http://campustechnology.com/rss-feeds/all-articles.aspx The University of Toronto's SciNet High Performance Computing Consortium, Compute Canada, and IBM have completed a new supercomputer facility at SciNet that has a peak processing power of more than 300 trillion calculations per second, making it Canada's most powerful supercomputer and one of the most powerful and energy-efficient supercomputers in the world. http://campustechnology.com/Articles/2009/07/06/U-Toronto-IBM-Supercomputer-Churns-through-300-Trillion-Calculations-a-Second.aspx Mon, 06 Jul 2009 16:47:00 GMT http://campustechnology.com/Articles/2009/07/06/U-Toronto-IBM-Supercomputer-Churns-through-300-Trillion-Calculations-a-Second.aspx PSG College of Technology in Coimbatore, India has bought 20 Agilent Technologies lab stations for use in its undergraduate-level courses in engineering and electronics. http://campustechnology.com/Articles/2009/07/06/Indias-PSG-College-of-Tech-Implements-Agilent-Labs.aspx Mon, 06 Jul 2009 16:45:00 GMT http://campustechnology.com/Articles/2009/07/06/Indias-PSG-College-of-Tech-Implements-Agilent-Labs.aspx Microsoft gave notice Thursday that it removed 10 security patch downloads, all associated with Microsoft Java Virtual Machine (JVM) technology. http://campustechnology.com/Articles/2009/07/06/Microsoft-Ends-Java-Virtual-Machine-Support.aspx Mon, 06 Jul 2009 16:36:00 GMT http://campustechnology.com/Articles/2009/07/06/Microsoft-Ends-Java-Virtual-Machine-Support.aspx California's MiraCosta College has finished the upgrade of several Oracle PeopleSoft applications with the help of service provider Ciber. The vendor said it divided the upgrades into two projects and completed both on time and on budget. http://campustechnology.com/Articles/2009/07/06/MiraCosta-College-Wraps-PeopleSoft-Upgrade.aspx Mon, 06 Jul 2009 16:03:00 GMT http://campustechnology.com/Articles/2009/07/06/MiraCosta-College-Wraps-PeopleSoft-Upgrade.aspx The general economic downturn is leaving its mark on IT salaries, according to an independent study released this week. http://campustechnology.com/Articles/2009/07/02/Survey-IT-Salaries-Getting-Pinched-in-2009.aspx Thu, 02 Jul 2009 14:40:00 GMT http://campustechnology.com/Articles/2009/07/02/Survey-IT-Salaries-Getting-Pinched-in-2009.aspx Education technology developer Promethean this week introduced a range of hardware and software for the ActivClassroom, the company's lineup of classroom learning tools. http://campustechnology.com/Articles/2009/07/02/Promethean-Refreshes-ActivClassroom-Lineup.aspx Thu, 02 Jul 2009 14:30:00 GMT http://campustechnology.com/Articles/2009/07/02/Promethean-Refreshes-ActivClassroom-Lineup.aspx InFocus has debuted a new system for interactive whiteboards, the InFocus LiteBoard, which is currently undergoing beta testing. http://campustechnology.com/Articles/2009/07/02/InFocus-Debuts-LiteBoard-Interactive-System.aspx Thu, 02 Jul 2009 14:15:00 GMT http://campustechnology.com/Articles/2009/07/02/InFocus-Debuts-LiteBoard-Interactive-System.aspx Virginia Union University has deployed an 802.11n solution and AirWave Wireless Management Suite at its 84-acre campus in Richmond. The university's previous network of wireless access points lacked centralized management and robust wireless performance. http://campustechnology.com/Articles/2009/07/02/Virginia-Union-U-Ramps-Up-802.11n-Wireless.aspx Thu, 02 Jul 2009 14:10:00 GMT http://campustechnology.com/Articles/2009/07/02/Virginia-Union-U-Ramps-Up-802.11n-Wireless.aspx Microsoft has announced the availability of beta 2 of Microsoft Deployment Toolkit 2010. http://campustechnology.com/Articles/2009/07/02/Microsoft-Deployment-Toolkit-2010-Beta-Released.aspx Thu, 02 Jul 2009 13:50:00 GMT http://campustechnology.com/Articles/2009/07/02/Microsoft-Deployment-Toolkit-2010-Beta-Released.aspx