Campus Technology

Placing Yourself at the Forefront of Change: Inside the IT Governance Findings, and More

John W. (Jack) McCredie, Associate Vice Chancellor & CIO, Emeritus, University of California, Berkeley

Jack McCredie’s 2005 retirement from his CIO post at UC Berkeley did not mean that colleagues heard less from this prominent IT figure: It presented a unique opportunity for IT leaders to benefit greatly as McCredie leveraged years of strategic planning experience-—at the helm of one of the biggest IT organizations in the US--into invaluable studies and discussions of IT governance and leadership. McCredie opens Campus Technology’s most leadership-focused event to date by offering yet-to-be-published findings from his most recent ECAR study on IT governance, combined with his invaluable insight into IT leadership issues and our ability to drive, manage, and sustain pedagogical change and progress through technology.

Jack McCredie is a senior ECAR fellow and associate vice chancellor & CIO, emeritus, University of California, Berkeley. In December 2005, Jack McCredie retired as the associate vice chancellor, information technology, and chief information officer at the university (where he now holds an emeritus title). In his role at UC Berkeley, he was responsible for leading central IT support for academic, administrative, and outreach programs including the campus data and voice networks for the university. As an ECAR senior fellow, much of his work has focused on IT governance and leadership issues. In recent years, he has written and spoken on strategic and leadership issues for higher education IT. He also chairs the Internet2 Network Planning and Policy Advisory Committee and is a member of the Internet2 Board.

Leading the Leaders: A Conference Wrap-Up

Moderator

Victor Edmonds, Director, Educational Technology Services, University of California, Berkeley

Debra Allison, Deputy Chief Information Officer, Miami University (Ohio)
Diane E. Beck, Pharm.D., Director, Educational Initiatives and Professor, College of Pharmacy, University of Florida
Ron Danielson, Ph.D., Vice Provost and CIO, Santa Clara University
John C. Ittelson, Ph.D., California State University-Monterey Bay

After two days of expert advice, in-depth self-examination, and brainstorming/ planning with peers, it’s time for track attendees to cull out the best-of-the-best leadership practices they’ve discovered and share them widely.

A panel drawn from our expert Campus Technology conference presenters, led by veteran board member Victor Edmonds, will present the results of a survey completed by attendees in each of our eight tracks—-the results will be correlated with data collected on the spot from plenary session attendees, using a personal response system. This session promises minute-by-minute revelations and “ah-ha” reactions!

The Openness Aversion: Managing Bias in IT Leadership

Presenter
James Boyle, William Neal Reynolds Professor of Law, Duke University

Anyone who has ever heard James Boyle speak will understand why Technology Leadership in Practice attendees are so fortunate to enjoy this rare opportunity: Simply put, Professor Boyle is riveting. This time out, Boyle, who writes widely on issues of intellectual property, internet regulation, and legal theory, will be addressing an issue that IT leaders and aspirants are all too familiar with: the impact of bias on the road to effective IT leadership. Learning to manage such bias can help us to keep our institutions in the forefront and—-on a more personal level—-help us keep ourselves squarely on the path to leadership roles. Says Boyle:

“Behavioral economics, constitutional law, and decision theory have one thing in common: They all focus on the most likely skews and biases in rationality, politics, and decision-making. We cannot choose to make no mistakes. But we can learn what type of mistakes we are disproportionately likely to make and build our organizations to minimize them.”

What implications can we draw for leaders who deal with information technology, educational policy, and intellectual property? James Boyle’s keynote delivers the answers.

James Boyle is a William Neal Reynolds Professor of Law at Duke Law School and co-founder of the Center for the Study of the Public Domain. Boyle is the author of Shamans, Software and Spleens: Law and the Construction of the Information Society, and is a Board Member of Creative Commons, which is working to facilitate the free availability of art, scholarship, and cultural materials by developing innovative, machinereadable licenses that individuals and institutions can attach to their work. He is also one of the founders of Science Commons and ccLearn. In 2003 Professor Boyle won the World Technology Network Award for Law for his work on the public domain and the “second enclosure movement” that threatens it. He writes a regular online column for the Financial Times’ New Economy Policy Forum. His most recent book is Bound By Law.