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Google's investment is part of a broad movement toward "cloud computing," a literally hazy term for a concept that takes outsourcing, software as a service, and similar rent-don't-own trends to their logical conclusion. Think of it as a ubiquitous Wi-Fi hotspot that can satisfy all of a company's computing needs, from software applications to data to communications and collaboration. No more data centers; everything you need is "out there" in the cloud, accessible for a fee. Or fees.

When asked the question: "Do you trust the cloud?," the majority of responses either came back as a flat-out "no" or as a longer explanation as to why their response was a "maybe" or a "sometimes." Some said the cloud was trustworthy enough for non-critical data, but not for secure and private communications, such as those used in the enterprise.

I have never been happy with the standard Qualitative Data Analysis (QDA) software options that have been available (or the prices!), so for the next 2 weeks I will be on a quest for the perfect fieldnotes management system that will be used by my incoming class of 15 students for our ethnographic project exploring anonymity on the web.

Since SDSU's clicker standardization, clicker course enrollment has grown from under 3,000 in fall 2006 to over 12,500 in fall 2008. Learn about SDSU's collaborative approach to standardization and its innovative faculty support program, which combines a faculty community of practice developed through online and in-person peer interactions with hands-on workshops and one-on-one support. With its focus on improving student engagement and learning through effective practices with clickers, the impacts of this effort will be demonstrated through analysis of feedback data gathered each semester from thousands of students.

Institutions need assessment management using portfolio data but students need personal portfolios to learn. Within one technology, portfolios, IT must show both the liberating and controlling faces.

Over the last 60 days, according to data from Inside Facebook, the number of users over 35 doubled, and the fastest growing demographic on Facebook is women over 55. The majority of Facebook users are now over 25.

With Facebook officially turning five years old recently, combined with the site surging past MySpace in Monthly Unique Visitors, it seems like a good time to take a little deeper look at the social networking giants.

Each student was required to find 5 articles, read them, and summarize them; uploading their summaries (or the author's own abstract) into a ZohoCreator form. ZohoCreator is a free service that allows you to create database input forms.