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In This Issue
- The Buzz:
- Weighing In:
- Products and Apps
- Online Resources:
The Buzz
Machines are Dumb
The «technology revolution» is mis-named. Instead, we are in a human revolution… humans have learned to think with their fingers, to imagine that a flat screen is really as big as the world, to create new personae for themselves, to expand their social interactions in number and kind, to write and design in new ways, to visualize complex concepts, to find information in seconds, and incorporate that information into a constantly evolving awareness.
Weighing In
Three Myths About Learning and Why IT Shatters Them
We all know the routine–all the world has changed but the classroom is the same as it was a millennium ago. Faculty feel guilty but don’t know what to do… Ideas are powerful, especially when they have become beliefs and have been unquestioned for generations. Three in particular may be standing in the way of more faculty using our new learning tools in enlightened ways.
Products and Apps
Bryant University Takes On-Demand Approach to Multimedia Delivery
Extending classroom walls through educational videos and other multimedia offerings has become common in higher education but often brings its own set of challenges. Managing the increasing amount of multimedia content, along with cataloging new material, such as live recordings, can be costly.
Universities Turn to Oracle for Web-based Services
DePaul University, George Fox University, and Australia’s University of Ballarat, along with a dozen other colleges and universities, have gone public with recent implementations or upgrades of Oracle software.
Security Concerns May Slow Cloud Computing Adoption
Speaking about his company’s «Digital Disruptions» report released this past month, Computer Sciences Corp.’s Chief Innovation Officer Lem Lasher said questions over data security will be a major impediment to enterprise adoption of cloud computing.
Wimba Collaboration Suite Enhances Moodle Integration
Wimba recently announced that it’s expanded its support for Moodle, the popular open source learning management system. The enhanced support is designed to make it easier to integrate the Wimba Collaboration Suite in Moodle environments and broaden the features available, including a new new voice-mail feature that instructors and students can use to talk (literally) about homework or other issues.
North Carolina State and IBM Expand Open Source Educational Cloud
North Carolina State University and IBM have announced plans to provide every student in North Carolina access to educational resources through NC State’s Virtual Computing Lab (VCL), an open source, Web-based technology. Through this cloud–which is a set of Internet-based resources–students at the university, as well as K-12 schools and other colleges around the state will have access to educational materials, software applications and computing and storage resources.
Online Resources
- Webinar: How class-capture technology improves student recruitment, retention and achievement
Register for this webinar and learn how St. Mary’s College in Minnesota has increased enrollment, improved recruitment and enhanced student learning through effective use of technology. Experts from St. Mary’s discuss their successful implementation of class-capture technology by Tegrity and its impact across the institution and on the bottom line.
Sponsored by Tegrity - ITVirtualizationLive–Orlando, December 9-11
ITVirtualizationLive is the only place to learn about all of the virtualization solutions currently available today. You’ll hear from industry leading end-user organizations, analysts, vendors, members of the media and consultants who will share their thoughts and experiences on the benefits of IT virtualization, the pitfalls you want to avoid and how to best develop an effective IT virtualization strategy. Register by October 18th, Save $300!
Sponsored by: ITVirtLive - In-Building Wireless Technology on Campus: Challenges and Solutions
In this session, experts from Babson College and CSI discuss strategies for successfully implementing cellular solutions into the campus environment. Hear what challenges Babson faced and how they addressed these issues with a next-generation wireless solution from CSI.
Sponsored by: CSI - Call for Outstanding Presentations for Campus Technology 2009
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