Oracle this week filled a gap in its management platform adding application configuration tools that the company said will help organizations improve app service levels and help apply frameworks for compliance. http://campustechnology.com/Articles/2009/07/02/App-Configuration-Management-Added-to-Oracle-Enterprise-Manager.aspx Thu, 02 Jul 2009 13:45:00 GMT http://campustechnology.com/Articles/2009/07/02/App-Configuration-Management-Added-to-Oracle-Enterprise-Manager.aspx The 17 community colleges of Oregon have selected the Intelecom Online Resources Network to enhance learning in online and campus classes with instructional video. http://campustechnology.com/Articles/2009/07/01/Oregon-Community-Colleges-Adopt-Streaming-Media.aspx Wed, 01 Jul 2009 14:45:00 GMT http://campustechnology.com/Articles/2009/07/01/Oregon-Community-Colleges-Adopt-Streaming-Media.aspx The United States Department of Education reported recently that it's found some evidence to support the notion that blended learning is more effective than either face to face or online learning by themselves. Further, between online and face to face instruction, online is at least as good and may even have the advantage in terms of improving student achievement and potentially expanding the amount of time (and quality time) students spend learning. http://campustechnology.com/Articles/2009/07/01/Meta-Analysis-Is-Blended-Learning-Most-Effective.aspx Wed, 01 Jul 2009 14:35:00 GMT http://campustechnology.com/Articles/2009/07/01/Meta-Analysis-Is-Blended-Learning-Most-Effective.aspx Lehigh University of Bethlehem, PA will be expanding its distance learning educational program using Keystone Enterprise Services' interactive satellite-training network. http://campustechnology.com/Articles/2009/07/01/Lehigh-U-and-Keystone-Team-in-Distance-Learning-Training.aspx Wed, 01 Jul 2009 14:10:00 GMT http://campustechnology.com/Articles/2009/07/01/Lehigh-U-and-Keystone-Team-in-Distance-Learning-Training.aspx In order to accommodate new state of the art equipment for its audiovisual programs, California's Modesto Junior College (MJC) was looking not just at rewiring a building, but bringing 1950s-era building construction up to 2009 standards--a huge undertaking by any measure. http://campustechnology.com/Articles/2009/07/01/Modesto-JC-Overhauls-50s-Era-Facility-for-State-of-the-Art-Audiovisual-Production.aspx Wed, 01 Jul 2009 14:10:00 GMT http://campustechnology.com/Articles/2009/07/01/Modesto-JC-Overhauls-50s-Era-Facility-for-State-of-the-Art-Audiovisual-Production.aspx For the next two years students at the Virtual Reality Applications Center (VRAC) at Iowa State University will be working with virtual reality software from ICIDO. VRAC is an interdisciplinary research center focusing on the interface between humans and computers. http://campustechnology.com/Articles/2009/07/01/Iowa-State-Gets-Virtual-Reality-Platform-Partner.aspx Wed, 01 Jul 2009 14:05:00 GMT http://campustechnology.com/Articles/2009/07/01/Iowa-State-Gets-Virtual-Reality-Platform-Partner.aspx CTB/McGraw-Hill (a unit of McGraw-Hill Education) has released Acuity UnWired, a new tool that allows the company's Acuity InFormative Assessment to integrate with interactive classroom response systems (also knows as classroom clickers). The announcement was made at this week's National Education Computing Conference (NECC) in Washington, DC. http://campustechnology.com/Articles/2009/07/01/Acuity-UnWired-Ties-Formative-Assessments-to-Classroom-Clickers.aspx Wed, 01 Jul 2009 13:59:00 GMT http://campustechnology.com/Articles/2009/07/01/Acuity-UnWired-Ties-Formative-Assessments-to-Classroom-Clickers.aspx A new social learning site has launched, one that's focused on sharing teaching strategies and other ideas surrounding the use of interactive classroom response