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About Me

As Chief Information Officer and leader of DePauw University’s information technology (IT) services and support, my role is to ensure that effective, appropriate, and sustainable information resources, services, and technologies are available to enable all students, faculty members, and staff members of the university community.

What I believe . . .

Information technology (IT) serves as a thread that connects and supports nearly every aspect of a university’s vision and operations. DePauw University is committed to the liberal arts ideal of developing student skills in critical thinking, analytical reasoning and clear and effective communication. Information Services (I.S.) must work to support that vision.

We must strive to provide technologies that support the intellectual life of the University by facilitating inquiry, communication, and creativity, and to seek additional resources and explore new avenues that sustain the University’s leadership position in higher education. Ultimately, we know and believe that it is the connections that technology enables, not necessarily the technology itself, that are most important to our students, faculty members, and staff.

Recent Presentations & Publications

Wise Choices: Living the Paradox (w/J. Enos, E. Koehane, B. Schwartz, and S. Stephen) at the CLAC Annual Conference, June 14-16, 2011, Kalamazoo College.

 

Bringing Assessment of Curricular Technology into Institution-Wide Assessment Conversations (w/ S. Smith, D. Baird and B. Simpson) at  AAC&U General Education & Assessment Meeting, March 3-5, 2011, Chicago, IL

 

From Project to Program: The DePauw University GIS Center Engaging the Campus with GIS (w/ M. Beth Wilkerson), published in the Academic Commons, December, 2010

 

Leveraging the Interplay Between a Grassroots Pen-Based Computing Pilot and an Institutional Laptop Initiative (w/ D. Berque) at NITLE Camp Workshop: Supporting Mobile Devices, June 24, 2010, DePauw University

 

Using Assessment to Inform Institutional Priorities for IT (invited panel presenter w/ D. Baird, S. Smith, and B. Simpson) at NITLE Community Meeting: Assessing Instructional Technology, June 22, 2010, DePauw University

 

The Liberal Arts Campus in 2015 (invited panel presenter w/ G. Wiemers, B. Alexander, E. Webb, M. Fitch, and G. Barton) at CLAC 2010 Annual Conference, June 15-17, 2010, Dickinson College

 

Leveraging the Interplay Between a Grassroots Pen-Based Computing Pilot and an Institutional Laptop Initiative (w/D. Berque, T. Bonebright, and M. Gough). EDUCAUSE Quarterly Magazine, Vol 32, No. 4, 2009.

 

Decisions and Transitions: What Role Do YOU Play in Selecting Your Campus Systems that Support Teaching and Learning? (w/J. Miranda) at 6th Annual Independent Colleges of Indiana (ICI) Instructional Technology Summit, August 14, 2009, Taylor University

 

Beyond the Prototype: Scaling a Grassroots Tablet PC Pilot for Large Scale Campus Integration (w/D. Berque and T. Bonebright) at EDUCAUSE Annual Conference, October 30, 2008, Orlando, FL

 

Teaching with Tablets at DePauw University: Using Pen-based Pedagogy to Enhance Teaching and Learning, video with E. Faulk, D. Fellegy, and C. Morrisette, Workshop on the Impact of Pen-based Technology on Education (WIPTE). West Lafayette, Indiana, October 15-16, 2008.

 

Instructional Technologists: Creating a Professional Identity (invited plenary speaker) at NITLE Instructional Technologists at Liberal Arts College, June 2-4, 2008, DePauw University

 

Technology Forecasting with the NITLE Technology Futures Market (invited panel presenter) at NITLE Annual Summit, April 3-5, 2008, San Francisco, CA

 

The NITLE Moodle Initiative: Collaborating on Learning Management (invited panel presenter) at NITLE Annual Summit, April 3-5, 2008, San Francisco, CA

 

Use of Tablet PC’s at DePauw University (a video co-produced with D. Berque) at NITLE Instructional Technology Leaders Conference, April 13-15, 2008, Washington & Lee University

 

Beyond the Prototype: Generating Campus-Wide Buy-in for a Tablet Option (w/D. Berque and T. Bonebright) at 2008 HP Technology for Teaching Worldwide Higher Education Conference, Feb 18-19, 2008, San Diego, CA

