EDUCAUSE Mid-Atlantic Regional Conference 08 Christine Mencer Director of Information Technology The Pennsylvania State University, Hazleton Campus.

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EDUCAUSE Mid-Atlantic Regional Conference 08 Christine Mencer Director of Information Technology The Pennsylvania State University, Hazleton Campus

Copyright Christine Mencer This work is the intellectual property of the author. Permission is granted for this material to be shared for non- commercial, educational purposes, provided that this copyright statement appears on the reproduced materials and notice is given that the copying is by permission of the author. To disseminate otherwise or to republish requires written permission from the author.

Finding the elusive first IT support person may be difficult, but it is well understood, that as long as we have had a mechanism to move information from one place to another, we have had someone who provided support. However, as the need grew to operate personal computers, and network these devices, events occurred to change our ways of supporting what we now call the End User. Consider the timeline.

 Elk Cloner, widely credited with being the first virus to appear "in the wild" (outside a lab), infects Apple II machines.Elk Cloner  IBM announces the PC Cluster system, allowing up to 64 IBM PCs to be connected.  AT&T produces a 32-bit CISC processor32-bit CISC processor  1986 – The percent of US homes with personal computers: 16.6%  1993 – the web browser MOSAIC was developed.MOSAIC  The first test versions of the 100 MHz PowerPC 604 processor are created by IBM and Motorola  Unit sales of personal computers worldwide: Dell 39.1 million, Hewlett-Packard 38.8 million, Lenovo 16.6 million  To date, Microsoft has sold over 60 million licenses to Windows Vista

If nothing else this perception needed to change

Due to the ever changing and emerging technologies, the desire to integrate technology into the learning experience, and Net Generation of learners, we believe it would be better to have informed End Users who were more able to make decisions about their own information technology needs.

Research  Literature Reviewed  Others Best Practices Data Collected  Information collected from Footprints  Information collected from University wide satisfaction surveys  Information collected from local campus surveys and feedback

Literature Reviewed  Technology Strategic Planning, The Search for IT Governance In Higher Education. Common Solutions Group – January 4, 2006  Faculty Development for the Net Generation ; Anne H. Moore, John F. Moore, and Shelli B. Fowler Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Best Practices Reviewed  Syracuse University Information Technology and Services: Campus Connections, Accomplishments and New Horizons(2005)  Best Practices: A Triangulated Support Approach in Transitioning Faculty to Online Teaching; Online Journal of Distance Learning Administration, Volume VIII, Number I, Spring 2005 State University of West Georgia, Distance Education Center

Student Surveys 2002 Penn State Student Satisfaction Survey 2004 Penn State Student Satisfaction Survey Faculty responses to local questionnaires and committees. correspondences ( s requesting feedback) Educational Technology Committee Campus Council Faculty Senate Direct feedback (direct conversation with faculty) Staff responses to local questionnaires and committees. correspondences ( s requesting feedback) Educational Technology Committee Campus Council Direct feedback (direct conversation with staff) Data collected from local helpdesk response tracking.

StudentsFacultyStaff 1.Although are tech savvy, were not comfortable using many of the technologies needed in their classes. 2.Were not using the resources available to them. 3.Were not prepared with the necessary skills to protect themselves on a large network. 1.Perceived using technology as being to time consuming. 2.Perceived students to be tech savvy and assumed students were able to use the technology without instruction. 3.Were not aware of resources available to them. 4.Were misusing the technology or lacked the skills to use it to their benefit. 1.Lacked skills in newer technologies. 2.Were not aware of, or were not using job related technology resources. 3.Lacked important computer skills, for example, file management. In comparing the information we gathered, we also noticed many of the request for IT assistance were directly related to areas of weakness which are mention in the table to the right. It became clear, that if we redirected our training efforts, we could enable our end users to more fluently use the technology resources provided to them. While also, effectively creating an environment that allowed IT staff to better utilize their time on more campus critical technology infrastructure.

Faculty, staff and students can find help online with our online tutorials…

…or with our online documentation….

…also, our IDS and IT Director work hard to provide convenient times for many valuable trainings…

…and they can request one-on-one training or, faculty can request someone come into their class, by contacting the helpdesk. Computer Helpdesk (570)

 Penn State Hazleton Orientation 2007 Making the Connection “Making the Connection”, is tied directly to the students FYS class.

 Our campus offers Residence Halls. These are wired for student use. We provide security training for these students. The program is provided a few weeks after move-in. However, students are provided with information on how to prepare their computers before they move into the dorms.

In addition to making these sites available, our IT staff and Instructional Design Specialist, will provide training sessions.

With the rapid pace of the development of new technologies and with newer versions of products often engaging our End Users more directly with Internet architecture, IT professionals need to find avenues to keep up. Server Management Web Servers SQL Servers File Management And File Share Servers

Before Redirecting Our EffortsAfter Redirecting Our Efforts The two most significant areas in which we have been able to decrease support were Urgent and Low priority requests. These were target areas of highest concern.

Christine Mencer Director of Information Technology The Pennsylvania State University Hazleton Campus