Advanced Networking with Minority Serving Institutions ANMSI Project

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Advanced Networking with Minority Serving
Institutions (AN-MSI) Project

• A Strategic Partnership for HACU and EDUCAUSE
  funded by the National Science FoundationAlex
  Ramirez, Ph.D.Exec. Dir. IT Initiatives,
  HACUAN-MSI HSI Project Manager

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Areas of Progress

• Regional Collaborations
• CalSNMP
• New York meetings
• Puerto Rican Connectivity Project
• Executive Awareness
• IBM Executive Session, Palisades
• Executive Session at Seminars on Academic
  Computing, Snowmass, CO
• HACU/ANMSI/IBM Pre-conference Executive Session
  to HACU Annual Conference
• UT-El Paso Campus Visit

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Areas of Progress

• Executive Awareness (cont.)
• Cal State San Bernardino Campus Strategic
  Planning
• Syllabus August, 2001 article
• Presentations at HACU 15th Annual Conference
• Networking
• Campus Model Network Primer document
• Resource Development
• AN-MSI Brochure
• Meetings with NSF
• Discussions with DoED and others

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Areas of Progress

• Applications
• Teaching Learning video conference series
• Colaboratory project
• NLII
• Collaborations
• Alliance EHE Technology Expert Committee
• Meeting with Cisco
• IBM relationship
• Strategic Planning

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Comments

• Information Age to Knowledge Age its not
  about data, its about understanding
• Project about Systemic Change and should be
  reflected in goals
• It is important to the project to provide
  information on available funding and how to
  obtain it, and should be reflected

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Comments

• Need time to comment
• Need input from others who have been involved
• Will convene a teleconference in a week for
  further comments
• Individuals may email additional comments

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Vision

• AN-MSI is the premier collaborative initiative
  for minority serving institutions and their
  communities to create solutions that ensure they
  are leaders and full participants in the
  Information Age. This is accomplished through
  the effective use of networking and emerging
  technologies in teaching and learning, research,
  administration, and service.

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Mission

• The mission of AN-MSI is to address the Digital
  Divide by providing resources, information, and a
  collaborative forum for Minority Serving
  Institutions to investigate, develop, and deploy
  networking and emerging technologies.

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Mission (continued)

• The project fosters partnerships among. Hispanic
  Serving Institutions, Historically Black Colleges
  and Universities, Tribal Colleges and
  Universities, their local communities, and the
  public and private sectors to integrate
  networking and emerging technologies into the
  total fabric of all participating MSIs.

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Mission (continued)

• It assists MSIs in developing and maintaining
  systems that are reliable, effective, and
  appropriate for their unique institutional
  contexts.

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Goals

• 1. Established a collaborative environment where
  MSIs can meet, share experiences, common
  concerns, areas of interest, and develop
  networking and emerging technology initiatives
  that will benefit the individual institutions and
  their communities.
• 2. Inform, engage, and obtain the support of key
  individuals, institutions, and organizations in
  the MSI communities for the development and
  implementation of networking, emerging
  technologies, and strategic processes.
• 3. Assist MSIs in assessing and understanding the
  current-state of networking and emerging
  technologies at their institutions, and propose
  changes that will meet their specific needs and
  requirements.
• 4. Research, develop, pilot, and evaluate new and
  existing communication and information
  technologies and processes that will serve the
  needs of the individual MSIs and their
  communities.
• 5. Cultivate public and private sectors entities
  interested in supporting MSIs with their
  networking technology initiatives.
• 6. Assist MSIs to become aware and proficient in
  the use of advanced networking applications that
  will enhance their ability to achieve their
  strategic goals.
• 7. Through collaborative efforts with EOT-PACI,
  design and implement strategies and programs that
  expand the number of MSIs involved in current
  high performance computing application projects
  (HPCA), familiarize MSIs with the concepts and
  uses of HPCAs, and other forums where MSIs can
  gain exposure and hands on experience with
  available tools.
• 8. Evaluate the effectiveness of the project and
  recommend modifications as appropriate.

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Goals

• 2. Inform, engage, and obtain the support of key
  individuals, institutions, and organizations in
  the MSI communities for the development and
  implementation of networking, emerging
  technologies, and strategic processes.

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Goals

• 3. Assist MSIs in assessing and understanding the
  current-state of networking and emerging
  technologies at their institutions, and propose
  changes that will meet their specific needs and
  requirements.

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Goals

• 4. Research, develop, pilot, and evaluate new and
  existing communication and information
  technologies and processes that will serve the
  needs of the individual MSIs and their
  communities.

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Goals

• 5. Cultivate public and private sectors entities
  interested in supporting MSIs with their
  networking technology initiatives.6. Assist
  MSIs to become aware and proficient in the use of
  advanced networking applications that will
  enhance their ability to achieve their strategic
  goals.

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Goals

• 7. Through collaborative efforts with EOT-PACI,
  design and implement strategies and programs that
  expand the number of MSIs involved in current
  high performance computing application projects
  (HPCA), familiarize MSIs with the concepts and
  uses of HPCAs, and other forums where MSIs can
  gain exposure and hands on experience with
  available tools.

