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Insights Gained from Pandemic Response [video]

Three higher ed IT leaders discuss some of the lessons they are learning as they respond to current challenges. EDUCAUSE Review

Internet2 Remembers Christianne Orto

The Internet2 community lost a cherished colleague this past week. Christianne Orto, Dean of Distance Learning and Recording Arts, Manhattan School of Music, died February 22, 2020. Internet2

Does the IoT Invasion Threaten Higher Ed Cybersecurity?

New approaches to network data analysis can help higher education IT staff deal with a myriad of new challenges created by IoT devices. EDUCAUSE Review

(Re)Tracing the Everyday ‘Sitings’: A Conceptual Review of Internet Research 15 Years Later

In 2003, Kevin Leander and Kelly McKim made the argument for connecting scholarship on physical spaces with that of online spaces. They named this fusion of scholarly areas connective ethnography, termed by Christine Hine (2000, as cited in Leander & McKim, 2003). At that time, they asked: “How might we develop research practices and frameworks […]

Panopto Joins Internet2, Becoming the First Education Video Platform Available Through the Internet2 NET+ Program

SEATTLE, WA, March 12, 2019 — Panopto today announced that it has become thefirst video platform provider for education to join the Internet2 NET+ program. The NET+ Panopto service offers member institutions discounted pricing, simplified purchasing with a common customer agreement, and secure, reliable streaming delivered over the Internet2 Network. Internet2

Virginia Tech announces Innovation Campus in Alexandria

Virginia Tech announces $1 billion ‘innovation campus’Virginia Tech announced on Tuesday plans to construct a $1 billion “innovation campus” to be opened next year in Alexandria, Virginia, just two miles from the new HQ2 office Amazon intends to build in nearby Crystal City, Virginia. edscoop HISTORIC DAY: Virginia Tech Innovation Campus key to Virginia […]

Will a new push for free wireless internet help rural students get online?

PANGUITCH, Utah — Both before and after classes at Panguitch High School, a low-slung brick building nestled in the high desert of southern Utah, students find their way to Shawn Caine’s classroom. They settle in at the computers where Caine teaches coding and software, such as Illustrator and Photoshop, or they head to the back […]

Oregon State University helps lead project to bring faster broadband to Oregon

CORVALLIS, Ore. — The Oregon Fiber Partnership, a collaborative effort of Oregon State University, the state’s major public research universities and state government, has taken a key step to develop a statewide, high-speed optical network. Oregon State University

Mississippi State boosts Internet connection speed to 100 Gbps

STARKVILLE, Miss.—Mississippi State has made a new investment in advanced technology infrastructure in support of its faculty, staff and students engaged in cutting-edge research. In late September, MSU became the first university in the state to connect to the Internet at a rate of 100 gigabits per second. By comparison, it first connected to the […]

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