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Leaders and managers who work in the higher education IT environment face challenges common to all university leaders: rapidly changing technology, shrinking budgets, policy and legislative changes, globalization, private sector competition, a changing student population, and much more. Successful IT leaders must have the talents, qualities, perspectives, and political skills to support the institution's goals and strategic directions and respond to these business drivers. In addition, they must be aware of trends in the IT field and their implications for higher education. As well as possessing excellent communication and organizational skills, effective IT leaders understand the nature of higher education, the style and context in which decisions are made, and the technology employed.

EDUCAUSE’s wealth of resources for IT leaders and managers focus on the environment in which IT leadership takes place, the planning and organizational skills needed to provide institutional leadership, and the individual characteristics required to develop and sustain a career in IT leadership. We encourage you to explore these pages to find articles, books, conference presentations, effective practices, and relevant communities to support your information needs. EDUCAUSE members contribute much of what you will find here. We invite you to submit your work to further enrich the IT management and leadership area.

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Using Laptops in the Classroom: The University of Michigan: December 3, 2012

Across the University of Michigan, laptops and other mobile devices are appearing in the classroom in greater numbers. Many faculty see this trend as an opportunity for more innovative teac…
ECAR Study of Undergraduate Students and Information Technology, 2012: September 17, 2012

Key Findings See the 2012 report for a full list key messages, findings, and supporting data. Blended-learning environments are the norm; students say that these environments best suppor…
Podcast: Wake Forest University's BioBook: July 17, 2012

In this podcast we interview the creators of BioBook, a scalable e-text embodying six central principles of learning. It is organized into self-contained "nodes" that can be revised or …
How Are Students Actually Using IT? An Ethnographic Study: November 29, 2011

This ECAR research bulletin describes an anthropological ethnographic analysis of student practices relating to the use of information technology on the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (UWM) c…
7 Things You Should Know About iPad Apps for Learning: February 9, 2011

Applications designed for the iPad offer interactive content that takes advantage of touch-screen navigation. The iPad combines robust computational functionality with a screen large enough to …
Leveraging the Interplay Between a Grassroots Pen-Based Computing Pilot and an Institutional Laptop Initiative: December 22, 2009

Key Takeaways A decade-long case study involving mobile and pen computing at DePauw University demonstrates the synergy possible from simultaneously supporting grassroots initiatives and in…
Beyond the Prototype: Scaling a Grassroots Tablet PC Pilot for Large-Scale Campus Integration: October 30, 2008 | A session at the EDUCAUSE 2008 Annual Conference
Presenting DePauw University's three-year tablet PC project as a model, we will offer guiding principles for strategically expanding grassroots initiatives to an entire campus and describe wha…
Reimagining the Classroom: Teaching and Learning with Tablet PCs (Learning Technology): January 28, 2008 | A session at the ELI Annual Meeting 2008
Faculty from more than 250 campuses in 36 countries have been exploring innovative ways to enhance teaching and learning. This poster will describe some of the emerging best practices from the Worl…
Technology-Empowered Collaborative and Learning (Learning Technology): January 30, 2008 | A session at the ELI Annual Meeting 2008
We will present learning outcomes from Science and Culture, an interdisciplinary course in a wireless laptop classroom. In-class activities involve pushing content out to individual laptops. Studen…
New ELI 7 Things... Brief Explores iPad Apps for Learning: February 11, 2011

Applications designed for the iPad offer interactive content that takes advantage of touch-screen navigation. The iPad combines robust computational functionality with a screen large enough…

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