Strategic Plan for Information Technology 2010 - 2015

1. Strategic Plan for Information Technology 2010 - 2015 Goal of IT Planning Organization Process Executive Summary Timeline for Completion CUC Recommendation to Faculty Senate Faculty Senate

2. Strategic Plan for Information Technology • 2. Organization • Establish IT Planning Council –representative of campus • 5 f-t-f meetings for total ~10 hours • Used technology – wiki, email, ppt; no flipcharts • Each meeting had 1)educational/informational component and 2) group planning activity • CITS participated in a modified set of IT planning activities Faculty Senate

3. Strategic Plan for Information Technology 2. Organization MagaliCarrera, Associate Provost for Undergraduate Studies Geoffrey Cowles, Assistant Professor, Fisheries and Oceanography/SMAST Cynthia Cummings, Assistant Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs Allison Cywin, Curator, Visual Resources Center/CVPA Andrew Darling, Director of IT Infrastructure/CITS Peggy Dias, Executive Director IT Service Assurance/CITSSalvatore Filardi, Associate Vice Chancellor for Administrative and Fiscal Services/Facilities Alex Fowler, Associate Provost for Graduate Studies Faculty Senate

4. Strategic Plan for Information Technology 2. Organization Joseph Gray, Coordinator of Information Technology/Law School Joy Hadley, Associate Vice Chancellor of Professional and Continuing Education Carolyn Hamel, Assistant Vice Chancellor for IT Systems and Planning John Hoey, Assistant Chancellor of Public Relations William Hogan, Dean, College of Arts and Sciences Donna Massano, CIO and Associate Vice Chancellor for Information Technology, Facilitator Faculty Senate

5. Strategic Plan for Information Technology 2. Organization Charles McNeil, Systems & Digital Services Librarian/ Library Systems and Digital Services William Mitchell, Associate Vice Chancellor Administrative and Fiscal Services/Finance Grant O’Rielly, Associate Professor of Physics, Faculty Senate Representative Robert Peck, Dean, College of Engineering Jennette Riley, Associate Professor of English, Academic Director of Online Education Faculty Senate

6. Strategic Plan for Information Technology 2. Organization Tracey Russo, Instructional Technology Manager/CITSTammy Silva, Director of Institutional Research Wendy Skinner, Assistant Vice Chancellor for Corporate and Foundation Relations Robert Solis, Associate Vice President of Information Technology and CIO, President’s OfficeAndrew Staples, Student Senate Faculty Senate

7. Strategic Plan for Information Technology • 3. Process • Established 4 guiding principles • Performed a SWOT Analysis • Developed a Vision Statement for Information Technology • Established 4 major components of the Plan • Established Goals, Objectives and Implementation Strategies Faculty Senate

8. Strategic Plan for Information Technology • 3. Process • Established 4 guiding principles • IT Plan must be linked to the UMass Dartmouth Strategic Plan • IT Plan must be sustainable (updated annually) • IT Planning Council must be representative of the campus community • IT planning must be coordinated with the President’s Office Faculty Senate

9. Strategic Plan for Information Technology • 3. Process • Developed a Vision Statement for Information Technology • Vision Statement • UMass Dartmouth will have an open, secure, integrated, • state-of-the-art IT environment. It will be supported by an accessible, adaptable, reliable and sustainable IT infrastructure and IT services that support excellence in teaching, scholarship, and service. Faculty Senate

10. Strategic Plan for Information Technology • 3. Process • Established 4 major components of the IT Plan • Parallel those of the Campus Strategic Plan: • Instruction • Research • Service • IT Infrastructure and Fiscal Planning Faculty Senate

11. Strategic Plan for Information Technology • 4. Executive Summary • Transforming Impact on Academic Life • Digital Citizens • Prioritized Recommendations Faculty Senate

12. Strategic Plan for Information Technology • 4. Executive Summary • Transforming Impact on Academic Life • from the Plan: “...widely available to students and faculty. This involves equipping all academic and common spaces to enable easy access to capabilities and resources provided by the Internet. Increasingly, this will mean providing access for mobile personal computing devices of students, faculty and staff. It also requires making teaching and learning, and associated support services, available over the Internet in ways not constrained by time or place. This environment must be carefully designed and constructed to enhance communication, foster engagement in University life and build community.” Faculty Senate

13. Strategic Plan for Information Technology • 4. Executive Summary • Digital Citizens • from the Plan: “...our faculty, students, and staff must be equipped with 1) the knowledge and skills to use information technology to do the best possible research, scholarship, teaching, learning, service, and administration and 2) the understanding that each has not only individual but also institutional responsibilities with the management, protection, and/or availability of digital information.” Faculty Senate

14. Strategic Plan for Information Technology • 5. Timeline for completion • • Spring 2010: Develop the Components of the Plan • • Summer 2010: Write the draft plan • • September 2010: Review draft plan with CITS • • October 2010: Submit draft plan to Chancellor and Vice Chancellors • • October 2010: Review draft plan with Senior Leadership • • November 2010: Review draft plan with Faculty Senate • • November 2010: Review draft plan with Student Senate • • December 2010: Open discussion forums, Blog • • December 2010: Publish the Final Plan Faculty Senate

15. Strategic Plan for Information Technology • Why 2010 -2015? • Recommendations are already in progress in 2010: • IT project prioritization process • Network redundancy – OSHEAN BTOP stimulus grant • Expansion of wireless via WiMax - Broadband • Virtual Computer Lab pilot • myCampus portal project • High Performance Computing • Document Imaging Faculty Senate

16. Strategic Plan for Information Technology • CUC Recommendation to Faculty Senate • April 6, 2010 • The Committee recommends that the UMass Dartmouth Information Technology Plan address the issue of meeting student computing needs through mechanisms such as a laptop requirement and a • virtual computing lab.” • The motion passed; incorporated in the IT Plan. Faculty Senate

17. Strategic Plan for Information Technology • CUC Recommendation to Faculty Senate • April 6, 2010 • Laptop requirement • Instruction: 1.5 .1 - Page 13 • “Investigate whether there is a need to standardize on computer hardware and software by establishing a laptop/netbook requirement to enhance student learning.” Faculty Senate

18. Strategic Plan for Information Technology • CUC Recommendation to Faculty Senate • April 6, 2010 • Virtual Computer Lab • Instruction: 1.1 .4 - Page 12 • “Implement virtual computer lab that will improve access to software to students and faculty making software available anywhere, anytime.” • Research : 2.2.1- Page 14 • “Construct a campus-wide virtual computing lab: Establish a virtual computing lab with accessible software for faculty and students; allow for departmental collaboration while meeting the needs of current research programs.” Faculty Senate

19. Strategic Plan for Information Technology • Questions/Comments Faculty Senate