology can bring transformational change to the way research universities operate in the next decade." -- Brian Hawkins, president of EDUCAUSE and keynote speaker

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and Recommendations

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• Committee (established Oct. 30, 2007)

Carolyn de la Peña Associate Professor and Director, American Studies, and Director, Davis Humanities Institute

Francois Gygi Professor, Applied Science, and Chair, Campus Council for Information Technology (CCFIT)

Bernd Hamann Associate Vice Chancellor-Research, and Professor, Computer Science (Committee Chair)

Mike Hogarth Professor, Internal Medicine, and Chair, Academic Senate Committee on IT

Susan Keen Lecturer, Evolution & Ecology Louise Kellogg Professor and Chair, Geology Kareem Salem Undergraduate student representative and President,

Associated Students of UC Davis (ASUCD) John Wesson Graduate student, School of Veterinary Medicine Babette Schmitt IET (ex officio) Pete Siegel IET (ex officio)

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Committee’s charge:• Develop five-year vision document based on Fall

Conference reports and recommendations– Identify action items that could be substantially

achieved within next twelve months– Define measures of progress or success from the

perspective of campus community– Prioritize recommendations, especially those involving

major resource commitments• Publicize recommendations widely

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Premise: IT is important• A university is an "information industry" where knowledge is key

– Use of this knowledge often entails IT as a tool or conduit• IT has become a necessity for members of a university

– Scientists, educators, students, and administrative staff require information technology to achieve their goals

– IT is essential for collaboration, expression, creation of new knowledge, and innovation in science and the arts

• IT is infrastructure, much like electricity, telephones, buildings• Universities that invest in robust and modern IT have a significant

competitive advantage over those that do not

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Cyber-infrastructureFamiliar concept - except the change in scale and access has led to cultural change, esp. in the university

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Credits: Russ Hobby

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• Simple, powerful vision for UC Davis:– Become a campus that is internationally recognized for its

development and use of information technologies (IT) in support of innovation and excellence in teaching, scholarship, and engagement.

• Actions recommended in four major areas:1. Enhancing campus IT infrastructure2. Enabling community building and collaboration for teaching and

scholarship3. Promoting IT innovation and excellence4. Establishing methodology for prioritization of IT needs

• Leads suggested for further action

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Funding• Vision of the 2007 Chancellor’s Fall Conference: Making UC Davis a

campus internationally recognized for its development and use of IT in support of innovation and excellence in teaching and scholarship, and acting on the recommendation. 1. Some investments in IT would be aligned with other university goals,

not leading to additional costs.2. Some investments in IT would require a re-prioritization of the

university’s goals. 3. In some cases, substantial efforts in planning and partnership-

building are required, with one focus being innovative methods for acquiring funds in support of growing needs and costs of IT.

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Questions and

comments?

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