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Mobile Technology Speeds up Processes for Indiana U. Med School Students

7/31/2006

Personal digital assistants, or PDAs, have proven especially popular with medical schools, where the volume of data such devices store for easy retrieval can help students easily access both clinical data and reference materials.

Mobile Students, MobileU

6/27/2006

SPECIAL DOUBLE FEATURE! Academic MP3s >> Is It iTime Yet?

2/28/2006

Wireless: What Works?

2/3/2006

Apple News from Macworld Expo, San Francisco 2006

1/13/2006

Each year at the Macworld conference in San Francisco, attendees eagerly await news of the latest Apple technology introductions and upgrades. This week, Apple CEO Steve Jobs did not disappoint, delivering the opening keynote with plenty of exciting announcements and demos that had the audience cheering.

A Dark and Stormy Night, and a Loss

1/11/2006

The loss of a favorite cell phone leads our columnist to experiment with the cool new ones that college kids are using. So far the results are mixed.

Content Delivery >> Mobile Rah!

12/29/2005

As cell phones proliferate on campus, schools uncover revenue by delivering sports-related mobile content at a premium.

Mobility

11/29/2005

The dream of ubiquitous computing and communications on campus is now becoming a reality for many colleges and universities. Here’s the best-practice primer for institutions looking to get on board in 2006.

Shock and Awe When the IT Stops

10/24/2005

I have no idea why Mozilla Thunderbird crashed on me this morning. First I could not send any messages, not through my “umich” nor my “scup” identity. Then my inbox disappeared. Then Thunderbird refused to boot up at all yet, when I reinstalled it, Windows told me that I couldn’t install it – because it was already running. Of course, I could not see or use it.

Not Now I'm IM-ing

10/20/2005

Students ‘converse’ under the radar during class, and now disabling bot-borne viruses threaten entire campuses.

In late September, the University of Maryland was hit hard by one of the worst computer virus infections to hit higher education in recent memory. What made the outbreak more devastating than usual was the fact that it arrived on the back of an insidious little carrier known as the SDbot, quickly disabling student computers by posing as a friendly AIM message link (“LOL, ha, check this out”) from an IM-ing buddy. Campus CIOs across the country got the news within hours, and shuddered: With the expansion of mobility and converged networks and devices (laptops, PDAs, and cell phones) their work had simultaneously become transcendent and a descent into campus security hell.

Luddites in Our Midst?

10/19/2005

I have been thinking a bit lately about those poor folks on our campus who for many reasons are not adept with laptops, email, wireless, and some of what are becoming the very basic tools of people who work in offices.

IT Training: Do We Have to Talk the Talk?

8/22/2005

Should we teach kids in the l33t Net language they use? ROFL!*

INNOVATOR 2005: Northeastern University

7/28/2005

Challenge: Service expectations for higher education are increasingly based on a 24/7, constantly connected world. As new classes of students come in, Northeastern University (MA) is seeing more savvy uses of technology and more impatience with not having it available in the expected “instant” timeframes.

INNOVATOR 2005: University of Miami

7/28/2005

Challenge: As a major academic medical center, University of Miami’s Miller School of Medicine and the university’s Jackson Memorial Medical Center recognized early on the significant role of wireless networks in supporting the delivery of healthcare, education, and research activities.

Rich Media >> Get Rich Quick

7/22/2005

The landscape of interactive technology continues to evolve, yet few colleges are employing truly ‘rich’ media. Here’s how yours can be one of them.

Special Series: Technology and the CEO >> Part 4 Wireless on Campus

7/22/2005

In the fourth part of our series, a look at how wireless computing can provide convenience, connectivity, and an air of being on the cutting edge of technology.

Where Am I? I’m on Vacation, I Think.

7/6/2005

Our IT Trends columnist ponders the meaning of vacation in the brave new world of persistent connectivity.

Mobile Computing >> Imagination on the Move

6/24/2005

As mobile computing becomes more and more prevalent, a handful of colleges and universities are coming up with the next generation of campus solutions.

IT Directions: More Challenges Ahead for Campus IT

6/23/2005

IT DEPARTMENTS IN HIGHER EDUCATION face a number of challenges over the next five years, including aging CIOs, a need for better security, and a coming peak in tuition costs that will crunch budgets even further.

Bravo for the Duke iPod Experiment

6/21/2005

It was a daring experiment, and one that caught immediate criticism because some saw the university as “giving away toys” to the incoming freshman class. Well, iPods are ‘toys’ in a sense, and of course they were mostly used for entertainment. But some pretty interesting lessons were learned.

REINVENTING HISTORY