1 2008 EDUCAUSE Evolving Technologies CommitteeGlimpses of our IT Future: What’s Green, Mobile, and Regulated All Over? 2008 EDUCAUSE Evolving Technologies Committee
2 Welcome! PresentationsGreen Enterprise Computing Location Aware Computing Virtual Worlds in Education Business Process Management Regulatory Compliance Overview paper in EDUCAUSE Review, Nov/Dec 2008 issue, full papers on website Questions, Comments, Suggestions for Next Year following presentations No, it’s not a corny joke your six-year-old might tell. “What’s green, mobile, and regulated all over?” is a fairly succinct description of today’s evolving IT environment. More than ever, we find we are dealing with a new interpretation of Moore’s Law. As technical capabilities continue to double regularly, energy, economic, and regulatory constraints on those capabilities are increasing exponentially as well. This year’s EDUCAUSE Evolving Technologies Committee has attempted to capture a glimpse of the collective future for IT professionals in higher education, anticipating not only the evolving technologies but also ways to address the ever-evolving constraints placed on our ability to provide the technologies that our institutions have come to expect.
3 Green Enterprise ComputingTina Meier Oklahoma State University System John S. Moses University of Chicago
4 Does This Look Like Your Data Center?
5 Why Go Green? Economics – Save $$$ Improve Environmental ImpactBetter stewards of resources Politics
6 How To Go Green? Energy Surveys Work done at OSU Workstations LabsPolicy – adopted in August 2007 Green Campaign Implement tools for measurement Reports to the Board & the Public Workstations How much will you save by turning them off? Labs How much will you save by putting them to sleep? Data Center Power, Cooling and Virtualization
7 How To Go Green? Workstation SavingsTurn Off at Night – savings of 100 hours of energy Upgrade older models Dell OptiPlex GX620 to Dell Optiplex 745 Save ~ $75.20 per desktop in energy 500 x $75 = $36,500 annual energy savings
8 Data Center Upgrades OSU Data Center Upgrade Focus on Power & CoolingResources Futures Automate Server Shutdowns Cooling on Demand
9 Virtualization Most server utilization sits at 10 to 30%Tools available to examine server usage OSU Example – VMWare Tool TCO 4 month ROI; 3 year payback $250,000 on power/cooling $800,000 on hardware costs $57,000 on network costs
10 Location Aware ComputingSue Lewis University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Anthony Conto University of Maryland A. Michael Berman Art Center College of Design
11 What is it? Systems that sense location of user and change behavior based on that location Underlying technologies Mobile-phone triangulation WiFi triangulation GPS RFID Standalone or embedded e.g. cell phone
12 Available Services "friend finders" Smart-guide systemsSecurity systems Rich-media systems Traffic management Simulation games Surveillance systems Friend Finders Xxx Smart-guide Systems Dartmouth Library (Guide by Cell) Security Systems Rave Wireless provides Rave Guardian to a number of colleges and universities (e.g., Montclair State University) Mobile Devices in Education Students in the "Methods Primate Field Ecology" course use a Global Positioning System (GPS) unit and accelerometer unit to track primates at the Duke University Lemur Center. (http://cit.duke.edu/ideas/projects/2007/05/04/visualizing-movement/) Rich Media Systems Under the direction of Trudi Abel, students are gathering audio, digital photographs, and GPS data to enrich historical maps available via the Digital Durham web project. (http://cit.duke.edu/ideas/projects/2007/05/04/visualizing-durham/) Pat Halpin from NSOE loaded Geographic Information System(GIS) software onto a set of Pocket PCs (palm-sized computers), which were then made available to students in his courses to take into the field. Paired with portable Global Positioning System (GPS) devices, the Pocket PCs enabled students to verify and collect environmental geospatial data. (http://cit.duke.edu/showcase/2002/program.html) Traffic Management TeleNav Traffic Bus Systems e.g. Montclair University (Rave Transit)- a number of universities use the Rave System University of Illinois Golf Course Management
13 Concerns Privacy - who has access to information about individuals?Technology typically not built for security, e.g. weak encryption in RFID Electromagnetic radiation
14 “On The Map” concept by Shawn Randall, Graduate Media Design, Art Center College of DesignMscape tools from HP, based on work by HP Labs Bristol, the University of Bristol, and Appliance Studio Examples of Mediascape tours (http://www.mscapers.com/make-a-mediascape) available for Menlo College Miami University San Jose State University University of Massachusetts
15 Virtual Worlds in EducationLets Ride the Freight Train Sharon Collins East Carolina University Kelvin Bently Northampton Community College Anthony Conto University of Maryland
16 Characteristics and UsesVirtual Worlds 3-D computer based simulated environments Ability to create an avatar Replica of self Imaginable alter-ego Educational, professional, and military training Socialization and gaming Emulates experiences and objects from real life
17 Why Virtual Worlds for Education?Fulfill the social networking presence requirements of the Net-Gens, Generation X, and Y What do we know? These individuals will drive the technology needs of the future Demand innovation and connectivity Easily bored – we must engage Compelling user experience Where do we go? One world and one space
