Volume 27 Number 2 2004
VIEWPOINTS
They Are Employees, After All
Treating student workers the same as any other university employees is a win-win situation for students and the institution
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One Course, One Web Site—of Course? Maybe Not!
Each course has historically had a Web site to itself—but why not leverage the content among courses by sharing sites?
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CURRENT ISSUES
Fifth Annual EDUCAUSE Survey Identifies Current IT Issues
Funding IT remains number one, while security and identity management hit budgets hard
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FEATURE ARTICLES
Portfolios to Webfolios and Beyond: Levels of Maturation
Descriptions of developmental stages offer institutions guidance about their place in the process and how to move to the next level
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Using a Framework to Engage Faculty in Instructional Technologies
A conceptual framework enables faculty development planners to better estimate the potential effectiveness of various strategies
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Smartphones and Other Mobile Devices: The Swiss Army Knives of the 21st Century
Web-enabled mobile devices help users become more effective, providing a variety of tools for different purposes
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Technology, Learning, and Change: Community Development Revisited
Virginia Tech's partnership with an economically distressed region works toward productive network-economy—based enterprises
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PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Talking with the Press
To improve your institution's news coverage, you can become a first-rate, professional news source
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GOOD IDEAS
Building a Champagne Network on a Beer Budget
Oregon State University built its own regional dark fiber to meet bandwidth demands—a creative approach helped by collaboration
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Combating Stovepipes: Implementing Workflow in uPortal
Simplifying business processes and avoiding stovepipes prompted the inclusion of a workflow channel within the uPortal implementation at UC Irvine
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RESEARCH IN BRIEF
Strategic Implications of an Educational Technology Assessment
A two-year research project on educational technology at the University of Washington yielded strategic implications for adoption of technology
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DEPARTMENTS
EDUCAUSE News
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