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Goals

• 8. Evaluate the effectiveness of the project and
  recommend modifications as appropriate.

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Beliefs

• 1. Collaboration Through our collective efforts
  our individual communities are made stronger,
  empowered, and best served. Collaboration
  creates human networks that lead to enduring
  partnerships. Collaborative change of this
  nature is systemic and lasting. The synergistic
  energy of collaboration can be greater than the
  sum of individual contributions.

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Beliefs

• 2. Technological Innovation and Instructional
  Change MSIs use technology to enhance our roles
  as transformers and agents of change. The use of
  emerging technological tools fosters
  instructional change connects our communities to
  new and more effective ways of teaching and
  learning and strengths the ways in which we
  service our students needs and administer our
  institutions.

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Beliefs

• 3. Engaged Institutions MSIs are engaged in and
  are at the forefront of change in their
  communities. They are striving for excellence in
  providing opportunities, access, and leadership
  for their students.

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Beliefs

• 4. Community Minority communities represent an
  untapped potential that can be developed with
  quality programs. These communities are vital to
  our nations future. They represent the emerging
  majority.
• 5. Preserving Heritage MSIs are pioneering new
  ways of teaching while preserving the cultural
  values and heritage of their communities and
  learning institutions.

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Objectives

• 1.1 Facilitate the development, investment,
  sharing, and common involvement of all MSI
  communities in the activities of the Project.
• 1.2 Encourage participating MSIs to reach
  consensus of the vision, mission, goals, beliefs,
  objectives, and initiatives relating to the
  AN-MSI Project and communicate a unified message
  to stakeholders and other interested entities.

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Objectives

• 2.1 Host workshops in collaboration with other
  key higher education stakeholders for MSIs and
  community leaders that address their goals and
  needs.
• 2.2 Convey to MSI leadership teams the strategic
  uses of technology for their academic and
  administrative operations.

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Objectives

• 3.1 Document the current state of each
  participating MSI institution and community as it
  relates to their networking and emerging
  technology capabilities, their current and future
  needs, as well as their capacity to manage the
  same.

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Objectives

• 4.1 Develop a standard networking and emerging
  technology architecture that is cost effective,
  performance oriented, scalable, and manageable.
• 4.2 Identify networking technology training
  needs, design interventions to address those
  needs, and provide the requisite training.

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Objectives

• 4.3 Prioritize the identified technology needs
  and possible solutions for participating MSIs.
• 4.4 Establish pilot incentives to assess the
  effectiveness of recommended or experimental
  solutions that can be replicated by other MSIs,
  including broadband network connections for
  remote sites.

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Objectives

• 5.1 Develop an educational and briefing strategy
  on AN-MSI for public outreach.
• 5.2 Develop and implement a strategy for AN-MSI
  resource development
• 6.1 Prepare participating AN-MSI institutions to
  design, develop, and deploy culturally relevant
  web-based instructional materials for distance
  delivery via the commodity Internet and Internet
  2.

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Objectives

• 6.2 Collaborate on the development and exchange
  of on-line university courses and programs of
  study, coupled with appropriate research and
  assessment, relevant to the needs of the student
  demography we serve.

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Objectives

• 6.3 Undertake training and development activities
  to strengthen the educational and research
  programs of participating institutions, so that
  courses, research and technology based facilities
  can be shared.
• 6.4 Work with MSIs that have advanced
  infrastructures to develop and implement programs
  and applications to appropriately use this
  infrastructure.

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Objectives

• 7.1 EOT-PACI Design and conduct collaborative
  workshops and other programs with developing
  institutions in the MSIs communities that provide
  awareness and hands-on experiences with advanced
  networking applications that support
  collaboration for research, links to remote
  information and instrumentation, and
  high-performance computation.

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Objectives

• 7.2 EOT-PACI Expand the existing number of MSIs
  connected to and participating in GRID
  activities.
• 7.3 EOT-PACI Develop collaborative efforts
  between MSIs whose geographical and/or
  intellectual strengths indicate that
  collaborative Grid connection activities will be
  stronger and more cost effective than separate
  efforts.

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Objectives

• 8.1 Develop and implement an ongoing evaluation
  plan that assesses the overall project and key
  individuals programs and initiatives.
• 8.2 Provide periodic feedback to the projects
  strategic planners on the effectiveness and
  impacts of their initiatives and strategies.

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Executive Awareness, Vision, and Planning

• Presentations to the presidents of the colleges
  and universities to assist them in visualizing
  and describing the importance of the Internet in
  the future of their institutions, to provide
  updates on the progress of the project, and to
  continue to offer the opportunity to participate
  to those not involved to date.

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Remote Technical Support Centers

• Identification or implementation of remote
  technical support centers, where desired by the
  communities, as a way to alleviate the intense
  shortage of qualified campus networking
  personnel, and to provide services such as
  problem detection, security consultation and
  virus protection.

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Local Network Planning

• Technical assistance with redesigning and
  modifying the campus network architecture, where
  appropriate.

