EDUCAUSE Announces 2008 Awards in Higher Education Information Technology

CONTACT:
Peter DeBlois
Director of Programs and Media Relations
EDUCAUSE
pdeblois@educause.edu
303-544-5665

The association honors a prominent leader, two exemplary writers, and a transformative IT project

The EDUCAUSE Leadership Award

This highest individual recognition offered by EDUCAUSE acknowledges and celebrates leaders whose work has had significant positive impact on the contributions of information technology to higher education.Recipients are selected by the EDUCAUSE Recognition Committee. The award is sponsored by SunGard Higher Education, An EDUCAUSE Platinum Partner.

Hartman Joel L. Hartman
— for advancing learning technologies, developing education and research networks, and leading statewide and national IT organizations
Vice Provost, Information Technologies and Resources
University of Central Florida

An influential leader who has been broadly and deeply engaged in higher education information technology, Hartman has not only played a critical role in advancing the UCF’s innovative uses of technology, but he has helped shape the impact of key technology organizations, and has been a mentor to many aspiring IT leaders. He has been a consultant to both public and private sector organizations, and has been active in the development of statewide education and research networks in Illinois and Florida. He has served and held offices on numerous state, regional, and national IT committees in areas including public broadcasting, distributed learning, and networking.

Now in his thirteenth year at UCF, Hartman previously held several IT management positions, including CIO, at Bradley University. During his tenure at Bradley, he and others created the first Illinois research and education network, netIllinois, in partnership with CICnet. After moving to UCF, he served as principal investigator on a National Science Foundation grant to establish Florida GigaPop and participated in the formation of Florida LambdaRail, on whose board he now serves as chair.

As CIO at UCF, a rapidly growing metropolitan research university of nearly 50,000 students, Hartman’s division—comprising Computer Services & Telecommunications, the Library, the Office of Instructional Resources, the Center for Distributed Learning, Course Development and Web Services, and the Research Initiative for Teaching Effectiveness—successfully supports campus-wide technology, technology-enhanced learning, and the scholarship of teaching and learning. Over the past decade, UCF’s distributed learning program, Online@UCF, has been internationally recognized as one of the premier initiatives of its kind, with models and lessons learned being disseminated through extensive presentations, publications, and site visits, both nationally and internationally.

A current or past member of the EDUCAUSE Board of Directors (chair and treasurer), EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative Planning Committee (chair), National Learning Infrastructure Initiative Planning Committee, Florida Digital Divide Council, Microsoft Higher Education Advisory Council, Oracle Research and Education Industry Strategy Council, Seminars on Academic Computing Board of Directors, and Florida LambdaRail Board of Directors (chair), Hartman has helped lead organizations that lead IT in higher education.

Hartman has published and spoken extensively, most notably on bridging technology, teaching, and learning, in such outlets as the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, EDUCAUSE Review, EDUCAUSE Center for Applied Research (ECAR), EDUCAUSE Leaning Initiative, The Journal of Asynchronous Learning Networks, The Journal of Interactive Learning Environments, Library High Tech, Blended Learning: Research Perspectives, Technology-Enhanced Teaching and Learning, Collegiate Microcomputer, and ETV Magazine. The ECAR Research Bulletin Blended Learning that he co-authored is one of the most extensively accessed online resources in ECAR history.

During Hartman’s term as CIO, UCF has been recognized by many organizations for its integration of technology into the learning enterprise, having received, among other recognitions, the American Productivity and Quality Center award, American Distance Learning Association award for Distance Learning Program Excellence, the Sloan-C Outstanding Individual in Distance Learning award, the Sloan-C award for Online Teaching and Learning Faculty Development, and the EDUCAUSE Teaching and Learning Award.

Hartman graduated from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, with bachelor's and master's degrees in journalism and communications, and received his doctorate, with a dissertation on models of practice in distributed learning, from the University of Central Florida.

The EDUCAUSE Quarterly Contribution of the Year Award

One of the fundamental means for sharing significant experiences and wisdom among colleagues is through publication in a peer-reviewed journal. This award encourages such effort by honoring unusually effective and well-reasoned articulation of professional experience that will benefit other institutions and individuals. Winners of this award are selected by the EDUCAUSE Quarterly Editorial Committee. The award is sponsored by SunGard Higher Education, An EDUCAUSE Platinum Partner.

