EDUCAUSE 2008 Southeast Regional Conference: Think Stops

Created by Lida L. Larsen (EDUCAUSE) on June 12, 2008

EDUCAUSE Southeast Regional Conference, June 2008

Think Stops - 3 questions and responses (photos of these low-tech wikis to come)

Think Stop 1: What are the most challenging higher education IT issues facing you and your staff?

Faculty opposition to integrating IT in the Classroom - Passively resistant
Older technologies – younger staff not interested in them
Email retention policies for staff/faculty
PCI compliance
Implementing a standardized project management process that leadership and staff will stay the course on…
Keeping employee morale up
Aligning service levels and expectations – staffing, backlogs, strategic planning
Outsourcing IT administrative processes and services (eg, payroll, HR, Business and finances)
“marrying” research computing with Instructional Tech.

Think Stop 2: Staff recruitment, development, and retention Issues – innovative ideas – best practices

Continuously show/explain to staff how what they do contributes to the institution’s mission and why what they do is important.
Student workers: when they leave, have them recruit among their friends
Certification
Student workers – treat as full members of the team
Mentoring
Competitive salaries (seconded)
Remind staff that they work for the students! (seconded)
Staff work for mission of the school not a system/application

Think Stop 3: Going green? Ideas and best practices for sustainability

Reduce paper consumption! Doc imaging
Upgrade to Vista
Use Google docs for internal editing/revisions instead of printing
Use wikis/swikis for documentation, both internal and external; secure blogs and rss feeds for announcements
Power saving settings through GPOs (system sleep, etc)O
Convince folks that IT equipment does not need light at night
Sharepoint collaboration (Thank You!!)
Just turn off computer when not in use! -> but what about timely auto updates to AU/AS/OS??
Encourage the market to continue decrease energy consumption of equipment
Encourage the market to consider total environmental cost of products (inputs, processes, products, end-of life)
Automate presentations system power off
Recycle paper/plastics
No handouts – post online

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		EDUCAUSE 2008 Southeast Regional Conference: Think Stops Created by Lida L. Larsen (EDUCAUSE) on June 12, 2008 EDUCAUSE Southeast Regional Conference, June 2008 Think Stops - 3 questions and responses (photos of these low-tech wikis to come) Think Stop 1: What are the most challenging higher education IT issues facing you and your staff? Faculty opposition to integrating IT in the Classroom - Passively resistant Older technologies – younger staff not interested in them Email retention policies for staff/faculty PCI compliance Implementing a standardized project management process that leadership and staff will stay the course on… Keeping employee morale up Aligning service levels and expectations – staffing, backlogs, strategic planning Outsourcing IT administrative processes and services (eg, payroll, HR, Business and finances) “marrying” research computing with Instructional Tech. Think Stop 2: Staff recruitment, development, and retention Issues – innovative ideas – best practices Continuously show/explain to staff how what they do contributes to the institution’s mission and why what they do is important. Student workers: when they leave, have them recruit among their friends Certification Student workers – treat as full members of the team Mentoring Competitive salaries (seconded) Remind staff that they work for the students! (seconded) Staff work for mission of the school not a system/application Think Stop 3: Going green? Ideas and best practices for sustainability Reduce paper consumption! Doc imaging Upgrade to Vista Use Google docs for internal editing/revisions instead of printing Use wikis/swikis for documentation, both internal and external; secure blogs and rss feeds for announcements Power saving settings through GPOs (system sleep, etc)O Convince folks that IT equipment does not need light at night Sharepoint collaboration (Thank You!!) Just turn off computer when not in use! -> but what about timely auto updates to AU/AS/OS?? Encourage the market to continue decrease energy consumption of equipment Encourage the market to consider total environmental cost of products (inputs, processes, products, end-of life) Automate presentations system power off Recycle paper/plastics No handouts – post online EDUCAUSE_SERC08 \| Green IT \| IT issues \| Staff Recruitment and Retention \| Think Stops Lida's blog Login or register to post comments 182 reads
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