In 2004, nationwide research was conducted to create a detailed description of an effective and successful CIO at four-year institutions. In 2005-2006, the study was expanded to include two-year colleges. By examining CIO attributes, their membership on management teams, an organization’s IT strategy, and the impact a centralized or decentralized IT organization has on CIO effectiveness, this research highlighted the circumstances under which IT leaders, IT departments, and institutions have the best chance of success.

Wayne Brown, Vice President
Information Technology
Excelsior College

2:30 PM
Tuesday, October 24, 2006
208 B, West Meeting Rooms

This session provides valuable information to conference participants interested in maximizing the benefits of attending CIT. Discussed are valuable insights regarding the information received in the attendee bags, tips on finding the sessions most applicable to your needs, and application of your newfound knowledge after you return to campus. Discussions also include a review of the Conference Program and the Guide to the Exhibition and how to avoid burning out during the conference.

Sherry Bishop, Instructor
Information Technology
North Arkansas College

Rick Williams, Director
Microcomputer Services
North Arkansas College

9:00 AM
Sunday, October 22, 2006
208 B, West Meeting Rooms

Despite rapid growth, the ongoing acceptance of online learning, and critical improvements in pedagogy, tools, and overall quality, questions still persist about online student performance and course outcomes. St. Petersburg College adopted a set of expectations and performance measures and created an electronic monitoring system to track activity and address questions about everything from time on task to online chat content. This session assists participants in developing ways to monitor quality in online courses.

James Olliver, Provost
St. Petersburg College

Vicki Westergard, Director
Web and Instructional Services
St. Petersburg College

8:00 AM
Tuesday, October 24, 2006
208 B, West Meeting Rooms

A student-centered college starts with effective services. Services such as academic help, advising, career counseling, and coaching are increasingly important to attracting and retaining students and demonstrating institutional success. To ensure that offered services get used, services must be delivered in a manner that corresponds to the way today’s students communicate, work, and study. Come hear how you can offer effective online services and ensure their usage by integrating them into your college’s instructional fabric.

Burck Smith, CEO/Co-Founder
SMARTHINKING, Inc.

11:30 AM
Sunday, October 22, 2006
208 B, West Meeting Rooms

Three Wisconsin technical colleges with different constituencies, different cultures, and different business processes are containing their IT costs and improving service quality by working together. Wisconsin Indianhead Technical College, Lakeshore Technical College, and Midstate Technical College formed the WILM Consortium and consolidated their IT staffs into a single structure. Participants gain insights from the colleges’ presidents about forming a consortium and explore how three geographically separate organizations successfully leverage their resources.

Michael Lanser, President
Lakeshore Technical College

John Clark, President
Mid-State Technical College

3:15 PM
Monday, October 23, 2006
208 B, West Meeting Rooms

Many community colleges have taken steps to make teaching and learning more accommodating for students who have grown up with the internet. Within just a few years, these same institutions will begin to hire faculty from this same next generation. This session focuses on the changes that will be required as institutions respond to these new voices. By focusing on national best practices, the presenter identifies the expectations these new faculty will bring to campus.

John O'Brien, Director
Students First Initiative
Minnesota State Colleges and Universities System Office

1:15 PM
Tuesday, October 24, 2006
208 B, West Meeting Rooms

Begun in 1990, the Campus Computing Project is the largest continuing study of information technology in American higher education. This Special Session presents the results of the 2006 survey and provides new national data on IT planning, policy, finance, instructional support and integration, and web services, along with comparative data for community colleges and other sectors of U.S. higher education.

Kenneth Green, Director
The Campus Computing Project

8:00 AM
Monday, October 23, 2006
208 B, West Meeting Rooms

WGBH-Boston and the League for Innovation partnered to produce Getting Results, a free web-based faculty development program featuring video vignettes of community college instructors demonstrating effective teaching strategies. Getting Results is designed for use by individuals or cohorts of faculty and is targeted to adjunct science, math, engineering, and technology instructors. However, strategies are applicable for full- or part-time faculty in any discipline. Join us for an overview of the program, and experience Getting Results!

Cynthia Wilson, Vice President
Learning and Research
League for Innovation in the Community College

Allatia Harris, President
Administration
San Jacinto College-North Campus

2:15 PM
Sunday, October 22, 2006
208 B, West Meeting Rooms

Open-source software is making inroads into higher education in various ways and from various sources. This session presents ongoing research conducted by the Alliance for Higher Education Competitiveness in conjunction with the IMS Global Learning Consortium that surveyed higher education CIOs and decision makers. The study quantified the adoption rates for open-source initiatives, infrastructures, and applications, as well as the attitudes regarding total cost of ownership, implementation, and future expectations for higher education.

