Capture and Social Media, Joshua Kim, Senior Learning Technologist and Adjunct Professor at Dartmouth College and an EDUCAUSE Center for Applied Research Fellow, discussed how the formerly separate domains of lecture capture technologies and the emerging options for publicly sharing lectures on Web 2.0 consumer platforms are destined for convergenceand how this development will raise important questions related to policy, control, and governance. http://net.educause.edu/live102
The 2010 Horizon Report spotlights
six emerging technologies that are likely to have a significant impact on higher education in the next one to five years, presenting an overview accompanied by examples and suggested readings for each technology. The technologies in this years report are mobile computing, open content, electronic books, simple augmented reality, gesture-based computing, and visual data analysis. The report, based on research by the New Media Consortium (NMC), is a collaborative effort of the NMC and the EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative. http://www.educause.edu/ELI/2010HorizonReport/195400
In What Happened to the Computer Lab? Beth Schaefer,
Associate Director, Client Services, at the University of WisconsinMilwaukee, asked whether traditional computer labs are anachronistic in a world of wireless connectivity, iPods, and smart phones, and she discussed low-cost changes that can be made to the design, layout, and operation of existing labs to meet both the changing needs ofstudents and the necessities ofthe economic recession. http://net.educause.edu/live103
7 Things You Should Know About Next-Generation Presentation
Tools looks at how new kinds of electronic tools are allowing instructors to craft presentations that more closely reflect new approaches to teaching and learning. http://www.educause.edu/Resources/7ThingsYouShould KnowAboutNextG/194558
7 Things You Should Know About Backchannel Communication
explores how secondary conversations (such as chat tools and Twitter) during conference sessions, lectures, or instructor-led activities are being incorporated as a formal part of learning activities. http://www.educause.edu/Resources/7ThingsYouShould KnowAboutBackc/198305
EDUCAUSE 7 Things Brief
on DNSSEC The latest brief in the EDUCAUSE 7 Things You Should Know series covers DNSSEC (Domain Name System Security Extensions)addressing what they are, how they work, who is using them, their downsides, and implications for higher education. http://www.educause.edu/Resources/7ThingsYouShouldKnow AboutDNSSE/195431
Popular Podcasts n
EDUCAUSE Now, Episode
#24, February 11, 2010: Federal Budgets Impact on Higher Ed IT, Redesigning Courses for New Learning Environments http://www.educause.edu/blog/ gbayne/EDUCAUSENow241 FederalBudgetsIm/198486
EDUCAUSE Now, Episode #23, January 14, 2010: Humanities
and Supercomputing, The Future of Higher Education http://www.educause.edu/blog/gbayne/EDUCAUSENow 231HumanitiesandSup/195099
Kenneth C. Green on the Current and Future Climate of IT in Higher
Education. In this interview, Green talks about the annual Campus Computing Survey as well as the recent WCETCampus Computing Project Survey of Online Education. http://www.educause.edu/blog/gbayne/KennethCGreen ontheCurrentandFu/191330
Most Popular EDUCAUSE Review Articles of 2009
The ten most widely read online EDUCAUSE Review articles from 2009 focused on current IT issues, emerging technologies, learning spaces, the wiki-ized university, open educational resources, faculty development, and teaching & learning challenges. http://www.educause.edu/blog/fyfthgeer/ ReadtheMostPopularEDUCAUSERevi/197055
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