Office of Information Technology
Ball State University will be a national model for providing the optimal utilization of ubiquitous, scalable, and collaborative information technologies in the pursuit of excellence in teaching, learning, scholarship, and quality of life.
The five core elements of the Information Technology Strategic Plan are:
Optimize Technology Utilization
Elevate the human and technical infrastructure in support of the integration of advanced technologies and digital content in teaching, learning, research, and service.
Digital Content Development
Provide expert digital content development support for the expansion of digital systems and educational content to enhance immersive and experiential learning and teaching objectives, as well as research and service.
Universal Access
Provide seamless and effortless access to all forms of information, knowledge, media, entertainment and broadcast programming.
Partnerships
Facilitate and develop internal and external partnerships that assist Ball State University in identifying and implementing flexible and adaptable technological tools and methods that create an educational and entrepreneurial enterprise.
Community Service
Assist in the development of needed infrastructure for the social, economic, and educational advancement on regional, national, and international levels.
The IT strategic planning committee included: Bizhan Nasseh, committee chairperson emeritus; Samuel Clemmons, Ronald Cosby, John Fillwalk, Kay Hodson-Carlton, Jr. King, Daniel Lutz, Loren Malm, Michel Mounayer, Laurie Mullen-Stuve, Mathew Shaw, John Straw, and Robert Yadon.