systems. http://campustechnology.com/Articles/2009/07/01/Social-Networking-Site-Focuses-on-Teaching-Strategies.aspx Wed, 01 Jul 2009 13:35:00 GMT http://campustechnology.com/Articles/2009/07/01/Social-Networking-Site-Focuses-on-Teaching-Strategies.aspx http://campustechnology.com/Articles/2009/07/01/Trendspotter.aspx Wed, 01 Jul 2009 07:00:00 GMT http://campustechnology.com/Articles/2009/07/01/Trendspotter.aspx Just buying an ePortfolio system doesn't guarantee you're going to get the most out of assessment. Better assessment isn't automatically achieved by using new digital methods--it will probably take another approach to assessment as well. The place to start reassessing your assessment strategies may be in trying to capture what learning means to the students. http://campustechnology.com/Articles/2009/07/01/Why-We-Assess.aspx Wed, 01 Jul 2009 07:00:00 GMT http://campustechnology.com/Articles/2009/07/01/Why-We-Assess.aspx Four savvy universities are using web portals to proactively target the social and academic needs of freshman students. http://campustechnology.com/Articles/2009/07/01/Portals.aspx Wed, 01 Jul 2009 07:00:00 GMT http://campustechnology.com/Articles/2009/07/01/Portals.aspx http://campustechnology.com/Articles/2009/07/01/IT-Directions.aspx Wed, 01 Jul 2009 07:00:00 GMT http://campustechnology.com/Articles/2009/07/01/IT-Directions.aspx http://campustechnology.com/Articles/2009/07/01/Project-Management.aspx Wed, 01 Jul 2009 07:00:00 GMT http://campustechnology.com/Articles/2009/07/01/Project-Management.aspx The latest tech advancements in digital projectors are making the tools even easier to use, and impacting teaching and learning in the 21st century classroom. http://campustechnology.com/Articles/2009/07/01/Presentation-Technology.aspx Wed, 01 Jul 2009 07:00:00 GMT http://campustechnology.com/Articles/2009/07/01/Presentation-Technology.aspx Looking to take your mobile learning technology initiative to the next level? Our panel of experts share their experiences and tips to help you get there. http://campustechnology.com/Articles/2009/07/01/Mobile-Learning-Roundtable.aspx Wed, 01 Jul 2009 07:00:00 GMT http://campustechnology.com/Articles/2009/07/01/Mobile-Learning-Roundtable.aspx The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania recently used Sonic Foundry's Mediasite to deliver an online course on the global financial crisis, which has been viewed by 50,000 students, alumni, and members of the public worldwide. http://campustechnology.com/Articles/2009/06/30/Wharton-Financial-Crisis-Course-Reaches-50000-with-Streaming-Media.aspx Tue, 30 Jun 2009 16:30:00 GMT http://campustechnology.com/Articles/2009/06/30/Wharton-Financial-Crisis-Course-Reaches-50000-with-Streaming-Media.aspx Oxford University said it will be working with a new research management framework developed by Ideate. Oxford selected the company as its development partner to build a budgeting tool called the Costing and Pricing System, a successor to Resolve, a 20-year old legacy desktop application. The application will be rolled out university-wide. http://campustechnology.com/Articles/2009/06/30/Oxford-U-Teams-with-Ideate-on-Research-Management-Apps.aspx Tue, 30 Jun 2009 16:27:00 GMT http://campustechnology.com/Articles/2009/06/30/Oxford-U-Teams-with-Ideate-on-Research-Management-Apps.aspx The University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) has deployed Proofpoint's Messaging Security Gateway appliance to provide anti-spam and anti-virus protection. The university receives about a million incoming messages per day, of which 90 percent are spam. http://campustechnology.com/Articles/2009/06/30/U-Alabama-at-Birmingham-Cuts-Spam-with-Messaging-Appliance.aspx Tue, 30 Jun 2009 16:21:00 GMT http://campustechnology.com/Articles/2009/06/30/U-Alabama-at-Birmingham-Cuts-Spam-with-Messaging-Appliance.aspx