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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…

7 Things You Should Know About Google Wave

October 29, 2009

Google Wave is a web-based application that represents a rethinking of electronic communication. Users create online spaces called “waves,” which include multiple discrete messages and compon…

7 Things You Should Know About Group Texting

December 12, 2012

Group texting is an easy means of sending one brief missive to many people by means of cell phone text messaging . Instructors create a group, or “cell,” for each class or learning tea…

7 Things You Should Know About ITIL

October 5, 2010

The Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL) is a framework for guiding the design and delivery of IT services. In the same way that an organization might have standards for project m…

7 Things You Should Know About Microblogging

July 7, 2009

Microblogging is the practice of posting small pieces of digital content—which could be text, pictures, links, short videos, or other media—on the Internet. Microblogging offers a portable co…

7 Things You Should Know About Skype

December 5, 2007

Skype is a voice over Internet protocol (VoIP) application that lets users make free phone calls between Skype-equipped computers and inexpensive calls between Skype computers and landline or cel…

7 Things You Should Know About VoIP

July 30, 2010

Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) is a technology that converts voice calls to data packets that travel over the same networks that carry data traffic. With VoIP, users with can make calls via …

A Change in Perspective

January 1, 2006

© 2006 Diana G. Oblinger EDUCAUSE Review, vol. 41, no. 2 (March/April 2006): 80. A Change in Perspective Diana G. Oblinger Diana G. Oblinger is Vice President of EDUCAUSE, …

A Costing Model for Project-Based Information and Communication Technology Systems

July 30, 2009

By Brian Stewart and Dave Hrenewich A lack of accurate information on costs for information and communications technologies hampers effective decision making on ICT proposals. Havin…

A Few Good Email Newsletter Tools

January 1, 2006

We asked seven nonprofit technology professionals what e-mail newsletter tools have worked well for them. We then combined their thoughts with some of the collective wisdom of various listserves an…