In this session, we will share the University of Central Florida’s Accessibility Support Model for online courses that was designed to provide a scalable and systematic approach to creating accessible online courses.
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Participate in a facilitated conversation about valuing diversity in IT with a newly retired CIO and newly minted CIO. The CIOs will discuss their own leadership journeys, as well as how to encourage, enable, support, and forward diversity in IT leadership and inclusion across the IT organization.Outcomes: Appreciate unique paths to the position of CIO, as well as the support structures that may be required to get there * Identify potential methods for helping and supporting each other on the path to leadership * Become inspired to build a more diverse IT community at your institution
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IT leaders face a critical decision: whether to move services from local data centers to cloud infrastructure providers. We’ll cover an objective fit analysis and case study that aids institutions in assessing which services will benefit the most from the cloud, and which should stay on-premises.Outcomes: Make effective decisions on which online services to move to cloud infrastructure providers *Prioritize service migrations in a way that makes sense without overburdening staff *Gain the knowledge and confidence to take the first step toward migrating to the cloud
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The University of Maine System recently unified IT. This unit is now maturing to meet distinct campuses mission and goals. This maturation required intentional strategy to a new engagement model for staff in transition. We will share the process and design for supporting staff growth in a positive, customer-oriented culture.Outcomes: Understand an empowering team structure *Understand strategy to develop new IT competencies *Understand prioritized competencies
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Effective IT governance and IT risk management programs help institutions achieve their goals by optimally deploying IT resources. Join this session to learn about institutional IT governance programs that ensure that IT technology strategies and initiatives align with institutional objectives and to discuss how to elevate IT risk issues into enterprise risk management discussions.Outcomes: Understand how to effectively deploy IT governance and risk management * Acquire knowledge of tools and standards for IT governance and risk management * Learn how to educate constituents on governance and risk management tips and techniques and how to articulate GRC benefits and techniques to campus leaders
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As campus citizens use various services for e-mail, calendaring, and document collaboration (shared access and shared editing), campus IT organizations must decide how to support and coordinate the use of both institutionally and personally chosen services. We will discuss various strategies, policies, and practices followed at different University of California campuses.Outcomes: Identify issues and opportunities integrating and coordinating diverse collaboration service portfolios *Define strategies for addressing challenges and exploring solutions in accommodating diverse collaboration service portfolios *Balance user needs and choices with business processes and institutional policies
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Proof of skill attainment through alternative credentialing has gone mainstream. Microcredentialing and digital badging have become credible ways to codify achievements and nanodegrees—programs specifically targeted to develop industry skills, especially in technical areas—have gained acceptance and even encouragement from business. This session will define and describe the emergence of badging, microcredentialing, and nanodegrees, along with the role that technology plays in enabling these models and the impact they have on higher education.Outcomes: Learn about microcredentialing and digital badging as valid records of learning * Compare and contrast microcredentialing with a traditional credit * Discuss the impact of alternative credentialing on higher education
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This session will highlight three strategies outlined in Dr. Mfume’s book, What Works at Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs): Nine Strategies for Increasing Retention and Graduation Rates. This presentation will demonstrate how Morgan State University is using Starfish to collect and report student data, early alerts, advising notes, and appointments.Outcomes: Understand the value of strategic initiatives to increase retention and graduation rates * Learn how to leverage external resources (grants) and how they can effect a campus-wide culture change * Discuss how technology, tools, and systems help faculty, administrators, and staff work smarter, not harder (Google Apps, Starfish)
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Will using video instructions on laboratory skills lead to better-prepared students during practical sessions, as well as more effective teaching time? What are the important video characteristics in making them educationally feasible, pedagogically suitable, and usable for open and online education?Outcomes: Learn important video characteristics of skills video lessons and apply them within your own practice *Learn how and why teachers use video instructions in a blended teaching manner *Identify risks and opportunities in using online courses to learn skills (as a next step)
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Our institutions continuously seek new ways to gain insight from the vast amounts of data we collect. IT has a critical role to play in delivering valuable information but cannot succeed alone. This presentation will describe how we are advancing a data-driven culture through collaborative partnerships at Purdue University.Outcomes: Understand why collaborative partnerships matter for building a data-driven culture *Use a BI maturity framework to assess your current state and progress *Identify opportunities for collaborative partnerships along with strategies that work for building them
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