Campus Technology: Big Data on the College Campus

AV & Interactive Technologies for Higher Education

10/10/2012

Spotlight

Big Data on the College Campus
The information age has been both a blessing and a curse for institutions of higher education. They have suddenly found themselves the purveyors of larger and larger data sets which are also known simply as "big data." Having reams of data to sift through and use can be a good thing when it comes to pinpointing problems and making decisions, but the distillation process itself takes time, effort, technology, and human resources.
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News & Product Updates

Tennessee Students Learn the Ropes of Television Production
Broadcast students at Middle Tennessee State University are getting real-world television production training, thanks to the institution's new 40-foot, $1.7 million mobile HD production vehicle.
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Valparaiso Law School Launches Mobile Student Career Planner
A law school at an Indiana university has just released a mobile app specifically to help its students get through the arduous steps of earning their degrees and planning their careers.
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Medical School Cuts Dropout Rate by 6 Percent
After adopting new exam management software, a New York City medical school sees a reduction in dropouts, from eight percent to two percent.
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Students Get Hands-On Experience with Nanoscience Program
A new nanoscience program, funded by the National Science Foundation, enables students to build and manipulate nanoscale structures without the need for a cleanroom.
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U Illinois Creates Digital Repository With Open Source Software
The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) recently implemented a new open source-based digital archive system to manage and preserve its digital assets.
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Southern California High School Opens $20MM Facility On Cal Poly Pomona Campus
Students at southern California's iPoly High last week moved out of the portable classrooms that have housed the school since 1991 into a brand-new two story, 21-classroom, green-friendly facility outfitted with the latest innovations in education technology.
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Extron Releases Campus Communication Suite
Extron Electronics has released a new AV communication suite for school campuses that combines multiple tools into a single software package.
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Professional Resources

3 Ways You Can Improve Campus Processes
Sponsored by: Perceptive Software
Hear Mr. Robert Cook, SIS dependent technologies developer from the University of Virginia shares how you can improve institutional processes by automating your workflow.

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