18 Types of Virtual WorldsActive Worlds Second Life Google Lively Wonderland Croquet Social Networking Tools - Engage - Learning a New Language - Images - 3-D Objects - Links to Websites - Dynamic Learning Hubs -
19 Virtual Worlds in EducationEast Carolina University Second Life Campus
20 Concept to Inception: Peer-ReviewsBegan with an idea of collaboration and review Students design projects by hand Snapshot Uploaded Students peer-review Drop note cards
21 Mobility of People & LearningJoin us in a new dimension
22 Capabilities of Virtual WorldsPresentations Site Tours – New Lands Gaming Open Forum Discussion Scavenger Hunt Simulations & Role Playing Discovery Learning – Culture & Diversity Ecommerce, Business & Economics
23 Virtual Worlds - GamingMicrosoft X-Box Launched on October 19 a 3D Virtual World Geared toward social chat, music and video sharing Sony PlayStation Home Allowing users to create custom personal spaces and invite others into those spaces
24 Open Source Virtual WorldsWonderland Open source toolkit for creating 3D virtual worlds Improving the usability of virtual worlds 200 simultaneous users in a world in several rooms Security, improved live application sharing, recording video in-world, private voice chat, and placing 3D models in world Croquet Runs on local machine Interaction between players is sent over the network and then executed on fast local virtual machines
25 Calling Second Life….. Vollee Mobile Access 70 handsets3G or WiFi enabled handsets Fly or teleport, Chat, IM
26 Future, Is Anything Possible?Microsoft Surface Applicability Enabling hands-free movement on a tabletop Exponential viewing
27 Mobility 007 Virtual Worlds
28 Additional Mobility Augmented Reality Hands Free NavigationAvatars and environments integrated with real-life images using a 3-D camera Hands Free Navigation No mouse, no keyboard Camera to capture movement
29 One World Lessons can be taken "out of the classroom" and into in real life such as World museums where real world art is replicated. Revitalization of course content in an environment that is engaging, interactive, entertaining, and challenging is the essence of Virtual Worlds. The static chalkboard, much as we hate to admit, is fading. Virtual Worlds bring a new dimension to face-to-face teaching as well as distance education.
30 So Long, Farewell
31 Questions, Comments? Full Committee Papers Available at: Evolving Technologies Committee – 2008 Membership Beth Forrest Warner, Committee Chair Officer for Grants, Research Support, & Library Assessment University of Kansas Kelvin William Bentley Director of Online Learning Northampton Community College A. Michael Berman Senior Vice President/Chief Technology Officer Art Center College of Design Sharon Collins Project Manager East Carolina University Anthony D. Conto Office of Information Technology University of Maryland Susan M. Lewis Special Assistant to the Dean University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign John W. McGuthry CIO Armstrong Atlantic State University Mary Christine McMahon Manager, Research Application Development Saint Louis University Tina Meier Director, Server Administration Oklahoma State University John S. Moses Director, Technology Planning, Biological Sciences University of Chicago
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33 Business Process ManagementJohn W. McGuthry Armstrong Atlantic State University
34 What is it? Software solution that models business processes InputsOutputs Statistics Reports
35 Available Solutions Pegasis Systems Savvion Lombardi Oracle IBM AppainSofware AG Friend Finders Xxx Smart-guide Systems Dartmouth Library (Guide by Cell) Security Systems Rave Wireless provides Rave Guardian to a number of colleges and universities (e.g., Montclair State University) Mobile Devices in Education Students in the "Methods Primate Field Ecology" course use a Global Positioning System (GPS) unit and accelerometer unit to track primates at the Duke University Lemur Center. (http://cit.duke.edu/ideas/projects/2007/05/04/visualizing-movement/) Rich Media Systems Under the direction of Trudi Abel, students are gathering audio, digital photographs, and GPS data to enrich historical maps available via the Digital Durham web project. (http://cit.duke.edu/ideas/projects/2007/05/04/visualizing-durham/) Pat Halpin from NSOE loaded Geographic Information System(GIS) software onto a set of Pocket PCs (palm-sized computers), which were then made available to students in his courses to take into the field. Paired with portable Global Positioning System (GPS) devices, the Pocket PCs enabled students to verify and collect environmental geospatial data. (http://cit.duke.edu/showcase/2002/program.html) Traffic Management TeleNav Traffic Bus Systems e.g. Montclair University (Rave Transit)- a number of universities use the Rave System University of Illinois Golf Course Management
36 Conclusion Identify gaps in business processesAssist in the development of new and improved processes
37 Regulatory ComplianceM. Christine McMahon Saint Louis University
38 Regulatory ComplianceCompliance generally indicates the observance of norms on the part of an organization (Gasser and Haueusermann 2007)
39 Regulatory ComplianceInformation Technology organizations seek to quantify the impact of regulatory evolution These factors exert influence on the collection and use of data within the institution Seeking transparency
40 Regulatory ComplianceHow do we achieve actionable intelligence to prepare for regulatory impacts Define the compliance situation and assess risk. Apply proper control measures (fixing the gap) Governance (eliminate the root cause of the failure).