Communication

EDUCAUSE Library Items for Communication

ECAR Study of Undergraduate Students and Information Technology, 2012

September 17, 2012

Key Findings See the 2012 report for a full list key messages, findings, and supporting data. Blended-learning environments are the norm; students say that these environments best suppor…

ERO Podcast: Cable Green of Creative Commons Talks About Openness

September 5, 2012

In this podcast, Cable Green talks about Open Access, Open Resources, and Open Policies. Cable Green is director of global learning for Creative Commons. …

Podcast: John Campbell and George Siemens on Using Analytics

July 25, 2012

In this podcast, Executive Director of Administrative Information Services at Princeton University, Colin Currie , talks analytics with George Siemens and John Campbell . Siemens is a …

Implementing a SharePoint Portal: A Roadmap to Success

October 21, 2011 | A session at the EDUCAUSE 2011 Annual Conference

A central location for students, faculty, and staff to access college resources has become essential for institutions to remain competitive. Constituents are demanding access to e-mail, documents, …

Building a Knowledge Base: The Key to Collaborative Information

January 14, 2011 | A session at the Mid-Atlantic Regional Conference 2011

A knowledge base on a university or college campus can be a great impetus to bridge the information gap often experienced by the institutional community of students, faculty, and staff when locatin…

Unified Communications: How We Got There and Saved Money Doing It

October 13, 2010 | A session at the EDUCAUSE 2010 Annual Conference

Minot State University will share its experience, from start to finish, of designing, testing, and implementing a pure unified communications environment including a single identity with presence a…

How to Use Social Media, Identity Management, and the Campus Portal to Effectively Communicate with Students

October 13, 2010 | A session at the EDUCAUSE 2010 Annual Conference

This session will outline how the portal can be used to facilitate communication and collaboration between groups within the organization. Participants will leave with concrete examples of interact…

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…

7 Things You Should Know About Emergency Notification Systems

April 21, 2010

An emergency notification system (ENS) provides broad-based notification to on- and off-campus communities in the event of a crisis or emergency, including natural disasters and acts of terrorism…

Beyond Emergency Notification

March 3, 2010 | A session at the ELI 2010 Online Spring Focus Session

In the wake of the Virginia Tech tragedy, most universities have acquired systems that use text messaging to notify students, faculty, and staff of emergency situations. Few have had the imaginat…