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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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Experiences and Direction in Teaching an Undergraduate Course in Mobile Computing: February 18, 2010 | A session at the EDUCAUSE Southwest Regional Conference 2010
The Apple iPhone and iPod touch have become an integral part of innovative learning experience at Abilene Christian University, with all incoming freshmen being provided a mobile device. Despite pe…
Maturity Level and iPhone and iPod Touch Usage: February 17, 2010 | A session at the EDUCAUSE Southwest Regional Conference 2010
This session will provide research to support a link between the maturity level of college students and their use of a mobile learning device (iPhone/iPod touch). More specifically, the research de…
Whole-Disk Encryption Evaluation and Deployment: February 20, 2008 | A session at the EDUCAUSE Southwest Regional Conference 2008
Baylor University has spent two years working on a large-scale deployment of whole-disk encryption. This session will present the process from selecting the encryption technology to the culminating…
Promoting Active Learning with Mobile and Wireless Technologies: February 20, 2008 | A session at the EDUCAUSE Southwest Regional Conference 2008
Electronic response systems and web-based educational software systems use response pads, PDAs, laptops, and tablet PCs to encourage active learning. This overview will describe available mobile an…
Supporting the Unsupportable: PDAs and You: February 21, 2007 | A session at the EDUCAUSE Southwest Regional Conference 2007
Integrating various PDAs/pervasive devices into your enterprise IT infrastructure can be a challenge. We'll review the PDA landscape, discuss Rice's experience in supporting PDAs, and pre…
Student Laptop Program Victories and Defeats: February 24, 2006 | A session at the EDUCAUSE Southwest Regional Conference 2006
Texas A&M University at Qatar's student laptop program is now in its third year. This session will cover the mechanics of developing, funding, and supporting a laptop program for students,…
The Computer "Revolution" Hasn't Happened Yet!: January 1, 1998

A Disney Fellow and Vice President of Research and Development at Walt Disney Imagineering, Alan Kay is best known for the idea of personal computing, the conception of the intimate laptop computer…
The iTour Handheld Interactive Museum Guide: January 1, 2004

Can handheld multimedia technology enhance museum visitor learning? The Blanton Museum, in collaboration with UT Austin Information Technology, has developed an interactive Pocket PC guide containi…
PalmPilot 2003 at UTD: January 1, 2004

The handwriting is on the wall—mobile computing is coming to every university campus. During the fall of 2003, UT Dallas conducted a pilot project to determine how students would use PDAs. Custom…
Producing and Delivering PDA Applications in Education: January 1, 2003

The potential for widespread use in education of personal digital assistant (PDA) technology in the immediate future is promising enough that e-learning specialists should begin to investigate how …

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