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Greg M. Smith shared thisGreat opportunity with an amazing group of people.Greg M. Smith shared thisOur firm has a new job opening -- an ideal position for a smart, engaging writer: https://lnkd.in/eQZUhxKA. Apply now to join a terrific team.
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Greg M. Smith shared thisEvery student deserves a chance at success. 🎓🎆🎇🎆🎉 I was thrilled to read about an initiative at Alabama A&M University that invites first-gen parents to be part of their child’s education experience, providing support to parents so that they can support their children. (https://prplr.link/3YrCP6N) Staff at Alabama A&M created “Bulldog Parent University,” which gives parents the info they need to guide their children through college, leading to greater engagement and higher retention. In an age of falling retention rates and lower enrollment, we need more programs like this to empower not just students, but their support systems, and pave the way to success. Let's raise a glass to Alabama Agricultural and Mechanical University 🥂 #studentsuccess #edu #bulldogsStudent affairs–led events for parents of first-gen studentsStudent affairs–led events for parents of first-gen students
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Greg M. Smith shared thisWe hear a lot about students using AI ... but what about faculty? While professors and instructors may be less likely to use AI, just over one-third are doing so, according to Tyton Partners’ “Time for Class 2024 Report: Unlocking Access to Effective Digital Teaching and Learning.” (https://bit.ly/4dezFqQ) The most popular use for AI among teachers? Creating course content ranks highest, followed by grading. Perhaps unsurprisingly, whether a faculty member uses AI or not influences how they think about it in relation to student learning. Two-thirds of those who don’t use AI think it negatively affects students, while just one-third of those who do use AI say the same. Do you use AI to prepare for classes or grade assignments? What do you think the role of generative AI should be in the classroom? #learnwithPropeller #ai #eduOne-third of college instructors are using genAI—here's howOne-third of college instructors are using genAI—here's how
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Greg M. Smith shared thisData collection and analysis are serious business in every industry, including higher ed. 🎓🎓🎓 But according to an EDUCAUSE poll, just 25% of those surveyed believe their data functions are ideal. 👀 I can’t overstate how important it is to make sure schools get this right. In education, we deal with data privacy and security. You need to be able to make sense of the information you collect and maintain to serve your students well. If you’re looking for resources as you assess your school’s data functions, EDUCAUSE’s 2024 Horizon Action Plan: Unified Data Models can help create a cohesive action plan and take stock of where your institution currently stands. 📖📖📖 #learnwithPropeller #educause #edu2024 EDUCAUSE Horizon Action Plan: Unified Data Models2024 EDUCAUSE Horizon Action Plan: Unified Data Models
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Greg M. Smith shared thisI’m not at all surprised to see ACCESS & AFFORDABILITY take top priority in polls on the important aspects of higher education. And for most schools, it’s a balancing act – maintaining education quality, meeting budgetary constraints, and developing the resources to support students so they can reach their full potential. What do you think? Does access and affordability rank at the top of your list?
