The Future of Higher Education: What is the IT Professional’s Role?
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The Future of Higher Education: What is the IT Professional’s Role? 10:30 AM – Noon Wednesday, March 17 th , 2010
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Our closing session will bring together four panelists, David W. Dodd, Vice President for Information Resources and CIO, Xavier University, Linda A. Jorn, Director, Office of Information Technology, University of Minnesota, Robert H. McDonald, Associate Dean for Library Technologies, Indiana University, and Melissa Woo, Director of Cyberinfrastructure/Director, Network & Operations Services, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, along with session moderator James J. Koenig, Director of Information Technology Services, College of Saint Benedict/Saint John's University, who will reflect on the readiness of IT professionals to contribute to future higher education core emerging models highlighted in Diana Oblinger’s opening address. They will discuss the roles that information technology and IT professionals will play and how IT as a collaborative partner can provide value to the core futures of higher education. Panelists will synthesize what they heard at the conference in order to identify a vision and strategic paths for discussion by all attendees.
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The Future of Higher Education:What is the IT Professional’s Role?
10:30 AM – Noon
Wednesday, March 17th, 2010
TWEET US #MWRC10 #FUTUREPANEL
INTRODUCTION OF OUR PANELISTS
Linda Jorn University of Minnesota
Melissa Woo University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
David Dodd Xavier University
Robert H. McDonald Indiana University
Jim Koenig Director Information Technology Services
College of Saint Benedict/Saint John’s University
Our Moderator
Linda Jorn
Director, Office of Information
Technology
University of Minnesota
Melissa WooDirector of Cyberinfrastructure
Director of Network & Operations Services
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Infrastructure-centric
Client-centric
Evolution of roles
How are you preparing for the future?
Future of the profession…
… are you ready?
David Dodd
Vice President for Information
Resources and CIO
Xavier University
Being an agent for change 9
Making a difference!
Continuous Strategic Change
Accountability
Institutional Effectiveness
Information-Driven
Reflection and Planning
Self-Improvement
Leadership
3 a personal journey of developmentand experience
Robert H. McDonald
Associate Dean for Library Technologies
Executive Director, Kuali OLE
Indiana University
XaaS
...as as Service
Becomes Pervasive
Community Clouds
InternalCloud
ExternalCloudsFEDERATION
Apps
Adapted from Rod Johnson’s Spring Source Cloud Image - http://blog.springsource.com/2009/08/10/springsource-chapter-two/
TWEET US #MWRC10 #FUTUREPANEL
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS What are the three partnerships/collaborations/interdependencies that
you will nurture this year? Why? What competencies do you feel we need to nurture in order to help the
academy in the 21st century? How can we as IT professionals best prepare to lead the changes
ahead? How might learning technologists best help with campus strategic
planning efforts? What interdependent activities might learning technologists engage in to
support new learning environments? What professional development opportunities will help us learn
metaphors/languages to talk with academic leaders to solve academic challenges?
How are cloud opportunities changing your staffing needs and skills? What area of your own professional development would you like to
pursue as a result of attending this conference?
THANK YOU
