2008 EDUCAUSE Leadership Award

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 University of Central Florida's (UCF) 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.

This award is sponsored by SunGard Higher Education, An EDUCAUSE Platinum Partner.

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