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This is the third installment of the IT Governance posts. In implementing an IT governance model, the creation of policies, processes and strategy is generally the first toolsets implemented. In its most basic form, this concept covers areas such as information security policies, defining acceptable employee usage of applications and systems and establishing appropriate process

The last 50 years within educational technology have witnessed some of the greatest challenges in the strategic importance of technology to the overall administrative or educational initiatives. Schools and universities first began utilizing technology in the 1960s with the adoption of monolithic mainframes to conduct back-office data processing functions. In the ensuing years, IT has

No amount of research can generate a single, definitive definition of what educational IT governance really is. Vendors, analysts, and academicians all define IT governance slightly different and even their definitions change on an annual basis. My view of IT governance, in its simplest form, is about understanding technology and technology-related risks relative to the