EDUCAUSE Constituent Group Program Update (Cross-posted)

[Joan Couse <jcouse () EDUCAUSE EDU>]

Dear Colleague:

I am writing to you as the staff coordinator of the EDUCAUSE Constituent
Group Program to bring you up-to-date on a number of new community
activities
available within the association. Details about the groups and how you
can
get involved follow. We also encourage you to forward this message to
colleagues you think may be interested.

* NEW AND REFOCUSED CONSTITUENT GROUPS
* REVIEW AND SUBSCRIBE TO CONSTITUENT GROUPS
* CONSTITUENT GROUP MEETINGS AT THE ANNUAL CONFERENCE
* NEW EDUCAUSE PROGRAMS


NEW AND REFOCUSED CONSTITUENT GROUPS
Four new groups have been established this year. Two groups-Enterprise
Electronic Content Management and Research Mission Support--will provide
an
opportunity to exchange ideas with leaders in the field, while the
Instructional Technology and Learning Space Design groups will address
the
rapidly evolving teaching and learning arena. Additionally, Personal
Digital
Assistants is now called Handheld and Mobile Computing, reflecting the
group's broadened focus.

* ENTERPRISE ELECTRONIC CONTENT MANAGEMENT
  http://www.educause.edu/groups/eecm
  Leader: Karin Steinbrenner, Associate Provost and CIO, University of
North
  Carolina at Charlotte
  Karin's goal in establishing this group is to help the EDUCAUSE
community
  assess the scope of issues, identify resources and initiatives, and
develop
  best practices for a campus-wide electronic content management
project.

* RESEARCH MISSION SUPPORT
  http://www.educause.edu/groups/rms
  Leaders: William F. Decker, Interim Vice President for Research, The
  University of Iowa, and David Stack, Deputy CIO, University of
Wisconsin-
  Milwaukee
  As coleaders, Bill and David plan to engage the group on two broad
  categories to support campus research missions. The first is IT
  support for research administration, including pre- and post-award
support,
  interacting with federal grant systems, regulatory compliance, and
  intellectual property management. The second includes activities
  such as centralized vs. decentralized approaches; high-performance
  computing; advanced networking; informatics; and enabling
  multidisciplinary, interdisciplinary, and interinstitutional work.

* INSTRUCTIONAL TECHNOLOGY
  http://www.educause.edu/groups/insttech
  Leaders: Danilo M. Baylen, Assistant Professor, Florida Gulf Coast
  University, and Cyprien P.E. Lomas, NLII Fellow 2004/Director,
Learning
  Centre, The University of British Columbia.
  These highly active coleaders look to this forum to discuss key 
  instructional technology issues such as learner-centered technology
  selection principles and the use of IT to enhance teaching and
learning.

* LEARNING SPACE DESIGN
  http://www.educause.edu/groups/learningspace
  Leaders: Christopher G. Johnson, Senior Consultant, Learning
Technologies,
  The University of Arizona, and Phillip D. Long, Senior Strategist for
  Academic Computing and Director of Learning Outreach for iCampus, MIT
  This group's coleaders will facilitate discussions on how space use
impacts
  teaching practices, learning activities and effectiveness, student
  interaction, and the sense of campus community. Topics range from how
  physical spaces encourage learning to the principles and processes
behind
  learning space design.

* HANDHELD AND MOBILE COMPUTING (formerly Personal Digital Assistants)
  http://www.educause.edu/groups/hmc
  Leader: Paul Luppino, Manager, University IT Support Services and IT
  Projects, Tufts University
  This refocused group will concentrate on innovative and functional
uses for
  handheld computers in higher education, including creative ideas for
  projects using handheld computers and PDAs in teaching, learning, and
  administration.

NEW CONSTITUENT GROUP LEADERS
A few constituent group leaders have left to pursue careers within and
outside the IT higher education profession. They contributed their time
and
energy, cultivated community, facilitated meetings, and identified
colleagues
for constituent group leadership. EDUCAUSE thanks these past leaders and
warmly welcomes the following new leaders.

* Sara Clark, Web Coordinator, Southwest Missouri State University
  WEB ADMINISTRATORS
  http://www.educause.edu/groups/web

* Stephen P. Rafferty, Director of Data Administration, Loyola College
  in Maryland
  DATA ADMINISTRATION
  http://www.educause.edu/groups/dasig

* Kenneth L. Servis, Dean of Academic Records and Registrar, University
  of Southern California
  REGISTRARS AND ADMISSIONS OFFICERS
  http://www.educause.edu/groups/reg
  Coleader, with Harold L. Pace, University Registrar, University of
  Notre Dame

REVIEW AND SUBSCRIBE TO CONSTITUENT GROUPS
We encourage you to review the complete list of EDUCAUSE constituent
groups,
visit the group pages for valuable resources, and participate in any
number
of groups focused on new or renewed areas of interest to you. To post a
message you must be subscribed to the group. Subscribe to a group by
clicking
the Join or Leave List link available on each group's page at
http://www.educause.edu.groups

CONSTITUENT GROUP MEETINGS AT THE ANNUAL CONFERENCE
Each constituent group holds a meeting at the EDUCAUSE Annual
Conference. The
schedule for EDUCAUSE 2005 is under way, and group leaders will be
posting
meeting details and soliciting agenda items. For more information, see
http://www.educause.edu/annual

NEW EDUCAUSE PROGRAMS
EDUCAUSE introduced services this year designed to assist you in
building and
expanding your professional community and network of colleagues.

* COMMUNITY BLOG SERVICE--easily access communication forums and create
your
  own professional blog at
  http://www.educause.edu/blogs

* PEER DIRECTORY--establish a profile identifying your areas of interest
  and professional expertise, review colleague profiles to expand your
  network, and establish alerts on topics of interest at
  http://www.educause.edu/peerdirectory

We hope you find this information about the many ways to get involved
with
EDUCAUSE helpful. As always, we welcome your comments and suggestions.

PLEASE NOTE: Using the Reply function of your e-mail application will
send
your message to the entire group. Please take a moment before you send
your
message to ensure that you have addressed it only to those you wish to
receive it.

Best wishes,

Joan Couse
Member Programs Associate

EDUCAUSE
4772 Walnut Street, Suite 206
Boulder, CO 80301-2538
303/544-5668; fax 303/440-0461
**************************************************

EDUCAUSE 2005, October 18-21, Orlando
http://www.educause.edu/e05

**************************************************