Collaborative Technologies

EDUCAUSE Library Items for Collaborative Technologies

Cloud Collaboration with Google Apps

March 14, 2011 | A session at the EDUCAUSE Midwest Regional Conference 2011

This special "Experience IT" session is designed to offer a hands-on, highly interactive introduction to an emerging tool and explore its potential impact for professional development and…

Leaping into the Clouds: Different Philosophies and Approaches to Hosted E-Mail and Collaborative Software Solutions

January 12, 2011 | A session at the Mid-Atlantic Regional Conference 2011

With IT departments experiencing severe cuts in staffing and technology resources, tough fiscal decisions had to be made to achieve a balanced budget while still maintaining a certain level of serv…

Implementing Google Apps for Faculty and Staff

October 19, 2010

This ECAR research bulletin explains how Boise State University addressed important concerns about security and strategic alignment in finalizing its decision to move to Google Apps for Educatio…

Google Wave and Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning: Impact on Higher Education

June 29, 2010

This ECAR research bulletin is based on a 2010 study that was conducted as part of an examination assignment in the course "Introduction to Communication, Learning, and IT" at a Swedis…

Implementing a Cost-Effective and User-Friendly E-Mail, Calendaring, and Collaboration System

November 6, 2009 | A session at the EDUCAUSE 2009 Annual Conference

Georgia Tech and the University of Pennsylvania have both transitioned to Zimbra for centralized e-mail and calendaring services. Come hear about the transition challenges, cost-effectiveness, and …

How to Increase Student Engagement While Reducing IT Costs with New Collaboration Platforms

March 24, 2009 | A session at the EDUCAUSE Midwest Regional Conference 2009

The University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee and Zimbra will discuss how next-generation collaboration tools are reshaping the UWM campus by integrated students and faculty into one cost-effective commu…

Collaboration Tools

August 21, 2008

Students use technology in natural ways that allow them to do what they want: communicate with anyone they want, in the time and space that suits them best. Easily accessible and user-friendly, c…

The Situation Room: A Case Study Using Adobe Connect to Manage Support Trends and Large-Scale Implementation with Limited Resources

June 4, 2008 | A session at the EDUCAUSE Southeast Regional Conference 2008

In the summer of 2007, Clemson University faced a large-scale e-mail system implementation. Looking for innovative ways to maximize limited staff resources, IT support managers created the Situatio…

Microsoft Live@edu

June 26, 2008

Live@edu is a suite of applications - mobile, desktop and web-based - to help students collaborate on campus. The resource links below include the Microsoft Live@edu Main Page; Microsoft Live@edu…

Google Apps Education Edition

June 25, 2008

Google Apps Education Edition is email, calendar, and collaboration tools right from the browser. The resource links below include the Google Apps Education Edition main page with introductory in…