Netop has released PrintLimit Pro 9.4, an update to the company's print management software that's geared toward more efficient printing and helping school environments save on three heavily used commodities: paper, ink, and time. http://campustechnology.com/Articles/2009/06/30/New-Version-of-Print-Management-Software-Aims-To-Help-Cut-Costs.aspx Tue, 30 Jun 2009 16:18:00 GMT http://campustechnology.com/Articles/2009/06/30/New-Version-of-Print-Management-Software-Aims-To-Help-Cut-Costs.aspx In a recent aerospace design competition college students came up with ideas that included orbiting "gas" stations and flying "sports cars" to help astronauts get to the moon and explore the surface. http://campustechnology.com/Articles/2009/06/29/Students-Compete-in-NASANIA-Moon-Design-Competition.aspx Mon, 29 Jun 2009 18:31:00 GMT http://campustechnology.com/Articles/2009/06/29/Students-Compete-in-NASANIA-Moon-Design-Competition.aspx The Universitas Indonesia has chosen to deploy Ansoft software from Ansys within its Depok Campus (West Java), Indonesia. The Department of Electrical Engineering will use Ansoft academic products from Ansys for teaching programs and research activities in the telecommunications field. http://campustechnology.com/Articles/2009/06/29/Indonesian-Engineering-Students-To-Learn-on-Ansys-Software.aspx Mon, 29 Jun 2009 18:29:00 GMT http://campustechnology.com/Articles/2009/06/29/Indonesian-Engineering-Students-To-Learn-on-Ansys-Software.aspx Gartner reported a better-than-expected first quarter for PC shipments and is now forecasting a healthy market recovery in 2010, according to a statement. http://campustechnology.com/Articles/2009/06/29/Gartner-Forecasts-Better-Than-Expected-PC-Shipments.aspx Mon, 29 Jun 2009 17:17:00 GMT http://campustechnology.com/Articles/2009/06/29/Gartner-Forecasts-Better-Than-Expected-PC-Shipments.aspx Microsoft announced Thursday that hotfixes are now available to patch a SharePoint 2007 Service Pack 2 (SP2) glitch that surfaced last month. http://campustechnology.com/Articles/2009/06/29/Hotfixes-Issued-for-SharePoint-SP2-Glitch.aspx Mon, 29 Jun 2009 17:14:00 GMT http://campustechnology.com/Articles/2009/06/29/Hotfixes-Issued-for-SharePoint-SP2-Glitch.aspx The University of Southern California has gone public with its use of Laserfiche document management software broadly across campus. The wide deployment has been part of a four-year effort to expedite access to data contained in faculty personnel records. http://campustechnology.com/Articles/2009/06/29/USC-Streamlines-Faculty-Record-Document-Management.aspx Mon, 29 Jun 2009 16:10:00 GMT http://campustechnology.com/Articles/2009/06/29/USC-Streamlines-Faculty-Record-Document-Management.aspx The Thunderbird School of Global Management has implemented a Web-based, anonymous hotline and case management system. Originally introduced in 2006 to allow faculty and staff to report incidents of unethical behavior, the school has expanded the functionality to all students as a safety measure. http://campustechnology.com/Articles/2009/06/26/Operators-Are-Standing-By-Hotline-Reporting-at-Thunderbird-School.aspx Fri, 26 Jun 2009 15:00:00 GMT http://campustechnology.com/Articles/2009/06/26/Operators-Are-Standing-By-Hotline-Reporting-at-Thunderbird-School.aspx Eastern Michigan University and the City of Ypsilanti in Michigan are partnering to create a mapping and tracking system for area crime. The team, which consists of EMU's Institute for Geospatial Research, EMU's Department of Public Safety, and the Ypsilanti Police Department, have developed a Google mashup to provide users with a visual representation of where crime is occurring by adding markers to a map of the campus and the city. http://campustechnology.com/Articles/2009/06/26/Eastern-Michigan-U-Mashup-Maps-Campus-Crime.aspx