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Enabling Remote Applications Through Citrix and SoftGrid

Bryant University implemented the Citrix Presentation Server to provide students with access to lab applications on their laptops. Faculty and staff looking to "share" application licenses can do so...

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Beyond the Prototype: Scaling a Grassroots Tablet PC Pilot for Large-Scale...

Presenting DePauw University's three-year tablet PC project as a model, we will offer guiding principles for strategically expanding grassroots initiatives to an entire campus and describe what we have...

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Active Learning in Field-Based Classes Using Tablet PCs for Collaborative...

Tablet PCs in higher education field courses have changed the way we teach field-mapping and data-collection concepts. Curriculum redesign and assessment strategies were applied to field archaeology...

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Technology in the Field: Tablet PCs in Higher Education

Field-based classes are enhanced by pen-enabled tablet PCs. The mobility of a tablet PC allows Vassar students to investigate geospatial and statistical problems in the field with software, a full set...

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Desktop and Laptop Security Policy

Columbia University requires that all individuals utilizing University Electronic Information Resources abide by the desktop and laptop security standards described by this policy.  read more

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From Distraction to Engagement: Wireless Devices in the Classroom

Wireless devices in the classroom threaten to distract student attention but also offer opportunities for student engagement.Faculty use different methods to reduce in-class distractions, up to...

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Leveraging the Interplay Between a Grassroots Pen-Based Computing Pilot and...

A decade-long case study involving mobile and pen computing at DePauw University demonstrates the synergy possible from simultaneously supporting grassroots initiatives and institutional programs.While...

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7 Things You Should Know About Mobile IT

The evolution of computer and telecom technologies is resulting in smaller and more powerful portable devices, expanded coverage for wireless and cellular networks, and a flourishing pool of...

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Tablet Computers: A New Way to Learn

This session will describe how tablet computers are being used by students at Auburn University's College of Veterinary Medicine. Tablet computers were introduced as a tool for students entering their...

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Protecting Portables

As mobile devices proliferate on campus, IT staff build lines of defense to secure hardware and information.read more

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As the Web Goes Mobile, Colleges Fail to Keep Up

Many colleges treat their mobile Web sites as low-stakes experiments. That attitude not only can frustrate students but also risks losing donors and prospective applicants.read more

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7 Things You Should Know About iPad Apps for Learning

Applications designed for the iPad offer interactive content that takes advantage of touch-screen navigation. The iPad combines robust computational functionality with a screen large enough to serve as...

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New ELI 7 Things... Brief Explores iPad Apps for Learning

Applications designed for the iPad offer interactive content that takes advantage of touch-screen navigation. The iPad combines robust computational functionality with a screen large enough to serve as...

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7 Things You Should Know About Mobile Security

Very small computing devices represent a new frontier in the computer security war. Mobile devices amplify existing security concerns while introducing a new set of risks, but most people have an...

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Is Your Mobile Phone Putting You At Risk?

Very small computing devices represent a new frontier in the computer security war. Mobile devices amplify existing security concerns while introducing a new set of risks, but most people have an...

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The Digital Revolution and Higher Education: College Presidents, Public...

This report, written by Kim Parker, Amanda Lenhart and Kathleen Moore, is based on findings from a pair of Pew Research Center surveys conducted in spring 2011.  Below is a list of topics discussed in...

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Using Slate Tablets to Promote Active Learning

The "Experience IT" format offers a hands-on, highly interactive introduction to newer tools and technologies so you can explore their potential impact in the workplace and classroom and on your...

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Connecting Student Data from ECAR and CDS

This CDS Spotlight focuses on integrating selected data from the 2010 CDS survey results with selected results of the ECAR National Study of Students and Information Technology in Higher Education,...

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How Are Students Actually Using IT? An Ethnographic Study

This ECAR research bulletin describes an anthropological ethnographic analysis of student practices relating to the use of information technology on the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (UWM) campus....

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Student Mobile Computing Practices, 2012: Lessons Learned from Qatar

Mobile computing is transforming information technology and the student learning environment in higher education, yet educational institutions everywhere are just scratching the surface of the...

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