Information Technology at The Ohio State University

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Information Technology at The Ohio State
University

• Ilee Rhimes, Chief Information Officer,
• Mike Veres, Deputy CIO for OIT and
• Susan Metros, Deputy CIO for eLearning
• The Ohio State University Board of
  TrusteesFebruary 1, 2006

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Agenda

• CIO Organization and Governance
• Technology Landscape
• IT Strategic Initiatives
• Enterprise Systems
• Cost Savings and Rate Reductions
• Moving Toward 2010
• Technology Enhanced Learning and Research

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IT Governance Strengthened by

• Provost and Senior VP for Business and Finance
  serving as Executive Sponsors
• Holding Annual Review Meetings with Deans, VPs
  and key IT staff
• Expanding University Senate Council on Libraries
  to include IT
• CIO appointment to Presidents Cabinet

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Technology Landscape Annual Student Poll

• Almost 100 have a computer at home
• Almost 95 had Internet Service Provider (ISP)
  prior to Ohio State
• Almost 90 of undergraduate classes incorporate
  instructional technology
• Students overwhelmingly believe access to IT
  resources is important to their education

Source Ohio State 2005 CIO Annual Poll
conducted by the Department of Statistics
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Technology Landscape Annual Faculty Poll

• Almost 100 own one or more computers
• 40 use handheld devices, up from 24 in 2001
• 91 use the Internet from home, up from 83 in
  2001
• 50 more faculty have adopted the eLearning
  course management system in the last year

Source Ohio State 2005 CIO Annual Poll
conducted by the Department of Statistics
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Technology Landscape Annual Staff Poll

• Just over 90 own one or more computers
• 28 use handheld devices
• 80 use the Internet from home, up from 63 in
  2001

Source Ohio State 2005 CIO Annual Poll
conducted by the Department of Statistics
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Technology LandscapeSince 2001

• E-mails per day have grown from 250,000 to 1.5
  million
• Internet traffic has increased six fold
• The number of Smart Classrooms have doubled from
  63 to 133
• The number of inquiries and requests handled by
  the Help Desk has risen by 64 to over 185,000

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Technology LandscapeSince 2001 We have

• Implemented Project Management Best Practices
• Established CyberSecurity Director reporting to
  CIO
• Expanded eLearning support group and hiring
  Deputy CIO for eLearning
• Launched Campuswide Wireless Network
• Connected the network to the Third Frontier
  Network
• Began Implementation of the IT Strategic Plan

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PlanITs 15 IT Strategic Initiatives

• Knowledge Bank
• Learning Environments
• Network Quality and Access
• Research Administration and Infrastructure
• Staff Education and Training
• Student Information System
• User IT Support

• Business Continuity Planning
• CyberSecurity
• Data Warehouse
• eLearning
• Faculty IT Support
• Funding Strategy
• Governance and Communications
• Information Literacy

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Enterprise SystemsSince 2001

• PeopleSoft HR - Completed
• PeopleSoft Financials - Completed
• PeopleSoft Grants Management - Completed
• Carmen eLearning Course Management - Completed
• Data Warehouse - Launched
• Integrated Student Information System - Launched

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Cost Savings and Rate ReductionsSome Examples

• Telecommunications
• Site Licensed Software
• Consolidated Hardware Maintenance

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Moving Toward 2010

• Business Continuity Planning
• Identity Management
• SSN Privacy and Safeguarding
• CyberConnectivity
• Smart Classrooms
• eLearning

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Technology Enhanced Learning and Research

• Three Goals
• Support eLearning on campus and at a distance
• Identify, investigate, showcase and demonstrate
  the value of emerging IT solutions
• Build and sustain a diverse IT workforce

http//telr.osu.edu
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• One centrally-supported, campuswide course
  management system
• A Carmen shell for every course
• Easy to use
• Exponential growth
• New partners and new audiences

Goal 1 Support eLearning
http//telr.osu.edu/carmen
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The Digital Union

• Partnership between CIO and University Libraries
  
• Test bed for multidisciplinary research
• Test-drive emerging technologies before investing
• Media production
• Cutting-edge showcases and workshops
• Cultural exchanges

Goal 2 demonstrate the value of emerging IT
solutions
http//digitalunion.osu.edu
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Research on Research Undergraduate/Faculty
ePartnerships
Goal 2 demonstrate the value of emerging IT
solutions
http//digitalunion.osu.edu/Research/CurrentProjec
ts/r2
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Outreach and Engagement

• Gidget A technology pipeline for women
• Chesterhills eLearning connectivity

Weinland Park Elementary School Girls Computer
Club
Goal 3 Build and sustain a diverse IT workforce
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Technology has allowed todays universities to
be those beautiful, dynamic places - that seek
knowledge, battle ignoranceand uphold the
dignity of thought and learning. Technology finds
its place naturally, and importantly, within our
unalterable core values. Karen
Holbrook 2005 Annual EDUCAUSE
Conference