Fri, 26 Jun 2009 14:00:00 GMT http://campustechnology.com/Articles/2009/06/26/Eastern-Michigan-U-Mashup-Maps-Campus-Crime.aspx Kyungpook National University in Daegu, South Korea will be running A10 Networks' ID Series network identity management appliance for wireless network access. The appliance will allow the university to integrate identity tracking, remote authentication dial-in user service (RADIUS), and authenticated dynamic host configuration protocol (DHCP) in a single platform for its wireless infrastructure. http://campustechnology.com/Articles/2009/06/26/South-Korean-University-Deploys-A10-Appliances-To-Simplify-Identity-Management.aspx Fri, 26 Jun 2009 13:36:00 GMT http://campustechnology.com/Articles/2009/06/26/South-Korean-University-Deploys-A10-Appliances-To-Simplify-Identity-Management.aspx Santa Clara University in California is deploying tip collection and management system TipNow from Resiligence for the purpose of increasing campus security. The tips, which can remain anonymous, may originate from electronic mail and cell phone or personal digital assistant SMS or text messages. http://campustechnology.com/Articles/2009/06/26/Santa-Clara-U-Solicits-Anonymous-Tips-via-TipNow.aspx Fri, 26 Jun 2009 13:33:00 GMT http://campustechnology.com/Articles/2009/06/26/Santa-Clara-U-Solicits-Anonymous-Tips-via-TipNow.aspx Arizona State University has begun offering identify theft protection services for a fee to its campus community. The services are provided by LifeLock. http://campustechnology.com/Articles/2009/06/26/Arizona-State-Offers-Identity-Theft-Protection-Service.aspx Fri, 26 Jun 2009 13:30:00 GMT http://campustechnology.com/Articles/2009/06/26/Arizona-State-Offers-Identity-Theft-Protection-Service.aspx Howard University in Washington, DC, Gustavus Adolphus College in Saint Peter, MN, Henderson State University in Arkadelphia, AR, and 17 other institutions have signed on to become Rave Wireless clients. http://campustechnology.com/Articles/2009/06/26/20-Institutions-Sign-On-for-Alert-Services.aspx Fri, 26 Jun 2009 12:40:00 GMT http://campustechnology.com/Articles/2009/06/26/20-Institutions-Sign-On-for-Alert-Services.aspx Heartland Payment Systems' Campus Solutions division is integrating its Campus OneCard with Alert Notification. The latter, a nationwide emergency notification membership service, provides a 24-hour-a-day call center to alert family or significant others when an accident or medical emergency occurs. http://campustechnology.com/Articles/2009/06/26/Heartland-Integrates-Campus-OneCard-with-Family-Alert-Service.aspx Fri, 26 Jun 2009 12:35:00 GMT http://campustechnology.com/Articles/2009/06/26/Heartland-Integrates-Campus-OneCard-with-Family-Alert-Service.aspx Baylor University in Waco, TX has deployed Crossbeam Systems' X-Series Next Generation Security Platform, a combination of hardware and software, to secure campus-wide communications. http://campustechnology.com/Articles/2009/06/26/Baylor-U-Consolidates-Security-on-Crossbeam-Platform.aspx Fri, 26 Jun 2009 12:30:00 GMT http://campustechnology.com/Articles/2009/06/26/Baylor-U-Consolidates-Security-on-Crossbeam-Platform.aspx When Appalachian State University in Boone, NC went through a leadership change several years ago, the new chancellor and provost looked around and realized that much of school's physical assets were not being properly managed. They hired an outside consultancy to confirm their assertions, and then set out to do something about it. http://campustechnology.com/Articles/2009/06/25/Tapping-Technology-for-Space-Management.aspx Thu, 25 Jun 2009 17:49:00 GMT http://campustechnology.com/Articles/2009/06/25/Tapping-Technology-for-Space-Management.aspx The University of California, San Diego (UCSD) has begun offering an iPhone