EDUCAUSE | BYOD

The Policy of BYOD: Considerations for Higher Education

Tue, 12 Mar 2013 21:06:18 +0000

Before drafting more policy, we might be wise to explore the concept of policy and what purpose policy serves in the context of BYOD.

EDUCAUSE Review: Print Edition, Volume 48, Number 2, March/April 2013

Tue, 12 Mar 2013 17:48:53 +0000

This is the entire issue of EDUCAUSE Review: Print Edition, Volume 48, Number 2, March/April 2013.

The Wild-Card Character of "Bring Your Own": A Panel Discussion

Tue, 12 Mar 2013 17:36:16 +0000

Panelists on the front lines of higher education information technology share their thoughts on BYOD and what it could mean for colleges and universities.

Executive Summary: BYOD and Consumerization of IT in Higher Education Research, 2013

Thu, 07 Mar 2013 21:05:06 +0000

"What excites IT leaders in higher education most about BYOE are opportunities to diversify and expand the teaching and learning environment, while the greatest challenges are issues that pertain to faculty and staff use of their own devices for work-related purposes."

BYOD and Get Walk-in Service

Wed, 06 Mar 2013 16:26:38 +0000

Key Takeaways

Boise State University, a large commuter school, has emphasized use of personal mobile devices for learning both in and out of the classroom.
From the perspective of the help desk, mobility has made it easier for clients to come for help rather than help desk staff going to them.
The University Help Desk of Distinction relocated to a central building on campus and now occupies an open support environment called the Zone that offers multiple features and spaces to help students, faculty, and staff seeking walk-in IT support.
Succeeding with BYOD requires establishing boundaries and understanding the cost implications.

Applying for Cellular Phones & Mobile Devices

Mon, 04 Mar 2013 20:32:43 +0000

This Northern Arizona University policy concerns employees seeking an allowance on cell phones or mobile devices.

Rowan University Personal Cell Phone and Mobile Device Usage Reimbursement Policy

Mon, 04 Mar 2013 19:41:32 +0000

This is the Rowan University policy on reimbursement of personal cell phones or mobile devices by the university.

Pepperdine University Telecommunications Policy

Mon, 04 Mar 2013 19:29:39 +0000

These are policies and resources for the Pepperdine University Telecommunications Policy. Including FAQs.

Mobile Communications Device Policy

Mon, 04 Mar 2013 19:03:31 +0000

Fairleigh Dickinson University created a Mobile Communications Device Policy to comply with new IRS related legislation concerning the taxability of employer provided cell phones.

Electronic Communications Allowance Program and Policy

Thu, 28 Feb 2013 20:49:22 +0000

This is the Angelo State Univerisity Employee Electronic Communication Resources Policy on cell phones, PDAs and Smartphones.

Web Design in the Age of Mobile: A Responsive Primer

Fri, 28 Dec 2012 23:42:06 +0000

The college mobile world is here and happening. With their smartphones, tablets, and netbooks in many mobile browser flavors, students are visiting your websites expecting to find useful information in a quick and efficient way. Responsive web design is a strategy that lets you craft beautiful designs to anticipate and respond to your users' mobile screen size. The purpose of this presentation is to introduce you to the art of crafting responsive designs and provide a set of recommendations on how to decide when is the right time to responsively optimize your web pages for a great user experience.

BYOD and Consumerization of IT in Higher Education Research, 2013

Tue, 27 Nov 2012 17:01:25 +0000

ECAR RESEARCH HUB

Principal Investigator: Eden Dahlstrom, EDUCAUSE Senior Research Analyst
Co-Author: Stephen diFilipo, Vice President and CIO, Cecil College

Overview

We are living in an era when affordable, easy-to-use, and readily accessible technologies facilitate a bring-your-own-everything (BYOE*) standard. With the “consumerization of technology,” students, faculty, and staff bring their own devices, software, apps, and cloud-based technology. These personal computing environments raise concerns about IT infrastructure, planning and governance, security practices, support strategies, teaching and learning, and fiscal implications.

ECAR conducted interviews, focus groups, and a survey to provide insight into the scope of BYOE and the institutional culture surrounding BYO practices. This report identifies and addresses the most important BYOE IT issues affecting higher education and includes recommendations for exemplary practices to manage BYOE IT issues.

*While BYOD is the current popular term, we use BYOE to emphasize that this topic is not just about devices, or services, or even technology. BYOE illustrates the exploration of the bring-your-own-personal-computing-environment culture and all the devices, services, and technologies—as well as the assumptions and expectations—that come with it.

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Are All Mobile Devices Equal When It Comes to Teaching and Learning? - Sponsored by Ellucian, Platinum Partner

Tue, 20 Nov 2012 22:32:08 +0000

Just when you thought you had the latest and greatest mobile device, they come out with the next generation. This session will provide strategies on how to manage and maintain outdated, current, and emerging technologies for teaching and learning, including the implementation of BYOD. We will also highlight the educational impact and features of the top-ten mobile devices and showcase cutting-edge mobile apps, including an interactive audience phone polling of mobile accessories and new apps as either effective teaching and learning tools or just gadgets.

Learning Objective: Participants will receive best practices and quality standards for determining the educational and workforce value of emerging mobilization devices and resources. They will also gather information on how to access the new mobile add resource center that aligns mobile apps to over one hundred subject areas and by devices.

