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How do you make it easier for faculty, staff and students to gain electronic access to services and information not just at U of G but also at other Ontario universities? And just why would you want to consider blogging anyway?
These are among the topics to be discussed by some 300 computer technology professionals from universities across the province who will visit Guelph this month for the annual Ontario Universities Computing Conference.
The event, which will focus on IT initiatives in higher education, runs May 28 to 30 on campus. The event is hosted by Computing and Communications Services (CCS) and sponsored by the Association of Computing Services Directors.
Sessions will cover such topics as podcasting and video conferencing, hand-held communication devices, digital video, online journalling, wireless networks in residences, multimedia production, laptop management and faculty training for the electronic classroom.
Echoing this year's theme of the “The Mobile Campus,” CCS senior analyst Gayleen Gray, a conference committee chair, gestures to her laptop computer and says, “We're all becoming more mobile.”
Gerrit Bos, co-chair and also a CCS senior analyst, says the conference is intended to help IT experts improve services for faculty, staff and students.
“Support staff at the University of Guelph are trying to get the best service for you by comparing ourselves with other universities.”
Keynote speakers include Bob Rae, former Ontario premier and current leadership contender for the federal Liberal party; Jennifer Corriero, co-founder and executive director of TakingITGlobal; and Tim Bray, director of web technologies with Sun Microsystems and a 1981 Guelph graduate in math and computing science.
Sessions will involve presentations from industry and universities, including a number of U of G speakers. For more information, send e-mail to oucc2006@uoguelph.ca or visit www.oucc.ca/overview.
