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Information Technology Strategy

Information Technology Strategy. Supporting Excellence. Tim Phillips, Director of Information Systems & Computing. Tomorrow’s Challenges. Responding to student expectations Enabling research and collaboration Generating and sharing knowledge Meeting the Exabyte challenge

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Information Technology Strategy

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  1. Information Technology Strategy Supporting Excellence Tim Phillips, Director of Information Systems & Computing

  2. Tomorrow’s Challenges Responding to student expectations Enabling research and collaboration Generating and sharing knowledge Meeting the Exabyte challenge Transforming business processes Being innovative and achieving technological leverage Developing all our people Building the “Virtual University”

  3. IT Strategy Aims

  4. A Vision of the Future “We are moving towards a mobile, broadband society” “I see a near-future in which mobile terminals (phones, other handheld devices) have more processing power than today’s laptops; with cognitive radio, they will select the best wireless system for the task in hand …terabit communications are not that far away” Joe McGeehan, Professor of Communications Engineering, credited with pioneering many of the major developments in mobile communications.

  5. The future (or the present)? Did you know? Portal You Tube • UOB • Comp. Sci. Podcasts Online Courses e-Portfolios Weblogs • Physics Wikis Virtual Campus SOA Second Life

  6. What does that mean for Jane? She picks up a recorded lecture from last week as she cycles in (click here for podcasts). As she walks by the Students’ Union she sees a display of the week’s events and downloads timings and details to her mobile calendar. A message arrives saying her first lecture has moved, so she goes straight to the new venue. Jane is woken by her mobile alarm, checks out the day’s todo list and diary and reads her email over breakfast whilst catching up on yesterday’s soap in the corner of her laptop screen. The students compare notes and search video clips of lectures from the 3rd year options to try to work out which to choose for their final year. (for an example, see UC Berkeley Youtube) Jane downloads images and notes during the lecture and annotates them, uploading them via the portal to her workspace afterwards. She’ll use them when working on her essay later on in the library. A message arrives from a friend in a 2nd Life seminar from another part of the course and they arrange to meet. (click here for 2nd life)

  7. Students can… View tutor comments and assessments Complete assignments and submit to their tutor Access reference and study material Manage work in progress, drafts and versions View university event information and set reminders View published lesson plans and book lists Publish an ePortfolio Participate in virtual lectures and workgroups Communicate confidentially with tutors Work collaboratively with tutors and peers

  8. Staff can… Distribute assignments, tests and activities to student or classes Mark assignments and return to students Share and reuse learning resources Manage courses and teaching units Access virtual staffrooms and shared teaching resources Build virtual lectures and assignment workspaces Participate in cross-institution collaborations and workgroups Collaborate with peers and interact electronically with students

  9. On-line Assignments Student accesses on-line resources and assignments Lecturer uploads learning resources into on-line learning environment Student attempts assignment Lecturer sets assignment for students Lecturer accesses submitted assignments Student submits assignment Lecturer reviews, marks, and returns assignment

  10. It’s all about integration (and access) • Processes • Communication • Data

  11. Workflow: Integrated processes Reporting Business Process Model Workflow Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) = Process and Systems Integration Portal New Systems: Purchasing Timetabling fEC CODA SITS Library Aleph VLE Bboard JISC/SOA

  12. Integrated Communication & Collaboration Virtual Meeting Rooms Access to Applications & Reporting Single Point of Entry Expertise Locator Q&A Forum eLearning Web Conferencing Portal Large File Shared Workspaces Transfer Search Messaging Presence Awareness

  13. Integrated Data & Information Resources ROSE: Bristol Repository of Scholarly Eprints ?

  14. A Vision of our future

  15. “We are still some way off a modern and wholly integrated IT system. This, in part, reflects years of underinvestment but also a kind of natural conservatism and a fear of the sums of money involved.” Speech to University Court, 7th December 2007 (Eric Thomas, Vice-Chancellor; Speech to Court, December 2007)

  16. Balancing business requirements with technology and maturity of the organization 1. Requirements of business 2. Maturity of Organization1) 3. Systems & Technology Balanced, business led “pull” Unbalanced, technology “push” 1) Processes, Structures & Organization, People & culture

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