Internet/Intranet
- Notre Dame Libraries To Add Search and Retrieval from Primo
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6/27/2008
The Hesburgh Libraries of the University of Notre Dame will be implementing Primo from Ex Libris Group as a discovery system. The school, a long-time customer of Ex Libris library automation applications, will be using the search and retrieval software to provide a single interface for discovery and delivery of local and remote resources, including books, journal articles and digital objects within the libraries' collections.
- Australian Schools Boot Microsoft for Google Gmail
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6/26/2008
Google seems to have bested Microsoft in the land down under, according to various accounts of an Australian public school system e-mail contract deal. The deal, announced Tuesday, ousts an e-mail system based on Microsoft's products in favor of using Google's Gmail.
- Western Governors U Offers New Online Degree in Health Informatics
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6/20/2008
Western Governors University, an online school with 10,000 students, has begun offering a science bachelor's degree in health informatics. This online degree combines healthcare with IT, to prepare the graduate to design, develop and operate health information systems.
- Wilkes U and Discovery Education Collaborate on Online Master's in Instructional Media
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6/20/2008
This fall Wilkes University in Wilkes-Barre, PA and Discovery Education, which produces digital media-based learning, are launching a new online master's degree program in instructional media. The 30-credit instructional media program will prepare teachers to engage today's students in learning through digital media. Courses will focus on topics such as digital storytelling, using digital media in the classroom, using technology to support creativity and applying brain-based theories of how students process information to technology integration.
- Foothill-De Anza CC District Deploys Abaca for E-mail Protection
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6/19/2008
The Foothill-De Anza Community College District has chosen the Abaca Email Protection Gateway EPG 3000 and ReceiverNet Premium Service to provide e-mail security for faculty and staff at its two colleges and district offices.
- Virginia Tech Automates User State Management with Kaseya
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6/19/2008
Virginia Tech University's Outreach Information Services (OIS) has deployed the Kaseya User State Management (KUSM) module, extending its use of Kaseya IT automation software to include the setting up and deployment of user profiles. Administrators are now able to create, update, migrate and back up user settings and apply the images to workstations remotely through the Kaseya application.
- Loyola, NOBTS Use Tech To Return to Pre-Katrina Numbers
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6/18/2008
A huge increase in freshman enrollment numbers for the fall semester has Loyola University in New Orleans pleased with its efforts to rebuild its student body after Hurricane Katrina. New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary (NOBTS) is also looking at strong enrollment numbers, three years after the hurricane and its aftermath of flooding devastated New Orleans.
- Del Mar College To Deploy Web-based Self Service
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6/16/2008
Del Mar College has selected Datatel Colleague to create a Web-based self-service capability for constituents and enhanced campus management tools for employees. The Datatel technology solution replaces a legacy administration system.
- P2P Redux: New Twists and Turns
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6/13/2008
At the same time that RIAA has been bombarding campuses with P2P filesharing notices, questions are being raised about the underlying legality of the methods being used by the RIAA.
- Embry-Riddle Switches to Mirapoint E-mail, Cuts Administrative Overhead
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6/13/2008
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University has deployed the Mirapoint Message Server from Mirapoint Software, supporting 65,000 student e-mail accounts. The university chose the system to augment the Microsoft Exchange platform currently used by faculty and staff.
- Yahoo: Microsoft Talks Done, No Deal Coming
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6/12/2008
Yahoo today said its talks with Microsoft focusing on acquiring all or part of the company are officially over -- a position that Microsoft appears to be at least partially disputing.
- U Oregon Project Applies GIS to Historic Maps
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6/10/2008
An interdisciplinary team from the University of Oregon's School of Architecture and Allied Arts and the College of Arts and Sciences collaborated with scholars in Rome to produce a new Web site dedicated to the work of one of Rome's great vedutisti--or cityscape artists. The intention is to provide a rich historical resource for educators, scholars, students and others.
- U Missouri To Upgrade Backbone via Co-location
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6/9/2008
The University of Missouri will be moving a campus data center into 1102 Grand, a Kansas City co-location provider, as part of a project to build a high performance carrier-neutral network to support the university's intercampus network and replace the existing backbone.
- iLinc Web Conferencing Tool Updated, Adds 'Green Meter'
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6/5/2008
iLinc released a new version of its Web conferencing tool, iLinc 10, which bolsters session management and adds a "green meter." The green meter shows cost savings, carbon emissions, and total distance not traveled by using Web conferencing versus in-person meetings. Administrators can also customize several variables in the meter to match their organization's specific policies.
- iTunes U Expands International Reach
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6/4/2008
Apple Tuesday expanded the international reach of iTunes U, bringing in 10 universities from the UK, Ireland, New Zealand, and Australia, all of which are providing content via the iTunes education portal free of charge.
- Threats to Office Multiply with New Offerings from Adobe, IBM
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6/4/2008
Paying for word processing software may soon be a thing of past if Microsoft competitors Adobe, Google and IBM have any say.
- Universities Join IBM Multi-National 'LA Grid'
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6/4/2008
Calling it a "perfect living laboratory for research to advance the healthcare industry," the Quantum Group, which provides consulting and applications for the healthcare industry, is joining 12 universities as part of IBM's Latin American Grid (LA Grid) initiative. LA Grid (pronounced "lah grid") is comprised of a collection of human and computing resources in North America, Latin America, and Spain, working in collaboration to perform as one massive supercomputer for advanced research.
- Who's Out Front with Technology Innovation on Campus?
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6/4/2008
The Web 2.0 wave on campus may have left academic computing units in its wake. Is anyone in charge of technology innovation?
- IBM Rational's Big-Band Jazz Release
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6/3/2008
IBM's Rational Software division yesterday unveiled 20 new commercial products based on its Jazz collaboration platform and opened up the Jazz community to all interested parties.
- Adobe Intros Acrobat 9, Launches Acrobat.com Beta
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6/2/2008
Adobe Monday announced details of its forthcoming major revision to the entire Acrobat family: Acrobat 9. The company also debuted a new Acrobat.com collaboration beta site and announced an updated Creative Suite (version 3.3), which will incorporate the upcoming Acrobat 9 Pro software.
- Microsoft Releases ASP.NET MVC Preview 3
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5/30/2008
This week Microsoft released the latest preview version of its model view controller (MCV) architecture for Web applications frameworks.
- Google's App Engine: No Waiting
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5/29/2008
Google's long-percolating application development environment, the Google App Engine, is now generally available to the public at large, the company announced Wednesday.
- HP's App Security Center Upgraded and Delivered as a Service
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5/29/2008
Hewlett-Packard may not be the first name that comes to mind when the conversation turns to application security, but since its acquisition of SPI Dynamics last year, HP has increased its investment in research, product enhancements, and new services in the application security area.
- Canada's McMaster University Gets into Rare Book Business Digitally
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5/28/2008
Canada's McMaster University Library and United States-based companies Kirtas Technologies and Lulu.com will be partnering this fall to make rare books available to the public.
- Social Networking: Learning Theory in Action
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5/28/2008
There has been a lot of recent debate on the benefits of social networking tools and software in education. While there are good points on either side of the debate, there remains the essential difference in theoretical positioning. Can social networking both as an instructional concept and user skill be integrated into the conventional approaches to teaching and learning? Do the skills developed within a social networking environment have value in the more conventional environments of learning?