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Greg M. Smith shared thisWe are on the ground in Austin for the Amazon Web Services (AWS) IMAGINE. Let’s chat all things virtual desktops! #learnwithPropeller #aws #vdi #daas
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Greg M. Smith shared thisIn May, EDUCAUSE released its 2024 EDUCAUSE Horizon Report® Teaching and Learning Edition. This 46-page resource profiles the trends and technologies that shape education and includes future scenarios from a global panel of higher education leaders. It covers some topics we’re hearing a lot about in education today, like: • Public perception of the value of higher education • Supporting equitable and inclusive learning • Leveraging anytime/anywhere learning • Making sure students get the skills they need to be confidently career-ready It’s safe to say, no matter what scenarios the future holds, these issues will continue to be important for students when choosing where they enroll. Check out the full report. #edu #learnwithPropeller #vdi #daas2024 EDUCAUSE Horizon Report | Teaching and Learning Edition2024 EDUCAUSE Horizon Report | Teaching and Learning Edition
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Greg M. Smith shared thisBudget constraints are nothing new in higher ed. And hardware replacement represents a big expenditure. 💰💰💰 Traditional replacement plans require you to maintain both the hardware and software of your on-campus devices. And you also need to figure out what to do with older models. All of this costs time and money.⏳⏳⏳ Thin client computing gives you a way to control costs without limiting student and faculty access. Check out our recent post to see how thin client computing can take pressure off your replacement plan without sacrificing accessibility. 💻💻💻 https://lnkd.in/eY5P6ErzThin Client Computing: Benefits and Uses in Higher EducationThin Client Computing: Benefits and Uses in Higher Education
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Greg M. Smith shared thisCalifornia EDU folks - Great opportunity with the Classroom Technical Services Team within Research, Teaching, and Learning at UC Berkeley! The team is fantastic to work with. #edu #hiring #ucbClassroom Technology Support Supervisor Job Announcement #70522 - UC BerkeleyClassroom Technology Support Supervisor Job Announcement #70522 - UC Berkeley
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Greg M. Smith liked thisGreg M. Smith liked thisToday the first day of the 2024-2025 school year has arrived at Grand Valley State University. I love this time of year. The buzz around campus is palpable and the eager new students remind us all that what we do as higher education professionals has an impact well beyond the walls of our institutions. No matter what role you play in higher ed, you have an impact on the lives of others; do your best to make sure it's a positive one. Here's to another great year! #AnchorUp
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Greg M. Smith liked thisGreg M. Smith liked thisI am thrilled to announce that I have (re)joined my beloved UMBC Training Centers as the Director of Strategic Partnerships for their Center for Applied Artificial Intelligence (C4AI)! We've always delivered amazing programs in technology, cybersecurity, project management and leadership and now we're delivering training and other services around all things AI and machine learning. We've created a test bed for AI products and have a pool of talent conducting research, helping government agencies and businesses with AI strategy and the practical and safe application of AI within their organizations. Very excited to be back in the intel and cyber community and to bring my experience from IBM/Red Hat to help address some of our nation's most interesting challenges! Happy to connect with anyone interested in learning more about partnering with C4AI! Let's chat!
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Greg M. Smith liked thisGreg M. Smith liked thisIt was a privilege to showcase our story at AWS Imagine 2024. Our digital transformation at Illinois Institute of Technology is driven by collaboration, teamwork, and powerful partnerships. A huge thank you to the incredible team at Illinois Tech for your remarkable efforts and to our senior leadership for the unwavering support. Special shoutout to Team Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Quantiphi for helping us de-risk and pave the way for innovation! Remember, failure is just a stepping stone to success. We won’t know what’s possible if we don’t take that first step—so let’s keep moving forward! Check out our journey in Innovating for Inclusion The Chronicle of Higher Education: https://lnkd.in/eWJmVQ-Q #innovation #highereducation #digitaltransformation #Quantiphi #aws
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Greg M. Smith liked thisGreg M. Smith liked thisOur firm has a new job opening -- an ideal position for a smart, engaging writer: https://lnkd.in/eQZUhxKA. Apply now to join a terrific team.
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Greg M. Smith liked thisGreg M. Smith liked thisAnother semester of “Cloud Computing Foundations” at University of Virginia School of Continuing and Professional Studies in the digital books! So proud of my hard working, “non-traditional” students who tackle college courses on top of their busy lives!!
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Greg M. Smith liked thisGreg M. Smith liked thisWith extremely mixed emotions, I'll be leaving my position as CIO of The Wharton School at the end of September to tackle a new challenge. It's been an incredibly fulfilling 25 years, and I sincerely appreciate the opportunities the School has given me to grow and follow my passions. Working with this historic institution's amazing faculty, staff, students, and alums has been an enriching journey, and I'll be forever grateful for the experiences and relationships I'll take with me. Wharton Computing is a talented team of intelligent and dedicated professionals who made every day a pleasure to work with. I'm tremendously proud of all we've accomplished together. Wharton continues to lead the way in business education, and I'm profoundly grateful for having had the chance to be part of it. I'm excited for what's next, but in the meantime, if you know anyone interested in joining an amazing team, please put them in touch...