“Rethinking Academic Technology Leadership in an Era of Change”
EDUCAUSE Quarterly, Volume 31, Number 1, 2008

Michael J. Albright
Director of Online Learning
Dakota Wesleyan University

John Nworie
Director, Center for Innovation in Teaching and Learning
Fayetteville State University

Teaching and learning are at the heart of the mission of every institution of higher education, yet few campuses have a senior administrative position that provides strategic leadership and direction for the broad spectrum of instructional technology services and initiatives. The authors argue for creating a senior academic technology officer position to serve as visionary, leader, director, planner, facilitator, collaborator, catalyst, advocate, and evangelist for all applications of instructional technology in meeting the institution's academic goals.

The EDUCAUSE Catalyst Award

This award recognizes innovations and initiatives centered on information technologies that provide groundbreaking solutions to major challenges in higher education, or change prevailing conditions in remarkable ways to allow new solutions to be deployed. Recipients are selected by the EDUCAUSE Recognition Committee. The award is sponsored by SunGard Higher Education, An EDUCAUSE Platinum Partner.

2008 recipient:
The Regional Networks

The Regional Networks that evolved in the late 1980s and early 1990s were a critical part of the collaborative dynamics that created the global Internet. Evolving from and supporting higher education consortia with roots in supercomputing research centers, the Regional Networks were able to solve formidable technical problems and create critical interoperability standards, develop and share organizational models, evangelize for new applications, and bring together diverse academic and corporate entities in a trusted network environment that had not existed before.

The Regional Networks formed an essential link in an unprecedented partnership that included the federal government’s National Science Foundation Network (NSFNET), emerging campus networks, supercomputing centers at research institutions, and commercial network providers that were created to manage a nascent national backbone. These organizational players, in turn, followed the lead of the predecessor Advanced Research Projects Agency Network (ARPANET) of the U.S. Department of Defense. What had its roots in basic science and military research blossomed into a world-wide knowledge tool and economic engine.

The Regional Networks and their visionary pioneers shaped a concept into reality with government and corporate entities that ultimately benefited institutions of all types, sizes, and missions. Few enterprises in history have depended on such broad, deep, and sustained collaboration. Without the direct and catalytic impact of the Regional Networks, neither higher education nor, indeed, the global information web could have been transformed as quickly as they were just two decades ago.

Learn more about the EDUCAUSE Award Program.

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EDUCAUSE is a nonprofit association whose mission is to advance higher education by promoting the intelligent use of information technology. The current membership comprises more than 2,200 colleges, universities, and educational organizations, including 250 corporations, with 17,000 active members. Learn more about EDUCAUSE at http://www.educause.edu

