September 16-18, 2007

This is the reading list for UC Davis community members who attended the Chancellor’s Fall Conference in September 2007.

General Reading - Required for All

1. Paper excerpts provided by Ruth Sabean (see conference binder)

2. Top-Ten IT Issues, 2007 (see conference binder)

3. Compartments, Customers, or Convergence? Evolving Challenges to IT Progress (see conference binder)

Suggested Readings for All

1. UC Davis Strategic Plan: Year Four Progress Report (Sept. 2007)
http://vpiet.ucdavis.edu/strategicplan.report.pdf

2. CCFIT Annual Report: Discussions and Recommendations (June 2007)
http://ccfit.ucdavis.edu/AnnualReport.06.07.pdf

3. Information and Educational Technology (IET) Quarterly Report (May 2007)
http://iet.ucdavis.edu/pubs/ietquarterly/IET.Report.May07.pdf

 

Readings for Breakout Groups

A. Role of IT in Teaching and Learning -- Robert Blake and Linda Bisson

• How can the campus better leverage information technologies as a tool for enhancing teaching and learning?  What should our goals be?
• What policies or behaviors need to be examined or changed in order for the campus to fully realize the benefits of information technology in teaching and learning?
• What key investments in information technology and related areas need to be made to ensure that UC Davis will be able to realize its full potential in teaching and learning?
• What are the three most important recommendations that have emerged from your discussion?

READING: 

Top Ten Teaching and Learning Issues for 2007
http://www.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/MWR07059.pdf
Abstract: "EDUCAUSE's Advisory Committee for Teaching and Learning (ACTL) has identified ten key technology-related teaching and learning issues in higher education. In surveying themes and issues this year, ACTL believes that we are moving toward "Instruction 2.0." Just as emerging Web 2.0 technologies are clearly reshaping the Web and online media, innovations in instructional practice and academic technology are now moving higher education in novel directions."

Highlights of the 2006 Study of Students and Information Technology (05/07)
http://www.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/ECR0608.pdf
Abstract: "This presentation offers results of ECAR's 2006 study of the information technology use and competencies of nearly 29,000 students from 96 higher education institutions. (Presentation at the Fifth Annual ECAR Symposium, Dec. 2006.)"

B. Role of IT in Research and Scholarship -- Ann Bonham and Wes Wallender

• How can the campus better leverage information technologies as a tool for enhancing research and scholarship? What should our goals be?
• What policies or behaviors need to be examined or changed in order for the campus to fully realize the benefits of information technology in research and scholarship?
• What key investments in information technology and related areas need to be made to ensure that UC Davis will be able to realize its full potential in research and scholarship?
• What are the three most important recommendations that have emerged from your discussion?

READING:

Cyberinfrastructure Vision for 21st Century Discovery, National Science Foundation (March 2007)
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2007/nsf0728/nsf0728_2.pdf (Chapter 1: Call to Action)
Abstract: "NSF's Cyberinfrastructure Vision for 21st Century Discovery is presented in a set of interrelated chapters that describe the various challenges and opportunities in the complementary areas that make up cyberinfrastructure: computing systems, data, information resources, networking, digitally enabled-sensors, instruments, virtual organizations, and observatories, along with an interoperable suite of software services and tools."

IT Engagement in Research: A Baseline Study (Executive Summary)
http://www.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/ecar_so/ers/ers0605/EKF0605.pdf
Abstract: "This ECAR study explores the practices and perspectives of IT organizations that support the academic research enterprise. To collect, analyze, and distribute information across an expanding range academic disciplines and geographic locations, research efforts rely heavily on IT infrastructure, people, and a broad range of IT services. Ever-larger data sets are being collected and shared, simulations and visualization are becoming routine tools, and the co-evolution of science and computing increasingly requires scientists to have solid grounding in information management. This study reports the results of a variety of research initiatives: a literature review, quantitative and qualitative data from 328 higher education institutions (315 U.S.and 13 Canadian institutions), and five in-depth cases studies.

See also Key findings: http://www.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/ecar_so/ers/ers0605/ekf0605.pdf

C. Impact of IT on Campus Culture -- Jon Wagner and Gail Yokote

• How can the campus better leverage information technologies as a tool for building community and interdisciplinary collaboration? What should our goals be?
• What policies or behaviors need to be examined or changed in order for the campus to fully realize the benefits of information technology in building community and interdisciplinary collaboration?
• What key investments in information technology and related areas need to be made to ensure that UC Davis will be able to realize its full potential in building community and interdisciplinary collaboration?
• What are the three most important recommendations that have emerged from your discussion?

READING:

The Future for Higher Education:  Sunrise or Perfect Storm (2006)
http://www.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/erm0623.pdf

IT Collaboration: A Preview from the 2007 ECAR Study
http://connect.educause.edu/library/abstract/ITCollaborationMulti/44569
Abstract: "This ECAR research bulletin addresses a unique strength of higher education: its commitment to sharing ideas and promoting open access to knowledge. These values shape IT in higher education as well, as evidenced by many high-profile collaborations such as the Internet, Internet2, and open or community source applications such as Sakaiand Kuali. Institutions work with one another on a broad range of projects and services including wide area networking, shared data centers, or disaster recovery. Some institutions share staff, while others outsource their IT operation to a fellow institution. Using findings from the 2007 ECAR study on IT collaboration, this bulletin explores the challenges that suggest that collaboration may become an even more prevalent strategy in the future."

D. IT as a Tool for Insight and Innovation -- Andy Jones and Ken Joy

• How can the campus better leverage information technologies as a tool for enhancing insight and innovation? What should our goals be?
• What policies or behaviors need to be examined or changed in order for the campus to fully realize information technology as a tool for insight and innovation?
• What key investments in information technology and related areas need to be made to ensure that UC Davis fully utilizes the potential of information technology as a tool for insight and innovation?
• What are the three most important recommendations that have emerged from your discussion?

READING:  

A Few Quotations, gathered by Andy Jones

Where Innovation Matters, IT Matters (Peter M. Siegel, Nov./Dec. 2003)
http://www.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/erm0369.pdf

E. IT Planning - How Can We Make the Best Choices? -- Debbie Lauriano and Francois Gygi

• As IT becomes more central to all that we do, how can faculty, administrators, and staff become active participants in IT planning and policies?
• How can we build creative partnerships between different groups to leverage our strengths and perspectives to move UC Davis forward?
• What is the right balance between innovation (which usually relies on more local, individual activities and ad hoc investment) and reliability/stewardship (which usually relies more on college or central activities and systematic investment)?  How can we ensure we achieve the right balance?
• What are the three most important recommendations that have emerged from your discussion?

READING:

IT Governance, Dr. Brad Wheeler
http://bwheeler.ovpit.iu.edu/Nokia2005/IT_Governance.ppt (PowerPoint)

Improving IT governance in Higher Education (Jack McCredie, August 2006)
http://www.educause.edu/section_params/conf/ITGS07/McCredie_ECAR.pdf
Abstract: "This research bulletin examines the ways many research universities govern their IT activities, explores some inherent problems in these processes, identifies several good practices, and suggests changes that may improve the current state of the art. It draws on research conducted by MIT and ECAR on IT alignment and governance; information submitted to the EDUCAUSE Core Data Service survey; the results of an extensive review of IT governance at the University of California, Berkeley; a one-day governance workshop hosted by the Common Solutions Group; the work of a project team participating in the IT Leaders Project; and the observations and results of several external review committees on which the author has served."