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Cloud-Adoption Strategies: Using the Cloud to Enable the Future University
Educause 2016
We review the general steps of cloud adoptions and discuss our story of migrating 5 physical data centers from around the world into Amazon Web Services. We discuss the transformation of our team from administrators to engineers and further go on to discuss what is next for us - a fundamental change in the way our students learn with Project Triton.
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Moving College to the Cloud
University Business
See publicationHow UMUC made an "all in" transition to Amazon Web Services with support from Zenoss and others.
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Universities turn to network monitoring
University Business
See publicationUS universities have learned that if they are not routinely monitoring the demand on their IT networks, they run the risk of dropouts.
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The Future University
Educause 2015 / Amazon Web Services
Discussed the transformation from a data center heavy university to leveraging AWS services for compute, storage, and even data analytics. Presenting lessons learning including that the project was as much about people as it was about the technology.
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Breakthrough Technology, Breakthrough Learning Outcomes
re:Invent 2015
A panel discussion on how technology is impacting the University world today, what are important developments that will be impacting higher education in the next several years and the impact data has had on transformational outcomes. The panel includedDerek Masseth, Sr Cloud Director, University of Arizona; Ryan Prichard, CTO, Knewton and Niranjan Nagar, CTO, Civets
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Transformation of IT Infrastructure at UMUC
UBTech 2015
Presented at UBTech 2015 about Project Nimbus, the UMUC transition from physical data centers and legacy operations into AWS and modern operating methods.
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Zenoss Zaas supporting Project Nimbus at UMUC
Zenoss - GalaxZ User Conference
Presented on the use of Zenoss Zaas (Zenoss as a Service) and the support it provided as UMUC transformed data center operations into the AWS cloud.
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Transformation of IT Infrastructure at UMUC with Amazon Web Services
re:Invent 2014
Presented at Amazon's re:Invent 2014 about Project Nimbus, the UMUC transition from physical data centers and legacy operations into AWS and modern operating methods.
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Boundary Spanning Leadership
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Raising the Leadership Bar Series
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Project Triton
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Project Bell
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Project Bell was designed to replace an aging Avaya PBX with a global Cisco solution. With more then 3500 people around the world, it is critical for UMUC employees to be able to communicate quickly and efficiently regardless of whether you were at the headquarters location in Adelphi, Maryland or at one of the region testing facilities in the middle east. The implementation of the Cisco solution with SIP to the public network not only reduced operating costs by nearly 450k per year, it…
Project Bell was designed to replace an aging Avaya PBX with a global Cisco solution. With more then 3500 people around the world, it is critical for UMUC employees to be able to communicate quickly and efficiently regardless of whether you were at the headquarters location in Adelphi, Maryland or at one of the region testing facilities in the middle east. The implementation of the Cisco solution with SIP to the public network not only reduced operating costs by nearly 450k per year, it introduced mobility features along with redundancy/resiliency that had never existing before at UMUC allowing us to to further ensure that our students come first.
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Project Nimbus re-invented the IT Operations at UMUC. Consolidating 5 data centers around the world into AWS to provide a better end user experience with our services. The focus of this six month project was availability, scalability, and redundancy, but at the same Project Nimbus allowed me to re-engineer our daily operations from the people to the tools/automation we had in our environment. While this project was classified as a technology project, this was as much about people as it was…
Project Nimbus re-invented the IT Operations at UMUC. Consolidating 5 data centers around the world into AWS to provide a better end user experience with our services. The focus of this six month project was availability, scalability, and redundancy, but at the same Project Nimbus allowed me to re-engineer our daily operations from the people to the tools/automation we had in our environment. While this project was classified as a technology project, this was as much about people as it was about the compute and storage.
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