Author Archives: Ann Kovalchick
What we can learn from the startup ethos
The launch of #OpenIowa place on Friday, 27 April and beer and pizza set a casual tone as folks arrived during the first hour. While the StartupCity organizers stressed that this first-time event was a learning experience, the coders, designers … Continue reading
A Vision for Technology
The Drake community aspires to adopt technology resources that are easy to use, that are accessible, and which foster our collective efforts to work smarter, explore new ideas and adapt to a changing world by adding value to the teaching, … Continue reading
Categories: News, visionplan
A Report on OIT’s first Off-site Retreat
The first OIT off-site retreat took place on Thursday, 15 December at Prairie Meadows Conference Center and by all accounts, it was a useful and relaxing day. The agenda, which was developed by the OIT Leadership Team, began with Getting To Know You exercise designed to recognize the many … Continue reading
Categories: CIO Blog, News, Uncategorized
OIT team at off-site staff retreat on Thursday, 15 December
The OIT team will be at an off-site retreat on Thursday, Dec 15th from 9am to 3pm. The support center will remain open, and staffed by student workers during that time. All OIT staff will be accessible for emergency requests … Continue reading
Policy Update
Following consultation with the Faculty Senate on 26 October, current OIT policies under review will be revised to incorporate additional ideas and to clarify concepts and principles for application. Revised drafts will be moved forward to the Faculty Senate and to … Continue reading
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Tags: faculty, IT Policy Categories: CIO Blog, Faculty, IT Policy, IT Security, News
Tags: faculty, IT Policy Categories: CIO Blog, Faculty, IT Policy, IT Security, News
Why Your Wireless is Fickle
Andrea Charlow, Associate Dean of the Law School, raised important questions at the Campus Forum on Tuesday, 20 September regarding wireless connectivity. The proliferation of mobile devices has indeed had a huge impact on OIT’s ability to meet capacity demand. … Continue reading
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Tags: wireless Categories: CIO Blog, News, Services
Tags: wireless Categories: CIO Blog, News, Services
OIT Strategic Plan draft available for review
IT leaders appear to have a fickle relationship with the issue of Strategic Planning. Ranked #4 in 2004 and 2005 in the EDUCAUSE top 10 Issues Survey, Strategic Planning in 2006 started moving steadily down the list of top-ten issues of strategic importance and … Continue reading
Even the telephone was hard to learn to use at one time
Once upon a time, the telephone was novel and posed a challenge in that its widespread adoption depended on whether people could learn to use it correctly. This charming video “How to dial your phone by Bell System” reminds us … Continue reading
Categories: CIO Blog, Innovation, News, Telephone
Digital Time Capsules
There is a lot going on those first few days on campus when you are new to Drake. You’ve moved away from home and from your friends from High School and into an academic community with new expectations and unknown … Continue reading
Categories: CIO Blog, Innovation, News, Projects, Students
Virtual Classroom for FYS
How do you create a shared learning experience among 800+ students? This was the challenge Art Sanders, Associate Professor for Curriculum and Assessment faced in designing a Freshman Year experience that allowed both small group learning as well as an … Continue reading
Categories: CIO Blog, Classroom Technology, News, Projects, Students, Teaching & Learning
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