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Local Consulting and Training

• Workshops for campus networking personnel to
  assure their capability to work with the remote
  technical support centers, if present, and to
  maintain and operate the campus networks.

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Satellite/Wireless Pilot Projects

• Installation of several prototype
  satellite/wireless Internet connectivity pilots
  where terrestrial connections are unavailable or
  unaffordable.

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New Networking Technologies

• Prototype installation of new, innovative wired
  networking technology, which could lead to
  significant improvement of price/performance by
  other MSI institutions at their initiative.

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Grid Applications

• Inclusion of a small number of institutions in a
  program of high performance computing
  applications and collaborations enabled by the
  national technology grid. The EOT-PACI team is
  conducting this effort.

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First HSI Cohort

• 34 Institutions
• 14 Two Year 20 Four Year Institutions
• 25 Public 9 Private Institutions
• Representing 7 States and Puerto Rico

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EDUCAUSE AN-MSI Participation Criteria

• Commitment by the President to the project, and
  to funding or securing funding to implement the
  networking improvements desired by the
  institution.
• Existence of a Chief Information Officer or
  single point of responsibility for at least the
  campus network and Internet connectivity.
• Commitment to faculty and curriculum development
  to take advantage of the improved network
  infrastructure anticipated as a result of this
  project.

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EDUCAUSE AN-MSI H S I Cohort

• California
• Two Year Public
• Hartnell College
• Mount San Antonio College
• Oxnard College
• Rancho Santiago Community College
• Riverside Community College
• Santa Monica College

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EDUCAUSE AN-MSI H S I Cohort

• California
• 4 Year Public
• California State University - Bakersfield
• California State University - Fresno
• California State University - Los Angeles
• California State University - San Bernardino
• California State Polytechnic University - Pomona

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EDUCAUSE AN-MSI H S I Cohort

• Colorado
• 4 Year Public
• University of Southern Colorado
• Florida
• 2 Year Public
• Valencia Community College
• 4 Year Public
• Florida International University

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EDUCAUSE AN-MSI H S I Cohort

• Illinois
• 2 Year Public
• Richard J Daley College
• New Mexico
• 2 Year Public
• New Mexico State University at Carlsbad
• Santa Fe Community College
• 4 Year Private
• College of Santa Fe

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EDUCAUSE AN-MSI H S I Cohort

• New York
• 2 Year Private
• College of Aeronautics
• 2 Year Public
• Bronx Community College
• Hostos Community College/CUNY
• 4 Year Private
• Mercy College
• 4 Year Public
• CUNY Herbert Lehman College

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EDUCAUSE AN-MSI H S I Cohort

• Puerto Rico
• 2 Year Public
• Colegio Tecnologico de San Juan
• 4 Year Private
• Inter American Univ of Puerto Rico - Arecibo
• Inter American Univ of Puerto Rico- Ponce
• Polytechnic Univ of Puerto Rico
• Universidad Metropolitana
• 4 Year Public
• University of Puerto Rico, San Juan

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EDUCAUSE AN-MSI H S I Cohort

• Texas
• 4 Year Private
• Our Lady of the Lake University
• University of the Incarnate Word
• 4 Year Public
• University of Houston - Downtown
• The University of Texas at El Paso
• The University of Texas, Pan American

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Projects

• Networking (of the human kind)Web-based
  Education Commission TestimonyeArmyUCross-pollin
  ation of plans and strategiesCo-laboratory
  developmentAlliance (AEHE) Technology Expert
  Group
• Executive AwarenessHACU Pre-Conference
  Executive SessionExecutive Session at Seminars
  on Academic Computing, Snowmass, COCampus
  technology visits Technology strategic planning
  assistance

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Projects

• Internet ConnectivityPuerto Rican Internet
  Connectivity Project
• Resource DevelopmentBrochure, proposals and
  discussions with key individuals, agencies and
  corporations
• ApplicationsEOT-PACI6 interactive video
  conferences on and Campus presentations on
  technology and learning

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Projects

• Network TechnologyCalifornia Secure Network
  Management Partnership (CalSNMP)Model Campus
  Network Architecture primer pamphletNextera
  technology assessment and planningCampus network
  upgrade assistanceNetwork security staff
  training
• Project Evaluation Assessment

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Next Cohort Coming Soon.

• Assistance with appropriate use of technology
  through
• Model Campus Network Architecture Primer
  Pamphlet
• Expert consultation on campus network assessment
  and upgrade
• Campus Technology Visits
• Technology Strategic Planning
• Collaborative proposal development for first
  priority items

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For more information

• Contact Dr. Alex Ramirez, HACU
• [phone] x.3227aramirez_at_hacu.net

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More Info...

• AN-MSI Web Site http//www.anmsi.org
• Syllabus Magazine (August 2001)
  http//www.syllabus.com/syllabusmagazine/magazine
  .asp?month8year2001
• AN-MSI brochure

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AN-MSI Web Site http//www.anmsi.org Syllabus
Magazine (August 2001) http//www.syllabus.co
m/syllabusmagazine/magazine.asp?month8year2001
AN-MSI brochure