Campus Technology: 4 Challenges for OER in Higher Education

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6/26/2012

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4 Challenges for OER in Higher Education
Key challenges are emerging with the growing use of open educational resources in higher education. To find out just what those challenges are and how colleges and universities are overcoming them, Campus Technology spoke with two experts on the subject.
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SpiderOak Offers 'Completely Private' Cloud Storage Higher Ed
A cloud storage company has released a version of its product specifically designed for colleges and universities.
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Sonic Foundry Adds New Features to Webcasting Platform
New functionalities in Sonic Foundry's Mediasite platform are designed to enable users to better create, manage, and distribute their content.
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eInstruction Updates Insight 360
eInstruction's new release offers improved testing and assessment capabilities as well as integration with new technologies.
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New Media Consortium Launches Social Sharing Platform
The New Media Consortium (NMC) is launching a new site with a social sharing and collaboration platform, a move intended to improve member services, encourage collaboration, and support the production of the NMC Horizon Report series.
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U of South Florida Standardizes on Sony Projectors in New Science Building
The University of South Florida has deployed Sony projectors throughout its new Interdisciplinary Sciences (ISA) building.
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Crestron Reveals Building Management Technology
Building management solution includes digital signage, room scheduling, audio-visual, HVAC, voice and data, energy, and security technologies.
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Digital Signage Federation Announces 3-part Webcast Series
Three-part webcast series to focus on managing campuswide digital signage installations.
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Free Digital Textbooks Funded Through Advertising
"We know the current pricing of textbooks is discouraging students from purchasing the mandatory reading, but we are changing that," said Thomas Buus Madsen, chief operations officer of Bookboon.com, a company that makes its digital textbooks available free to college students.
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Hitachi Intros New Classroom and Ultra-Short-Throw Projectors
Today at InfoComm 2012 in Las Vegas, Hitachi America introduced a new lineup of classroom/conference room and ultra-short-throw projectors.
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Panasonic Announces New Displays and Projectors
Today at InfoComm 2012 in Las Vegas, Panasonic announced a range of new displays and projectors, from a compact projector, to large digital displays, to an interactive plasma display, many of which are suitable for applications in educational institutions.
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Professional Resources

Cisco Bring Your Own Device for Education: Getting More Devices Simply and Securely Connected
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Students, teachers, and staff expect to connect to the network with different devices, regardless of who owns the devices. Enable them to teach, learn, and work their way on any device, anytime and anywhere, while affording IT the controls to contain costs, ensure security and capacity, and prevent data loss. Simply, securely, connected.

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