The Accidental CIO
The Accidental CIO, written by Timothy M. Chester, Vice President for Information Technology at the University of Georgia, is a blog about leadership in the campus setting.
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Three Vexing Problems and their Common Origin
Walk around any institution of higher education, even those well known for effective delivery and use of information technology, and you will find the following to some degree or another.
- Information Technology staff suffering from work pressures that never abate. With expectations far outstripping available resources, day-to-day work consists of putting out fires and moving on to the next.
- Critical stakeholders continually disappointed with the pace and...
The 'Sage on the Stage' and the End of the Classroom Lecture
Why MOOCs are like Farmville
Another day, another report from one of the thought leaders on higher education. This time it is from Moody’s, which proclaims the death of the traditional model of higher education. While the concerns raised by Moody’s are real – diminished resources due to state budget cuts, declining family incomes, and...
My Report Card for 2012
A year ago, I set out my resolutions for 2012. Here’s my report card.
What I said I would do: Write more. Use both blogging and twitter as a part of my overall leadership and communication strategy for the IT organization I lead at the University of Georgia.
What actually happened: My performance was inconsistent; sometimes I would write a new blog each week and tweet daily, but in some months – not much happened at all....
Why I’m Looking Forward to EDUCAUSE Next Week
Next week is the annual EDUCAUSE conference, with this year’s event returning to the Colorado Convention Center in downtown Denver. Attending the annual EDUCAUSE event remains one of the highlights of my fall semester. Here are some of the things I am looking forward to next week.
- Giving something back. The EDUCAUSE events provide each of us the opportunity to give back some of that special knowledge and experience that we have developed over the past year. We are...
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