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Sheehan, Mark C. Higher Education IT and Cyberinfrastructure: Integrating Technologies for Scholarship (Research Study, Volume 3). Boulder, CO: EDUCAUSE Center for Applied Research, 2008.

"This 2008 ECAR research study explores higher education’s involvement in five areas of research-related information technologies: high-performance computing resources, cyberinfrastructure applications and tools, data storage and management resources, advanced network infrastructure resources, and resources for collaboration within virtual communities. The report, which is based on results of a quantitative survey of 369 U.S. and Canadian colleges and universities and consultation with cyberinfrastructure experts and 12 university executives and technical staff members, discusses who uses, who provides, and who funds cyberinfrastructure resources as well as how important each technology is and will be to research and teaching."

Via DigitalKoans

Educause présente, dans sa désormais classique série 7 Things You Should Know About..., Google Apps (pdf).

Le dernier 7 things... d'Educause est consacré à l'outil Lulu: "offers online access to the tools one needs to design, publish, and print original material. It allows content creators (such as faculty and students) to decide what gets published and in what form, making it possible to produce a publication inexpensively and much more quickly than with traditional publishing.

Via iLibrarian

7 things you should know about Skype (Educause):

"Skype is an application that turns a personal computer into a telephone. Skype uses voice over Internet protocol (VoIP) technology, which converts voice signals into data streams that are sent over the Internet and converted back to audio by the recipient’s computer. Although Skype is not the only company that offers VoIP services for consumers, it functions on a P2P model rather than as a centralized application. With the P2P model, users download a piece of software that allows computers to communicate directly with one another, without having to be routed through a central location. This decentralized model allows Skype to function as a robust, distributed medium for communication. The service allows communication between Skype-equipped devices, which is free, or between a Skype device and a conventional telephone for relatively modest fees. Skype offers features such as voicemail and call forwarding, and the service also now supports video communication."

JISC -- Interview de Ross Gardler (boss de OSS Watch) à propos des applications open source

Educause -- The Top-Ten Challenges of the Academic Technology Community

Digital Storytelling to Enhance Faculty Development in Universal Design for Learning
(source: Educause | type doc: présentation)

"This presentation will demonstrate discipline-specific case studies to enhance faculty development in universal design for learning. We will highlight California State University's EnACT project, which supports learning for 10,000 CSU students with disabilities, and MERLOT ELIXR, a faculty development collaboration across state systems and campuses for developing cases and shared teaching resources."

Improving Distributed Education Through Research: Three Studies of E-Pedagogy
(source: Educause | type doc: présentation)

"The demand for quality, effective online teaching environments is growing. Using three research studies (on social presence in distance learning, threaded discussion, and student technology usage), Academic Outreach proposed synchronous and asynchronous educational strategies to faculty and students in distributed/blended learning environments. Don't miss this opportunity to hear our results."

Using Emerging Student-Centered Technologies to Enhance the Curriculum
(source: Educause | type doc: présentation)

"This session will report on the Digital Enhanced Learning Initiative (DELI), which explores how student-centered technologies can enhance students' academic experiences. Students in five freshman seminars received an iPod or a digital camera to complete course work. Students keep the technology in exchange for sharing information on their use during their remaining four years at the college."

Kaye Shelton (Dallas Baptist University), Deborah Everhart (Georgetown University), Eric J. Kunnen (Grand Rapids Community College), From Information Literacy to Scholarly Identity: Effective Pedagogical Strategies for Social Bookmarking

Andreas Brockhaus (University of Washington Bothell), Martha Groom (University of Washington Bothell), Using Wikipedia to Reenvision the Term Paper

Matt Morton (University of Nebraska at Omaha), Steve Bullock (University of Nebraska at Omaha), Cultural Shift from Teaching to Learning Through E-Portfolios

Via Educause Connect

Dans la série Educause "7 things you should know...", voici le dernier intitulé 7 Things You Should Know About Data Visualization

"Data visualization is the graphical representation of information. Information technology combines the principles of visualization with powerful applications and large data sets to create sophisticated images and animations. Representing large amounts of disparate information in a visual form often allows you to see patterns that would otherwise be buried in vast, unconnected data sets. Data visualizations offer one way to harness infrastructure to find hidden trends and correlations that can lead to important discoveries. Visual literacy is an increasingly important skill, and data visualizations are another channel for students to develop their ability to process information visually."

The ECAR Study of Undergraduate Students and Information Technology

"This 2007 ECAR research study is a longitudinal extension of the 2004, 2005, and 2006 ECAR studies of students and information technology. The study, which reports noticeable changes from previous years, is based on quantitative data from a spring 2007 survey and interviews with 27,846 freshman, senior, and community college students at 103 higher education institutions. It focuses on what kinds of information technologies these students use, own, and experience; their technology behaviors, preferences, and skills; how IT impacts their experiences in their courses; and their perceptions of the role of IT in the academic experience."

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Higher Education in the Internet Age: Libraries Creating a Strategic Edge (> EDUCAUSE Quarterly):

The reviewer finds that the authors make a strong case that the library should be made a full partner in the institution's missions of teaching, research, and service, arguing that the benefits the library can bring are undeniable.

Je n'arrête pas de le dire... Mais encore faut-il en avoir les moyens et les capacités... et parvenir à convaincre les autorités que nous pouvons jouer ce rôle...