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Innovations For Innovation’s Sake?

Innovations For Innovation’s Sake?. Keep the Focus on the Students. Blog. Please visit my blog at: digitaledu.blogspot.com. Overview. Background Guidelines for Innovation Demonstration Q/A. Background – Our District. Two College District (Saddleback and Irvine Valley)

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Innovations For Innovation’s Sake?

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  1. Innovations For Innovation’s Sake? Keep the Focus on the Students

  2. Blog • Please visit my blog at: digitaledu.blogspot.com

  3. Overview • Background • Guidelines for Innovation • Demonstration • Q/A

  4. Background – Our District • Two College District (Saddleback and Irvine Valley) • 35,000 Headcount, 21,000 FTES • Relatively small District IT staff • Passion for delivering direct services to students • Award-winning online services

  5. Background – Major Systems • MySite Web Portal • Implemented in August 2000 • 140,000 unique users • SmartSchedule (online class schedule) • Implemented in July 2002 • 6.5 million estimated visits • KnowledgeBase & MySite Agent • Implemented in October 2003 • 200,000 queries

  6. Innovation: Definition • Innovation: • The introduction of something new • A new idea, method or device • Our Definition: • A new system, or a new approach, that improves the quality or quantity of service to our students

  7. Innovation Guidelines • Own your architecture • Focus on function, not technology • Develop a passion for delivering direct service • Implement a real Portal • Do something – pick the low hanging fruit • Build in feedback • Evaluate services based on actual usage

  8. Keep an eye on emerging technologies Source: Gartner Group

  9. Leverage Third Party Solutions Course Management System (Blackboard) MySite eServices Suite Student Information System Library Services (SIRSI)

  10. Demonstration Visit MySite at: http://mysite.socccd.cc.ca.us Contact Information: Jim Gaston Interim Director of Information Technology South Orange County CCD jgaston@socccd.org

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