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Cloud Data Storage Solutions
The EDUCAUSE/Internet2 Higher Education Information Security Council (HEISC) created a Hot Topics page on Cloud Data Storage Solutions: Dropbox Security & Privacy Considerations. The topic, Cloud Data Storage Solutions: Dropbox Security & Privacy Considerations discusses issues of concern that are common to most cloud data storage services; however vendor solutions and implementations vary greatly. The following outlines an evaluation of one vendor that can easily be applied to others, such as SpiderOak, box.net, Skydrive, and CrashPlan.
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EDUCAUSE Staff Picks
Cloud Security Debate: Cloud Now or Cloud How?, EDUCAUSE Review, December 2012.
Security Awareness and Communication in the C-Suite, EDUCAUSE Live!, October 1012.
7 Things You Should Know About Cloud Security, EDUCAUSE 7 Things You Should Know, September 2010.
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Video: Game Changers
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July 18, 2012
A trailer for the new book edited by EDUCAUSE President, Diana Oblinger. A trailer for the new book edited by EDUCAUSE President, Diana O…
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Cultivating Change in the Academy: 50+ Stories from the Digital Frontlines at the University of Minnesota in 2012
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July 9, 2012
Cultivating Change is an eBook designed to stimulate discussion about what’s possible as well as generate new vision and academic technology direction. It serves as a means for faculty, ins…
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Chapter 9: Western Governors University
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May 2, 2012
A chapter from Game Changers Robert W. Mendenhall Background The initial concept for Western Governors University (WGU) was developed at a Western Governors Association meeting i…
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Chapter 8: Scaling Up: Four Ideas to Increase College Completion
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May 2, 2012
A chapter from Game Changers Vernon C. Smith This chapter is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License Introduction Low persistence and grad…
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Chapter 4: From Metrics to Analytics, Reporting to Action: Analytics’ Role in Changing the Learning Environment
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May 2, 2012
A chapter from Game Changers Linda Baer and John Campbell This chapter is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License What will the game-changing…
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Chapter 1: The Knowledge Economy: Challenges and Opportunities for American Higher Education
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May 2, 2012
A chapter from Game Changers Paul E. Lingenfelter The late Peter Drucker apparently first used the phrase "the knowledge economy" in his 1969 book The Age of Discontinui…
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Case Study 1: Royal Roads University: Using Synchronous Web Conferencing to Maintain Community at a Distance
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May 2, 2012
A case study from Game Changers Mary Burgess Setting the Context Royal Roads University, located in Victoria, British Columbia, was established as a special-purpose institution i…
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Chapter 3: IT as a Game Changer
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May 2, 2012
A chapter from Game Changers Diana G. Oblinger Information technology can be a game changer in higher education, as it has been in other sectors. IT has brought about much of the ec…
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Chapter 2: The Questions We Need to Ask First: Setting Priorities for Higher Education in Our Technology-Rich World
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May 2, 2012
A chapter from Game Changers Debra Humphreys New technologies—and particularly new information technologies—are dramatically changing higher education institutions and practices…
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Chapter 6: Why Openness in Education?
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May 2, 2012
A chapter from Game Changers David Wiley and Cable Green This chapter is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License In this chapter, we explore …

