Selected Workshops & Events Facilitated

7th Annual Independent College of Indiana (ICI) Instructional Technology Summit

August 6, 2010 -- Butler University (with P. Alles, J. Miranda, B. Kiggins, J. Woodbridge)

 

6th Annual Independent Colleges of Indiana (ICI) Instructional Technology Summit

August 14, 2009 -- Taylor University  (with P. Alles, A. Beekman,G. Friesen, J. Miranda, B. Kiggins)

 

Teaching with Tablet PCs in Varied Disciplines

March 13-15, 2009 -- DePauw University, (with D. Berque, M. Kraft, L. Mayfield)


5th Annual Independent Colleges of Indiana (ICI) Instructional Technology Summit

August 7, 2008 -- DePauw University  (with P. Alles, A. Beekman, M. Lecher, B. Kiggins)

 

NITLE Instructional Technology Leaders Conference: "Leading Instructional Technology on the Evolving Campus"

March 26 - 28, 2007-- DePauw University (with B. Koralesky, et al)

 

Made, Not Born: Instructional Technology Leaders as Change Agents in Academe

May 15 - 17, 2006 -- Juniata College (with A. Nixon, M. Nanfito, A. White, V. Sells, R. Yelnosky, N. Millichap)

Recent Grants & Awards

NITLE Sustainable Program Award, awarded to The DePauw University GIS Center, December 2010, 

 

Contributed to Educational Collaborations Grant proposal leading to $375,000 award to DePauw University from the Lilly Endowment in October 2008

 

Received $30,000 grant from the National Infrastructure for Technology in Liberal Education (NITLE) Instructional Innovations Fund (w/Dave Berque) to host a workshop titled, “Teaching with Tablet PCs in Varied Disciplines," at DePauw University in March 2009s

Professional Service

ASCUE (Association of Small Computer Users in Education) - Board Member, (2000 - 2005)
Positions included 2003-2005 Web Coordinator; 2002 Conference President / Web Coordinator, 2001 Board President, 2000 Conference Program Chair / President Elect.. Organization member since 1994.

 

CLAC (Consortium of Liberal Arts Colleges) - Primary Institutional Representative (2004 - Present)

 

Consortium for Computing in Small Colleges - Conference paper reviewer (1997 - 2005)

 

EDUCAUSE - Institutional Representative (2002 - Present)

 

EDUCAUSE - 2011 National Conference Program Committee (2010-2011)

 

EDUCAUSE - 2006 Midwest Regional Conference, Program Committee (2006)

 

EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative (ELI) - Primary Institutional Representative (2003 - Present)

 

HP EdTech Innovators Award - Proposal Reviewer (2010)

 

IHETS (Indiana Higher Education Telecommunication System) - Elected Member, Board of Directors (2008 - Present)

 

Independent Colleges of Indiana (ICI) - ICI Leaders in Technology (ICI-LIT) Steering Committee (2011-2013)

 

NITLE (National Institute for Technology and Liberal Education) - Institutional Liaison and active participant in a variety of projects (2002 - Present)

 

WIPTE (Workshop in the Impact of Pen-Based Technology on Education) - Conference Paper Reviewer (2009, 2010)

 

DePauw University - ADA Committee (2008 - 2010)

DePauw University - Faculty Academic Technology Advisory Committee (ATAC) (2002 - Present)
DePauw University - 361º Technology Initiatives Taskforce (2002 - 2004)
DePauw University - Computer Labs Committee (1994 - 2001)

Education

Frye Leadership Institute

Emory University, Atlanta, GA
2004
Fellow, Higher Education Leadership

Indiana University Bloomington - Graduate School of Education

Bloomington, IN
1999 - 2001
M.S., Instructional Systems Technology

DePauw University

Greencastle, IN
1981 - 1985
B.A., Majors: Computer Science, English Literature

Work History

DePauw University

Greencastle, IN
2008 - Present
Chief Information Officer 

Leader of University information services and responsible for all information technology (IT) services and support. (Served as Interim CIO 2008, appointed permanent CIO 2009)

2005 - 2008
Associate CIO for Instructional and Learning Services 

Co-CIO for University information services. Managed all areas of academic computing and instructional technology support.
Areas of responsibility included the IT helpdesk, A/V services and support, desktop support, University-wide IT procurement, the Information Technology Associates Program (ITAP), Faculty Instructional Technology Support (FITS), Student, Technology Assessment, Resources and Training (START), the GIS Center, the music instructional technology center (MITC), and technical training. Senior-level management position.

