The changing technology landscape
In 2008, the University of Minnesota Morris concluded a report to guide future campus IT planning. As we start a new IT Working Group, I thought it would be interesting to take a look back at a snapshot of the 2008 Technology Report. The full report is 29 pages, but a summary is listed below:
The following themes emerged from the report:
- Instructional technology management
- Autonomy versus centralization
- Professional training and training
- Funding for technology, technology support personnel and professional development for the campus community
- Security
- Policies and governance
- Technology and the curriculum
- Services
- Technology for external audiences
The report also identified issues of technology utilization at UMM:
Section One: Current realities and considerations
- Peer comparisons
- Tension between local autonomy and centralized technology management
Section Two: Teaching and Research Support
- Classrooms
- Faculty office workstations and equipment
- New Faculty set-up
- Faculty research support
- Faculty Center for Learning and Teaching
- Discipline specific and general computer labs
Section Three : Instructional Software, Hardware and Equipment
- Adaptive technology
- Learning Management software
Section Four : Student support needs
- Res-Net
- Open Computer labs
- Central data storage / Net Files
- Student Affairs
- Comments from the student perspective
Section Five: Administrative Technology Needs
Section Six: Technology Intensive Units / Technology Providing Units
- Computing Services
- Media Services
- Library
Section Seven: Technology Policies and Procedures
Section Eight: Funding Concerns
Section Nine: Infrastructure and relationship with Campus Master Plan
- Networks
- Environmental support for infrastructure
- Wireless
- Security safeguards
- Telecommunications and Telephony
- Campus wide voice mail system