MOVING TO THE CLOUD – THE JOURNEY BEGINS

HIGHER EDUCATION

The Challenges Facing Higher Education Have Never Been Greater

Changing Students

Changing Technology

Changing Regulations and Accountability Requirements

Changing Funding

Changing Sustainability Demands

CONDITION OF HIGHER EDUCATION

“The American higher-education system has long been seen as a leader in the world, but confidence in its future and its enduring value may be beginning to crack along economic lines, according to two major surveys of the American public and college presidents conducted this spring.

-Pew Research Center & Chronicle, Spring 2011

TECHNOLOGY Technology can and should be used as an effective

tool to:

Enhance the teaching/learning and research process

Improve Operational Efficiencies

Reduce Fixed Operating Costs

Create a Value Proposition to Students

Align Processes to Fulfill the Mission of the University

HORIZON REPORT 2011

The abundance of resources and relationships made easily accessible via the Internet is increasingly challenging us to revisit our roles as educators in sense-making, coaching, and credentialing.

People expect to be able to work, learn, and study whenever and wherever they want.

The world of work is increasingly collaborative, giving rise to reflection about the way student projects are structured.

The technologies we use are increasingly cloud-based, and our notions of IT support are decentralized.

CHALLENGES Digital media literacy continues its rise in importance

as a key skill in every discipline and profession.

Appropriate metrics of evaluation lag behind the emergence of new scholarly forms of authoring, publishing, and researching.

Economic pressures and new models of education are presenting unprecedented competition to traditional models of the university

Keeping pace with the rapid proliferation of information, software tools, and devices is challenging for students and teachers alike

TECHNOLOGIES TO WATCH Next 12 Months

Electronic Books – eTextbooks

Mobile Computing

Selective Cloud Hosting

12- 24 months

Augmented Reality

Game-Based Learning

2-5 YEARS

Gesture-Based Computing

Learning Analytics

CIO Priorities – 2009 vs. 2011

IBM Global CIO Study, 2011

THE NEXT TEN YEARS(TECHNOLOGY AS A UTILITY)

Technology should be used to improve operating efficiencies(i.e., reduce fixed operating expenses while enhancing services provided) and capture target markets (New Revenue Sources) from across the globe which was not possible before.

Information TechnologyCost Center Profit Center

12From Here… To There

Hardware – Server Consolidation Virtualization

On to the Cloud – Private --- Public - Federated

Software – Price Negotiations, Compatibility Testing, Performance Optimization, Security

Software as a Service (Saas), Platform as a Service (PaaS)

User Experience – College owned State of the Art Desktops, Secure, Optimal Performance

User Owned, Supported laptops/handheld devices connected to the Virtual /Mobile Applications

Portal – Secure and Easy Access to College resources Based on User Profile

Secure and Easy Access to ALL User resources – College and Non College Resources

Data Driven Decision Making Business Intelligence (BI) Driven Strategic and Tactical Planning

Student Relationship Management Student Lifecycle Management Prospect – Alumni

HOW DO YOU DO IT?

The Answer Might be in the Cloud!

WHAT IS THE CLOUD?

Cloud computing is the delivery of computing as a service rather than a product, whereby shared resources, software, and information are provided to computers and other devices as a utility (like the electricity grid) over a network (typically the Internet).

CLOUD SERVICES

Software as a Service (Saas)

Platform as a Service (PaaS)

Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)

PUBLIC VS. PRIVATE CLOUD

PROS OF THE CLOUD

Fast Startup

Scalability

Business Agility

Faster Product Development

No Capital Expenditures

CONS OF THE CLOUD

Bandwidth Could Bust Your Budget

App Performance Could Suffer

Data Might Not be Cloud-Worthy

Too Big to Scale

Human Capital Might be Lacking

CARL SANDBURG COLLEGE

Started Experimenting with the Amazon Cloud in 2008

Moved Student E-Mail Accounts to the Google Cloud in 2009

Moved Student E-Mail Accounts to Windows Live @edu in Fall 2011

MIGRATION PATH

By 2014, 95% of the College’s Applications will be on either a Private or Public Cloud

DISASTER RECOVERY/BUSINESS CONTINUITY

Campus Emergency and Disaster Recovery Plan – Due to the Illinois Community College Board in December

IT DR is a Part of the Overall Plan

Process of Working with Cloud Providers to Move RED and YELLOW Servers

AWARDS

Carl Sandburg College Ranked Among Top Ten Tech Savvy Community Colleges in the US in 2007, 2008, 2009,2010 & 2011 by the Center for Digital Education and Converge Magazine:

http://www.convergemag.com/awards/digital-community-colleges/2010-Digital-Community-Colleges.html

Digital Education Achievement Award 2007

ICCCA Innovation Award 2005

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