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

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Contact: Joan Lippincott

Joan@cni.org

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