Increasing the synergy between strategy and technology

Date: Wednesday 7 December

Time: 14.00 - 15.00

Venue: Online

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JISC and the Leadership Foundation (LFHE) are leading the way in assisting senior IS leaders and senior management team members within the Further and Higher Education sectors to align their institutional and Information and Communications Technology (ICT) strategies.

 Session information

Webinar title 
Strategies for success: Increasing the synergy between strategy and technology

Abstract

This one hour webinar will showcase the new Strategic Information and Communications Technology (S-ICT) toolkit being launched by JISC InfoNet to coincide with this webinar. The webinar will highlight the key features of the newly developed JISC/LFHE toolkit, a variety of deployment models and likely obstacles and possible solutions. Participants will also learn from institutions that have already used the toolkit to initiate real world transformational projects.

The use of ICT in supporting the delivery of core business goals has become increasingly important to senior managers; yet research by the University of Nottingham and its partners indicates that institutions differ widely in the maturity of their strategic use of ICT. This webinar will emphasise the importance of constant engagement between senior IS professionals and their institutions' senior management teams.

The toolkit includes a range of checklists, case studies and good practice guidelines to help senior managers identify, analyse, assess and develop their current maturity level. The toolkit will help participants to further develop the skills and institutional processes necessary to ensure the UK FE and HE sectors continue to deliver a first class experience for its students and partners. Paul Gentle will describe how LFHE are supporting the on-going usage and championing uptake.

After the webinar, participants will enjoy access to the online Strategic information and communications technology (S-ICT) toolkit to help consolidate their new knowledge. Participants will be encouraged to identify a suitable transformation project within their own institution and use the toolkit to identify improvement opportunities.

Presenters 

• Myles Danson, Programme Manager, Technology supported business change, JISC
• Parmjit Dhugga, Training & Development Manager, Nottingham University
• Paul Gentle, Programme Director, Leadership Foundation for Higher Education
• Steve Bailey, Senior Adviser, JISC InfoNet

What will you learn or take away?

By the end of the end of the workshop, participants will:

• be able to understand the meaning of ‘Strategic ICT’ and the importance of critical self-appraisal
• be able to describe the key enablers for determining strategic ICT maturity
• have obtained an understanding of the S-ICT toolkit
• be able to identify different deployment strategies
• be enthusiastic towards deploying the S-ICT toolkit to conduct an initial ICT maturity assessment within their own institution at the institutional, faculty, school, department or business unit level.

Who is this webinar aimed at?
PVCs, Deans, Heads of school, Registrars, Chief information officers, Heads of planning units, Directors of IS & IT, Senior IS professionals, Heads of teaching and learning functions, Senior e-learning staff, anyone responsible for planning ICT services, anyone responsible for ICT infrastructure

Relevant links / websites

http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/gradschool/sict/toolkit/

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Important information for participants

• Webinars will be run using the Blackboard Collaborate software platform, provided and supported by JISC Netskills
• Participants will need to have the latest version of Java installed on their PC/Laptop - check settings here.
• You will need a headset (headphones and microphone) to listen to and talk in the session. Don't use built-in microphones or speakers (built into laptops or webcams) as this creates echoing, feedback and will spoil the session for others.
• Download a participant's guide to Blackboard Collaborate
• In some instances you may experience firewall/proxy issues which need to be changed and they are often controlled by the local IT Administrator. If you have these issues, please read the proxy set up guide and information on firewall errors. 
  There is also a self-diagnosis page which gives guidance on how to solve such issues.  
• JISC reserves the right to limit registration numbers for the live webinar and to give priority to attendees from within a Higher Education of Further Education Institution in the case of over-subscription.

A recording of the webinar along with all relevant links will be available after the webinar. If you would like to receive notification of when this recording is available, please email Isabel at

i.brough@jisc.ac.uk