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U of Tennessee MBAs See the Light with Data Visualization Software

5/30/2007

Students in Professor Mary Holcomb's MBA courses at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville are spending less time figuring out how to manipulate data and more time learning how to make good decisions from that data.

OSU Adopts Hybrid Backup Approach

5/24/2007

A new backup and restore system at Oregon State University Foundation has reduced weekly backup time for the system administrator from days, to just 90 minutes. "I'd hate to think how my Mondays would be without it," said Systems and Database Administrator Lyle Utt.

Hybrid Learning: Maximizing Student Engagement

5/23/2007

I became involved with hybrid teaching simply as a common-sense approach to the challenge of transitioning traditional faculty from classroom to online learning environments while I was director of a center for instructional technology at a university in the South.

When Ideas Move without Friction

5/23/2007

An interview with the Software Freedom Law Center's (SFLC) Eben Moglen about the future of collaboration and technology.

Resident E-Learning: Podcasting Makes the Rounds at USC Medical School

5/16/2007

Like most medical residents, Paul Sucgang regularly puts in 80-hour weeks as a third-year resident at USC's Keck School of Medicine's family practice residency program in Los Angeles.

The American University and the Ownership of Ideas

5/9/2007

The Software Freedom Law Center's (SFLC) Eben Moglen is one of the high-powered attorneys representing the challenge to Blackboard Inc.'s patent of certain learning technologies.

Portal System Keeps Students, Alumni in Touch at Plymouth State U

5/2/2007

By giving current students and all alumni a lifetime e-mail account accessed through a portal, Plymouth State University has enhanced its ability to stay in touch with graduates long after they leave the university.

Dare To Share

5/1/2007

Pressed for dollars and resources, smaller institutions of higher education are discovering that sharing software, data management, and expertise is key to DDD success.

Evolutionary in Technology, Revolutionary in Impact

4/25/2007

Ken Klingenstein has led national networking initiatives for the last 25 years. He's participated in the development of the Internet from its inception and says he's had one of the best seats to watch the evolution of network infrastructure and applications.

Software Boosts Math Success Rates at Black Hills State U

4/25/2007

An artificial-intelligence based tutoring system that gauges student understanding of math and helps them learn at their own pace has greatly boosted student progress and retention in college algebra at Black Hills State University.

Outsourcing CMS in Iowa

4/18/2007

The Iowa Community College Online Consortium (ICCOC), made up of seven community colleges, is using an outsourced LMS to offer its online courses to students across Iowa....

Can We Protect the Next Virginia Tech?

4/16/2007

This morning I woke up (on the West Coast) to news of yet another horrific report of a school or campus massacre—one of “monumental” proportions at Virginia Tech....

Once More unto the Breach

4/13/2007

This month's announcement of a potential data security breach at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) may have come as a shock to the 46,000....

Text Messaging Service Keeps UF Students in the Loop

4/11/2007

At the University of Florida, about 10,000 of the school's nearly 50,000 students have subscribed to Mobile Campus since it was introduced.

Classroom Recordings Augment Lectures at U of Alabama

4/4/2007

Products that can record a classroom lecture and make it available after the fact sometimes raise concerns that class attendance will drop off as a result.

Audio in an Asynchronous Learning Environment

4/3/2007

As with any higher educational institution, the University of Advancing Technology seeks to engage students on a multitude of levels. In the Summer of 2006....

Serving the Online Learner

4/1/2007

Systems and services for recruiting, advising, and support of online students have seldom been at the top of the list when planning online and distance learning programs. That is now changing: Forces pushing advising and support services into the foreground include recognition of the student learner as “customer” and the increasing expectations and demands of government and business in our global information economy.

The Rise of the CISO

4/1/2007

The ‘chief information security officer’ role is increasingly important for higher ed, as new cyber security challenges loom on the horizon.

Online Tutorials Grab the Attention of Philadelphia U

3/28/2007

"As far as I'm concerned, if something is so complicated that you can't explain it in 10 seconds, then it's probably not worth knowing anyway."

Multi-Point Videoconferencing at Indiana University

3/21/2007

In a state full of distinguished colleges and universities, Indiana University has a long history as an early adopter of advanced media technologies.

Turnitin: Fighting Plagiarism and Saving Time at Fresno State

3/14/2007

CSU Fresno has implemented Turnitin for combating plagiarism on campus. But one professor is using its modular features to save time with grading and record keeping as well.

Profile: Sheridan College Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning

3/12/2007

Transitoning the digital animation program from high-end workstations to desktop systems

Offline Management of Online Courses at Ivy Tech

3/7/2007

Ivy Tech is a large Indianapolis-based community college with 23 campuses across the state, along with some 100,000 students and 8,000 instructors.

VoIP for Synchronous Learning

3/1/2007

The challenge facing every university that supports an online curriculum is creating engaging materials that make online courses more than glorified textbooks.

The Successful CIO: Vision, Focus, and Execution

2/28/2007

Retired this last January, John Camp was deputy CIO or CIO at Wayne State University (MI) for the last 10 years and in IT leadership positions there since 1985.