Many universities are trying to figure out how they can build "something like YouTube" to support their educational activities. Most of them end up building things that are very little like YouTube in that they tend to lock down the content and make it hard to move into other spaces and mobilize in other conversations. In a sense, these university based sites are about disciplining the flow of knowledge rather than facilitating it.
IT has often resisted outsourcing, but significant pressure to reduce costs is forcing them to reconsider and define their core competencies.
desktop virtualization, may be hitting critical speed.
cloud computing can move a solution from requiring a large initial capital outlay, to just an operational expense while also adding the flexibility for the institution to only pay for what is used.
today’s mobile students, there is also demand for applications that can function through smart cell phones with tiny screens, individual computer screens, and shared large screen output devices, depending on the location and needs of the student at the time.
ectures are increasingly being captured, either so that students can use them as reviews, or so that students can miss the live lecture.
Lectures are increasingly being captured, either so that students can use them as reviews, or so that students can miss the live lecture
Report on the findings of a trial at 3 unis of students using e-book readers. Main comment are that they are ok but rubbish for taking notes in the flexible way we do with paper.
Collection of talks by educators from CORE-ED library - mostly short and would make great discussion starters - particularly good are the two I listened to by Stephen Heppell.
"...I wanted to find a straightforward means for users to access #ds106radio broadcasting... To accomplish this I adopted Asterisk - a robust open source PBX software platform."<--we could use this to run our own VotApedia installation too!