C-Level View :: August 8, 2007 -- Campus Technology

Online Training for Online Faculty: A checklist of the best strategies for designing and delivering online courses to train online faculty.; By Ron Thomas, director of the Center for Teaching and Learning Excellence at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University; Train faculty on the same platform their students will use. Not only does this increase the faculty's familiarity with the system; it gives them an immersion from the student perspective....

Open Source Excellence at UC Santa Cruz: Sun Microsystems has named the University of California, Santa Cruz as its first OpenSPARC Center of Excellence, establishing a collaborative partnership between the company and university faculty who work with the OpenSPARC community on the processor code first released as open source by Sun in 2006....
Cognos, Exeter Help NACUBO Universities Compare Tuition Strategies: Business intelligence and performance management firm Cognos and higher ed IT consultants Exeter Group have helped the Washington, DC-based National Association of College and University Business Officers (NACUBO) add an application to its website that will help higher education administrators compare tuition discount strategies....
Adobe Names Design Competition Winners: This past week Adobe announced the results of its annual Design Achievement Awards, a competition honoring the best student work in design, video, film, illustration, and animation. More than 2,500 students from 30 countries competed in this year’s program....

CLIR Appoints Michael Keller Senior Presidential Fellow: The Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) has announced the appointment of Stanford University librarian Michael Keller as CLIR Senior Presidential Fellow....

1EdTech: 6 Key Steps for a Successful Credentialing Program

A new report from 1EdTech Consortium outlines recommendations for creating microcredential programs in schools, colleges, and universities.
1EdTech Partners with DXtera to Support Ed Tech Interoperability

1EdTech Consortium and DXtera Institute have announced a partnership aimed at improving access to learning data in postsecondary and higher education.
Training the Next Generation of Space Cybersecurity Experts

CT asked Scott Shackelford, Indiana University professor of law and director of the Ostrom Workshop Program on Cybersecurity and Internet Governance, about the possible emergence of space cybersecurity as a separate field that would support changing practices and foster future space cybersecurity leaders.
New AI Tool Generates Video Explanations Based on Course Materials

AI-powered studying and learning platform Studyfetch has launched Imagine Explainers, a new video creator that utilizes artificial intelligence to generate 10- to 60-minute explainer videos for any topic.