Press Releases		EDUCAUSE Announces 2008 Awards in Higher Education Information Technology CONTACT: Peter DeBlois Director of Programs and Media Relations EDUCAUSE pdeblois@educause.edu 303-544-5665 *The association honors a prominent leader, two exemplary writers, and a transformative IT project* The EDUCAUSE Leadership Award This highest individual recognition offered by EDUCAUSE acknowledges and celebrates leaders whose work has had significant positive impact on the contributions of information technology to higher education.Recipients are selected by the EDUCAUSE Recognition Committee. The award is sponsored by SunGard Higher Education, An EDUCAUSE Platinum Partner. Joel L. Hartman — for advancing learning technologies, developing education and research networks, and leading statewide and national IT organizations Vice Provost, Information Technologies and Resources University of Central Florida An influential leader who has been broadly and deeply engaged in higher education information technology, Hartman has not only played a critical role in advancing the UCF’s innovative uses of technology, but he has helped shape the impact of key technology organizations, and has been a mentor to many aspiring IT leaders. He has been a consultant to both public and private sector organizations, and has been active in the development of statewide education and research networks in Illinois and Florida. He has served and held offices on numerous state, regional, and national IT committees in areas including public broadcasting, distributed learning, and networking. Now in his thirteenth year at UCF, Hartman previously held several IT management positions, including CIO, at Bradley University. During his tenure at Bradley, he and others created the first Illinois research and education network, netIllinois, in partnership with CICnet. After moving to UCF, he served as principal investigator on a National Science Foundation grant to establish Florida GigaPop and participated in the formation of Florida LambdaRail, on whose board he now serves as chair. As CIO at UCF, a rapidly growing metropolitan research university of nearly 50,000 students, Hartman’s division—comprising Computer Services & Telecommunications, the Library, the Office of Instructional Resources, the Center for Distributed Learning, Course Development and Web Services, and the Research Initiative for Teaching Effectiveness—successfully supports campus-wide technology, technology-enhanced learning, and the scholarship of teaching and learning. Over the past decade, UCF’s distributed learning program, Online@UCF, has been internationally recognized as one of the premier initiatives of its kind, with models and lessons learned being disseminated through extensive presentations, publications, and site visits, both nationally and internationally. A current or past member of the EDUCAUSE Board of Directors (chair and treasurer), EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative Planning Committee (chair), National Learning Infrastructure Initiative Planning Committee, Florida Digital Divide Council, Microsoft Higher Education Advisory Council, Oracle Research and Education Industry Strategy Council, Seminars on Academic Computing Board of Directors, and Florida LambdaRail Board of Directors (chair), Hartman has helped lead organizations that lead IT in higher education. Hartman has published and spoken extensively, most notably on bridging technology, teaching, and learning, in such outlets as the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, EDUCAUSE Review, EDUCAUSE Center for Applied Research (ECAR), EDUCAUSE Leaning Initiative, The Journal of Asynchronous Learning Networks, The Journal of Interactive Learning Environments, Library High Tech, Blended Learning: Research Perspectives, Technology-Enhanced Teaching and Learning, Collegiate Microcomputer, and ETV Magazine. The ECAR Research Bulletin Blended Learning that he co-authored is one of the most extensively accessed online resources in ECAR history. During Hartman’s term as CIO, UCF has been recognized by many organizations for its integration of technology into the learning enterprise, having received, among other recognitions, the American Productivity and Quality Center award, American Distance Learning Association award for Distance Learning Program Excellence, the Sloan-C Outstanding Individual in Distance Learning award, the Sloan-C award for Online Teaching and Learning Faculty Development, and the EDUCAUSE Teaching and Learning Award. Hartman graduated from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, with bachelor's and master's degrees in journalism and communications, and received his doctorate, with a dissertation on models of practice in distributed learning, from the University of Central Florida. The EDUCAUSE Quarterly Contribution of the Year Award One of the fundamental means for sharing significant experiences and wisdom among colleagues is through publication in a peer-reviewed journal. This award encourages such effort by honoring unusually effective and well-reasoned articulation of professional experience that will benefit other institutions and individuals. Winners of this award are selected by the EDUCAUSE Quarterly Editorial Committee. The award is sponsored by SunGard Higher Education, An EDUCAUSE Platinum Partner. “Rethinking Academic Technology Leadership in an Era of Change” EDUCAUSE Quarterly, Volume 31, Number 1, 2008 Michael J. Albright Director of Online Learning Dakota Wesleyan University John Nworie Director, Center for Innovation in Teaching and Learning Fayetteville State University Teaching and learning are at the heart of the mission of every institution of higher education, yet few campuses have a senior administrative position that provides strategic leadership and direction for the broad spectrum of instructional technology services and initiatives. The authors argue for creating a senior academic technology officer position to serve as visionary, leader, director, planner, facilitator, collaborator, catalyst, advocate, and evangelist for all applications of instructional technology in meeting the institution's academic goals. The EDUCAUSE Catalyst Award This award recognizes innovations and initiatives centered on information technologies that provide groundbreaking solutions to major challenges in higher education, or change prevailing conditions in remarkable ways to allow new solutions to be deployed. Recipients are selected by the EDUCAUSE Recognition Committee. The award is sponsored by SunGard Higher Education, An EDUCAUSE Platinum Partner. 2008 recipient: The Regional Networks The Regional Networks that evolved in the late 1980s and early 1990s were a critical part of the collaborative dynamics that created the global Internet. Evolving from and supporting higher education consortia with roots in supercomputing research centers, the Regional Networks were able to solve formidable technical problems and create critical interoperability standards, develop and share organizational models, evangelize for new applications, and bring together diverse academic and corporate entities in a trusted network environment that had not existed before. The Regional Networks formed an essential link in an unprecedented partnership that included the federal government’s National Science Foundation Network (NSFNET), emerging campus networks, supercomputing centers at research institutions, and commercial network providers that were created to manage a nascent national backbone. These organizational players, in turn, followed the lead of the predecessor Advanced Research Projects Agency Network (ARPANET) of the U.S. Department of Defense. What had its roots in basic science and military research blossomed into a world-wide knowledge tool and economic engine. The Regional Networks and their visionary pioneers shaped a concept into reality with government and corporate entities that ultimately benefited institutions of all types, sizes, and missions. Few enterprises in history have depended on such broad, deep, and sustained collaboration. Without the direct and catalytic impact of the Regional Networks, neither higher education nor, indeed, the global information web could have been transformed as quickly as they were just two decades ago. Learn more about the EDUCAUSE Award Program. ABOUT EDUCAUSE EDUCAUSE is a nonprofit association whose mission is to advance higher education by promoting the intelligent use of information technology. The current membership comprises more than 2,200 colleges, universities, and educational organizations, including 250 corporations, with 17,000 active members. Learn more about EDUCAUSE at http://www.educause.edu
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