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EDUCAUSE Library Items for Student Technology Use
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Structuring the IT Organization for Cloud Services
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June 15, 2010
This ECAR research bulletin is based on recent ECAR research on the continuing evolution of the IT help desk and the ramifications of above-campus services and cloud computing for higher educati…
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IT Organizations: Balancing Centralized Efficiencies with Localized Needs
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May 4, 2010
This ECAR research bulletin outlines an approach for rethinking the structure for delivery of IT services in colleges and universities that have multiple IT groups. It examines where in the inst…
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Disrupting Class: How Disruptive Innovation Will Change the Way the World Learns
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December 3, 2009
Presentation at the 2009 EDUCAUSE Center for Analysis and Research (ECAR) Symposium, December 3, 2009, in Carlsbad, California, by Michael B. Horn, Executive Director, Education, and co-founder o…
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Whatever It Takes: Supporting Higher Education Executives 24 x 7 x 365
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September 8, 2009
This ECAR research bulletin discusses the decision by the information technology organization at Indiana University (IU) to form an IT team dedicated to VIP support. It reviews the challenges of…
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Beyond the Help Desk: Creating a Culture of Service in the IT Organization
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August 25, 2009
This ECAR research bulletin describes strategies used by the IT organizations at the University of Massachusetts Boston and Dickinson University to develop a plan for improving the culture of ser…
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Unity in Diversity at the University of Porto
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July 23, 2009
In July 2007 ECAR initiated preliminary efforts to extend its research understanding of information technology practices outside of the United States and Canada. The goal was to study important …
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Crowdsourcing the IT Help Desk: A Cloud Approach to Mass Intelligence
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April 21, 2009
This ECAR research bulletin refines the concepts of crowdsourcing and mass intelligence and provides several notable examples of their vast potential when they are used together. As higher educat…
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Decentralized IT Governance and Policy in Higher Education
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March 10, 2009
This ECAR research bulletin focuses on the challenges and strategies related to integrating IT governance and policy across multiple university entities (schools, colleges, departments, and campu…
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IT Services Sourcing Survey
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November 4, 2008
This November 2008 survey is a critical component of the EDUCAUSE Center on Applied Research (ECAR) study of IT services sourcing in higher education. The historically binary decision to self-ope…
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ITIL Service Management Practices: Third Time's the Charm
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July 7, 2008
Since its inception, the Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL) has remained the most widely recognized and adopted framework for IT service management. The many benefits of ITIL h…

















