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Office on the go

Matt Zalaznick | February 18, 2014

Members of the facilities crew at Quinnipiac University were spending a lot of time traveling back to their shop during the workday. This situation, of course, was not unique to Quinnipiac, but department officials at the school set out to eliminate the trips workers had to make to retrieve new work orders, find information about […]

Supply for demand

February 18, 2014

Workforce development has long been a bastion of the community college environment. But with student-loan debt topping $1 trillion and enrollments falling, many four-year colleges and universities are devoting more attention to the area, in part as a way to boost their own relevance within a challenging global economy. Because these programs tend to be […]

Title IX: Responding to sexual harassment and violence incidents

Web Editor | February 18, 2014

A senior administrator recently described the issues related to sexual misconduct as a dormant volcano that lies beneath main administration buildings on campuses across the country. This is a sentiment echoed by many administrators committed to successfully responding to issues of sexual violence and harassment, but sometimes uncertain how to get there. With prevalence rates […]

Universal Analytics: A game changer for higher ed?

Web Editor | February 18, 2014

Not long ago, I asked presenters at the Higher Ed Analytics Conference what the next "big thing" would be. Their answer? Universal Analytics, or UA. Philippe Taza, of the Montreal-based digital marketing agency Higher Ed Marketing, explained that tracking a visitor across multiple devices would be both important and desirable—something UA will make possible. Alan […]

Unleashing your inner Spielberg: How to make your presentations resonate with your students

February 13, 2014

It's not enough today to put together a presentation and talk through the slides. Students have short attention spans and need to be fully engaged with the course material. In this session, Brian Klaas, web systems designer for the Center for Teaching and Learning with Technology at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, […]

Preparing Your Campus for the Future of Academic Video

Web Editor | February 12, 2014

"Generation C" is demanding video in all aspects of their lives, including in their learning experiences. Universities ought to harness the power of academic video not only to meet these expectations, but to realize the power of lecture capture, personalized education, and flipped classrooms. In this web seminar, broadcast on August 20, 2013 and hosted […]

Leveling the higher ed playing field with free educational content

February 12, 2014

Fourteen years ago, as a Victor E. Cameron professor of electrical and computer engineering at Rice University in Houston, Richard G. Baraniuk was frustrated that he couldn't find the ideal book for his class. He knew there were tens of dozens of other professors out there with the same concern, so rather than write a […]

The changing role of the higher ed CIO

Web Editor | February 12, 2014

Gone are the days when university CIOs filled their time with trouble-shooting computer bugs and managing servers. While today's university IT staff are still technical experts, they are now expected to be much more than on-campus tech support. "CIOs are at the center of a campus conversation about the proper relationship between technology and education," […]

Navigating uncharted waters

JD Solomon | February 03, 2014

Online lectures, classroom capture, MOOCs, e-books and other digital content mean that questions about intellectual property rights are on the rise. Kevin Smith will help guide attendees through the legal landscape in his UBTech featured session "Yours, Mine or Ours? Intellectual Property in a Digital Age." Smith is the director of copyright and scholarly communication […]

Mobile makes the recruitment difference at Gwynedd Mercy

Web Editor | February 02, 2014

As students rely more on tablets and smartphones to stay connected, universities are under pressure to make student services easily accessible from mobile devices. "In my experience, students arrive on campus expecting the university to be mobile-ready," says Karl Horvath, CIO at Gwynedd Mercy University, a 2,600-student school in Montgomery County, Pa. "Gwynedd Mercy is […]

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