Rob Abel, CEO
IMS Global Learning Consortium

10:15 AM
Sunday, October 22, 2006
208 B, West Meeting Rooms

This session explores the Foothill-De Anza board’s policy to ensure administrative and faculty support for the organization, creation, and use of free, high-quality, public domain learning materials to reduce reliance on commercial textbooks. Participants discuss available materials and are provided with a model board policy designed to serve students and faculty needs. Learn about the financial support and free tools available to facilitate the use, reuse, and adaptation of free, high-quality, public domain learning materials.

Hal Plotkin, Trustee
Governing Board of Trustees
Foothill-De Anza Community College District

Martha Kanter, Under Secretary of Education
U.S. Department of Education

1:00 PM
Sunday, October 22, 2006
208 B, West Meeting Rooms

Recovering from a disaster is much easier if sufficient planning went into preparing for the disaster. Come and listen to the stories experienced and lessons learned from dealing with three hurricanes in six weeks. Session participants learn about the specific and critical steps to take when creating an effective disaster plan that can be applied to any geographical location and a variety of circumstances.

Al Little,
Brevard Community College

1:45 PM
Monday, October 23, 2006
208 B, West Meeting Rooms

Source code for software and a variety of excellent new web-based services and instructional resources are freely available on the web. But what are the hidden costs and benefits? Session participants identify resources and develop guidelines about using, supporting, adapting, sharing, and developing open-source software. Also discussed is dealing civilly and constructively with controversial issues, such as to what extent colleges should support faculty and student use of open-source software, tools, and instructional resources.

Steven Gilbert, President
The TLT Group

Arta Szathmary, Professor
MaST (Math Science and Technology
Bucks County Community College

4:30 PM
Monday, October 23, 2006
208 B, West Meeting Rooms

In the next five years, community colleges will need more than 3,000 new presidents and vice presidents; in the next 15 years, community colleges will need more than 62,000 new full-time faculty members. Many of these new leaders will be prepared in Walden University’s Community College Leadership program. Participants in this session review the distinctive elements that make this program one of the most innovative and substantive graduate programs ever created. More than 120 doctoral students are already enrolled. Join us to learn why this is the fastest-growing program of its kind in the nation.

Terry O'Banion, President Emeritus
League for Innovation in the Community College

Susan Lindahl, Chief Strategy Officer
McAnany, Van Cleave and Phillips

Susan Holmes, Executive Dean
Office of the President
NorthWest Arkansas Community College

12:30 PM
Monday, October 23, 2006
208 B, West Meeting Rooms

IT security continues to be a major priority for community colleges as IT staffs struggle with how to balance security and privacy concerns with the free flow of information typically found on campus. The proliferation of laptop computers and mobile devices only adds to the multifaceted challenge. The editor-in-chief of EdTech: Focus on Higher Education leads a panel of community college IT leaders who discuss major IT security challenges, as well as how colleges can develop comprehensive plans to prepare for significant security breaches, implement student policies, and consider new technology options such as network access control.

Lee Copeland, Editor in Chief
EdTech/CDW Government

Charles Perkins, Director
Information Technology
Barton County Community College

Vic Berger, Lead Technologist
EdTech/CDW Government

Darryl McGraw, Chief Information Officer
Information Technology
Wake Technical Community College

5:00 PM
Tuesday, October 24, 2006
208 B, West Meeting Rooms

The mix of millennials, gen-x’ers, baby boomers, and more make the provision of modern education a complex process. Not surprisingly, technology is being asked to support a wide variety of strategies, from broad-based social networking to small-scale tutoring. What’s ahead? What’s in store? How much more can we take? Come join the conversation about how a new generation of learning is taking shape.

Mark Milliron, President And Ceo
Catalyze Learning International

9:15 AM
Monday, October 23, 2006
208 B, West Meeting Rooms

Using an integrated planning framework as a guide, the presenters focus on their college’s mission and its establishment of a unique institutional niche. Advancing the mission and niche through a performance management and predictive modeling package developed with SAS, Inc. demonstrates the sustainability of this approach to institutional growth and development. Participants learn how this model drives continuous improvement and program development activities and connects with the region’s community and economic development priorities.

David Jeffrey, Vice President And CIO
Community And Economic Development/cio
Anoka Technical College

Anne Weyandt, President
Administration
Anoka Technical College

John Cacich, Vice President
Academic and Student Affairs
Anoka Technical College

3:45 PM
Tuesday, October 24, 2006
208 B, West Meeting Rooms

Eduventures’ fourth annual Higher Education Survey on Leadership, Innovation, and Technology explores new territory in student-facing and back-office technologies. As technologies merge and converge, more technology decisions in higher education are being influenced and led by nontechnical senior administrators. This presentation draws on surveys of several hundred U.S. colleges to discuss the ways in which presidents, chief financial officers, chief academic officers, and CIOs perceive IT to be driving institutional growth.

Eric Bassett,
EduVentures

9:15 AM
Tuesday, October 24, 2006
208 B, West Meeting Rooms