2003 - 2005
Director of Instructional and Learning Services 

Managed instructional technology and training services for faculty members, students and staff. Key components included Faculty Instructional Technology Support (FITS), Student, Technology Assessment, Resources and Training (START),GIS Center, music instructional technology center (MITC), technical training, the curricular and training pieces of the Information Technology Associates Program (ITAP), and ITAP digital video instruction. Senior-level management position.

1999 - 2003
Director of Faculty Instructional Technology Support (FITS) 

Director of Faculty Instructional Technology Support (FITS), 2001-2003
Coordinator of Faculty Instructional Technology Support (FITS), 2000 - 2001
Coordinator of User Services / FITS Center Manager, 1999 - 2000


Managed instructional technology support program for University faculty using technology to enhance their teaching. Developed and delivered workshops to faculty, students and staff. Managed development of in-house user guides and documentation - web-based and in print. Provided individual consultation and computing support to faculty and students.

1994 - 1999
Coordinator of User Services and Computing Labs 

Coordinator of User Services and Computing Labs, 1996 - 1999
Computing Lab Coordinator and User Services Specialist, 1994 - 1996

 

Coordinated the activities of the Computing Labs Committee to standardize resources across campus computing labs. Designed and managed a plan to upgrade 100 lab computers to a secure Windows 95 environment on a Novell Netware LAN. Developed and managed a campus-wide computing help desk. Developed and delivered computing workshops to faculty, students and staff. Managed development of in-house computing user guides and documentation. Provided individual consultation and computing support to faculty, students and staff.

Indiana University School of Medicine, Department of Medical and Molecular Genetics

Indianapolis, IN
1988 - 1994
Computer Programmer / Analyst, Department of Medical and Molecular Genetics 

Supported and supervised computing activities of a 100-member research department. Served as national database coordinator in a multi-centered research project. Managed several large databases containing confidential family pedigree and laboratory data. Calculated statistical analysis of databases for researchers. Administered a Sun Microsystems LAN. Designed computer training sessions and developed user manuals.

Nuclear Measurements Corporation

Indianapolis, IN
1985 - 1988
Assistant Software Engineer 

Programmed operating systems for real-time systems involved with data acquisition and process controls. Wrote documentation for instrument manuals and provided technical support directly to company clients.

Information Services at DePauw

DePauw I.S. Web shot

 

We strive to

 

Inform, Educate and Empower clients -- our students, faculty members, and staff

 

Consolidate, Standardize, and Virtualize processes

Collaboration is a long-term commitment

Coming together is a beginning; keeping together is progress; working together is success.


-- Henry Ford

Meeting Students Where They Are

Campus Technology

We must provide technologies that enable people to collaborate and communicate with each other. We need to balance what’s important to keep the infrastructure solid and secure with how much we let people do what they need to do in order to create and learn.

 

-- Cited in the February 2010 issue of Campus Technology

Speaking about Pedagogy . . .

Using Pen-Based Pedagogy to Enhance Teaching & Learning

TAblet PC video

A student-produced mini-documentary that showcases some ways that instructors at DePauw University are using tablet pcs to enhance teaching and learning.

Consulting

moleskine musings

Agnes Scott College

Information Services Department, October 2007


Gettysburg College

Information Technology Department, April 2005

A Brief Biography

Carol L. Smith, chief information officer, came to DePauw in 1994. She earned her undergraduate degree from DePauw in 1985 and her master’s degree in instruction systems technology from Indiana University School of Education. Ms. Smith has been variously involved with information technology programs and initiatives at the University, including playing a key role in developing the Faculty Instructional Technology Support (FITS) program. She currently leads DePauw’s 361° programs designed to enhance and transform teaching and learning at DePauw, including FITS, Student Technology Support, and the Information Technology Associates Program (ITAP). Smith serves on the board of directors of the Indiana Higher Education Telecommunication System (IHETS), is a presenter at numerous conferences, and is an active member of several professional organizations, including EDUCAUSE and the National Institute for Technology and Liberal Education (NITLE).

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