Computer platforms are broadening on campus as colleges and universities invite students to use a variety of tablets, laptops, and desktops in mobile and traditional learning environments. Device choices expand as the emphasis is on apps over hardware.
Articles: Hardware
4/24/2012
Big Bend Community College (Wash.)
- Using: Mediasite by Sonic Foundry
- Started using lecture capture: 2007
- Classes: Pre-college level math and English
California Community Colleges
- Using: Blackboard Collaborate
- Started using lecture capture: 2002 (upgrades in 2005 and 2012)
- Classes: Basic skills (including ESL,tutoring, and writing labs)
Holmes Community College (Miss.)
4/24/2012
Boosting success for students in remedial education is crucial, particularly given the readiness gap seen at some community colleges. A recent report from McGraw-Hill Higher Education showed that despite receiving a high school diploma, at least 75 percent of first-year students at community colleges aren’t college-ready. And the number of students dropping out during their first year of college continues to rise.
3/28/2012
Charged Up Carts
Bretford Manufacturing has introduced new mobile device carts to support the modern learning environment. The MDMLAP30 30-unit laptop and netbook carts and MDMTAB36 36-unit tablet carts feature a Power Management system designed to continuously charge mobile devices.
3/27/2012
Few students—traditional or nontraditional—complete their work within the 9-5 work day. Rather, libraries and dorm rooms are bustling late into the night with students burning the midnight oil.
2/24/2012
Apps for Education
Three new apps from Apple are designed to enhance mobile education. Students can engage with textbooks with interactive animations, diagrams, photos, and videos using iBooks 2 for iPad, featuring iBooks textbooks. The iBooks app is free, and most titles in the iBookstore are priced at $14.99 or less.
2/24/2012
If you were to travel 10 years into the future and walk onto a college campus, what would you expect digital signage to look like? I’m not sure what it will look like, but what I do know is that my two young sons will want to interact with it. Steve Jobs left me a legacy of listening to endless fire truck videos; clips of animated cars, trucks, and trains speaking in German, Dutch, and Japanese; and video updates of the latest in dancing robots (“bebots,” as my 18-month-old calls them).
2/24/2012
On January 19, Apple held a much-hyped education event at the Guggenheim Museum in New York City where the company revealed its move into the textbook distribution market with the release of the iBooks 2 and iBooks Author apps.
2/10/2012
If you were to travel 10 years into the future and walk onto a college campus, what would you expect digital signage to look like? I’m not sure what it will look like, but what I do know is that my two young sons will want to interact with it. Steve Jobs left me a legacy of listening to endless fire truck videos; clips of animated cars, trucks, and trains speaking in German, Dutch, and Japanese; and video updates of the latest in dancing robots ("bebots," as my 18-month-old calls them).
1/25/2012
Registration is now open for UBTech. “The conference formerly known as EduComm” returns to the Mirage Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, June 11-13. With the theme Technology Changes Everything, UBTech 2012 will feature a wide assortment of sessions focusing on how technology impacts Campus Networks and Infrastructure, Facilities Planning and Design, Teaching and Learning Technologies, Marketing Your Institution, and Financial Services.
1/2/2012
Telepresence isn’t for every institution. Have your campus leaders considered other related technologies?
1/2/2012
Imagine being a student in a class listening to your professor as she writes on a whiteboard at the front of the room. She asks a question and you faintly hear a voice, but you can’t see who it came from or understand what was said—because you’re sitting at your desk participating in class through your webcam.
1/2/2012
Print Like a Pro
Epson’s WorkForce Pro series (WP-4540 and WP-4530 all-in-ones and the WP-4020 ink jet printer) delivers ink cost savings of up to 50 percent compared to color laser printers.
1/2/2012
Although printer purchases aren’t an everyday occurrence on campuses—or at least the procurement office hopes not—when it’s time to buy new printers, department and purchasing leaders can look to features in new models that can save time and money. By staying abreast of available features, tweaking replacement planning with new strategies, preserving printer life, and increasing productivity, institutions can turn printing into a fast, efficient, cost-effective service.
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