1. Transforming Education Through Information Technologies http://www.educause.edu/ Framing the Cyberinfrastructure Discussion on your Campus Jeff Bullington, Univ Kansas Guy Almes, Texas A&M Univ 21 February 2008

2. Transforming Education Through Information Technologies http://www.educause.edu/ Agenda Brief Definition What are the Campus Drivers? Why does it have Strategic Importance? How does it relate to the needs of your Scholars / Researchers?

3. Transforming Education Through Information Technologies http://www.educause.edu/ Brief Definition A holistic integration of elements such as: High-performance computing Scalable secure sharable data storage Networking Visualization, etc. Don’t forget the human aspect: Skilled staff Skilled users

4. Transforming Education Through Information Technologies http://www.educause.edu/ Components of Cyberinfrastructure (from NSF Vision Document, 2007) High Performance Computing Data, Data Analysis, and Visualization Virtual Organizations for Distributed Communities Learning and Workforce Development http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2007/nsf0728/index.jsp

5. Transforming Education Through Information Technologies http://www.educause.edu/ American Council on Learned Societies (ACLS) on Cyberinfrastructure: “Cyberinfrastructure” is more than just hardware and software, more than bigger computer boxes and wider pipes and wires connecting them… These environments will be built, and ACLS feels it is important for the humanities and social sciences to participate in their design and construction. “Our Cultural Commonwealth” – ACLS Report on CI http://www.acls.org/programs/Default.aspx?id=644&linkidentifier=id&itemid=644

6. Transforming Education Through Information Technologies http://www.educause.edu/ E-Science or E-Research The terminology used for concept in UK, EU, Australia, New Zealand http://www.nesc.ac.uk/documents/OSI/index.html E-Scholarship an emerging terminology

7. Transforming Education Through Information Technologies http://www.educause.edu/ Themes Success stories: What seems to work? Themes of frustration: What seems to be hard? How does the campus reality compare with the national reality?