November 7, 2005EDUCAUSE Live1 An Eye to the Future with a Brief Look at the Past Jack McCredie UC Berkeley November 7, 2005 Copyright John W. McCredie

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!!


Good grief – not another geezer talk!!

• Today’s goal

• IT Milestones & Innovations

• IT Challenges &

Opportunities

• Discussion

• Fun



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

1. You begin to lose focus







2. The freshman




2. The freshman

3. Realize that dogs really are more fun than computers





2. The freshman


4. Fantasies about chasing the Red Barron





2. The freshman


4. Fantasies about chasing the Red Barron

5. Spam


Two observations about IT in general


Planning is often poor and neglects

unintended side effects





Sometimes @#*% happens






Some previous IT milestones & innovations in higher education

• ARPAnet



• ARPAnet

• email



• ARPAnet

• email

• UNIX



• ARPAnet

• email

• UNIX

• Vax & PCs => unmanaged decentralization



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



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



• EDUCOM + CAUSE => EDUCAUSE



• EDUCOM + CAUSE => EDUCAUSE• ERPs




• ERPs• Entertainment




• ERPs

• Entertainment

• Wireless




• ERPs

• Entertainment

• Wireless

• Google



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



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


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


Opportunities & challenges

• Security & privacy




• Re-invent central IT organizations





• Transform teaching & learning environments





• Transform teaching & learning environments

• Governance & organization



• Collaboration & support technologies




• The flattening world




• The flattening world• Open source




• The flattening world• Open source• Massive digitization



• Government regulations



• Government regulations• Intellectual property rights



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

Yahoo, et al



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

et al• Rationalize the national higher

education networking environment


Questions and discussion


Documents

November 7, 2005EDUCAUSE Live1 An Eye to the Future with a Brief Look at the Past Jack McCredie UC Berkeley November 7, 2005 Copyright John W. McCredie