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Student deserves ‘A’ for homework-ware

Adil Lalani, currently a first-year engineering student at the University of Waterloo in Ontario, developed the web site, called SurfYourWork.com, for his grade eleven computer science independent study unit at Lower Canada College, a K-12 private school in Montreal.Read the Full Story

Transform Higher Education Data into Intelligence and Make Smarter Decisions

MALVERN, Pa., October 13, 2004 — Mounting competition, performance-based funding issues, and increasingly stringent requirements for accountability pose challenges that require useful institutional information to make better, informed decisions. To help higher education institutions harvest raw data and transform it into a business asset, SunGard SCT, an operating unit of SunGard (NYSE:SDS), has released the […]

Avaya Exhibits at EDUCAUSE the Value for Higher Education Organizations to Tap Into the Power of Internet Protocol Telephony Communications

BASKING RIDGE, N.J., Oct. 13 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — The basics of communications for higher education institutions have become increasingly complicated as officials deal with adapting to constantly changing environments of fluctuating enrollments, increasing communication demands and budget restraints. Colleges are faced with trying to find ways for utilizing new technologies such as Internet Protocol (IP) telephony […]

What the research says about ICT and reducing teacher’s workload

This report focuses on how ICT can be used to reduce the amount of time teachers spend on administrative tasks. Download the Report PDF

Cybersecurity Awareness on the Rise in Higher Education

A name badge lanyard proudly displayed by a campus employee reads “Security Is Everyone’s Responsibility.” Messages such as these that inform computer users about their responsibilities and raise consciousness about Internet safety have been common on college and university campuses during October as part of National Cyber Security Awareness Month. Krizi Trivisani, chief security officer […]

Encyclopedia of Gender and Information Technology

As information technology (IT) has spread throughout all aspects of personal and work life, so too, has grown an interest in understanding more about those who use and develop IT, as well as those who are affected by it. This, in turn, has lead to an increasing interest in the demographics of IT developers and […]

School-tech fans cheer T+L² rebound

With two weeks of registration still to go, conference organizers were projecting a more than 50 percent increase in paid attendance this year compared to last. Thanks to this stronger enrollment, conference officials say the show is now on track to encore in Denver in 2005.Read the Full Story

Farm Press, Dow AgroSciences launch online powdery mildew continuing education course

The approved course is now available at this Web site, www.westermfarmpress.comRead the Full Story

Polycom and Broadsoft Announce Feature-Rich VoIP Solution for Service Providers and Enteprise Customers

Polycom®, Inc. (NASDAQ: PLCM) provider of unified collaborative communications solutions, and BroadSoft®, a provider of network communications platforms, announced an end-to-end SIP-based VoIP solution that combines BroadSoft’s BroadWorks® platform and Polycom’s complete line of high-quality, standards-based SoundPoint® IP desktop phones. By seamlessly integrating these two solutions, BroadSoft and Polycom simplify management of enhanced voice applications […]

Internet2 Survey Results Highlight K20 Adoption of Advanced NetworkingCapabilities

Survey Also Points To Bottlenecks in Local Network Infrastructure More than 25,000 K-12 schools, libraries, and museums in 34 states have access to an Internet2 backbone network based on the results of a bi-annual survey announced today at the FCC’s Symposium: _Unleashing_the_Educational_Power_of_Broadband_. The survey conducted by Internet2 to assess the adoption of high-performance connectivity among […]