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Institutional Cyberinfrastructure
Joan K. LippincottCoalition for Networked Information
A Time of Great Change
Technology environment
Scholarly communication
Student style/skills Way people work Expectations
For research, teaching & learning, we are dependent on:
High speed networks Computer equipment Access to print and digital content Tools and software Support from knowledgeable staff Technology-enabled facilities
Working together, these form the
Institutional Cyberinfrastructure
NSF Report on Cyberinfrastructure
NSF and Cyberinfrastructure
“The emerging vision is to use cyberinfrastructure to build more ubiquitous, comprehensive digital environments that become interactive and functionally complete for research communities in terms of people, data, information, tools, and instruments that operate at unprecedented levels of computational, storage, and data transfer capacity.”
Report of the NSF Blue Ribbon Advisory Panel on Cyberinfrastructure
ACLS Cyberinfrastructure Report
EDUCAUSE Campus Initiative
Technology
Networks Hardware Software Tools “Last mile”
Visualization tools site
Data for Visualization
NCSA Evolution Highway Genome Project
Geospatial Center - U. Virginia
GMU History Tools
Content
New forms of scholarly communication Large-scale digitization projects New forms of search Libraries’ role in digitization,
management & preservation
U. Virginia Valley of the Shadow
Columbia U. CCNMTL Shakespeare Primary Sources
CCNMTL Human Rights Resource
Willliams College Afghan Project
Publishing Environment for 19th Century Scholarship
Article in Vectorshttp://vectors.iml.annenberg.edu/
Content for IPods
Google Library Project
Open Content Alliance
NCSU Library Catalog
U. Minnesota Undergrad Page
Cornell’s VIVO
Facilities
Wired classrooms Wired social spaces Information commons Computer labs Multi-media production studios Experimental spaces
McCann-Erickson, Views of Multi-Purpose Room, Rockwell Group.
Design for multi-uses Henry Myerberg
Flexible classroom
Flexible furniture Wall displays Networked laptops Video cameras and
microphones
Stanford U. Wallenberg Hall
Dickinson College Classroom
U. Arizona Student Learning Center
Indiana U. Information Commons
Cox Center - Emory
Bucknell Multimedia Area
Wellesley College Media & Technology Center
Dartmouth RWIT: Center for Research, Writing & IT
Ellenzweig Associates, Inc. ArchitectsMichael Sloan Architects
Vassar Science Visualization Lab
Planning should encompass
• All types of spaces• Support• Information resources• Technology infrastructure
Intersection of Learning and Institutional Cyberinfrastructure
Vassar College Media Cloisters
Scenario: American Politics Class
Students receive assignment
Project on last Presidential election
Emory U. Library Classroom
Continuing Discussion in Informal Spaces
Wireless access Laptops Course
Management System
Social Software
Café - U. Georgia SLC
Information Commons
Access to Content:• Print collections• Abstracts• E-journals• Data - survey,
polling, election
Access to:• Hardware• Software/Tools• Network• Expert assistance
Dickinson College IC
Information Commons
Access to:• Audio of speeches• Video news
broadcasts• Video interviews• Websites
Dartmouth News Center
Spaces for Group Work
Indiana U. Information Commons
Students create course projects
Access to:• Hardware/software• Storage
space/servers• Networks• Content• Expert assistance• Group space
Producing Audio Files
Editing and integrating audio• Speeches• Interviews
Creating podcasts
Denison College MIX Lab
Duke Interactive Multimedia Project Space Classroom
Students Practice Presentations
Computer projection-equipped classroom
Videotaping capabilities
Georgia Tech IC
Student Presentations
Technology-enabled classrooms• Hardware/Software• Network connections
Supportive faculty
Dickinson College Classroom
People
Collaboration New types of information professionals Training Information and technology literacy
Invest in Collaboration
Work with faculty on digital initiatives Work with instructional technologists
on learning materials Jointly train student assistants or staff
with other units, e.g. writing center
Working Together to Create the Cyberinfrastructure
People• Faculty• Students• Information Professionals• Administrators
Content Pedagogy Network/Hardware/Software/Tools Learning Spaces
Pedagogy
Active learning Collaborative learning Students participating in research Student production of new types of
(multimedia) projects
Liberal Arts Colleges, Learning, & IT
Practical Implementation
Align with campus goals/objectives Use cyberinfrastructure as planning
framework Make strategic choices Reallocate resources Provide professional development
opportunities Involve students (“reverse mentoring”)
References
ACLS Commission on Cyberinfrastructure for the Humanities and Social Sciences report http://www.acls.org/cyberinfrastructure/cyber.htm
Designing and Supporting Science-Driven Infrastructure, CTWatch Quarterly, vol. 2, no. 2, May 2006 http://www.ctwatch.org/quarterly/pdf/ctwatchquarterly-6.pdf
Report of the NSF Blue-Ribbon Advisory Panel on Cyberinfrastructure http://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=cise051203
Thanks to many individuals and institutions for providing images and/or permissions
Contact: Joan Lippincott
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