Infrastructure
The expectations and demands of higher education students today requires institutions to offer a brand new level of service and engagement. While there are many tools that can help to create these student experiences, managing all the moving pieces requires a well-built institutional technological infrastructure that can bear the load.
Building a Foundation of Success: Lessons from Columbia College Chicago Online (Part 2)
Stanley Wearden | Provost and Senior Vice President, Columbia College ChicagoBuilding out an online continuing education program can pose a challenge even to the largest higher education institutions. While many fledgling divisions turn to Online Program Management (OPM) vendors to…
Building a Foundation of Success: Lessons from Columbia College Chicago Online (Part 1)
Stanley Wearden | Provost and Senior Vice President, Columbia College ChicagoBuilding out an online continuing education program can pose a challenge even to the largest higher education institutions. While many fledgling divisions turn to Online Program Management (OPM) vendors to…
Bringing IT to the Forefront of Innovation: How to Leverage Technology to Drive Innovation on Campus
Steven Burrell | Vice President for Information Technology and Chief Information Officer, Northern Arizona UniversityIdeas and creativity seldom happen in a vacuum. They are collaborations characterized by free expression and sharing of information. If ideas and creative works have to be translated/converted/interfaced between these…
Pursuing a Major Business Process Improvement Implementation: Establishing Priorities, Getting Started and Staying Focused
Nick Farthing | Project Manager and Business Analyst in Information Technology, Ithaca CollegeThis is the final installment of a three-part series exploring why you might take on a major project, reflecting on who needs to be involved (and when/how), and discussing what…
Leveraging Technology to Simplify the Back-End and Improve the Front-End
Patty Maciel | Business Analyst, UC Berkeley ExtensionThe expectations on colleges and universities today are different than they used to be. Traditionally, postsecondary institutions were responsible for ensuring programming was high quality. Eventually, there were expectations for…
Defining “Needs” and Separating them from “Wants”: Central to Any Successful IT Project
Ven Meyerzon | System and Business Analyst, UC Davis ExtensionRecently a client came to me and asked for a new, very expensive laptop. They touted how light it was—only two and a half pounds! They talked up the fact…
Pursuing a Major Business Process Improvement Implementation: Why Take the Plunge? (Part 1)
Bill Liddick | Associate Director of Enterprise Application Architecture, Ithaca CollegeThis is the first installment of a three-part series that will explore why you might take on a major project, reflect on who needs to be involved (and when/how), and…