| IT Strategic Planning Work Group IT Vision Brainstorming 1/31/2006 | |
| Ideas to be Considered as Components of the IT Vision: | |
| # | Description |
| 1 | VoIP/Converged Network (data, voice, video) |
| 19 | Secure, reliable, 'state-of-the-art' infrastructure |
| 2 | "Meet" students where they are (e.g., Podcasting, IM, Facebook) |
| 4 | Consider how IT Vision can help us live our brand promise |
| 6 | Lifecore training/demonstrations in on-line snippets |
| 7 | Information literacy as part of curriculum |
| 13 | Bring all students up to required level of technical literacy (faculty & staff also) |
| 15 | Support student use of technology, regardless of their level of expertise (faculty & staff also) |
| 17 | Provide training to all users to ensure existing systems are fully utilized |
| 26 | Technology available to all faculty when appropriate to learning experience |
| 43 | Faculty know teaching & learning best practices and when best to employ technology to enhance instruction |
| 8 | All faculty, staff, and students all have mobile technology available to them |
| 10 | Ensure all decisions are data-driven |
| 11 | Extensive electronic access to library databases |
| 12 | Full text of all library holdings are digitized |
| 20 | Link our Course Management System to library resources |
| 14 | Never enter the same information twice; integrate all systems, especially administrative |
| 23 | Exploit IT to facilitate research & scholarship |
| 25 | Flexible, global learning experience for students |
| 27 | Elimination of malware (spam, viruses, etc.) |
| 28 | Bring external resources into the classroom (experts, alumni, etc.) |
| 34 | Student use of 'real-world' technology they'll use in profession during course work (e.g., clinical computing) |
| 35 | All graduates produce rich, interactive on-line portfolio of accomplishments |
| 36 | Encourage electronic publication to share information (showcase faculty & student research, works) |
| 38 | Share our expertise with external communities (e.g., high school students participate in a classroom lecture via videoconferencing) |
| 37 | Technology sub-stations (sync pda, charge laptop, access Exchange, etc.) |
| 40 | Provide education at a distance |
| 41 | All classroom interaction videotaped and archived for students reference |
| 44 | Discover and utilize resources developed by textbook mfgrs, pharmiceutical companies, other web resources (animation, simulations, etc.) |
| 46 | Provide assistive technologies for community members with disabilities |
| Ideas to be Considered as Guiding Principles: | |
| # | Description |
| 3 | Ensure classrooms technology is always up-to-date in all equipped classrooms |
| 5 | Be wary of exposure inherent in Internet's reach (e.g., others' ability to influence our students, unauthorized access into our network/files, etc.) |
| 9 | Consider potential alliances/partnerships (e.g., nationally-known Catholic universities, local corporations, foundations, etc.) |
| 16 | Don't reinvent the wheel; utilize what others have developed |
| 21 | Extend services to the graduate students |
| 29 | Be customer-driven; listen to needs & wants, use tech to meet them |
| 39 | Make our education convenient for adult learners (in the workplace, home, etc.); Expand to ensure all services are convenient for all learners/constituents |
| 22 | Create a new paradign where faculty/staff are more open to change |
| 32 | Stay in abreast of technology advancements and educate/excite community |
| 24 | Plan for replacement cycle when new technologies are considered |
| 30 | Measure utilization and effectiveness of new technology initiatives |
| 47 | Consider open source/consortium-developed software applications (ensure support and training is included to fully utilize) |
| 48 | When considering new applications make ease of use, ability to find information, etc. high priority objectives |
| 50 | Consider "barriers to exit" when evaluating new technologies |
| 31 | Consider portable technology instead of always fixed equipment in classroom |
| 32 | Stay in abreast of technology advancements and educate/excite community |
| 33 | Ensure staffing allows us to meet goals (assess support impact when considering new initiatives) |
| 42 | Don't loose human interaction component |
| 45 | Keep interaction with Technology Advisory Committee (provides input from all areas of the university) |
| 51 | Review progress toward strategic goals regularly; be able to change direction |
| 52 | Plan should include guidelines on how to make vision a reality (e.g, categorize aspects of the vision, develop an action plan with timetable for high priority vision components) |