november 7, 2005educause live1 an eye to the future with a brief look at the past jack mccredie uc...

November 7, 2005 EDUCAUSE Live 1

An Eye to the Future with a Brief Look at the Past

Jack McCredie

UC Berkeley

November 7, 2005

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Good grief – not another geezer talk!!

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Good grief – not another geezer talk!!

• Today’s goal

• IT Milestones & Innovations

• IT Challenges &

Opportunities

• Discussion

• Fun

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McCredie’s top five signs that it may be time to retire

1. You begin to lose focus

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McCredie’s top five signs that it may be time to retire

1. You begin to lose focus

2. The freshman

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McCredie’s top five signs that it may be time to retire

1. You begin to lose focus

2. The freshman

3. Realize that dogs really are more fun than computers

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McCredie’s top five signs that it may be time to retire

1. You begin to lose focus

2. The freshman

3. Realize that dogs really are more fun than computers

4. Fantasies about chasing the Red Barron

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McCredie’s top five signs that it may be time to retire

1. You begin to lose focus

2. The freshman

3. Realize that dogs really are more fun than computers

4. Fantasies about chasing the Red Barron

5. Spam

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Two observations about IT in general

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Planning is often poor and neglects

unintended side effects

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Sometimes @#*% happens

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Some previous IT milestones & innovations in higher education

• ARPAnet

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Some previous IT milestones & innovations in higher education

• ARPAnet

• email

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Some previous IT milestones & innovations in higher education

• ARPAnet

• email

• UNIX

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Some previous IT milestones & innovations in higher education

• ARPAnet

• email

• UNIX

• Vax & PCs => unmanaged decentralization

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Some previous IT milestones & innovations in higher education

• ARPAnet• email• UNIX • Vax & PCs => unmanaged decentralization• Gopher, Mosaic and the Web

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Some previous IT milestones & innovations in higher education

• ARPAnet• email• UNIX • Vax & PCs => unmanaged decentralization• Gopher, Mosaic and the Web• National Supercomputer centers

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Some previous IT milestones & innovations in higher education

• EDUCOM + CAUSE => EDUCAUSE

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Some previous IT milestones & innovations in higher education

• EDUCOM + CAUSE => EDUCAUSE• ERPs

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Some previous IT milestones & innovations in higher education

• EDUCOM + CAUSE => EDUCAUSE

• ERPs• Entertainment

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Some previous IT milestones & innovations in higher education

• EDUCOM + CAUSE => EDUCAUSE

• ERPs

• Entertainment

• Wireless

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Some previous IT milestones & innovations in higher education

• EDUCOM + CAUSE => EDUCAUSE

• ERPs

• Entertainment

• Wireless

• Google

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Some previous IT milestones & innovations in higher education

• EDUCOM + CAUSE => EDUCAUSE• ERPs• Entertainment• Wireless• Google• Open source collaborations

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Some previous IT milestones & innovations in higher education

• EDUCOM + CAUSE => EDUCAUSE• ERPs• Entertainment• Wireless• Google• Open source collaborations• Internet2/NLR/RONs

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EDUCAUSE 2005 top IT issuesin higher education

• Funding• Security & identity management• Administrative/ERP/ systems• Strategic planning• Infrastructure management• Faculty development & support• E-learning• Governance, organization & leadership• Enterprise portals• Web systems & services

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Opportunities & challenges

• Security & privacy

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Opportunities & challenges

• Security & privacy

• Re-invent central IT organizations

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Opportunities & challenges

• Security & privacy

• Re-invent central IT organizations

• Transform teaching & learning environments

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Opportunities & challenges

• Security & privacy

• Re-invent central IT organizations

• Transform teaching & learning environments

• Governance & organization

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Opportunities & challenges

• Collaboration & support technologies

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Opportunities & challenges

• Collaboration & support technologies

• The flattening world

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Opportunities & challenges

• Collaboration & support technologies

• The flattening world• Open source

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Opportunities & challenges

• Collaboration & support technologies

• The flattening world• Open source• Massive digitization

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Opportunities & challenges

• Government regulations

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Opportunities & challenges

• Government regulations• Intellectual property rights

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Opportunities & challenges

• Government regulations• Intellectual property rights• Competition from Google,

Yahoo, et al

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Opportunities & challenges

• Government regulations• Intellectual property rights• Competition from Google, Yahoo,

et al• Rationalize the national higher

education networking environment

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Questions and discussion

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