2010 Campus Technology Innovators: Winners
We are pleased to announce the winners of our 6th annual Campus Technology Innovators awards. This year, 11 winners were selected in six categories, out of 448 nominations submitted from higher education institutions around the globe. Entries were reviewed by our Innovators Judging Committee, a group of higher ed tech leaders, many of whom are former Campus Technology Innovators award winners. Final winners were chosen by our expert team of editors.
And the winners are…
Category: Teaching and Learning
Duke University
Project: SimSoap, a Twitter Soap Opera
Project lead: Mary Barzee, Program Coordinator, Innovative Nursing Education Technologies Program
Vendors/products used:
Twitter
Jing
Flip Video
Apple
TweetDeck
Craigslist
Penn State University
Project: The Assignment Studio, an Open Source Application for Studio-Based Instruction
Project lead: Keith Bailey, Director of e-Learning
Vendor/product used:
Drupal
Auburn University
Project: Geospatial Mapping of Alabama’s Coastal Communities
Project lead: Chetan Sankar, Professor
Vendors/products used:
ESRI
Virtual Alabama
Topcon Positioning Systems
Dell
Laser Technology
Category: IT Infrastructure and Systems
Syracuse University
Project: Ensemble Video, a Rich Media Content Management System
Project leads: Scott Nadzan, Director of IT, & Andy Covell, former Executive Director of IT
Vendors/products used:
Ensemble Video
Wowza Media Systems
Harmonic
Apple
University of Idaho
Project: Classroom Technology Monitoring and Early Warning System
Project lead: Chuck Lanham, Senior IT Director
Vendors/products used:
AMX
Dell
NEC
Synaccess Networks
Purdue University
Project: Community Cluster Program
Project lead: Gerry McCartney, VP for IT and CIO
Vendors/products used:
HP
AMD
Cisco Systems
Chelsio Communications
Red Hat
CF Engine
Category: Student Systems and Services
University of California, Irvine
Project: ZotWheels Automated Bike-Share Program
Project lead: Ronald Fleming, Director, Parking and Transportation Services
Vendors/products used:
Central Specialties
Miles Data Technologies
Microsoft
Google
South Orange County Community College District
Project: Student-Centered, Home-Grown Student Information System
Project lead: Jim Gaston, Associate IT Director, and Jim Phaneuf, Associate IT Director
Vendors/products used:
Neudesic
Microsoft
Category: Leadership, Governance, and Policy
Western Carolina University
Project: Reorganized Coulter Faculty Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning
Project lead: Anna McFadden, Director, Coulter Faculty Center, and Professor
Vendors/products used:
Cherwell Software
Apple
Category: Education Futurists
Darton College
Project: Capturing the Kinesthetics of Dance
Project lead: Darryn Ostrander, Director, Instructional Technology
Vendors/products used:
NaturalPoint
Autodesk
Zygote Media
Category: Administrative Systems
Wayne State University
Project: Researchers’ Dashboard
Project lead: Bhavani Koneru, Associate Director, Business Applications, Computing and Information Technology
Vendors/products used:
SunGard Higher Education
Coeus
Stay tuned for full coverage of the winning projects in our August issue. The winners will also be spotlighted at the Campus Technology 2010 conference, held July 19-22 at the Seaport World Trade Center in Boston, MA.
Congratulations to all of our 2010 Innovators award winners!