application that provides mobile access to information about its courses, faculty, athletics, and videos from the university's YouTube channel. http://campustechnology.com/Articles/2009/06/25/UC-San-Diego-Offers-Free-iPhone-App.aspx Thu, 25 Jun 2009 16:47:00 GMT http://campustechnology.com/Articles/2009/06/25/UC-San-Diego-Offers-Free-iPhone-App.aspx UNCF--the United Negro College Fund--has partnered with iCore Networks to implement a centralized phone system using a concept the vendor calls Voice over Private Internet (VoPI). In a VoPI scenario, communications are done on a dedicated circuit. http://campustechnology.com/Articles/2009/06/25/UNCF-Implements-Internet-Telephony.aspx Thu, 25 Jun 2009 16:46:00 GMT http://campustechnology.com/Articles/2009/06/25/UNCF-Implements-Internet-Telephony.aspx Zoho Office for Microsoft SharePoint is now available, the company announced this week. It's the latest online productivity suite offering from Boston- and Pleasanton, CA-based software-as-a-service provider Zoho. http://campustechnology.com/Articles/2009/06/25/Zoho-Bypasses-Microsoft-Office-With-SharePoint-Integration.aspx Thu, 25 Jun 2009 16:41:00 GMT http://campustechnology.com/Articles/2009/06/25/Zoho-Bypasses-Microsoft-Office-With-SharePoint-Integration.aspx Microsoft has extended service-pack support for its Dynamics products from 12 months to 24 months, the company announced Tuesday. http://campustechnology.com/Articles/2009/06/25/Dynamics-Service-Pack-Support-Extended-to-2-Years.aspx Thu, 25 Jun 2009 16:39:00 GMT http://campustechnology.com/Articles/2009/06/25/Dynamics-Service-Pack-Support-Extended-to-2-Years.aspx Heartland Payment Systems has launched a new service that handles financial, admissions, and education management, as well as financial aid payments for career colleges. http://campustechnology.com/Articles/2009/06/25/Heartland-Launches-SaaS-for-Career-College-Management.aspx Thu, 25 Jun 2009 16:37:00 GMT http://campustechnology.com/Articles/2009/06/25/Heartland-Launches-SaaS-for-Career-College-Management.aspx Huntington Junior College in Huntington, WV, will be implementing Perceptive Software's ImageNow for document management in its admissions, academics, and financial aid departments. One reason the college chose ImageNow was because it integrates with Campus Management's CampusVue, Huntington's student information system. http://campustechnology.com/Articles/2009/06/25/Huntington-Junior-College-Cuts-Paper-Use.aspx Thu, 25 Jun 2009 16:35:00 GMT http://campustechnology.com/Articles/2009/06/25/Huntington-Junior-College-Cuts-Paper-Use.aspx Homework assignments in Lisa Dysleski's general chemistry courses at Colorado State University were supposed to help students--mostly freshmen--understand the subject better and make them reach beyond mere facts and actually think. Instead, students became frustrated with difficult questions, the assistant professor said, and were simply giving each other homework answers. http://campustechnology.com/Articles/2009/06/24/Online-System-Brings-Individualized-Learning-to-Colorado-State-Chem-Lectures.aspx Wed, 24 Jun 2009 19:38:00 GMT http://campustechnology.com/Articles/2009/06/24/Online-System-Brings-Individualized-Learning-to-Colorado-State-Chem-Lectures.aspx The Eclipse Foundation has announced its fourth "release train," a coordinated, simultaneous launch of a group of open-source Eclipse projects that has become an annual event. Representing a key milestone for Eclipse, this year's new release train, code named "Galileo," is the largest yet, comprising 33 projects and more than 24 million lines of code. http://campustechnology.com/Articles/2009/06/24/Eclipse-Galileo-Marks-Fourth-Release-Train.aspx Wed, 24 Jun 2009 16:48:00 GMT http://campustechnology.com/Articles/2009/06/24/Eclipse-Galileo-Marks-Fourth-Release-Train.aspx