1. New and Evolving Technologies: Anything Goes
Molly Tamarkin, Associate University Librarian for IT, Duke University

2. Looking Back: ETCOM
Mobile devices hit the market, and universities
Wearable devices, webPads, PDAs, ebooks
Securing campus networks
Identity management
Shibboleth, digital certificates, PKI
Smartcards, biometric technologies
Digital Asset Management
Course Management / Learning Management

3. Looking Back: ETCOM
Network infrastructure: local/regional/national
Grid computing
Wireless and wireless technologies
New interest in disaster recovery, business continuity planning
Social networking emerges in a big way
Blogs, wikis, podcasting, web publishing tools too
Research portals
Some interest in games and student collab tools

4. Looking Back: ETCOM 2007-2009 Gaming and Game consoles
3D visualization and 3D printing
Virtual worlds
Wonderland, Croquet, Second Life
Web everything
Location-aware computing
Course Management / Learning Management makes a shift from vended to open-source

5. Current etcom The evolving you…..you as evolving technology
IT staff change and development in the context of:
Cloud computing availability
Virtualization trends: servers and labs
Increase in hosted services
Consumerization of IT

6. Virtualization Backend: servers Services: Virtual computing labs
“Desktops on demand”
Ability to deploy licensed software in hosted environments on personal computers
How might this impact your staffing? Your facilities?

7. Augmented reality Current uses: Potential uses
Campus wayfinders or mapping
Campus transportation (where’s the bus?)
Study room availability ?
Potential uses
Library materials / shelf browsing
Community collaborations
Global programs

8. What’s coming: Industry
From Gartner 2010 Hype Cycle:
Less than 2 years out:
Pen-centric tablet pcs; Mobile apps
2 to 5 years:
Private clouds; media tablets; 3D displays
eBooks; telepresence; biometrics; location-aware apps
5 to 10 years:
Virtual assistants; wireless power
Augmented reality; 3D printing

9. What’s Coming: Teaching & learning
From the 2010 Horizon Report
1 year or less:
Mobile computing & open content (courses)
2 to 3 years:
Electronic books; simple augmented reality
4 to 5 years:
Gesture-based computing; visual data analysis

10. What’s coming: our market
From SCUP’s Trends in Higher Education (late 2009)
Increased enrollment is likely to persist
Is tuition the next bubble to burst?
Going green: campus energy management strategies and IT’s role in energy consumption
Increase in blended learning: online and f2f

11. Discussion / questions
Which technologies mentioned might benefit your campus the most?
Which might be the most challenging for you?
Which would you like to learn more about?
Which technologies were you hoping to hear about but didn’t?