Security Awareness and Communication in the C-Suite

Thu, 04 Oct 2012 15:52:43 +0000

Drawing on more than 30 years of global experience, Dave Cullinane will share challenges that CISOs face while in the C-suite. This session will focus on how to advance executive understanding and awareness of recent challenges such as cloud security, privacy, compliance, BYOD, enterprise risk management, and other issues currently faced by campuses.

This webinar is part of National Cyber Security Awareness Month. Find out how you can participate in activities like this one throughout the month. Learn more >>

Federal Government Develops Toolkit for Bring Your Own Device

Tue, 11 Sep 2012 12:58:55 +0000

The Digital Services Advisory Group and Federal Chief Information Officers Council have produced a Toolkit to Support Federal Agencies Implementing Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) Programs. The toolkit provides key areas for consideration and examples of existing policies and best practices. The toolkit also includes a small collection of case studies to highlight the successful efforts of BYOD pilots or programs at several government agencies. The Digital Government Strategy, issued by Federal Chief Information Officer (CIO) Steven VanRoekel on May 23, 2012, called for the establishment of a Digital Services Advisory Group (Advisory Group) to promote cross-agency sharing and accelerated adoption of mobile workforce solutions and best practices in the development and

Building a Flexible BYOD Program

Mon, 20 Aug 2012 13:02:52 +0000

To succeed at BYOD, organizations must have the flexibility to respond quickly as technologies evolve. The author discusses ways to plan for a BYOD program in EdTech Magazine.

Know what's important to your users
Support as many devices as possible
Make the technology available to everyone
Be proactive, not reactive, when building a robust network
Keep IT staff engaged and well trained

Preparing for Back-to-School BYOD

Wed, 08 Aug 2012 16:51:48 +0000

With the BYOD trend on campus growing ever stronger, an IT network analyst shares his checklist to help ensure that your campus network is ready to manage the onslaught.

AT&T Splits Phones into Work and Personal Partitions, on any Carrier

Tue, 07 Aug 2012 20:53:13 +0000

AT&T says it has the answer for corporations that want to let employees access work applications from personal phones without becoming a security threat. A new virtualization-style technology that works on both Android and iPhones creates a work container that is isolated from an employee's personal applications and data, letting IT shops manage just the portion of the phone related to work.

7 Ways BYOD Could Get You Sued

Tue, 07 Aug 2012 20:27:47 +0000

The author, Sam Narisi, discusses some of the biggest legal issues to consider when coming up with a BYOD policy and strategy.

Can Big Data Help Universities Tackle Security, BYOD?

Tue, 07 Aug 2012 19:35:10 +0000

Universities have some of the most complex IT infrastructures around, and BYOD is a reality they can't escape. Chief Security Officers at universities are increasingly turning to Big Data analytics technologies to mine the data in their logs and improve their security footing.

For BYOD Best Practices, Secure Data, Not Devices

Mon, 23 Jul 2012 15:41:00 +0000

Author, Thor Olavsrud, writes for CIO Magazine that "IT organizations are justifiably concerned about the security risks inherent in bringing your own device (BYOD). Many are turning to mobile device management (MDM) products and services to address the problem. But a number of mobile security vendors believe organizations are focusing the device when they should be focusing on the data."

The Top Ten Issues in Higher Education IT

Thu, 19 Jul 2012 20:38:09 +0000

EDUCAUSE works with members to identify the top-ten issues in higher education IT each year. The resulting EDUCAUSE Review article is a member favorite. This year’s list is significantly different from 2011 and reflects the changes under way in both information technology and higher education. In this free web seminar, join EDUCAUSE President and CEO, Diana Oblinger, and Vice President Susan Grajek for a lively discussion of the issues facing higher education IT such as consumerization, analytics, and using IT to transform higher education.

Podcast: Tom Zeller on Dramatic Changes in Higher Ed IT

Wed, 11 Jul 2012 16:24:29 +0000

Tom Zeller has over 30 years of higher education IT experience. His current role as Senior Technology Analyst in the Applied Technology Laboratory at Indiana University involves projects in emerging technologies. In this conversation, Zeller discusses the changes he is seeing in higher education IT, the consumerization of IT, and IU's approach to security around mobile devices.

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Executive Summary: Student Mobile Computing Practices -- Lessons Learned from Qatar

Thu, 05 Jul 2012 15:45:56 +0000

This executive summary is based on 369 student survey responses and 26 focus-group participants from the mobile-device-heavy student population in Education City, Qatar. Findings indicate that students are avid mobile device users and are open to expanding the ways in which they use them for academics; students find mobile technology convenient and engaging; and institutions need to invest in more and better mobile support. Students are also eager to move forward with integrated mobile computing in their coursework and their campus life. The results of this study not only tell the story about technology adoption and perceptions for students in Qatar but also are broadly applicable to institutions around the globe with burgeoning mobile proliferation.

2012 Top Ten IT Issues Reflect Privacy, Security, and Compliance Challenges

Thu, 07 Jun 2012 03:17:07 +0000

The EDUCAUSE IT Issues Panel and the staff of EDUCAUSE Data, Research, and Analytics have published the Top Ten IT Issues for 2012. According to an article published in EDUCAUSE Review, this year’s results reflected a change of methodology “in response to perceptions that the top issues were at risk of becoming a stale recycling of the same fifteen or so issues”. Although the 2012 list is significantly different from prior years, it continues the tradition of providing an insightful outlook into the most pressing issues in the world of higher education information technology.