Web/Portals
- UCLA Disputes Position on Congressional Piracy List
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6/4/2007
Administrators from the University of California at Los Angeles are disputing the validity of data used by two congressional committees to identify universities that allowed the most illegal downloading of movie and music content on their campuses.
- CMU Researcher Uses eCommerce Tool To Digitize Books
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6/4/2007
A researcher at Carnegie Mellon University has found a way to turn the process by which people register at commercial websites into a method for digitizing books, the Associated Press reported.
- Apple Rolls Out iTunes U
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5/30/2007
Apple has launched a new iTunes feature called iTunes U, a new department in the iTunes Store that provides free education resources from American colleges and universities. The idea is to share resources from these campuses, such as lectures and research, free of charge.
- Google Bans Ads from Essay-Writing Services
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5/29/2007
Google said it would ban advertisements for essay-writing services in an effort to help cut down on campus plagiarism. As part of the ban, Google will not accept ads from companies that sell essays, theses, and dissertations.
- Drexel Rolls Out Wireless Access Throughout Philly Area
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5/29/2007
Drexel University and Internet service provider EarthLink Inc. struck a deal to extend the boundaries of its wireless network so that students, faculty, and staff can access university resources or browse the Internet via EarthLink's Wi-Fi networks.
- Google Enlists Student Tech in Web Mapping Wars
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5/29/2007
Google has licensed remote sensing technology developed by a team of Stanford University students to help it compete with Microsoft in the race to build the best photographic Web map of the planet Earth, according to a report in the San Jose Mercury News.
- Distance Educator Tells Court It Has No Fixed Address
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5/29/2007
The Supreme Court of British Columbia has ordered Vancouver University Worldwide (VUW) to stop granting degrees in the province. The court had upheld a suit by the B.C. provincial government that argued that for profit distance education provider VUW was breaking the province's Degree Authorization Act by offering degrees without authorization.
- Peirce Accelerates Student Portal
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5/24/2007
Peirce College is accelerating its Web applications with Crescendo Networks. The Philadelphia, PA college is using Crescendo's Maestro Application Front End to accelerate Java and ASP services on a student portal that's expected to launch by the end of this quarter.
- Hybrid Learning: Maximizing Student Engagement
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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.
- U Washington Deploys IP-Based 'Coursecasting'
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5/23/2007
The University of Washington, in an effort to improve access to classroom materials for students, has deployed IP-based audio encoding devices throughout 24 classrooms, standardizing on Barix Instreamers.
- Plato Launches Academic Systems Algebra
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5/23/2007
Educational software developer Plato Learning recently announced the release of Academic Systems Algebra, a three-course math program designed for entry-level college students. Courses include pre-algebra, elementary algebra, and intermediate algebra, al designed to prepare students for college level courses, according to Plato.
- Illegal File Sharing Rooted Out at Ohio U, Say Admins
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5/21/2007
Ohio University boasted that, following crackdown, illegal file sharing via its campus networks has been eradicated. University CIO Brice Bible said that illegal file-sharing on the university's network had "virtually stopped," according to a report in the Athens (OH) Times.
- CUNY Picks Systemwide Help Desk Software Suite
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5/21/2007
The City University of New York (CUNY) has purchased a software suite to help automate its help desk services. The school, the country's largest urban public university, with 23 institutions, picked the RightAnswers site to drive self-service initiatives across all its service desks.
- Mississippi College System Adopts Blackboard
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5/18/2007
A statewide initiative launched in Mississippi will bring Blackboard's CMS and LOM systems to 15 community and junior colleges. The program was initiated by the Mississippi State Board for Community and Junior Colleges.
- Howard Builds Web Presence on SiteExecutive
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5/17/2007
Howard Community College in Maryland was looking for a way to transform its website into a more user-centric information vehicle that was also designed with security in mind. The college announced this week that it has done that with SiteExecutive from Systems Alliance.
- Pearson To Acquire eCollege
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5/16/2007
Pearson said this week that it plans to acquire eCollege, an online distance education provider. The deal will cost Pearson $477 million net, including the agreed $41 million sale of eCollege's Datamark division to a group of investors. The acquisition is expected to take place next quarter and has not yet been approved by shareholders.
- Resident E-Learning: Podcasting Makes the Rounds at USC Medical School
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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.
- Kansas State Deploys Online Event System
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5/16/2007
The College of Technology and Aviation at Kansas State University's Salina campus has adopted Trumba Connect for its online event management.
- Congress Warns University Presidents on P2P File Sharing
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5/15/2007
Congressional leaders have sent letters to 19 major university presidents warning them to step up efforts to curb illegal Internet file sharing or Congress "will be forced to act." "The fact that copyright piracy is not unique to college and university campuses is not an excuse for higher education officials to fail to take reasonable steps neither to eliminate such activity nor to appropriately sanction such conduct when discovered," said a letter addressed to Purdue University president Martin Jischke May 1, 2007.
- Net Scammers Swarm Following Virginia Tech Massacre
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5/11/2007
Less than 36 hours after the Virginia Tech shootings, Internet scammers were creating fraudulent charity websites, according to the U.S. Computer Emergency Response Team.
- Essex Teams with Kaplan for Online Program
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5/11/2007
University of Essex, located in England, has teamed up with Kaplan, a provider of education and training solutions, to launch an online higher education program called Kaplan Open Learning. Students in the program can take courses and receive their degree using the online venue.
- Survey Said ...
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5/10/2007
I look forward each year to the EDUCAUSE annual Current Issues Survey Report. There is always something new and interesting, be it the ways in which the survey instrument itself has been shaped to reflect the association’s view of the field or in the results of the survey.
- Instructional Strategies for Blogging
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5/9/2007
While the notion of "finding individual voice" is not new to the learning process, technology such as blogging has presented a unique opportunity for teachers and students to work intentionally at this process. The notion of individual voice, however, is difficult to manage and evaluate.
- ICSAC Expands Bridges to Higher Ed
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5/9/2007
The Iowa College Student Aid Commission (ICSAC) is expanding its relationship with developer Bridges Transitions to implement an online, statewide "career exploration" resource for middle schools, high schools, and post-secondary institutions.
- Penn State Flunks Napster, Signs Video-Minded Ruckus
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5/8/2007
Penn State announced it would not renew its contract with the Napster music service and instead would offer students access to Ruckus, a multimedia service it said offered students greater media flexibility. Under the new contract, Ruckus will provide students downloadable access to 2.75 million songs, full-length feature films, short-form video, sports clips, and music videos, as well as access to a social network site focused on the network.
