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Open Resource Training 101

Here are four professional development hurdles that come up during OER rollouts on campus and a few good strategies for overcoming these issues.

Setting Storage Standards for Digital Media

Stanford University's Julie Sweetkind-Singer discusses the importance and impact of long-term geospatial data storage.

Making Big Data Actionable in Class

The realities and benefits of harnessing the power of big data and making it relevant in today's college classroom.

E-Portfolios: Looking Back to Chart the Future

Can a look at our thinking about e-portfolios from a decade ago tell us where this technology is going today?

6 Project-Management Tips

Working through the weekend? Haven't taken a vacation for ages? These 6 tips for transparent, streamlined project management can help.



Convincing a Campus to Go Paperless

Texas A&M offers three tips that will help ensure a smooth transition to a paperless workflow.

Fostering Students as IT Entrepreneurs: An Example from Stanford University

Stanford University has several formal programs and informal networking efforts aimed at connecting innovative students with real-world opportunities, in numerous fields from engineering, to medicine, to economics. Faculty and administrators have a selection of avenues to give an assist to a bright student seeking a chance to become an entrepreneur. Here, CT learns about the support many students have received for their entrepreneurial IT projects.

Video Surveillance Security by Exception

With a video security system that automatically detects the unusual and allows the monitoring company to communicate in real time with those responsible, this technical institute can barely remember the last time it suffered vandalism or a break-in.

QR Codes: A Back Door for Malware

Prevalent on many campuses, QR codes are an open invitation to mobile malware. Protecting campus constituents comes down to a combination of education and technical safeguards.

Big Data on the College Campus

Colleges nationwide attempt to harness larger and larger data sets while leveraging the valuable information that they hold.