The Buzz
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An old adage that evolved from the establishment of static print media is, «If it’s in print, it must be true.» And we collected literally tons of the stuff. The digital realm has turned that thinking on its ear, and ePortfolios may help make sense out of our new process of collecting «tons» of bits–not static, but shifting bits. More
Weighing In
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The word «ownership,» when linked to technology, usually conjures up images of lawyers and of the most feared and revered 2 letters in higher education: IP. But this little story is not about intellectual property per se and is most definitely not about lawyers. It’s about students’ perception of ownership in higher education’s geography. More
News and Products
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Turning Technologies has launched an iPhone and iPod Touch version of ResponseWare, the company’s interactive classroom response software. ResponseWare has already been available for the iPhone and other smart phones through a Web-based system; the new version is a free download through Apple’s App Store. More
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A consortium of colleges and universities in Taiwan has launched the «Open Course Ware Consortium,» with the goal of sharing its resources with the public. The program is modeled after the OpenCourseWare Consortium originally developed by an MIT faculty committee wishing to share their course materials openly on the Web and now involving 200 institutions and organizations. More
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The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston is implementing a software-as-a-service (SaaS) version of learning management software from Meridian Knowledge Solutions to manage its compliance training. More
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The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has launched the Rave Guardian personal mobile alarm system to provide students, faculty, and staff a direct connection with campus police. More
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Paper-bound humans may find relief from their accumulations of sticky notes, business cards, and to-do lists if an MIT computer science professor succeeds in a new initiative. David Karger, a member of the MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab (CSAIL), has created List.it, a simple program to capture all kinds of information scraps and to-do lists. More
Online Resources
- Broadcast This: Transitioning from SD to HD
Giving students the tools they will be using in the real world.
Sponsored by: Sony
Learn how to transition your campus from SD to HD in this free, 60-minute webinar sponsored by Sony. Hear real-world broadcast studio success stories and get insight on how to affordably transition to HD, and how to use this technology to attract students to your campus.
- Selecting and Implementing Web Content Management at the University of Minnesota
Sponsored by: Oracle
Learn how the University of Minnesota has met and solved the challenge of securing access to sensitive information while at the same time granting its constituents access to the information they need. Hear how they have strategically navigated and securely distributed content to a dispersed, changing, global environment.
- Open Source IT Monitoring: Trends and Case Studies in Higher Education
Sponsored by Groundwork Open Source
Get simple, cost-effective strategies for managing systems with open source. In this session, experts from Groundwork Open Source share real-world adoption experiences from the University of Utah, SUNY and University of North Carolina, Charlotte. Hear the benefits of open source and how tools from Groundwork Open Source enabled these institutions to easily manage and scale their heterogeneous environments while cutting IT costs and making better use of IT resources.
- Free Trial Remote Support
Sponsored by LogMeIn
Higher education institutions worldwide rely on LogMeIn Rescue for real-time IT support to students, staff and faculty across campus and beyond. Sign up for a free two-week trial of LogMeIn Rescue: It takes about five minutes to get up and running with your first remote support session, and you can invite as many of your IT staff as you need to test it out during the trial. Get Your free two-week trial here.
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